TEACHING READING AND WRITING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ True.
Answer: Students need frequent, in depth activities in meaningful
and various contexts in order to develop vocabulary knowledge. T or
F?
◉ True.
Answer: Textually implicit questions help students search for text
relationships and provoke thinking. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: When selecting for active comprehension, teachers should
select material that fosters questions and understanding that reflect
the diverse nature of their classrooms. T or F?
◉ Story questions at the end of the chapter.
,Answer: Which of the following activities will least likely reinforce
story comprehension?
◉ Think alouds.
Answer: ____________ can be an effective way to scaffold students'
understanding of how we navigate online text
◉ focus on close reading.
Answer: The purpose of annotating text is to:
◉ Jigsaw.
Answer: In Mr. Smith's classroom, students are assigned a passage to
read and put in home groups. Each student in the home group has a
different purpose for reading. This strategy is called:
◉ giving a minilesson.
Answer: Mrs. Murray notices that many students are misusing
homophones to, too, and two in their writing, so at the beginning of
class, she gives them about 10 minutes of instruction and practice
using the correct words. Mrs. Murray is...
◉ True.
Answer: Publishing writing provides a strong incentive for children
to keep writing and rewriting. True or False?
,◉ True.
Answer: Wide reading may be as effective in improving writing as
actual practice in writing. T or F?
◉ Facilitator.
Answer: In literature circles the teachers role should be one of...
◉ True.
Answer: When determining good literature in a classroom, the
collection needs to contain books with different types of themes and
books of varying difficulty. T or F?
◉ Student-led literature circles.
Answer: In __________ children are to evaluate, critique, and revise
their own responses in light of the perspectives their peers express.
◉ False.
Answer: Districts that adopt a core program don't use other
materials. T or F?
◉ True.
, Answer: Most basal reading programs are organized around some
variation of the traditional structured lesson format. T or F?
◉ teach children to become independent readers.
Answer: From a reading perspective, the main goal of instruction is
to...
◉ Bottom-up.
Answer: Each day students orally recite the alphabet and play
alphabet bingo. Which model of reading is the teacher relying on?
◉ True.
Answer: Standards define what students should learn and at what
grade level. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers who work within a top-down curriculum create a
classroom community with students to engage reading, writing, and
other collaborative acts of meaning-making. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers who use the bottom up approach think that
students need to be assessed on the basis of their performance in
meaningful contexts. T or F?
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ True.
Answer: Students need frequent, in depth activities in meaningful
and various contexts in order to develop vocabulary knowledge. T or
F?
◉ True.
Answer: Textually implicit questions help students search for text
relationships and provoke thinking. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: When selecting for active comprehension, teachers should
select material that fosters questions and understanding that reflect
the diverse nature of their classrooms. T or F?
◉ Story questions at the end of the chapter.
,Answer: Which of the following activities will least likely reinforce
story comprehension?
◉ Think alouds.
Answer: ____________ can be an effective way to scaffold students'
understanding of how we navigate online text
◉ focus on close reading.
Answer: The purpose of annotating text is to:
◉ Jigsaw.
Answer: In Mr. Smith's classroom, students are assigned a passage to
read and put in home groups. Each student in the home group has a
different purpose for reading. This strategy is called:
◉ giving a minilesson.
Answer: Mrs. Murray notices that many students are misusing
homophones to, too, and two in their writing, so at the beginning of
class, she gives them about 10 minutes of instruction and practice
using the correct words. Mrs. Murray is...
◉ True.
Answer: Publishing writing provides a strong incentive for children
to keep writing and rewriting. True or False?
,◉ True.
Answer: Wide reading may be as effective in improving writing as
actual practice in writing. T or F?
◉ Facilitator.
Answer: In literature circles the teachers role should be one of...
◉ True.
Answer: When determining good literature in a classroom, the
collection needs to contain books with different types of themes and
books of varying difficulty. T or F?
◉ Student-led literature circles.
Answer: In __________ children are to evaluate, critique, and revise
their own responses in light of the perspectives their peers express.
◉ False.
Answer: Districts that adopt a core program don't use other
materials. T or F?
◉ True.
, Answer: Most basal reading programs are organized around some
variation of the traditional structured lesson format. T or F?
◉ teach children to become independent readers.
Answer: From a reading perspective, the main goal of instruction is
to...
◉ Bottom-up.
Answer: Each day students orally recite the alphabet and play
alphabet bingo. Which model of reading is the teacher relying on?
◉ True.
Answer: Standards define what students should learn and at what
grade level. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers who work within a top-down curriculum create a
classroom community with students to engage reading, writing, and
other collaborative acts of meaning-making. T or F?
◉ True.
Answer: Teachers who use the bottom up approach think that
students need to be assessed on the basis of their performance in
meaningful contexts. T or F?
