ILTS 305 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ What tool is most appropriate for a 4th grade music teacher to assess
students playing ability? Answer: Providing students with self
assessment scoring rubric.
◉ What factors should a 4th grade teacher take into account when
qualitatively measuring a text's complexity? Answer: The literal and
inferential levels of meaning of the text.
◉ In a phonemic awareness lesson, what question would help students
practice segmenting phonemes? Answer: How many sounds do you hear
in the word crush?
◉ A blend (e.g., fr) counts as how many sounds? Answer: Two
◉ A digraph (sh) counts as how many sounds? Answer: One
◉ What is a VCV word? Answer: The first syllable ends with a vowel.
Se-cond, le-mon, de-mon.
,◉ What is a CVC word? Answer: Closes with consanant. Cat, gel, rim,
hop, bud.
◉ What is a diphthong? Answer: A diphthong is one vowel sound
formed by the combination of two vowel sounds. example: oil, boy, out.
◉ Which exercise is best for teaching students automaticity when
reading high frequency regular and irregular words? Answer: Having
students engage in repeated oral reading aloud with a recorded version
of a text that includes targeted words.
◉ What are regular words? Answer: Words in which the letters made
their most common sound, such as kin.
◉ What are irregular words? Answer: Words in which the letters make
their least common sound, like in the word kind.
◉ What is word consciousness? Answer: An awareness of and an
interest in words, their meanings and their power; helps students develop
vocabulary.
◉ How can a teacher encourage word consciousness? Answer:
Encourage students to discuss well-chosen language they notice in
literature.
,◉ What is close reading? Answer: Close reading means reading to
uncover layers of meaning that lead to deep comprehension.
◉ If a 3rd grader is able to read accurately but cannot answer text-
specific questions, what might be causing the problem? Answer: The
students lacks the necessary vocabulary and academic language.
◉ What is the method of counting on? Answer: When a person begins at
the value of one number and counts up the number of units until they get
to the second number.
◉ How should you set up a problem where you are changing units?
Answer: 94 inches 1 foot 1 mile
---------- x ---------- x -----------
1 revolution 12 inches 5,280 feet
◉ How do you read a box plot? Answer: A box plot shows a 5 number
summary in a data set. The line of a box plot begins at the minimum
value and ends at the maximum value. The beginning of the box is the
1st quartile and the end of the box is the 3rd quartile. The line inside the
box is the median. The stars on the outside of the graph are outliers.
◉ How do you find the missing value in a congruent triangle? Answer:
Set up an equivalent proportion to find the missing value.
, ◉ A square can also be classified as a... Answer: Rectangle or rhombus.
◉ What part of a triangle changes if you move the third vertex? Answer:
The perimeter.
◉ When balancing, why does it help to bend the knees? Answer: It
lowers the center of gravity.
◉ What type of movement helps kids practice dressing, putting on
shoes, reading and writing? Answer: Crossing the body's midline
(passing a ball, making a figure-8 shape with streamers).
◉ What strategy would be most helpful for teaching 1st graders catching
and throwing a ball? Answer: Offering a variety of balls for students to
choose from, including textured or soft, or slightly deflated balls of
different weights and sizes.
◉ Activities in weight-bearing such as jumping, skipping or climbing
playground equipment benefits students' growth in what areas? Answer:
By stimulating calcium uptake and new bone cell information.
◉ What body system is most effected by vaping? Answer: The
circulatory system, plaque forms on artery walls and clotting tendency
increases, as does the risk of harmful blood clots.
ANSWERS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ What tool is most appropriate for a 4th grade music teacher to assess
students playing ability? Answer: Providing students with self
assessment scoring rubric.
◉ What factors should a 4th grade teacher take into account when
qualitatively measuring a text's complexity? Answer: The literal and
inferential levels of meaning of the text.
◉ In a phonemic awareness lesson, what question would help students
practice segmenting phonemes? Answer: How many sounds do you hear
in the word crush?
◉ A blend (e.g., fr) counts as how many sounds? Answer: Two
◉ A digraph (sh) counts as how many sounds? Answer: One
◉ What is a VCV word? Answer: The first syllable ends with a vowel.
Se-cond, le-mon, de-mon.
,◉ What is a CVC word? Answer: Closes with consanant. Cat, gel, rim,
hop, bud.
◉ What is a diphthong? Answer: A diphthong is one vowel sound
formed by the combination of two vowel sounds. example: oil, boy, out.
◉ Which exercise is best for teaching students automaticity when
reading high frequency regular and irregular words? Answer: Having
students engage in repeated oral reading aloud with a recorded version
of a text that includes targeted words.
◉ What are regular words? Answer: Words in which the letters made
their most common sound, such as kin.
◉ What are irregular words? Answer: Words in which the letters make
their least common sound, like in the word kind.
◉ What is word consciousness? Answer: An awareness of and an
interest in words, their meanings and their power; helps students develop
vocabulary.
◉ How can a teacher encourage word consciousness? Answer:
Encourage students to discuss well-chosen language they notice in
literature.
,◉ What is close reading? Answer: Close reading means reading to
uncover layers of meaning that lead to deep comprehension.
◉ If a 3rd grader is able to read accurately but cannot answer text-
specific questions, what might be causing the problem? Answer: The
students lacks the necessary vocabulary and academic language.
◉ What is the method of counting on? Answer: When a person begins at
the value of one number and counts up the number of units until they get
to the second number.
◉ How should you set up a problem where you are changing units?
Answer: 94 inches 1 foot 1 mile
---------- x ---------- x -----------
1 revolution 12 inches 5,280 feet
◉ How do you read a box plot? Answer: A box plot shows a 5 number
summary in a data set. The line of a box plot begins at the minimum
value and ends at the maximum value. The beginning of the box is the
1st quartile and the end of the box is the 3rd quartile. The line inside the
box is the median. The stars on the outside of the graph are outliers.
◉ How do you find the missing value in a congruent triangle? Answer:
Set up an equivalent proportion to find the missing value.
, ◉ A square can also be classified as a... Answer: Rectangle or rhombus.
◉ What part of a triangle changes if you move the third vertex? Answer:
The perimeter.
◉ When balancing, why does it help to bend the knees? Answer: It
lowers the center of gravity.
◉ What type of movement helps kids practice dressing, putting on
shoes, reading and writing? Answer: Crossing the body's midline
(passing a ball, making a figure-8 shape with streamers).
◉ What strategy would be most helpful for teaching 1st graders catching
and throwing a ball? Answer: Offering a variety of balls for students to
choose from, including textured or soft, or slightly deflated balls of
different weights and sizes.
◉ Activities in weight-bearing such as jumping, skipping or climbing
playground equipment benefits students' growth in what areas? Answer:
By stimulating calcium uptake and new bone cell information.
◉ What body system is most effected by vaping? Answer: The
circulatory system, plaque forms on artery walls and clotting tendency
increases, as does the risk of harmful blood clots.
