Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (5017)
– Practice Test 2
D - correct answer ✔✔ Ms. Kline, a kindergarten teacher, begins reading a picture book to a
small group of students. She reads the top line of text aloud and keeps her finger on the last
word. Ms. Kline then asks students, "Where do I read after this?" The teacher is reinforcing
students' understanding of which of the following concepts of print?
A.One-to-one correspondence
B.Page sequencing
C.Book orientation
D.Return sweep
C - correct answer ✔✔ It was very dark in the main hall. A little bit of moonlight came through
the windows, and Stanley could just make out the world's most expensive painting on the
opposite wall. He felt as though the bearded man with the violin and the lady on the couch and
the half-horse person and the winged children were all waiting, as he was, for something to
happen.
After reading the excerpt shown from Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, a second-grade student wrote
the following journal response about the passage.
"I don't get who the bearded man with the violin is and all of the other people. I don't
remember them from the rest of the story."
Which of the following best describes the student's difficulty in comprehending the passage?
A.Difficulty recalling the main ideas from the story
B.Difficulty understanding the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary
C.Difficulty making the inference that the characters are subjects in the painting
D.Di
B - correct answer ✔✔ A second-grade teacher begins a writing lesson by engaging students in
a discussion to activate their background knowledge on a topic of interest. The teacher then
,acts as a scribe and writes on a chart while the students contribute ideas about the topic as the
text is composed. Which of the following best describes the instructional practice the teacher is
using?
A.Guided writing
B.Shared writing
C.Write-aloud
D.Interactive writing
A - correct answer ✔✔ When a volcano erupts, melted rock called magma rises out of the
volcano and flows onto Earth's surface. The magma, now called lava, flows down the sides of
the volcano. As the lava spreads over the surface, it cools and turns to solid rock. The type of
rock that is formed is classified as igneous.
The passage best illustrates which of the following text structures?
A.Description
B.Cause-effect
C.Comparison-contrast
D.Narrative
B - correct answer ✔✔ A teacher makes the following observations about a student's
assignment.
Uses a group of letters to represent sounds in speech; for example, writes "KOM" for "come"
Correctly uses some symbols from the alphabet
Uses uppercase letters
May reverse some letters
Which of the following is the most appropriate step the teacher can take to foster the student's
literacy development?
A.Teaching the student left-to-right directionality
,B.Introducing the student to spelling patterns and word families
C.Providing the student with a list of frequently occurring words
D.Showing the student how verb tenses are formed
B - correct answer ✔✔ "The cupcakes were almost dropped by the baker."
A teacher explaining the concept of voice writes the above sentence on the board and requests
that students change it from passive to active voice. Which of the following responses is
correct?
A.The baker has dropped almost all the cupcakes.
B.The baker almost dropped the cupcakes.
C.The baker dropped the cupcakes.
D.The cupcakes should have been dropped by the baker.
D - correct answer ✔✔ Kindergarten students are working on improving phonological
awareness skills through engagement in which of the following activities?
A.Using magnetic letters to form and practice reading rhyming words
B.Creating a word wall that organizes vocabulary into sets that have common phonograms
C.Orally spelling high frequency, phonetically-regular words individually
D.Clapping as they orally repeat each word in a sentence spoken by a teacher
B, C, D - correct answer ✔✔ A fifth-grade teacher provides direct instruction on applying
syllabication rules as a word-learning strategy. The teacher creates a list of words divided into
syllables to use as examples to demonstrate the skill to students.
Which THREE of the following words correctly illustrate the strategy?
A.bic-y-cle (bicycle)
B.me-tal-lic (metallic)
C.wa-ter-mel-on (watermelon)
, D.sta-bi-liz-er (stabilizer)
E.bac-on (bacon)
D - correct answer ✔✔ A teacher presents a worksheet with statements about starfish before a
science lesson and asks each student to respond according to the directions. The activity is
repeated following the reading of a chapter. Which of the following best identifies the
instructional technique the teacher uses?
A.A study guide
B.A structured overview
C.A prereading plan
D.An anticipation guide
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following teaching strategies will best help improve
students' reading comprehension?
A.Asking students to restate sentences from a text in their own words
B.Providing students with opportunities to engage in choral reading
C.Showing students how to determine the number of syllables in a word
D.Having students identify words in a text that have the same rime
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following types of text is most appropriate for a second-
grade teacher to use to introduce students to writing about personal experiences, true or
imagined, with the information organized in the sequence the events occurred?
