PECT Module 2 Study Guide with Complete Solutions!

A new kindergarten classroom teacher has concerns about a student's "at-risk" scores on the development screening of emergency literacy skills. Which of the following steps should the kindergarten teacher take first? A. developing a plan for direct instruction to address the students areas of need as indicated by the screening B. establishing what types of assessments should be administered to evaluate the extent of the student's difficulty C. clarifying the time frame for notifying the parents/guardians of the teachers academic concerns D. conferring with the student's previous teacher to determine whether this pattern of decline was exhibited last year - ANSWER-A A kindergarten class includes a number of students who have little or no prior experience with books. The teacher uses various strategies to promote the students' understanding and appreciation of reading, including reading them stories aloud on a regular basis. In selecting stories to read aloud to these students, the teacher should place the greatest emphasis on identifying stories that: A. teach the students about letters, numbers, and other elements of the kindergarten curriculum. B. will expose the students to new ideas and points of views C. include characters and plots likely to be familiar to the students from their experiences outside of school. D. will be engaging and enjoyable for the students - ANSWER-D A third-grade teacher is planning a language arts lesson to introduce students to fables. In an appropriately sequenced lesson, the teacher should begin with which of the following activities? A. providing students with a graphic organizer and helping them fill in information from selected fables B. having students work in pairs to rewrite the morals of several familiar fables C. reading students several fables aloud and pointing out the key features that define a fable D. assigning students to work in small groups to answer comprehension questions about selected fables - ANSWER-C A Pre-K teacher's classroom is filled with print. Labels of individual children's names are placed on tables and cubbies. Commonly used objects, such as chairs and boxes of crayons are labeled. Children have frequent opportunities to observe the teacher write a word or a phrase related to a topic they are learning. The teacher in this scenario most likely demonstrates an understanding that: A. spelling is an important skill that preschool students should begin to acquire B. a language-rich environment promotes early literacy skills C. receptive language skills are mostly developed in a natural learning environment D. early reading skills develop when children are exposed to the spelling of frequently used words - ANSWER-B A prekindergarten teacher is planning to include a read-aloud time for a class of ten children ranging between four and five years. In planning the activity for this time, the teacher should first consider the children's: A. varying attention spans and levels of exposure to concepts of print B. interest level in the genre of text and the text's level of complexity C. understanding of the vocabulary and the number of characters in the story D. ability to distinguish between real and make-believe - ANSWER-A Students in a kindergarten class are telling their teacher about a recent class field trip. As the students share their experiences, the teacher writes their thoughts on chart paper. The teacher then reads aloud what the students have dictated. Which of the following describes the best rationale for incorporating this type of activity into instruction? a. to foster students' social skills by involving them in a cooperative learning activity b. to assess s