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1. A teacher is considering whether a five-year-old child C. Can the child blend
is ready to begin learning to sound out simple, regular phonemes to form a sim-
printed words. Which of the following questions would ple spoken word?
be most important for the teacher to ask when making
this determination?
A. Can the child invent a nonsense word that rhymes
with a simple spoken word?
B. Can the child form a new word by adding a phoneme
to a simple spoken word?
C. Can the child blend phonemes to form a simple
spoken word?
D. Can the child substitute one phoneme for another
in a simple spoken word?
2. A kindergarten teacher sets up a lending library of B. adding to the lend-
books in English that parents/guardians can check out ing library children's
to read to their children at home. The teacher is aware books written in the
that the parents/guardians of some English language parents'/guardians' home
learners in the class would like to read to their children language(s)
but have limited English skills. The teacher could best
support the students' literacy development by taking
which of the following steps?
A. suggesting that the parents/guardians ask family
friends or relatives with more advanced English skills
to read to their children
B. adding to the lending library children's books writ-
ten in the parents'/guardians' home language(s)
C. assuring the parents/guardians that their children
will receive extra one-on-one reading time in school
with a bilingual aide
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D. recommending that the parents/guardians take
their children to read-alouds for children at the local
public library
3. After a first-grade class has sung "This Land is Your A. detect word boundaries.
Land," the teacher overhears one child explain to an-
other that "the nooyorkiland" (the New York island) is
"a place in California." Upon hearing this, the teacher
decides to write the words of the chorus on the board
and talk to the children about its meaning. Seeing
the words written down would be especially useful in
helping the children:
A. detect word boundaries.
B. understand syllabication.
C. analyze word structures.
D. identify homophones.
4. A kindergarten teacher conducts a literacy activity with B. sound segmentation.
a small group of students. The teacher gives each
student a piece of paper with three connected box-
es drawn on it. Each box represents a phoneme in
a three-letter word. The teacher says a word slowly,
pronouncing each phoneme distinctly. As the students
hear each phoneme, they move a marker into the
corresponding box. This activity provides the students
with practice in:
A. sound substitution.
B. sound segmentation.
C. sound deletion.
D. sound blending.
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5. Whenever a preschool class goes on an excursion, A. connection between
the teacher asks the children to take turns afterward written language and oral
dictating sentences about their experiences. As they language.
dictate, the teacher writes their statements on a large
pad of paper, repeating each word as she writes it.
Then, after writing a child's statement, she reads it
aloud, pointing at each word as she says it, and checks
with the child to ensure that she has written what the
child wants to say. This activity would be most effective
for building children's understanding of the:
A. connection between written language and oral lan-
guage.
B. relationship between individual letters and specific
sounds.
C. difference between expressive language and recep-
tive language.
D. relationship between nouns and verbs in a sen-
tence.
6. A teacher wants to promote young children's ability B. helping the children vi-
to identify the letters of the alphabet, starting with sually attend to the shapes
the capital letters. According to research, which of the and features of each letter
following instructional approaches is likely to be most by describing the letters
helpful for this purpose? and demonstrating how
they are formed
A. showing the children a large alphabet strip at the
front of the room and asking each child to point to the
letters in his or her name
B. helping the children visually attend to the shapes
and features of each letter by describing the letters
and demonstrating how they are formed
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C. having children frequently use letter shapes in art
projects, such as pasting cut-out letters to a piece of
paper to make designs
D. providing children with a set of cardboard strips and
arcs and asking them to combine them to make letters
named by the teacher
7. The children in a preschool class have learned to recite D. teaching individual up-
the alphabet, and the teacher now wants to focus on percase letters and includ-
building the children's letter recognition. Which of the ing tactile and kinesthetic
following approaches would likely be most effective for letter formation activities
this purpose?
A. teaching visually similar letters (e.g., b and d) togeth-
er and pointing out the differences between them
B. teaching both the uppercase and lowercase forms
of each letter at the same time
C. teaching letters in groups that can be used immedi-
ately to begin writing words (e.g., c, a, t)
D. teaching individual uppercase letters and including
tactile and kinesthetic letter formation activities
8. A kindergarten teacher wants to obtain general infor- C. asking the child to write
mation about a child's development in several areas a title on a picture he or
of emergent literacy. Which of the following informal she has just drawn
assessments would be most effective in providing in-
formation across several areas of emergent literacy?
