STR (Science of Teaching Reading) Exam 2
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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
,understand simple directions and conversations. Which of
the following supports would be most appropriate the
support Lee during activities that involve listening?
Ms. Waters should speak in a slow, concise manner and use
gestures for added emphasis.
For the simulated telephone conversation, which of the
following would be the most appropriate way for Mrs. Lilly to
pair up students?
Mrs. Lilly should form pair with students of different skill levels.
Which of the following activities would promote the
development of grade-level oral language knowledge and
skills among fourth-grade students?
Students are placed into small groups and given a specific task to
accomplish. Each small group of students works together to
develop a plan that delegates group roles and responsibilities.
Ms. Denali, a prekindergarten teacher, is teaching a unit on
the five senses. Over the past week, Ms. Denali has read
children's books, reviewed sensory words, and implemented
a wide variety of activities related to the sense of sight and
touch. Before moving on to address different senses, Ms.
Denali wants to design an interdisciplinary activity for
students to demonstrate their using oral language.
Which of the following activities would best achieve Ms.
Denali's goal?
Students create a collage using a variety of art materials, such as
aluminum foil, bubble wrap, feathers, felt, sand paper, and wood
chips. Students share their completed collages with the class and
describe the different colors, shapes, and textures.
Teachers of English learners should know the expected
stages and patterns of language development for their
,students as they acquire a second language. Which of the
following is a true statement that describes an expected
pattern for EL students?
A silent period is common when an EL student is first being
exposed to English.
A reading teacher plans to use the following chart to help a
group of first graders who are having difficulty segmenting
words into phonemes.
in the activity, students will move one counter for each
sound heard in CVC words that the teacher presents orally.
The intent of the above activity is most likely:
To make the segmenting of words into phonemes less abstract.
A new kindergarten teacher has asked for your help in
determining an appropriate way to assess a student's ability
to produce rhymes. Which of the following informal
assessment techniques is most likely to give the
kindergarten teacher the information she seeks?
The teacher gives the students three rhyming words, the student
is asked to give another word that follows the pattern (e.g. The
teacher says, "sip, dip, flip, what is another word that rhymes with
sip, dip, and flip?" the student says, "rip").
Which of the following lists gives the correct order for the
expected development of phonological skills from most
basic to advanced?
counting syllables, recognizing rhyming pairs, producing rhyming
pairs, phoneme awareness
A kindergarten teacher slowly says a child's name. The
teacher then claps once for each syllable as she repeats the
child's name (e.g., "lor-na"). The teacher repeats these
syllables for every child's name.
, This activity is likely to promote literacy development for the
students primarily by-
enhancing the students' phonological awareness.
A first-grade teacher uses small groups instruction to
provide extra support for a groups of students who are
having trouble hearing the sounds in the words they want to
write. Which of the following activities would NOT be useful
to help her students develop this skill?
Show students how to refer to written lists of high-frequency
words and content words to help with writing.
Mr. Hyde often uses phonemic awareness activities during
transition times in his first grade classroom. One activity he
does is called "slow motion" and he says a word, but instead
of saying it all together, he says each sound slowly and
separately. Students try to put the sounds together and tell
what the word is. What phonemic awareness skill is the class
practicing?
phoneme blending
Mr. Kano uses the Picture Word Inductive Model in his
second grade class to help his students develop content
vocabulary. He posts a large picture related to a subject the
class is studying. As the class discusses the picture, Mr.
Kano labels elements of the picture the students know.
Which of the following language skills is LESST likely to be
developed during this activity?
A. Oral language development
B. Using references to find correct spelling
C. Hearing and recording the sounds in words
D. Blending sounds in words
Questions and Answers Latest Versions 2025
A+
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
,understand simple directions and conversations. Which of
the following supports would be most appropriate the
support Lee during activities that involve listening?
Ms. Waters should speak in a slow, concise manner and use
gestures for added emphasis.
For the simulated telephone conversation, which of the
following would be the most appropriate way for Mrs. Lilly to
pair up students?
Mrs. Lilly should form pair with students of different skill levels.
Which of the following activities would promote the
development of grade-level oral language knowledge and
skills among fourth-grade students?
Students are placed into small groups and given a specific task to
accomplish. Each small group of students works together to
develop a plan that delegates group roles and responsibilities.
Ms. Denali, a prekindergarten teacher, is teaching a unit on
the five senses. Over the past week, Ms. Denali has read
children's books, reviewed sensory words, and implemented
a wide variety of activities related to the sense of sight and
touch. Before moving on to address different senses, Ms.
Denali wants to design an interdisciplinary activity for
students to demonstrate their using oral language.
Which of the following activities would best achieve Ms.
Denali's goal?
Students create a collage using a variety of art materials, such as
aluminum foil, bubble wrap, feathers, felt, sand paper, and wood
chips. Students share their completed collages with the class and
describe the different colors, shapes, and textures.
Teachers of English learners should know the expected
stages and patterns of language development for their
,students as they acquire a second language. Which of the
following is a true statement that describes an expected
pattern for EL students?
A silent period is common when an EL student is first being
exposed to English.
A reading teacher plans to use the following chart to help a
group of first graders who are having difficulty segmenting
words into phonemes.
in the activity, students will move one counter for each
sound heard in CVC words that the teacher presents orally.
The intent of the above activity is most likely:
To make the segmenting of words into phonemes less abstract.
A new kindergarten teacher has asked for your help in
determining an appropriate way to assess a student's ability
to produce rhymes. Which of the following informal
assessment techniques is most likely to give the
kindergarten teacher the information she seeks?
The teacher gives the students three rhyming words, the student
is asked to give another word that follows the pattern (e.g. The
teacher says, "sip, dip, flip, what is another word that rhymes with
sip, dip, and flip?" the student says, "rip").
Which of the following lists gives the correct order for the
expected development of phonological skills from most
basic to advanced?
counting syllables, recognizing rhyming pairs, producing rhyming
pairs, phoneme awareness
A kindergarten teacher slowly says a child's name. The
teacher then claps once for each syllable as she repeats the
child's name (e.g., "lor-na"). The teacher repeats these
syllables for every child's name.
, This activity is likely to promote literacy development for the
students primarily by-
enhancing the students' phonological awareness.
A first-grade teacher uses small groups instruction to
provide extra support for a groups of students who are
having trouble hearing the sounds in the words they want to
write. Which of the following activities would NOT be useful
to help her students develop this skill?
Show students how to refer to written lists of high-frequency
words and content words to help with writing.
Mr. Hyde often uses phonemic awareness activities during
transition times in his first grade classroom. One activity he
does is called "slow motion" and he says a word, but instead
of saying it all together, he says each sound slowly and
separately. Students try to put the sounds together and tell
what the word is. What phonemic awareness skill is the class
practicing?
phoneme blending
Mr. Kano uses the Picture Word Inductive Model in his
second grade class to help his students develop content
vocabulary. He posts a large picture related to a subject the
class is studying. As the class discusses the picture, Mr.
Kano labels elements of the picture the students know.
Which of the following language skills is LESST likely to be
developed during this activity?
A. Oral language development
B. Using references to find correct spelling
C. Hearing and recording the sounds in words
D. Blending sounds in words
