PRAXIS 5205 LATEST
PRACTICE EXAM
Which of the following literacy activities best demonstrates a first-grade
student applying the literacy principle of decoding and encoding as
reciprocal skills?
a. Writing teacher-dictated sentences that include words in the CVCV C
V C Vpattern following instruction and word-sort activities using the
pattern
b. Reading a story about a little boy's family pet and recording a
spontaneous retelling of the tale for classmates to listen to as a literacy
workshop activity
c. Attending closely as a teacher reads a picture book aloud and provides
instruction in the various components of print literacy skills
d. Reading a short fictional story independently and creating a story map
through a series of drawings that illustrate major story elements -
ANSWERS-a. Writing teacher-dictated sentences that include words in
the CVCV C V C V pattern following instruction and word-sort
activities using the pattern
A teacher who is working with students on decoding multisyllabic words
in text writes the following words on an anchor chart after students
encounter them in their readings for the week.
-Multisyllabic words:
common
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butter
flutter
swimming
Which of the following activities will best help the students divide the
words into syllables?
a. Marking off syllables by using a dot between vowels and consonants
b. Examining long-vowel sounds in the words with a stable-final syllable
c. Identifying stressed and unstressed vowels in each of the words
d. Breaking up closed-syllable words based on consonant splitting -
ANSWERS-d. Breaking up closed-syllable words based on consonant
splitting
Students in a fifth-grade class are working on writing personal
narratives. After examining their first drafts, the teacher realizes the
students need additional scaffolding to be successful. Which of the
following instructional methods will best help students develop their
personal narratives?
a. Giving students a list of lively, descriptive, emotional, and precise
words to consider using
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b. Reminding students that varying sentence structure makes writing
more interesting
c. Providing students with a review and checklist for how to write
effective thesis statements
d. Encouraging students to support key details with logic, facts, and
quantifiable evidence - ANSWERS-a. Giving students a list of lively,
descriptive, emotional and precise words to consider using
A kindergarten teacher introduces phonics concepts to students early in
the school year and works on explicitly teaching short vowel sounds and
consonant sounds. Which of the following activities best helps students
work on the described phonics concept?
a. Sorting one-syllable words that are closed and not closed
b. Using letter tiles to practice vowel digraphs
c. Highlighting words with CVCEC V C E patterns in a passage
d. Teaching word families that follow CVCC V C patterns -
ANSWERS-d. Teaching word families that follow CVCC V C patterns
A fourth-grade teacher intends to use student performance data to guide
lesson planning for small-group reading and remediation of specific
skills. Which THREE of the following actions are most appropriate for
using the data to inform instruction?
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a. Analyzing data prior to adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
b. Analyzing data after the adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
c. Analyzing data to determine summative descriptions of performance
d. Analyzing data to determine formative descriptions of performance
e. Analyzing data to determine norm-referenced descriptions of
performance - ANSWERS-a. Analyzing data prior to adjustment of
instructional goals and delivery
b. Analyzing data after the adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
d. Analyzing data to determine formative descriptions of performance
During a phonics lesson, a third-grade teacher provides direct instruction
to a small group of students on how to decode multisyllabic words by
identifying the syllable types found within the word and applying the
phonics rules that govern each. The beginning of the teacher's
instructional sequence with students is shown below.
Teacher:
-Listen and tell me what you hear that is the same in each of these
words:" sudden," "velvet," "kitten," "napkin," "contest."
Student:
-Each of these words has two syllables.
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PRACTICE EXAM
Which of the following literacy activities best demonstrates a first-grade
student applying the literacy principle of decoding and encoding as
reciprocal skills?
a. Writing teacher-dictated sentences that include words in the CVCV C
V C Vpattern following instruction and word-sort activities using the
pattern
b. Reading a story about a little boy's family pet and recording a
spontaneous retelling of the tale for classmates to listen to as a literacy
workshop activity
c. Attending closely as a teacher reads a picture book aloud and provides
instruction in the various components of print literacy skills
d. Reading a short fictional story independently and creating a story map
through a series of drawings that illustrate major story elements -
ANSWERS-a. Writing teacher-dictated sentences that include words in
the CVCV C V C V pattern following instruction and word-sort
activities using the pattern
A teacher who is working with students on decoding multisyllabic words
in text writes the following words on an anchor chart after students
encounter them in their readings for the week.
-Multisyllabic words:
common
END OF
PAGE
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PRACTICE EXAM
butter
flutter
swimming
Which of the following activities will best help the students divide the
words into syllables?
a. Marking off syllables by using a dot between vowels and consonants
b. Examining long-vowel sounds in the words with a stable-final syllable
c. Identifying stressed and unstressed vowels in each of the words
d. Breaking up closed-syllable words based on consonant splitting -
ANSWERS-d. Breaking up closed-syllable words based on consonant
splitting
Students in a fifth-grade class are working on writing personal
narratives. After examining their first drafts, the teacher realizes the
students need additional scaffolding to be successful. Which of the
following instructional methods will best help students develop their
personal narratives?
a. Giving students a list of lively, descriptive, emotional, and precise
words to consider using
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b. Reminding students that varying sentence structure makes writing
more interesting
c. Providing students with a review and checklist for how to write
effective thesis statements
d. Encouraging students to support key details with logic, facts, and
quantifiable evidence - ANSWERS-a. Giving students a list of lively,
descriptive, emotional and precise words to consider using
A kindergarten teacher introduces phonics concepts to students early in
the school year and works on explicitly teaching short vowel sounds and
consonant sounds. Which of the following activities best helps students
work on the described phonics concept?
a. Sorting one-syllable words that are closed and not closed
b. Using letter tiles to practice vowel digraphs
c. Highlighting words with CVCEC V C E patterns in a passage
d. Teaching word families that follow CVCC V C patterns -
ANSWERS-d. Teaching word families that follow CVCC V C patterns
A fourth-grade teacher intends to use student performance data to guide
lesson planning for small-group reading and remediation of specific
skills. Which THREE of the following actions are most appropriate for
using the data to inform instruction?
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PRACTICE EXAM
a. Analyzing data prior to adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
b. Analyzing data after the adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
c. Analyzing data to determine summative descriptions of performance
d. Analyzing data to determine formative descriptions of performance
e. Analyzing data to determine norm-referenced descriptions of
performance - ANSWERS-a. Analyzing data prior to adjustment of
instructional goals and delivery
b. Analyzing data after the adjustment of instructional goals and delivery
d. Analyzing data to determine formative descriptions of performance
During a phonics lesson, a third-grade teacher provides direct instruction
to a small group of students on how to decode multisyllabic words by
identifying the syllable types found within the word and applying the
phonics rules that govern each. The beginning of the teacher's
instructional sequence with students is shown below.
Teacher:
-Listen and tell me what you hear that is the same in each of these
words:" sudden," "velvet," "kitten," "napkin," "contest."
Student:
-Each of these words has two syllables.
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