A. asking the child to sing the alphabet song for the
teacher
B. holding up a book and asking the child to point at
the book's cover
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1. A teacher is considering whether a five-year-old child C. Can the child blend
is ready to begin learning to sound out simple, regular phonemes to form a sim-
printed words. Which of the following questions would ple spoken word?
be most important for the teacher to ask when making
this determination?
A. Can the child invent a nonsense word that rhymes
with a simple spoken word?
B. Can the child form a new word by adding a phoneme
to a simple spoken word?
C. Can the child blend phonemes to form a simple
spoken word?
D. Can the child substitute one phoneme for another
in a simple spoken word?
2. A kindergarten teacher sets up a lending library of B. adding to the lend-
books in English that parents/guardians can check out ing library children's
to read to their children at home. The teacher is aware books written in the
that the parents/guardians of some English language parents'/guardians' home
learners in the class would like to read to their children language(s)
but have limited English skills. The teacher could best
support the students' literacy development by taking
which of the following steps?
A. suggesting that the parents/guardians ask family
friends or relatives with more advanced English skills
to read to their children
B. adding to the lending library children's books writ-
ten in the parents'/guardians' home language(s)
C. assuring the parents/guardians that their children
will receive extra one-on-one reading time in school
with a bilingual aide
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D. recommending that the parents/guardians take
their children to read-alouds for children at the local
public library
3. After a first-grade class has sung "This Land is Your A. detect word boundaries.
Land," the teacher overhears one child explain to an-
other that "the nooyorkiland" (the New York island) is
"a place in California." Upon hearing this, the teacher
decides to write the words of the chorus on the board
and talk to the children about its meaning. Seeing
the words written down would be especially useful in
helping the children:
A. detect word boundaries.
B. understand syllabication.
C. analyze word structures.
D. identify homophones.
4. A kindergarten teacher conducts a literacy activity with B. sound segmentation.
a small group of students. The teacher gives each
student a piece of paper with three connected box-
es drawn on it. Each box represents a phoneme in
a three-letter word. The teacher says a word slowly,
pronouncing each phoneme distinctly. As the students
hear each phoneme, they move a marker into the
corresponding box. This activity provides the students
with practice in:
A. sound substitution.
B. sound segmentation.
C. sound deletion.
D. sound blending.
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5. Whenever a preschool class goes on an excursion, A. connection between
the teacher asks the children to take turns afterward written language and oral
dictating sentences about their experiences. As they language.
dictate, the teacher writes their statements on a large
pad of paper, repeating each word as she writes it.
Then, after writing a child's statement, she reads it
aloud, pointing at each word as she says it, and checks
with the child to ensure that she has written what the
child wants to say. This activity would be most effective
for building children's understanding of the:
A. connection between written language and oral lan-
guage.
B. relationship between individual letters and specific
sounds.
C. difference between expressive language and recep-
tive language.
D. relationship between nouns and verbs in a sen-
tence.
6. A teacher wants to promote young children's ability B. helping the children vi-
to identify the letters of the alphabet, starting with sually attend to the shapes
the capital letters. According to research, which of the and features of each letter
following instructional approaches is likely to be most by describing the letters
helpful for this purpose? and demonstrating how
they are formed
A. showing the children a large alphabet strip at the
front of the room and asking each child to point to the
letters in his or her name
B. helping the children visually attend to the shapes
and features of each letter by describing the letters
and demonstrating how they are formed
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C. having children frequently use letter shapes in art
projects, such as pasting cut-out letters to a piece of
paper to make designs
D. providing children with a set of cardboard strips and
arcs and asking them to combine them to make letters
named by the teacher
7. The children in a preschool class have learned to recite D. teaching individual up-
the alphabet, and the teacher now wants to focus on percase letters and includ-
building the children's letter recognition. Which of the ing tactile and kinesthetic
following approaches would likely be most effective for letter formation activities
this purpose?
A. teaching visually similar letters (e.g., b and d) togeth-
er and pointing out the differences between them
B. teaching both the uppercase and lowercase forms
of each letter at the same time
C. teaching letters in groups that can be used immedi-
ately to begin writing words (e.g., c, a, t)
D. teaching individual uppercase letters and including
tactile and kinesthetic letter formation activities
8. A kindergarten teacher wants to obtain general infor- C. asking the child to write
mation about a child's development in several areas a title on a picture he or
of emergent literacy. Which of the following informal she has just drawn
assessments would be most effective in providing in-
formation across several areas of emergent literacy?
A. asking the child to sing the alphabet song for the
teacher
B. holding up a book and asking the child to point at
the book's cover
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