TEACHING READING AND WRITING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ False.
Answer: Vygotsky agrees with Piaget that reacting to the
environment will foster growth and learning. T or F?
◉ graphophonemic.
Answer: The system that gives cues about the sounds associated
with written symbols is...
◉ integrated.
Answer: Which of the following approaches to teaching reading best
compliments the Common Core State Standards because reading,
writing, listening, and speaking apply across content areas and are
intended to help students read and write well in all disciplines?
◉ True.
Answer: A dynamic conception of curriculum reflects what teachers
and students do as they engage in classroom activity. T or F?
,◉ True.
Answer: Comprehensive Instruction in reading evolves from
teachers' knowledge about the needs of students. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers of culturally diverse students need to go beyond
celebrations and thematic units to provide literacy and learning
experiences that will give students cross-cultural knowledge. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: The rules for using language are culturally specific, and
teachers need to recognize the language norms of minority children.
T or F?
◉ The student's family is impoverished, the student has no access to
books, the student's parents are illiterate..
Answer: which of the following contributes to a student's success or
failure in school?
◉ False.
Answer: In an environment that promotes literacy development,
risk-taking is not an important factor. T or F?
◉ A fast food restaurant, a library, a bookstore.
,Answer: In which of the following locations would children
encounter environmental print?
◉ True.
Answer: Research shows reading aloud to children is an important
activity for building the knowledge and skills they need to become
successful readers. T or F?
◉ Home-centered, language-centered, and play-centered.
Answer: Beginning readers benefit from developmentally
appropriate practices that are...
◉ False.
Answer: It is best to focus on a single method of assessment to
ensure that all students are assessed in the same way. T or F?
◉ Listening Capacity.
Answer: Which of the following reading levels has been called the
"Potential Level?"
◉ True.
Answer: When assessing literacy, the teacher needs to know how
children interact with print in authentic reading situations and why.
T or F?
, ◉ sound out a printed sequence of letters.
Answer: To decode is to
◉ content words.
Answer: Nouns, action verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are __________;
they supply information of the topic.
◉ Time.
Answer: When learning letter-sound correspondence, beginning
readers are likely to need the most instruction in decoding which of
the following words? Time, nest, ship, cat.
◉ Repeated Reading.
Answer: ________ means having children read a short passage from a
book, magazine, or newspaper more than once with differing
amounts of support.
◉ Poetry.
Answer: This is an effective way to develop oral fluency
◉ For groups of students.
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ False.
Answer: Vygotsky agrees with Piaget that reacting to the
environment will foster growth and learning. T or F?
◉ graphophonemic.
Answer: The system that gives cues about the sounds associated
with written symbols is...
◉ integrated.
Answer: Which of the following approaches to teaching reading best
compliments the Common Core State Standards because reading,
writing, listening, and speaking apply across content areas and are
intended to help students read and write well in all disciplines?
◉ True.
Answer: A dynamic conception of curriculum reflects what teachers
and students do as they engage in classroom activity. T or F?
,◉ True.
Answer: Comprehensive Instruction in reading evolves from
teachers' knowledge about the needs of students. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers of culturally diverse students need to go beyond
celebrations and thematic units to provide literacy and learning
experiences that will give students cross-cultural knowledge. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: The rules for using language are culturally specific, and
teachers need to recognize the language norms of minority children.
T or F?
◉ The student's family is impoverished, the student has no access to
books, the student's parents are illiterate..
Answer: which of the following contributes to a student's success or
failure in school?
◉ False.
Answer: In an environment that promotes literacy development,
risk-taking is not an important factor. T or F?
◉ A fast food restaurant, a library, a bookstore.
,Answer: In which of the following locations would children
encounter environmental print?
◉ True.
Answer: Research shows reading aloud to children is an important
activity for building the knowledge and skills they need to become
successful readers. T or F?
◉ Home-centered, language-centered, and play-centered.
Answer: Beginning readers benefit from developmentally
appropriate practices that are...
◉ False.
Answer: It is best to focus on a single method of assessment to
ensure that all students are assessed in the same way. T or F?
◉ Listening Capacity.
Answer: Which of the following reading levels has been called the
"Potential Level?"
◉ True.
Answer: When assessing literacy, the teacher needs to know how
children interact with print in authentic reading situations and why.
T or F?
, ◉ sound out a printed sequence of letters.
Answer: To decode is to
◉ content words.
Answer: Nouns, action verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are __________;
they supply information of the topic.
◉ Time.
Answer: When learning letter-sound correspondence, beginning
readers are likely to need the most instruction in decoding which of
the following words? Time, nest, ship, cat.
◉ Repeated Reading.
Answer: ________ means having children read a short passage from a
book, magazine, or newspaper more than once with differing
amounts of support.
◉ Poetry.
Answer: This is an effective way to develop oral fluency
◉ For groups of students.
