Elementary Education Content Test 305
1. The Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
include teaching students at the fourth-grade level how to use context, Greek
and Latin roots, and reference materials to promote vocabulary acquisition.
Which of the following statements best explains how these strategies con-
tribute to students' overall reading development and will help them develop
college and career readiness in vocabulary?
A. Students need to develop a variety of independent word-learning strategies
to deal with the volume of new words they will encounter in wide reading.
B. Students need to develop an awareness of new words they may encounter
in their reading so that they will be able to retain them effectively in the future.
C. Students need to develop an ability to spell and properly pronounce words
that they may need to apply in their future speaking and writing endeavors.
D. Students need to develop knowledge of a range of discipline-specific words
so that they are prepared to study a variety of fields or to pursue different
careers.: A. Students need to develop a variety of independent word-learning strate-
gies to deal with the volume of new words they will encounter in wide reading.
2. A first-grade teacher is working with a small group of emergent readers and
would like to promote their ability to identify the final consonant sound in
spoken words. Which of the following student activities would best promote
achievement of this goal?
A. writing all the words they know that end in the same final sound and reading
the words aloud
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B. circling the last letter of each word on a list of grade-level words and saying
the letter's name aloud
C. saying aloud the words depicted on picture cards and sorting the cards by
the last sound in each word
D. reading a simple grade-level poem aloud and segmenting the onsets and
rimes of the final word in each line: C. saying aloud the words depicted on picture
cards and sorting the cards by the last sound in each word
3. Which of the following sets of words would be most appropriate to use
for assessing third-grade students' ability to use structural analysis skills to
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1. The Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
include teaching students at the fourth-grade level how to use context, Greek
and Latin roots, and reference materials to promote vocabulary acquisition.
Which of the following statements best explains how these strategies con-
tribute to students' overall reading development and will help them develop
college and career readiness in vocabulary?
A. Students need to develop a variety of independent word-learning strategies
to deal with the volume of new words they will encounter in wide reading.
B. Students need to develop an awareness of new words they may encounter
in their reading so that they will be able to retain them effectively in the future.
C. Students need to develop an ability to spell and properly pronounce words
that they may need to apply in their future speaking and writing endeavors.
D. Students need to develop knowledge of a range of discipline-specific words
so that they are prepared to study a variety of fields or to pursue different
careers.: A. Students need to develop a variety of independent word-learning strate-
gies to deal with the volume of new words they will encounter in wide reading.
2. A first-grade teacher is working with a small group of emergent readers and
would like to promote their ability to identify the final consonant sound in
spoken words. Which of the following student activities would best promote
achievement of this goal?
A. writing all the words they know that end in the same final sound and reading
the words aloud
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B. circling the last letter of each word on a list of grade-level words and saying
the letter's name aloud
C. saying aloud the words depicted on picture cards and sorting the cards by
the last sound in each word
D. reading a simple grade-level poem aloud and segmenting the onsets and
rimes of the final word in each line: C. saying aloud the words depicted on picture
cards and sorting the cards by the last sound in each word
3. Which of the following sets of words would be most appropriate to use
for assessing third-grade students' ability to use structural analysis skills to
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