TEXAS TEACHERS 2019 PPR REVIEWED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a post project report that looks like the
following:
Post Project Report: Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that answers the
following questions:
1. What part of this project was most challenging?
2. What was the most interesting part of the project?
3. What do you wish you had done differently?
What skill are the students developing as they complete the post project report? ANS -Reflection
While keeping in mind that students develop at varying rates, Mrs. Halland notices that one of her
kindergarten students is potentially displaying some potentially significant cognitive delays. What should
Mrs. Halland do in this situation? ANS -Follow the school protocol for determining if some intervention
may be needed.
At the end of the grading period, Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, had his advisory (homeroom)
students review their academic portfolios, which include a variety of their work samples from each class
and content area. He asks students to identify their areas of strength and weakness. Using this strategy,
Mr. Hall is helping students develop which of the following? ANS -Goal-setting skills
Yeung Ma is an English learner who demonstrates little or no ability to use English in writing. Yeung Ma
uses occasional high-frequency words in her writing although they do not create meaning. Which of the
following best identifies Yeung's level of English language proficiency in writing? ANS -Beginning
Mr. Jones creates a menu of assignments for students to select from to determine how well they have
learned the material from the previous unit on Texas History. The primary value of this approach is that
it allows the teacher to ANS -Address the various learning styles in the classroom.
, An English Learner who understands most of the main points and supporting details of a read-aloud of a
grade-level text, and relies on illustrations and some language support to help create meaning, is most
likely at which level of listening proficiency? ANS -Advanced
Mr. Watson has a class of students from various socioeconomic backgrounds. He wants to be sure that
he is sensitive to the challenges some of his students may have. In his current unit, students are working
in Google Classroom to complete a research assignment. Which of the following ways could he be sure
that all students are able to complete the home portion of the Google Classroom research assignment?
ANS -Provide time for students to use the computer lab at school if they are unable to complete their
assignment at home.
What is the best way to help students use materials successfully in learning centers? ANS -Demonstrate
ways to use materials when introducing them.
Ms. Davis is teaching her class a lesson in the science lab. Before she lets them begin their group work,
she goes over the proper procedures for gathering necessary lab supplies and returning them to the
proper place after use. The primary reason she explains these procedures is to ANS -Promote students'
organizational skills.
Jacinta is a fifth-grade student in Mrs. Miller's class. She prefers to move around a lot and use all of her
senses to learn. She likes to work with manipulatives, color coding, and making models. Which type of
learner is she? ANS -Kinesthetic
Mr. Brillon takes his students outside at the beginning of the year with stopwatches and asks them to
time the distance it takes cars on the side street to travel a specific distance. He wants students to
discover the relationship between time and distance. Students then use iPads to create data tables and
graphs for recording their measurements and representing their findings. By planning this type of
activity Mr. Brillon shows an understanding of how to ANS -show how concepts taught in the classroom
are relevant in the real world.
Miss Scott, a 2nd-grade teacher, creates and administers a middle of the year math assessment that she
gives to all of her students. She does not use this assessment as a grade. What is the purpose of giving
this assessment? ANS -She uses the information to see the students strengths and weakness.
After reading a story about Snow White, Mrs. Brazzel has her class retell the story from the different
perspectives of each of the characters. The primary benefit of the lesson is to develop the students'
ability to ANS -Consider multiple viewpoints
AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a post project report that looks like the
following:
Post Project Report: Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that answers the
following questions:
1. What part of this project was most challenging?
2. What was the most interesting part of the project?
3. What do you wish you had done differently?
What skill are the students developing as they complete the post project report? ANS -Reflection
While keeping in mind that students develop at varying rates, Mrs. Halland notices that one of her
kindergarten students is potentially displaying some potentially significant cognitive delays. What should
Mrs. Halland do in this situation? ANS -Follow the school protocol for determining if some intervention
may be needed.
At the end of the grading period, Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, had his advisory (homeroom)
students review their academic portfolios, which include a variety of their work samples from each class
and content area. He asks students to identify their areas of strength and weakness. Using this strategy,
Mr. Hall is helping students develop which of the following? ANS -Goal-setting skills
Yeung Ma is an English learner who demonstrates little or no ability to use English in writing. Yeung Ma
uses occasional high-frequency words in her writing although they do not create meaning. Which of the
following best identifies Yeung's level of English language proficiency in writing? ANS -Beginning
Mr. Jones creates a menu of assignments for students to select from to determine how well they have
learned the material from the previous unit on Texas History. The primary value of this approach is that
it allows the teacher to ANS -Address the various learning styles in the classroom.
, An English Learner who understands most of the main points and supporting details of a read-aloud of a
grade-level text, and relies on illustrations and some language support to help create meaning, is most
likely at which level of listening proficiency? ANS -Advanced
Mr. Watson has a class of students from various socioeconomic backgrounds. He wants to be sure that
he is sensitive to the challenges some of his students may have. In his current unit, students are working
in Google Classroom to complete a research assignment. Which of the following ways could he be sure
that all students are able to complete the home portion of the Google Classroom research assignment?
ANS -Provide time for students to use the computer lab at school if they are unable to complete their
assignment at home.
What is the best way to help students use materials successfully in learning centers? ANS -Demonstrate
ways to use materials when introducing them.
Ms. Davis is teaching her class a lesson in the science lab. Before she lets them begin their group work,
she goes over the proper procedures for gathering necessary lab supplies and returning them to the
proper place after use. The primary reason she explains these procedures is to ANS -Promote students'
organizational skills.
Jacinta is a fifth-grade student in Mrs. Miller's class. She prefers to move around a lot and use all of her
senses to learn. She likes to work with manipulatives, color coding, and making models. Which type of
learner is she? ANS -Kinesthetic
Mr. Brillon takes his students outside at the beginning of the year with stopwatches and asks them to
time the distance it takes cars on the side street to travel a specific distance. He wants students to
discover the relationship between time and distance. Students then use iPads to create data tables and
graphs for recording their measurements and representing their findings. By planning this type of
activity Mr. Brillon shows an understanding of how to ANS -show how concepts taught in the classroom
are relevant in the real world.
Miss Scott, a 2nd-grade teacher, creates and administers a middle of the year math assessment that she
gives to all of her students. She does not use this assessment as a grade. What is the purpose of giving
this assessment? ANS -She uses the information to see the students strengths and weakness.
After reading a story about Snow White, Mrs. Brazzel has her class retell the story from the different
perspectives of each of the characters. The primary benefit of the lesson is to develop the students'
ability to ANS -Consider multiple viewpoints
