Students read familiar fables and fairy tales, and the teacher guides students to discuss
the moral or
meaning of each story. - ANSWER...-Which of the following instructional activities for
fourth graders would best prepare students to understand the concept of literary theme?
Distribute the ELL students among all the groups and have them participate fully in the
discussions with
other students. - ANSWER...-Mrs. Northup has a fourth grade class with a number of
English Language Learners. The class is reading and discussing some classic
American short stories. What would be the best way for her to include her English
Language Learners in class discussions?
Making available in the classroom library texts at various levels that supplement and
reinforce the
information presented in students' textbooks. - ANSWER...-A fourth grade teacher
wants to ensure that the classroom reading environment supports contentarea learning
for the English Language Learners in class. Which of the following strategies is likely to
be most effective in addressing this objective?
metacognition - ANSWER...-A reader gets to the end of a paragraph and realizes
he/she has not understood the text. When the child rereads the paragraph, the child
demonstrated —
The teacher leads a class discussion of one of the texts and uses student input to
create a map of the
information on the board. - ANSWER...-Students in a fourth grade class have been
reading informational texts about space travel. The teacher wants to strengthen
students' understanding of the information presented in the texts by helping students
focus on main ideas and significant details. Which of the following instructional activities
would most effectively address this goal?
Students preview a set of questions that they will be required to answer in writing after
they finish reading the passage. - ANSWER...-A teacher wants to facilitate students'
comprehension of an expository passage by setting a purpose for reading. Which of the
following strategies is likely to be most effective?
Students read folktales and other literature from various cultures and discuss the
similarities and