PRAXIS 5205 - TEACHING READING
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
b A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words from a textbook before starting
a new chapter. In planning an instructional strategy, the teacher chooses the new vocabulary words
because they are essential to understanding the new topic. An instructional technique that requires
students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary knowledge is the most appropriate instructional
technique for the teacher to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based techniques is best for the teacher to
include in the instructional plan?
A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word meanings across contexts
B. Creating activities in which students categorize words and generate multiple meaning for each word
C. Presenting new vocabulary in an authentic context by asking students to use the words to complete
framed sentences
D. Telling students to ass - A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word
meanings across contexts
A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling inventory for each member of the
class. One student misread the words "big," "chat," and "pen" during the running record. On the spelling
inventory, the student was able to successfully complete all beginning and ending consonants in CVC
pattern words. Which of the following is the best instructional focus for the student?
A. Digraphs
B. Short vowels
C. Word-attack skills
D. Long vowels - B. Short vowels
A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo: That Type by Doreen Cronin to the class.
The teacher read the sentence, "The cows were growing impatient with the farmer." The teacher stops
reading after this sentence and says to the class, "Hmm.. I wonder what the word 'impatient' means? I
know that the farmer just got another note from the cows that said they won't give any milk. I bet that
makes the farmer really mad! I'm going to keep reading to see whether I can figure out what impatient
means." The teacher is using which of the following?
, A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record - C. A think-aloud strategy
Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the strategy is used: before, during, or
after reading. Click and drag each strategy to the appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading - 1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students' phonological awareness?
A. Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
B. Asking students to identify the letter at the beginning of the word "desk"
C. Distributing the letter cards "b," "a," and "t" and asking students to order the letters to create a word
D. Displaying the written word "cat" and asking students to sound it out as they tap each letter - A.
Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
A sixth-grade teacher engages students in an activity that integrates reading and writing in a social
studies unit of study. In the note-taking format shown, students take notes on the right side of the
organizer as they read part of a chapter in the textbook. When the reading is complete, the students
summarize the main ideas and read the notes they have recorded to develop questions that the notes
would answer.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
b A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words from a textbook before starting
a new chapter. In planning an instructional strategy, the teacher chooses the new vocabulary words
because they are essential to understanding the new topic. An instructional technique that requires
students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary knowledge is the most appropriate instructional
technique for the teacher to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based techniques is best for the teacher to
include in the instructional plan?
A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word meanings across contexts
B. Creating activities in which students categorize words and generate multiple meaning for each word
C. Presenting new vocabulary in an authentic context by asking students to use the words to complete
framed sentences
D. Telling students to ass - A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word
meanings across contexts
A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling inventory for each member of the
class. One student misread the words "big," "chat," and "pen" during the running record. On the spelling
inventory, the student was able to successfully complete all beginning and ending consonants in CVC
pattern words. Which of the following is the best instructional focus for the student?
A. Digraphs
B. Short vowels
C. Word-attack skills
D. Long vowels - B. Short vowels
A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo: That Type by Doreen Cronin to the class.
The teacher read the sentence, "The cows were growing impatient with the farmer." The teacher stops
reading after this sentence and says to the class, "Hmm.. I wonder what the word 'impatient' means? I
know that the farmer just got another note from the cows that said they won't give any milk. I bet that
makes the farmer really mad! I'm going to keep reading to see whether I can figure out what impatient
means." The teacher is using which of the following?
, A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record - C. A think-aloud strategy
Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the strategy is used: before, during, or
after reading. Click and drag each strategy to the appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading - 1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students' phonological awareness?
A. Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
B. Asking students to identify the letter at the beginning of the word "desk"
C. Distributing the letter cards "b," "a," and "t" and asking students to order the letters to create a word
D. Displaying the written word "cat" and asking students to sound it out as they tap each letter - A.
Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
A sixth-grade teacher engages students in an activity that integrates reading and writing in a social
studies unit of study. In the note-taking format shown, students take notes on the right side of the
organizer as they read part of a chapter in the textbook. When the reading is complete, the students
summarize the main ideas and read the notes they have recorded to develop questions that the notes
would answer.
