NES TEST questions with correct answers

A 6th grade teacher at Sinagua Middle School reads an informational text and asks the students to think of a good title to the excerpt. After reading she asks for some volunteers and then writes their responses on the board. They then talk about the different possible titles and eventually agree upon one that best reflects the information in the passage. What does this activity promote with regard to the students' development of listening skills? a. Listen to the author's primary purpose for the text and figure out the main idea(s) b. Use listening skills in order to evaluate supporting evidence c. Predicting to support listening comprehension d. Use the information to create mental images that support listening comprehension CORRECT ANSWER a. Listen to the author's primary purpose for the text and figure out the main idea(s) Emma is a beginning reader. She is reading a book and comes across a new word. Once she decodes the word how is she able to succeed in understanding the meaning of the word she just decoded? a. The new word is easy to spell b. The new word rhymes with some site words c. The new word is inside a pas