Science of Teaching and Reading (STR)
TEXES Exam
After a field trip, a teacher asks students to speak about their experiences while the
teacher records their responses. After all the responses are written down, the students
use the teacher-recorded responses to identify words with 2 syllables. This activity is an
example of which teaching style? - Answers -Language Experience Approach.
Ms. Winski, a second-grade teacher, notices that her newest English language learner
is struggling to communicate with his peers. Which option below would best encourage
her new student to practice speaking to and interacting with his classmates? - Answers
-Allow time before and after activities for students to chat with their deskmates.
A kindergarten teacher is redesigning her during-reading comprehension questions to
be sure she has questions available that align with all students' oral language
proficiency levels. Which question would be appropriate to ask of an ELL student in the
early production stage of second language acquisition? - Answers -Is the mother feeling
sad or happy?
Addie, a kindergarten student, is consistently using object pronouns in place of subject
pronouns. For example, she says, "Them took my markers." How can the teacher best
help Addie correct this grammatical error? - Answers -Respond to Addie and use the
correct pronoun. "They should not have done that."
In which of the following ways could the teacher scaffold the paragraph writing activity to
accommodate for a student in the beginning stage of English language proficiency? -
Answers -Allow the student to create an illustrated storyboard timeline of a person's life
Mrs. Albertson has a new ELL student arriving in her class next week. Mrs. Albertson
spends some time researching what cognates exist between the two languages. She
reads a bit on typical grammatical structures and cultural norms that might be new or
different for the student. Mrs. Albertson finds images from the student's culture that are
relevant to the classroom setting and prints a photo along with the word in both
languages to post around the room.
All of these strategies are beneficial for helping ELL students acquire a second
language because they: - Answers -build on the student's prior knowledge and
language skills to make connections with English, making it easier for the student to
master the English concepts.
TEXES Exam
After a field trip, a teacher asks students to speak about their experiences while the
teacher records their responses. After all the responses are written down, the students
use the teacher-recorded responses to identify words with 2 syllables. This activity is an
example of which teaching style? - Answers -Language Experience Approach.
Ms. Winski, a second-grade teacher, notices that her newest English language learner
is struggling to communicate with his peers. Which option below would best encourage
her new student to practice speaking to and interacting with his classmates? - Answers
-Allow time before and after activities for students to chat with their deskmates.
A kindergarten teacher is redesigning her during-reading comprehension questions to
be sure she has questions available that align with all students' oral language
proficiency levels. Which question would be appropriate to ask of an ELL student in the
early production stage of second language acquisition? - Answers -Is the mother feeling
sad or happy?
Addie, a kindergarten student, is consistently using object pronouns in place of subject
pronouns. For example, she says, "Them took my markers." How can the teacher best
help Addie correct this grammatical error? - Answers -Respond to Addie and use the
correct pronoun. "They should not have done that."
In which of the following ways could the teacher scaffold the paragraph writing activity to
accommodate for a student in the beginning stage of English language proficiency? -
Answers -Allow the student to create an illustrated storyboard timeline of a person's life
Mrs. Albertson has a new ELL student arriving in her class next week. Mrs. Albertson
spends some time researching what cognates exist between the two languages. She
reads a bit on typical grammatical structures and cultural norms that might be new or
different for the student. Mrs. Albertson finds images from the student's culture that are
relevant to the classroom setting and prints a photo along with the word in both
languages to post around the room.
All of these strategies are beneficial for helping ELL students acquire a second
language because they: - Answers -build on the student's prior knowledge and
language skills to make connections with English, making it easier for the student to
master the English concepts.
