Which is most likely to interrupt a student's reading fluency?
a.text is too much to read in one sitting
b. student doesn't understand 15% of vowels
c. students doesn't know sight words of phonetic sounds
d. none of the above - AnswersStudent doesn't know sight words or phonetic sounds
You ask a student to look at a book without words and orally tell a story just by looking at the
pictures. What ability are you assessing?
a. concept of print
b. story structure
c. phonics
d. none of the above - AnswersStory structure
A boy reads slowly but accurately. What is an appropriate intervention?
a. repeated reading on a text that is at his independent level
b. echo read of a text that is at his instructional level
c, group reading
d. none of the above - Answersrepeated reading on a text that is at his independent level.
If a child struggles with fluency, what can you expect?
a. the student will struggle with comprehension
b. the student will struggle with phonics
c. the student will struggle with vocabulary
d. the student will never learn to read - AnswersThe student will struggle with comprehension-
think of fluency as the "bridge to comprehension"
A teacher has students crouch when the music is low and stand on their tiptoes when the music
is high. What musical concept is she reinforcing?
a. tempo
b. pitch
,c. timbre
d. dynamics - Answerspitch
A class goes on a field trip to a supermarket. the produce manager explains to the class that
fruits are grown in other areas and then transported to the store. Which activity would further
the student's knowledge of spatial interaction?
a. research the climates of the areas the fruits come from
b. chart the different modes of transportation used to move the fruit
c. study the food traditions in the different areas
d. find the location of where different fruits are grown and map how they get to the store -
Answersfind the location of where different fruits are grown and map how they get to the store.
A 1st grade class visits a pet store. Once returning back to the classroom the students are
broken up into various groups for different jobs (designing pet cages & arranging desks,
determining name and setting up the shop)After this the teacher holds a discussion on their
activities, what topic is the teacher laying the foundation for in future years?
a. opportunity cost
b. universal needs
c. economic interdependence
d. disposable income - AnswersEconomic interdependence(Previously called global
interdependence)
A teacher wants to connect a science unit with social studies. The students are charting a
plant's growth. Which concept is the teacher targeting?
a. time
b. continuity
c. location
d. environment - Answerstime
Ms. Duke is teaching a small group of 1st grade students. She is giving them the sounds /b?, /i/,
/g/ and then sweeping them together to say big. Her group is practicing this skill with several
short vowel words. What skill is she working on with this group?
a. alphabetic knowledge
, b. print awareness
c. fluency
d. phonemic awareness - Answersphonemic awareness
A kindergarten teacher includes poetry in her daily read-alouds. She asks her students to listen
to the rhymes of familiar poems and sometimes to provide a new rhyming word. Which reading
skill is she practicing with her class?
a. sight or concrete words
b. print awareness
c. phonemic awareness
d. connecting print to letter sounds - Answersphonemic awareness
Sometimes parents are not up to date on current instructional practices. Which would be a good
way to explain invented spelling to a parent of a kindergarten student?
a. a system invented by teachers to help students learn to spell words correctly
b. the ability to recognize and read words by translating the letters into speech sounds
c. vocabulary words which students should know by the end of the year
d. the use of letter-sound relationship to attempt to write words - Answersthe use of letter-
sound relationship to attempt to write words.
There are yellow balloons that your students make into a sculpture. What concept is being
taught?
a. line
b. form
c. shape
d. none of the above - Answersform
You want to teach the concept of change over a period of time. What activity should you choose?
a. make a poster with a timeline of your birth to your kindergarten years
b. have a discussion about the presidents of the US
c. watch a video and answer questions about timelines