STR (Science of Teaching Reading) Exam 2
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Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
In order for the making-words activity to successfully
enhance the students' graph phonemic knowledge and word
recognition, it is important that the teacher does which of the
following.
Carefully control the words students are asked to make by only
including words that are spelled with letter-sound
correspondences that students have been taught.
Mr. Heinz teaches middle school English. One of this
students is very bright and contributes to class discussions,
but has difficulty with reading and writing assignments.
Which of the following would Not be a sign of possible
dyslexia for this student?
The student volunteers to read out loud often
Which of the following describes a morpheme?
The smallest linguistic unit that has a meaning or grammatical
function
between which ages do children typically advance from
babbling to producing understandable speech?
2-3
read the following developmental accomplishments of
literacy acquisition by a student, and then select which
age(s) these accomplishments would fall under for a skilled
reader.
- Comments on characters in a book.
- Recognizes specific books by cover.
,- Listens to stories.
- Pretends to read books.
- less then 1-year-old
- 1-year-olds
- 2-year-olds
In order to nurture children's development as lifelong
readers, which of the following are effective strategies?
Discuss and share books that have been read for pleasure
What is the most important action that takes place during
storybook reading time to children?
the children discussing
A recent study concludes which of the following regarding
dyslexia and the size of the population it affects in the United
States?
Dyslexia affects 15-20% of the population in America.
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books
they can read on their own. As part of this process, she must
determine each student's independent reading level.
in order to accomplish this task effectively, Mrs. Swanson
should select books in which students-
have 5 or less word recognition errors per 100 words of text.
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books
they can read on their own. As part of this process, she must
determine each student's independent reading level.
In order to determine her students' independent reading
level, Mrs. Swanson's best approach would be to-
administer an informal reading inventory to each student.
,Which of the following strategies is most effective in
teaching students to recognize the words listed in the picture
above?
using creative ways to expose the students to the words in
multiple situations and contexts
A second-grade teacher wants to assess students' ability to
apply knowledge of phonic to spell words correctly. Which of
the following assessment strategies would be most effective
for this purpose?
The teacher dictates a set of words for the students to write, and
then the teacher analyzes how the students encode different
sounds.
A second-grade teacher has just taken a running record on a
student and is determining if the student should remain at
the same text level for further instruction or move to a more
difficult text. Which of the following elements is the LEAST
important for the teacher to take into consideration?
vocabulary knowledge
Mr. Clampett notices that Tamekah is often leaving off
suffixes when she reads. He provides direct instruction and
practice on noticing and applying suffixes to words when
reading. Which of the following would provide the most
appropriate assessment for Mr. Clampett to determine if
Tamekah has learned and is applying this skill?
Listen to Tamekah read a passage that has several words with
suffixes in it.
A teacher is creating a list of high-frequency, irregular sight
words. Which of the following sets of words would be
appropriate to include in the list?
have, mother, been
, Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during
small group interactions with her students. She was
deliberate about her word choice and language during her
discussion with students. Read the following dialogue
between Mrs. Ramirez and a student.
Which of the teacher prompts is a weak response?
That's right - toys!
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during
small group interactions with her students. She was
deliberate about her word choice and language during her
discussion with students. Read the following dialogue
between Mrs. Ramirez and a student.
In her response to "it was funny," the teacher used the word
amusing to-
purposefully model an alternative word that the child is not
accustomed to using.
Book Talk Rubric
Which of the following statements about rubrics should
guide Mr. Donovan's consideration of use of this assessment
tool for book talks?
Rubrics are efficient way to describe different levels of
achievement for the major aspects of students' oral language
development.
Ms. Waters recently welcomed a new student, Lee, into her
first-grade classroom. Lee is an English learner from South
Korea. Ms. Waters observed Lee closely for the first week
and noticed that he appeared to be in the beginning stage of
English language acquisition, as he frequently struggles to
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
In order for the making-words activity to successfully
enhance the students' graph phonemic knowledge and word
recognition, it is important that the teacher does which of the
following.
Carefully control the words students are asked to make by only
including words that are spelled with letter-sound
correspondences that students have been taught.
Mr. Heinz teaches middle school English. One of this
students is very bright and contributes to class discussions,
but has difficulty with reading and writing assignments.
Which of the following would Not be a sign of possible
dyslexia for this student?
The student volunteers to read out loud often
Which of the following describes a morpheme?
The smallest linguistic unit that has a meaning or grammatical
function
between which ages do children typically advance from
babbling to producing understandable speech?
2-3
read the following developmental accomplishments of
literacy acquisition by a student, and then select which
age(s) these accomplishments would fall under for a skilled
reader.
- Comments on characters in a book.
- Recognizes specific books by cover.
,- Listens to stories.
- Pretends to read books.
- less then 1-year-old
- 1-year-olds
- 2-year-olds
In order to nurture children's development as lifelong
readers, which of the following are effective strategies?
Discuss and share books that have been read for pleasure
What is the most important action that takes place during
storybook reading time to children?
the children discussing
A recent study concludes which of the following regarding
dyslexia and the size of the population it affects in the United
States?
Dyslexia affects 15-20% of the population in America.
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books
they can read on their own. As part of this process, she must
determine each student's independent reading level.
in order to accomplish this task effectively, Mrs. Swanson
should select books in which students-
have 5 or less word recognition errors per 100 words of text.
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books
they can read on their own. As part of this process, she must
determine each student's independent reading level.
In order to determine her students' independent reading
level, Mrs. Swanson's best approach would be to-
administer an informal reading inventory to each student.
,Which of the following strategies is most effective in
teaching students to recognize the words listed in the picture
above?
using creative ways to expose the students to the words in
multiple situations and contexts
A second-grade teacher wants to assess students' ability to
apply knowledge of phonic to spell words correctly. Which of
the following assessment strategies would be most effective
for this purpose?
The teacher dictates a set of words for the students to write, and
then the teacher analyzes how the students encode different
sounds.
A second-grade teacher has just taken a running record on a
student and is determining if the student should remain at
the same text level for further instruction or move to a more
difficult text. Which of the following elements is the LEAST
important for the teacher to take into consideration?
vocabulary knowledge
Mr. Clampett notices that Tamekah is often leaving off
suffixes when she reads. He provides direct instruction and
practice on noticing and applying suffixes to words when
reading. Which of the following would provide the most
appropriate assessment for Mr. Clampett to determine if
Tamekah has learned and is applying this skill?
Listen to Tamekah read a passage that has several words with
suffixes in it.
A teacher is creating a list of high-frequency, irregular sight
words. Which of the following sets of words would be
appropriate to include in the list?
have, mother, been
, Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during
small group interactions with her students. She was
deliberate about her word choice and language during her
discussion with students. Read the following dialogue
between Mrs. Ramirez and a student.
Which of the teacher prompts is a weak response?
That's right - toys!
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during
small group interactions with her students. She was
deliberate about her word choice and language during her
discussion with students. Read the following dialogue
between Mrs. Ramirez and a student.
In her response to "it was funny," the teacher used the word
amusing to-
purposefully model an alternative word that the child is not
accustomed to using.
Book Talk Rubric
Which of the following statements about rubrics should
guide Mr. Donovan's consideration of use of this assessment
tool for book talks?
Rubrics are efficient way to describe different levels of
achievement for the major aspects of students' oral language
development.
Ms. Waters recently welcomed a new student, Lee, into her
first-grade classroom. Lee is an English learner from South
Korea. Ms. Waters observed Lee closely for the first week
and noticed that he appeared to be in the beginning stage of
English language acquisition, as he frequently struggles to
