ELAR EC-6th Practice Test Questions and Answers
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A teacher wants to provide tips for parents to use at home to support students'
development of reading fluency. Which of the following tips will best support the
teacher's goal?
Listen to your child read aloud the same text multiples times
Use the information below to answer the questions that follow. A sixth-grade
teacher plans to assign a research project about Africa. Each student will be
using various print resources as well as the Internet to research aspects of
culture, society, and government in different parts of Africa. Students will create
artistic projects as well as written products, and each student will present his or
her findings to the class. The teacher sketches out her goals for the project.
Goals: 1) Students will identify characteristics of reliable Websites 2)Students will
compare and contrast electronic and print media 3) Parents will be aware of
project goals and expectations Which of the following best achieves goal 3?
Inviting students and parents to a project orientation night to view samples from
previous students
A language arts teacher has students set personal reading goals at the beginning
of each month. The students monitor, record, and reflect on their progress in data
notebooks. The primary purpose of setting and monitoring personal reading
goals is to have students
think metacognitively about reading strengths and weaknesses
Which of the following statements about the stages of writing development is
best supported by research?
Although most students progress through predictable stages of writing development, the
rate of skill development can vary.
A second grade teacher notices that several students are experiencing difficulty
decoding words like "fleet", "mean", and "coat". In which of the following areas
should the teacher plan further instruction for the students?
Vowel digraphs
Which of the following activities is the best way for elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic language usage?
Role-playing a range of sample conversations
A student asks the teacher for assistance reading a multisyllabic word. Which of
the following strategies will best support the student in learning to decode
complex words independently?
Identifying syllables or chunks and highlighting each differently
The last skill a teacher should expect students to master during a unit on
phonemic awareness isa) phoneme deletionb) syllable deletion c) blending
phonemesd) blending onsets and rimes
phoneme deletion
As part of their daily morning work, fourth-grade students dissect a given word
into smaller chunks by coding prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Then the
, students analyze the chunks to hypothesize the meaning of the word. The activity
best develops the skill of
decoding
Ms. Ruiz incorporates a weekly guest reader program in her first-grade classroom
by inviting school leaders, community members, and parents to read a story to
the class. Following the story, the guest reader and Ms. Ruiz lead a discussion
about the story and have students draw a picture and write about the story.
Which of the following is the primary goal of the activity?
Collaborating with others to improve students' comprehension skills
A second-grade teacher informally assesses the oral language skills of all
students, including native English speakers and English-language learners
(ELLs). Which of the following observations warrants a further in-depth
evaluation?
A native English-speaking student cannot verbalize ideas clearly during conversations
Which of the following practices best supports younger students in the prewriting
stage of the writing process?
Providing opportunities for students to use oral conversation to organize their thoughts
A fourth-grade student researches information on lions prior to writing an
expository essay. Which of the following strategies will help the student to most
appropriately organize information before writing the essay?
Summarizing important information from each resource
While reading realistic fiction, a teacher helps students make text-to-self
connections to the protagonist and antagonist. Which of the following best
represents the targeted literary feature?
Characterization elements
Use the information below to answer the questions that follow.A first-grade
teacher is planning a reading lesson consisting of the following steps. 1- Read
aloud a predictable big book containing a repetitive pattern and several words
unfamiliar to the class. 2- Reread the book, encouraging students to chime in on
predictable words and phrases 3- Have students echo read sentences from the
book written on a flip chart as students take turns pointing to the words. 4- Have
students take turns reading aloud and matching word strips and then sentence
strips to the sentences on the flip chart Steps three and four of the lesson focus
specifically on which of the following components of reading comprehension?
Word recognition skills
A teacher is preparing students to work on a research assignment. Which THREE
of the following objectives reflect best practices in teaching research skills using
the Internet?
Students will gather information of the Internet from a range of reliable sources/
Students will use open-ended questions to guide Internet-based research/ Students will
analyze Internet sources for authority and datedness
Which of the following student activities will allow a teacher to best assess
mastery of the alphabetic principle?
