LETRS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATORS ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
TESTED ANSWERS
◉ A child is at risk for later learning challenges if he or she isn't
forming short phrases or sentences by what age?
Answer: two and a half
◉ Children who have trouble developing oral language often get
stuck at what stage?
Answer: systematic simplification
◉ What stage of narrative development is represented in the
following story? "Cinderella go ball. My sisters mean."
Answer: heap story
◉ Which of these are characteristics of stories told by children at the
primitive narrative stage?
Answer: a focus on a particular, a problem and an attempt to resolve
it.
, ◉ A teacher repeats a child's response to a question and ads more
information to the sentences that the child says. Which language-
stimulation technique is she using?
Answer: expansion
◉ Which statement best summarizes how teachers should use
questioning with preschoolers?
Answer: Use literal questions to establish comprehension, then
follow with inferential questions.
◉ A book written to teach children about a single, narrow topic,
such as shapes, is what type of text?
Answer: concept book
◉ Prior to reading a text, teachers should select vocabulary words
from which tier?
Answer: Tier 2 (less familiar words that are widely used)
◉ When would a teacher be MOST likely to ask many literal
questions about a story?
Answer: during and after the first read
EDUCATORS ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
TESTED ANSWERS
◉ A child is at risk for later learning challenges if he or she isn't
forming short phrases or sentences by what age?
Answer: two and a half
◉ Children who have trouble developing oral language often get
stuck at what stage?
Answer: systematic simplification
◉ What stage of narrative development is represented in the
following story? "Cinderella go ball. My sisters mean."
Answer: heap story
◉ Which of these are characteristics of stories told by children at the
primitive narrative stage?
Answer: a focus on a particular, a problem and an attempt to resolve
it.
, ◉ A teacher repeats a child's response to a question and ads more
information to the sentences that the child says. Which language-
stimulation technique is she using?
Answer: expansion
◉ Which statement best summarizes how teachers should use
questioning with preschoolers?
Answer: Use literal questions to establish comprehension, then
follow with inferential questions.
◉ A book written to teach children about a single, narrow topic,
such as shapes, is what type of text?
Answer: concept book
◉ Prior to reading a text, teachers should select vocabulary words
from which tier?
Answer: Tier 2 (less familiar words that are widely used)
◉ When would a teacher be MOST likely to ask many literal
questions about a story?
Answer: during and after the first read