A.Narrative
B.Expository
C.Persuasive
D.Informative
– Practice Test 2
D - correct answer ✔✔ Ms. Kline, a kindergarten teacher, begins reading a picture book to a
small group of students. She reads the top line of text aloud and keeps her finger on the last
word. Ms. Kline then asks students, "Where do I read after this?" The teacher is reinforcing
students' understanding of which of the following concepts of print?
A.One-to-one correspondence
B.Page sequencing
C.Book orientation
D.Return sweep
C - correct answer ✔✔ It was very dark in the main hall. A little bit of moonlight came through
the windows, and Stanley could just make out the world's most expensive painting on the
opposite wall. He felt as though the bearded man with the violin and the lady on the couch and
the half-horse person and the winged children were all waiting, as he was, for something to
happen.
After reading the excerpt shown from Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, a second-grade student wrote
the following journal response about the passage.
"I don't get who the bearded man with the violin is and all of the other people. I don't
remember them from the rest of the story."
Which of the following best describes the student's difficulty in comprehending the passage?
A.Difficulty recalling the main ideas from the story
B.Difficulty understanding the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary
C.Difficulty making the inference that the characters are subjects in the painting
D.Di
B - correct answer ✔✔ A second-grade teacher begins a writing lesson by engaging students in
a discussion to activate their background knowledge on a topic of interest. The teacher then
,acts as a scribe and writes on a chart while the students contribute ideas about the topic as the
text is composed. Which of the following best describes the instructional practice the teacher is
using?
A.Guided writing
B.Shared writing
C.Write-aloud
D.Interactive writing
A - correct answer ✔✔ When a volcano erupts, melted rock called magma rises out of the
volcano and flows onto Earth's surface. The magma, now called lava, flows down the sides of
the volcano. As the lava spreads over the surface, it cools and turns to solid rock. The type of
rock that is formed is classified as igneous.
The passage best illustrates which of the following text structures?
A.Description
B.Cause-effect
C.Comparison-contrast
D.Narrative
B - correct answer ✔✔ A teacher makes the following observations about a student's
assignment.
Uses a group of letters to represent sounds in speech; for example, writes "KOM" for "come"
Correctly uses some symbols from the alphabet
Uses uppercase letters
May reverse some letters
Which of the following is the most appropriate step the teacher can take to foster the student's
literacy development?
A.Teaching the student left-to-right directionality
,B.Introducing the student to spelling patterns and word families
C.Providing the student with a list of frequently occurring words
D.Showing the student how verb tenses are formed
B - correct answer ✔✔ "The cupcakes were almost dropped by the baker."
A teacher explaining the concept of voice writes the above sentence on the board and requests
that students change it from passive to active voice. Which of the following responses is
correct?
A.The baker has dropped almost all the cupcakes.
B.The baker almost dropped the cupcakes.
C.The baker dropped the cupcakes.
D.The cupcakes should have been dropped by the baker.
D - correct answer ✔✔ Kindergarten students are working on improving phonological
awareness skills through engagement in which of the following activities?
A.Using magnetic letters to form and practice reading rhyming words
B.Creating a word wall that organizes vocabulary into sets that have common phonograms
C.Orally spelling high frequency, phonetically-regular words individually
D.Clapping as they orally repeat each word in a sentence spoken by a teacher
B, C, D - correct answer ✔✔ A fifth-grade teacher provides direct instruction on applying
syllabication rules as a word-learning strategy. The teacher creates a list of words divided into
syllables to use as examples to demonstrate the skill to students.
Which THREE of the following words correctly illustrate the strategy?
A.bic-y-cle (bicycle)
B.me-tal-lic (metallic)
C.wa-ter-mel-on (watermelon)
, D.sta-bi-liz-er (stabilizer)
E.bac-on (bacon)
D - correct answer ✔✔ A teacher presents a worksheet with statements about starfish before a
science lesson and asks each student to respond according to the directions. The activity is
repeated following the reading of a chapter. Which of the following best identifies the
instructional technique the teacher uses?
A.A study guide
B.A structured overview
C.A prereading plan
D.An anticipation guide
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following teaching strategies will best help improve
students' reading comprehension?
A.Asking students to restate sentences from a text in their own words
B.Providing students with opportunities to engage in choral reading
C.Showing students how to determine the number of syllables in a word
D.Having students identify words in a text that have the same rime
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following types of text is most appropriate for a second-
grade teacher to use to introduce students to writing about personal experiences, true or
imagined, with the information organized in the sequence the events occurred?
A.Narrative
B.Expository
C.Persuasive
D.Informative