Composing regular words using letter tiles
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot
decode new words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students
Complete
A teacher wants to provide tips for parents to use at home to support students'
development of reading fluency. Which of the following tips will best support the
teacher's goal?
Listen to your child read aloud the same text multiples times
Use the information below to answer the questions that follow. A sixth-grade
teacher plans to assign a research project about Africa. Each student will be
using various print resources as well as the Internet to research aspects of
culture, society, and government in different parts of Africa. Students will create
artistic projects as well as written products, and each student will present his or
her findings to the class. The teacher sketches out her goals for the project.
Goals: 1) Students will identify characteristics of reliable Websites 2)Students will
compare and contrast electronic and print media 3) Parents will be aware of
project goals and expectations Which of the following best achieves goal 3?
Inviting students and parents to a project orientation night to view samples from
previous students
A language arts teacher has students set personal reading goals at the beginning
of each month. The students monitor, record, and reflect on their progress in data
notebooks. The primary purpose of setting and monitoring personal reading
goals is to have students
think metacognitively about reading strengths and weaknesses
Which of the following statements about the stages of writing development is
best supported by research?
Although most students progress through predictable stages of writing development, the
rate of skill development can vary.
A second grade teacher notices that several students are experiencing difficulty
decoding words like "fleet", "mean", and "coat". In which of the following areas
should the teacher plan further instruction for the students?
Vowel digraphs
Which of the following activities is the best way for elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic language usage?
Role-playing a range of sample conversations
A student asks the teacher for assistance reading a multisyllabic word. Which of
the following strategies will best support the student in learning to decode
complex words independently?
Identifying syllables or chunks and highlighting each differently
The last skill a teacher should expect students to master during a unit on
phonemic awareness isa) phoneme deletionb) syllable deletion c) blending
phonemesd) blending onsets and rimes
phoneme deletion
As part of their daily morning work, fourth-grade students dissect a given word
into smaller chunks by coding prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Then the
, students analyze the chunks to hypothesize the meaning of the word. The activity
best develops the skill of
decoding
Ms. Ruiz incorporates a weekly guest reader program in her first-grade classroom
by inviting school leaders, community members, and parents to read a story to
the class. Following the story, the guest reader and Ms. Ruiz lead a discussion
about the story and have students draw a picture and write about the story.
Which of the following is the primary goal of the activity?
Collaborating with others to improve students' comprehension skills
A second-grade teacher informally assesses the oral language skills of all
students, including native English speakers and English-language learners
(ELLs). Which of the following observations warrants a further in-depth
evaluation?
A native English-speaking student cannot verbalize ideas clearly during conversations
Which of the following practices best supports younger students in the prewriting
stage of the writing process?
Providing opportunities for students to use oral conversation to organize their thoughts
A fourth-grade student researches information on lions prior to writing an
expository essay. Which of the following strategies will help the student to most
appropriately organize information before writing the essay?
Summarizing important information from each resource
While reading realistic fiction, a teacher helps students make text-to-self
connections to the protagonist and antagonist. Which of the following best
represents the targeted literary feature?
Characterization elements
Use the information below to answer the questions that follow.A first-grade
teacher is planning a reading lesson consisting of the following steps. 1- Read
aloud a predictable big book containing a repetitive pattern and several words
unfamiliar to the class. 2- Reread the book, encouraging students to chime in on
predictable words and phrases 3- Have students echo read sentences from the
book written on a flip chart as students take turns pointing to the words. 4- Have
students take turns reading aloud and matching word strips and then sentence
strips to the sentences on the flip chart Steps three and four of the lesson focus
specifically on which of the following components of reading comprehension?
Word recognition skills
A teacher is preparing students to work on a research assignment. Which THREE
of the following objectives reflect best practices in teaching research skills using
the Internet?
Students will gather information of the Internet from a range of reliable sources/
Students will use open-ended questions to guide Internet-based research/ Students will
analyze Internet sources for authority and datedness
Which of the following student activities will allow a teacher to best assess
mastery of the alphabetic principle?
Composing regular words using letter tiles
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot
decode new words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students
