STR CERTIFY TEACHER TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following best describes one important way in which
this activity is likely to benefit English learners? Answer: Discussing
and writing about a content-area topic supports English learners' reading
of related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary, language structures, and
schemata
◉ The paragraph-building activity designed by Mr. Batista is likely to
promote English learners' reading development primarily by helping
them Answer: transfer skills from oral language to written language
◉ A sixth-grade teacher plays a short video clip report from a credible
and safe news channel and has students orally provide the main idea of
the news report. Which of the following answers best reflect why this
strategy is effective for supporting oral language skills. Select ALL that
apply. Answer: - The students evaluate spoken language of others and
rephrase using their own language
- The students practice getting the gist of a story in a quick and engaging
way
,◉ Of the following, which would be the best strategy to us in order to
emphasize the physical aspects of speech delivery? Answer: Place
students with a partner and then have each student record his/her speech
into a tape recorder. Student then work together with a partner to provide
feedback on each other's delivery skills.
◉ Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing
phonemes. She is presenting them with various words and asking them
to count the phonemes in them. Of the following words, which one has
four phonemes? Answer: little
◉ Which end-result will this activity most likely assist Mrs. Clarinton to
measure for her students? Answer: phonics skills
◉ This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's
ability to perform which of the following phonemic awareness tasks?
Answer: Recognizing how many phonemes are contained in a word
◉ The teacher conferences with parents on ways to help these students
at home. Which one of the following activities would the teacher most
likely recommend Answer: Play rhyming and sound games
◉ Phonemic awareness is a predictor for success in reading. Which of
the following is NOT a true statement about phonemic awareness skilss?
Answer: Phonemic awareness involves the relationship between
phonemes and graphemes in words
,◉ What further assessment would you suggest the teacher give to
pinpoint the nature of the students' difficulties? Answer: An informal
assessment of the students' phonemic awareness
◉ A first-grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty
applying the alphabetic principle. When assessed on letter knowledge,
the students know the letter sounds; however, they still seem to have
difficulty with blending the sounds together to pronounce words. Based
on the scenario above, in which of the following areas would the
students most likely benefit from explicit instruction? Answer: Blending
strategies
◉ In planning an order of introduction of letter-sound correspondences,
which of the following would a kindergarten teacher most likely
introduce first? Answer: single consonants and short vowels
◉ The purpose of the writing step of the lesson described above is to
Answer: associate the letter name, sound and shape
◉ Based on current research, which of the following is NOT important
in the selection of materials for teaching the alphabetic principle?
Answer: Does the program limit the number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per week?
, ◉ In the comments above, the student most clearly demonstrates which
of the following reading skills? Answer: Using graphophonic cues to
help analyze and decode an unfamiliar word
◉ After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" The teacher wants to encourage the
student to use semantic and syntactic cues to verify the word. Which of
the following teacher responses to the student's question would best
address this goal? Answer: "Now try reading the sentence again and see
whether swing make sense."
◉ After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" Which of the following teacher prompts
would most likely be effective in eliciting helpful information about the
student's use of word-identification strategies? Answer: "Tell me how
you figured out that the word was swing."
◉ A teacher uses the "pie" analogy to teach her students about author's
purpose. The acronym stands for the most common purposes- the P
stands for persuade, the I stands for inform, and the E stands for -
Answer: entertain
◉ Which of the following text features is most appropriate for the
classroom teacher to review prior to the writing assignment? Answer:
Organization of procedural text
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following best describes one important way in which
this activity is likely to benefit English learners? Answer: Discussing
and writing about a content-area topic supports English learners' reading
of related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary, language structures, and
schemata
◉ The paragraph-building activity designed by Mr. Batista is likely to
promote English learners' reading development primarily by helping
them Answer: transfer skills from oral language to written language
◉ A sixth-grade teacher plays a short video clip report from a credible
and safe news channel and has students orally provide the main idea of
the news report. Which of the following answers best reflect why this
strategy is effective for supporting oral language skills. Select ALL that
apply. Answer: - The students evaluate spoken language of others and
rephrase using their own language
- The students practice getting the gist of a story in a quick and engaging
way
,◉ Of the following, which would be the best strategy to us in order to
emphasize the physical aspects of speech delivery? Answer: Place
students with a partner and then have each student record his/her speech
into a tape recorder. Student then work together with a partner to provide
feedback on each other's delivery skills.
◉ Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing
phonemes. She is presenting them with various words and asking them
to count the phonemes in them. Of the following words, which one has
four phonemes? Answer: little
◉ Which end-result will this activity most likely assist Mrs. Clarinton to
measure for her students? Answer: phonics skills
◉ This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's
ability to perform which of the following phonemic awareness tasks?
Answer: Recognizing how many phonemes are contained in a word
◉ The teacher conferences with parents on ways to help these students
at home. Which one of the following activities would the teacher most
likely recommend Answer: Play rhyming and sound games
◉ Phonemic awareness is a predictor for success in reading. Which of
the following is NOT a true statement about phonemic awareness skilss?
Answer: Phonemic awareness involves the relationship between
phonemes and graphemes in words
,◉ What further assessment would you suggest the teacher give to
pinpoint the nature of the students' difficulties? Answer: An informal
assessment of the students' phonemic awareness
◉ A first-grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty
applying the alphabetic principle. When assessed on letter knowledge,
the students know the letter sounds; however, they still seem to have
difficulty with blending the sounds together to pronounce words. Based
on the scenario above, in which of the following areas would the
students most likely benefit from explicit instruction? Answer: Blending
strategies
◉ In planning an order of introduction of letter-sound correspondences,
which of the following would a kindergarten teacher most likely
introduce first? Answer: single consonants and short vowels
◉ The purpose of the writing step of the lesson described above is to
Answer: associate the letter name, sound and shape
◉ Based on current research, which of the following is NOT important
in the selection of materials for teaching the alphabetic principle?
Answer: Does the program limit the number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per week?
, ◉ In the comments above, the student most clearly demonstrates which
of the following reading skills? Answer: Using graphophonic cues to
help analyze and decode an unfamiliar word
◉ After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" The teacher wants to encourage the
student to use semantic and syntactic cues to verify the word. Which of
the following teacher responses to the student's question would best
address this goal? Answer: "Now try reading the sentence again and see
whether swing make sense."
◉ After identifying the word swing, the student turns to the teacher and
asks, "Is that right? Is it swing?" Which of the following teacher prompts
would most likely be effective in eliciting helpful information about the
student's use of word-identification strategies? Answer: "Tell me how
you figured out that the word was swing."
◉ A teacher uses the "pie" analogy to teach her students about author's
purpose. The acronym stands for the most common purposes- the P
stands for persuade, the I stands for inform, and the E stands for -
Answer: entertain
◉ Which of the following text features is most appropriate for the
classroom teacher to review prior to the writing assignment? Answer:
Organization of procedural text
