PPR PRACTICE EXAM CLOSING SCRIPT
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VIEW AHEAD PREP MATERIAL SOLVED
⩥ A good example of an instructional goal that is clear, relevant,
and meaningful is...
Answer: The student will create and use representations to
organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
representing a real-world situation.
⩥ A kindergarten teacher wants to conduct an outdoor classroom
experience for her students. She is following the TEKS for home
and school safety procedures and is using environmentally
appropriate and responsible practices. Which of the following
would not be part of the basic instruction?
Answer: Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events
observed in the natural world.
⩥ An elementary teacher has a small group of English learners
in her ESL elementary classroom. She notices that one student
who just arrived from China seems to be showing no interest in
speaking in English, yet she responds well to directions that are
,spoken in English. What could be a reason for her lack of verbal
English skills?
Answer: Speaking in English is a more advanced skill than
listening and understanding English.
⩥ An English teacher and a science teacher decide to combine
efforts by using a cross-disciplinary model wherein each student
will produce a science fair project that will be supported by both
teachers. Which of the following models would result in the best
learning experience?
Answer: The science teacher and English teacher develop a
common rubric that includes criteria for both subjects. Each
teacher provides guidance to students in their area of expertise
and share status of student work with each other. Final grades
are based on the combined input of both teachers.
⩥ A new teacher to the 5th grade team of 4 teachers is
assembling her resources which include curriculum guides
provided by the school district, instructional benchmarks
provided by the school, and a vast assortment of supplemental
materials that include pre-written curriculum and activities from
a nationally respected publisher. She finds she is overwhelmed
by the amount of choices and she is afraid of failing, as school
starts in four days. Which of the following should she do first?
, Answer: Go to her other 5th grade team mates who are veteran
school district employees for guidance and help in prioritizing
the importance of each resource.
⩥ A new teacher to the high school biology program is looking
for resources that will meet the needs of her students and
provide an interesting learning experience for them. Because she
just finished an amazing student teacher internship and
experienced great success with many of the activities she
implemented, she is eager to try them out on her new students.
How should she make sure they are appropriate in her new
school?
Answer: Refer to the district's biology curriculum guide for
similar activities that are recommended related to the lesson
objective.
⩥ As a first-year physical education teacher, Miss Jones wants to
teach her students to play softball. She is well aware that she
needs to design the lesson for her second-grade students
differently than she designs it for her 5th-grade students. One of
her primary considerations when developing her two different
lessons must be which of the following?
Answer: The emotional development characteristics of the
children
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VIEW AHEAD PREP MATERIAL SOLVED
⩥ A good example of an instructional goal that is clear, relevant,
and meaningful is...
Answer: The student will create and use representations to
organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
representing a real-world situation.
⩥ A kindergarten teacher wants to conduct an outdoor classroom
experience for her students. She is following the TEKS for home
and school safety procedures and is using environmentally
appropriate and responsible practices. Which of the following
would not be part of the basic instruction?
Answer: Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events
observed in the natural world.
⩥ An elementary teacher has a small group of English learners
in her ESL elementary classroom. She notices that one student
who just arrived from China seems to be showing no interest in
speaking in English, yet she responds well to directions that are
,spoken in English. What could be a reason for her lack of verbal
English skills?
Answer: Speaking in English is a more advanced skill than
listening and understanding English.
⩥ An English teacher and a science teacher decide to combine
efforts by using a cross-disciplinary model wherein each student
will produce a science fair project that will be supported by both
teachers. Which of the following models would result in the best
learning experience?
Answer: The science teacher and English teacher develop a
common rubric that includes criteria for both subjects. Each
teacher provides guidance to students in their area of expertise
and share status of student work with each other. Final grades
are based on the combined input of both teachers.
⩥ A new teacher to the 5th grade team of 4 teachers is
assembling her resources which include curriculum guides
provided by the school district, instructional benchmarks
provided by the school, and a vast assortment of supplemental
materials that include pre-written curriculum and activities from
a nationally respected publisher. She finds she is overwhelmed
by the amount of choices and she is afraid of failing, as school
starts in four days. Which of the following should she do first?
, Answer: Go to her other 5th grade team mates who are veteran
school district employees for guidance and help in prioritizing
the importance of each resource.
⩥ A new teacher to the high school biology program is looking
for resources that will meet the needs of her students and
provide an interesting learning experience for them. Because she
just finished an amazing student teacher internship and
experienced great success with many of the activities she
implemented, she is eager to try them out on her new students.
How should she make sure they are appropriate in her new
school?
Answer: Refer to the district's biology curriculum guide for
similar activities that are recommended related to the lesson
objective.
⩥ As a first-year physical education teacher, Miss Jones wants to
teach her students to play softball. She is well aware that she
needs to design the lesson for her second-grade students
differently than she designs it for her 5th-grade students. One of
her primary considerations when developing her two different
lessons must be which of the following?
Answer: The emotional development characteristics of the
children
