WGU PRE-ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND PRESENTATION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PAH1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS.

WGU PRE-ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND PRESENTATION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PAH1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Attempt #1 Status: Passed 1. A third-grade teacher is creating a language arts lesson to address the following standard: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-leddiverse partners on grade three topics and texts, building on others' ideas, and expressing their oclearly. The teacher plans for students to read a short story at the third grade reading level, and then will plastudents in small heterogenous groups to discuss the characters in the story. Which statement describes how the lesson plan aligns to the standard? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Students are participating in a teacher-led discussion. Students are engaging in a peer discussion in diverse groups. Students are working independently to understand the characters. Students are reading material that is age-appropriate for third-grade. 2. A math teacher presents students with various examples of polygons and non-polygons and asks thestudents to develop a definition of polygons based on the examples and non-examples. Which type of instructional approach is this teacher using? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Direct instruction Social instruction WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Inductive instruction Independent instruction 3. A fifth-grade teacher decides to use an eighth-grade lesson plan in which students will listen to a guespeaker discuss the importance of engaging in community service for their local neighborhood, and twill ask the guest speaker questions. The original lesson had students write a paper that delineated the speaker's argument and specific cand evaluate the soundness of the argument. The teacher replaced this activity with one in which stuwould write a paragraph summarizing the information provided by the speaker with appropriate elaboration and detail. Why did the teacher make the adjustment to the lesson plan? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER The original activity required that the students have extensive experience engaging in community service. The original activity required skills that were too advanced for fifth-grade students. The original activity was too long for the attention span of fifth-grade students. The original activity would not have allowed the teacher to effectively manage the classroom while students worked on the activity. 4. Match the math standard that aligns with each lesson component. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Create a graph based on time and distance Patterns, functions, and algebraic structures Patterns, functions, and algebraic structures Practice solving equations using a balance Patterns, functions, and algebraic structures Patterns, functions, and algebraic structures Use number properties to rewrite expressions Number sense, properties, and operations Number sense, properties, and operations Read a book about finding circumference and area Shape, dimension, and geometric relationships Shape, dimension, and geometric relationships Play a game that involves rolling two sets of dice and examining the outcomes Data analysis, statistics, and probability Data analysis, statistics, and probability 5. Match each source of student diversity with the appropriate instructional strategy. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Gender Provide successful male and female role models Provide successful male and female role models Physical Include psychomotor development activities Include psychomotor development activities Cognitive Identify and clarify difficult words and passages Challenge with varied assignments Language Use familiar speech and events Identify and clarify difficult words and passages Cultural Address harassment and bullying Use familiar speech and events Socio-economic status Provide realistic expectations for work Provide realistic expectations for work WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report 6. A teacher develops a lesson in which students will complete math problems that demonstrate their understanding of the place value of whole numbers and decimals to two decimal places and how whonumbers and decimals relate to simple fractions. How does this lesson plan align with the mathematics content standards for fourth grade? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER It takes algebra into consideration as one of the strands of this lesson. It takes reasoning into consideration as one of the strands of this lesson. It takes measurement into consideration as one of the strands of this lesson. It takes number sense into consideration as one of the strands for this lesson. 7. In a second-grade class, students explore equivalent fractions through music. Using an interactive wboard lesson demonstrating whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notesplayed by an alto sax, the students will count the length of the music notes by clapping. Students wila fraction for each of the notes on their own white board and then check their answer on the interactwhite board. Which statement is true regarding this lesson plan? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER The instructional strategies are appropriate for the grade level, but are not aligned with state math standards. The instructional strategies are aligned with state math standards, but are not appropriate for the grade level. The instructional strategies are appropriate for the grade level and are aligned with specified state math standards. The instructional strategies are not appropriate for the grade level, nor are they aligned with state math standards.