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Praxis 5205 - Teaching Reading Practice Questions
1. A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words
from a textbook before starting a new chapter. In planning an
instructionalstrategy, the teacher chooses the new vocabulary words
because they areessential to understanding the new topic. An instructional
technique that requires students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary
knowledge is themost appropriate instructional technique for the teacher
to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based tech-
niques 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 multi-
ple 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 associate an unfamiliar word with a definition and a
synonym or an antonym
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ANS A. Having students create original sentences using thewords and apply word
meanings across contexts
2. A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling in-
ventory 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 conso-
nants 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
ANS B. Short vowels
3. A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo
ANS That Typeby 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?
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A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record
ANS C. A think-aloud strategy
4. Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the
strategy is used
ANS before, during, or after reading. Click and drag each strategyto the
appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-
monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading
ANS 1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
5. Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students'
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Praxis 5205 - Teaching Reading Practice Questions
1. A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words
from a textbook before starting a new chapter. In planning an
instructionalstrategy, the teacher chooses the new vocabulary words
because they areessential to understanding the new topic. An instructional
technique that requires students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary
knowledge is themost appropriate instructional technique for the teacher
to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based tech-
niques 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 multi-
ple 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 associate an unfamiliar word with a definition and a
synonym or an antonym
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ANS A. Having students create original sentences using thewords and apply word
meanings across contexts
2. A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling in-
ventory 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 conso-
nants 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
ANS B. Short vowels
3. A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo
ANS That Typeby 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?
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A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record
ANS C. A think-aloud strategy
4. Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the
strategy is used
ANS before, during, or after reading. Click and drag each strategyto the
appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-
monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading
ANS 1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
5. Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students'
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