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ILTS 206 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: A 3 year old recognizes a word on a sign for a fast food restaurant and understands
that people go inside that building to eat. This is an example of a child making meaning from
what? - ANSWER-environmental print
QUESTION: What would contribute most to encouraging 3rd grade students' enjoyment of and
positive attitude toward reading? - ANSWER-allowing students to choose their own books from
the library
QUESTION: While preparing her preschool classroom for the 1st day of school, a teacher
creates a classroom grocery store in the dramatic play area. What is the primary benefit of this
classroom design? - ANSWER-Experience with print in their environment will help children
develop an understanding of the purpose and functions of print
QUESTION: What book topics would most likely be included in the genre of modern fantasy for
early elementary children? - ANSWER-a boy who finds a talking pencil
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QUESTION: The big dog has a nose.
The big dog has a tail.
The big dog has a bone.
What color is t he big dog?
This text would be most effective to use with emergent or early readers for what reason? -
ANSWER-Text with repetitive phrases supports fluent reading by providing multiple
opportunities to practice reading and recognizing words.
QUESTION: A preschool teacher hands a 4 year old child an open book and says to the child,
"Please show me where to start reading" By making this request, the teacher is most likely to
gather information about the student's skills in what areas? - ANSWER-directionality of print
QUESTION: A 1st grade student is reading a new text aloud to his teacher. The text reads, It is
very cold and snowing hard. Can you tell what the season is? Oh yes, it is winter. The child says
window instead of the word winter. The teacher repeats what the child read aloud, as he said
it, then asks if this makes sense. The teacher is encouraging the child to use what cueing
system? - ANSWER-semantic
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In a kindergarten classroom, the teacher has set out several wordless books for the children to
look at. Periodically, she asks one of her children to "read" the book to her. Asking the children
to participate in this activity will be most effective as a way to - ANSWER-develop the children's
oral language skills.
QUESTION: A 2 year old boy is sitting in a high chair. As he says "swing" to his caregiver, he
turns and points toward the door. When the caregiver picks up the boy and carries him to the
door, he points to a swingset in the yard. The caregiver opens the door and puts the boy down,
and he walks eagerly toward the swingset.
In this exchange with his caregiver, the boy has conveyed the meaning by using what? -
ANSWER-holophrase
QUESTION: holophrase - ANSWER-use of a single word
QUESTION: recursion - ANSWER-repeating items in a self-similar way
QUESTION: overextension - ANSWER-"doggie" is referred to all 4 legged animals and "daddy" is
referred to all men
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QUESTION: underextension - ANSWER-happens very early in language development around 18
months. The child knows the word "dog" but only applies it to his dog rather than all the other
dogs he encounters
QUESTION: A 2 year old boy is sitting in a high chair. As he says "swing" to his caregiver, he
turns and points toward the door. When the caregiver picks up the boy and carries him to the
door, he points to a swingset in the yard. The caregiver opens the door and puts the boy down,
and he walks eagerly toward the swingset.
In this situation, the caregiver could best promote the boy's communication and language
development by - ANSWER-engaging him in conversation about the swing
QUESTION: The families of young children who are learning English as a new language are
significantly more likely to collaborate with teachers when they - ANSWER-have on-going
opportunities to provide input to their child's education
QUESTION: When learning English, what language skills do young children from diverse
language backgrounds typically master first? - ANSWER-speaking with other children while
playing
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ILTS 206 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: A 3 year old recognizes a word on a sign for a fast food restaurant and understands
that people go inside that building to eat. This is an example of a child making meaning from
what? - ANSWER-environmental print
QUESTION: What would contribute most to encouraging 3rd grade students' enjoyment of and
positive attitude toward reading? - ANSWER-allowing students to choose their own books from
the library
QUESTION: While preparing her preschool classroom for the 1st day of school, a teacher
creates a classroom grocery store in the dramatic play area. What is the primary benefit of this
classroom design? - ANSWER-Experience with print in their environment will help children
develop an understanding of the purpose and functions of print
QUESTION: What book topics would most likely be included in the genre of modern fantasy for
early elementary children? - ANSWER-a boy who finds a talking pencil
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QUESTION: The big dog has a nose.
The big dog has a tail.
The big dog has a bone.
What color is t he big dog?
This text would be most effective to use with emergent or early readers for what reason? -
ANSWER-Text with repetitive phrases supports fluent reading by providing multiple
opportunities to practice reading and recognizing words.
QUESTION: A preschool teacher hands a 4 year old child an open book and says to the child,
"Please show me where to start reading" By making this request, the teacher is most likely to
gather information about the student's skills in what areas? - ANSWER-directionality of print
QUESTION: A 1st grade student is reading a new text aloud to his teacher. The text reads, It is
very cold and snowing hard. Can you tell what the season is? Oh yes, it is winter. The child says
window instead of the word winter. The teacher repeats what the child read aloud, as he said
it, then asks if this makes sense. The teacher is encouraging the child to use what cueing
system? - ANSWER-semantic
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In a kindergarten classroom, the teacher has set out several wordless books for the children to
look at. Periodically, she asks one of her children to "read" the book to her. Asking the children
to participate in this activity will be most effective as a way to - ANSWER-develop the children's
oral language skills.
QUESTION: A 2 year old boy is sitting in a high chair. As he says "swing" to his caregiver, he
turns and points toward the door. When the caregiver picks up the boy and carries him to the
door, he points to a swingset in the yard. The caregiver opens the door and puts the boy down,
and he walks eagerly toward the swingset.
In this exchange with his caregiver, the boy has conveyed the meaning by using what? -
ANSWER-holophrase
QUESTION: holophrase - ANSWER-use of a single word
QUESTION: recursion - ANSWER-repeating items in a self-similar way
QUESTION: overextension - ANSWER-"doggie" is referred to all 4 legged animals and "daddy" is
referred to all men
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QUESTION: underextension - ANSWER-happens very early in language development around 18
months. The child knows the word "dog" but only applies it to his dog rather than all the other
dogs he encounters
QUESTION: A 2 year old boy is sitting in a high chair. As he says "swing" to his caregiver, he
turns and points toward the door. When the caregiver picks up the boy and carries him to the
door, he points to a swingset in the yard. The caregiver opens the door and puts the boy down,
and he walks eagerly toward the swingset.
In this situation, the caregiver could best promote the boy's communication and language
development by - ANSWER-engaging him in conversation about the swing
QUESTION: The families of young children who are learning English as a new language are
significantly more likely to collaborate with teachers when they - ANSWER-have on-going
opportunities to provide input to their child's education
QUESTION: When learning English, what language skills do young children from diverse
language backgrounds typically master first? - ANSWER-speaking with other children while
playing
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