Elementary Ed OSAT Subtest 1 Practice
Test
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - answer making the transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn"
A 1st grade teacher is working with a small group of students. The teacher says, "We're
going to play a word game. I'm going to say a word you know. I'm going to say the word
in two parts, then I want you to tell me what the word is. For example, if I say /m/ and
then /at/, you should say mat." This activity would be most effective in promoting
students' development of which of the following emergent literacy skills? - answer
blending onset/rime
In both classroom routines and explicitly focused literacy activities, an elementary
teacher regularly includes oral wordplay based on sound (e.g., rhyming, alliteration).
This classroom practice is likely to support the literacy development of emergent
readers primarily in which of the following ways? - answerby promoting their
phonological awareness
Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - answerWhat is the first sound you
hear in the word sat?
When teaching letter-sound correspondences, which of the following sets of letters
should be taught separately? - answerb and d
An elementary teacher reads aloud daily to students. Which of the following steps
related to the read-aloud activity would be most effective in promoting students'
development of concepts of print and book-handling skills? - answerbefore reading,
asking the students to indicate the book's title and cover illustration and to point to
where the teacher should begin reading
A 1st grade student answers the questions "how many sounds do you hear in the word
fan?" with the response "two". The student answers the question "how many sounds do
you hear in the word fish?" with the response "four". Given this evidence, the student
would benefit most explicit instruction and practice in: - answerphoneme isolation
A student knows the orthographic guidelines for adding -ing to CVC and CVCe words
but does not always apply the guidelines, thus often misspelling words with this ending
in everyday written work. Which of the following student activities would likely be most
, effective in addressing the student's needs? - answerusing letter tiles to build -ing words
and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
Which of the following approaches is most effective for introducing phonics patterns that
involve complex letter combinations? - answerhelping students pronounce complex
letter combinations, and then having them practice blending the sounds in target words
Which of the following words would be appropriate to use as an example word in a
lesson designed to teach students the regular open-syllable pattern? - answermusic
A 7th grade teacher compiles the following list of words for a lesson focused on using
structural analysis to promote accurate decoding of multi syllable words
- invite/invitation
- convene/convention
- produce/production
- drama/dramatic
-crime/criminal
This word list would be most appropriate for teaching which of the following concepts
related to structural analysis? - answerthe addition of an affix can change how vowels in
the base word are pronounced
A 6th grade teacher regularly prepares a monthly newsletter for families about the
ongoing academic program and classroom projects. Which of the following strategies
for discussing the reading program in the newsletter would be most effective in
promoting family involvement that enhances student literacy development? -
answerproviding details about current work in reading and suggesting related activities
families can do with their children outside of school
Which of the following skills is most closely associated with the fluency indicator
prosody? - answerReading with speech like stress and intonation
At all stages of reading development, to promote a student's reading rate, a teacher
should select texts for reading practice that primarily contain: - answerwords that the
student can decode with accuracy
A phrase-cued text in which the words are visually separated into meaningful groups
would be most appropriate to use with which of the following students to help the
student become a more fluent reader? - answera student who reads accurately word by
word with no expression
On an assessment of oral reading fluency using a grade-level narrative text, a 4th grade
student performs below grade-level benchmarks for words correct per minute. The
teacher noted that the student read at an appropriate pace, but the high number of
miscues brought the student's score down. To help determine the likely cause of the
student's poor fluency performance, the teacher should administer an assessment in
which of the following areas first? - answerskills in decoding grade-level words
Test
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - answer making the transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn"
A 1st grade teacher is working with a small group of students. The teacher says, "We're
going to play a word game. I'm going to say a word you know. I'm going to say the word
in two parts, then I want you to tell me what the word is. For example, if I say /m/ and
then /at/, you should say mat." This activity would be most effective in promoting
students' development of which of the following emergent literacy skills? - answer
blending onset/rime
In both classroom routines and explicitly focused literacy activities, an elementary
teacher regularly includes oral wordplay based on sound (e.g., rhyming, alliteration).
This classroom practice is likely to support the literacy development of emergent
readers primarily in which of the following ways? - answerby promoting their
phonological awareness
Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - answerWhat is the first sound you
hear in the word sat?
When teaching letter-sound correspondences, which of the following sets of letters
should be taught separately? - answerb and d
An elementary teacher reads aloud daily to students. Which of the following steps
related to the read-aloud activity would be most effective in promoting students'
development of concepts of print and book-handling skills? - answerbefore reading,
asking the students to indicate the book's title and cover illustration and to point to
where the teacher should begin reading
A 1st grade student answers the questions "how many sounds do you hear in the word
fan?" with the response "two". The student answers the question "how many sounds do
you hear in the word fish?" with the response "four". Given this evidence, the student
would benefit most explicit instruction and practice in: - answerphoneme isolation
A student knows the orthographic guidelines for adding -ing to CVC and CVCe words
but does not always apply the guidelines, thus often misspelling words with this ending
in everyday written work. Which of the following student activities would likely be most
, effective in addressing the student's needs? - answerusing letter tiles to build -ing words
and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
Which of the following approaches is most effective for introducing phonics patterns that
involve complex letter combinations? - answerhelping students pronounce complex
letter combinations, and then having them practice blending the sounds in target words
Which of the following words would be appropriate to use as an example word in a
lesson designed to teach students the regular open-syllable pattern? - answermusic
A 7th grade teacher compiles the following list of words for a lesson focused on using
structural analysis to promote accurate decoding of multi syllable words
- invite/invitation
- convene/convention
- produce/production
- drama/dramatic
-crime/criminal
This word list would be most appropriate for teaching which of the following concepts
related to structural analysis? - answerthe addition of an affix can change how vowels in
the base word are pronounced
A 6th grade teacher regularly prepares a monthly newsletter for families about the
ongoing academic program and classroom projects. Which of the following strategies
for discussing the reading program in the newsletter would be most effective in
promoting family involvement that enhances student literacy development? -
answerproviding details about current work in reading and suggesting related activities
families can do with their children outside of school
Which of the following skills is most closely associated with the fluency indicator
prosody? - answerReading with speech like stress and intonation
At all stages of reading development, to promote a student's reading rate, a teacher
should select texts for reading practice that primarily contain: - answerwords that the
student can decode with accuracy
A phrase-cued text in which the words are visually separated into meaningful groups
would be most appropriate to use with which of the following students to help the
student become a more fluent reader? - answera student who reads accurately word by
word with no expression
On an assessment of oral reading fluency using a grade-level narrative text, a 4th grade
student performs below grade-level benchmarks for words correct per minute. The
teacher noted that the student read at an appropriate pace, but the high number of
miscues brought the student's score down. To help determine the likely cause of the
student's poor fluency performance, the teacher should administer an assessment in
which of the following areas first? - answerskills in decoding grade-level words
