Praxis Early Childhood Education 5025 Questions and 100 % Correct Answers

Which of the following is most effective in helping young children develop phonological awareness? A.Singing songs with simple rhymes B.Singing the alphabet song C.Using large markers to print letters D.Looking for environmental print A ** A first-grade student, Kyle, has drawn an elaborate picture of a garden in his journal and has written: "I LK RD FLRS." Kyle's sentence suggests that an appropriate next step in his development as a writer would be learning to A.print lowercase letters B.use medial vowel sounds C.blend consonant sounds D.recognize common sight words B Option (B) is correct. Kyle's written work indicates that he does not use vowels between consonants. He seems to know the alphabet, and he now needs to include more of the sounds that are actually in the words he writes. He can be taught to do this by saying words slowly or stretching words and hearing the vowels, such as the /i/ in like or the /e/ in red. Graphic novels are effective for third-grade students because they A.provide interesting plots for advanced readers B.allow development of visual and verbal literacy C.demonstrate the use of similes and metaphors D.display charts and graphs in a variety of ways B Which of the following best describes a student at the semiphonetic stage of spelling development? A.Places vowels in syllables B.Imitates writing by copying random strings of letters C.Understands word structure D.Recognizes that sounds in words are represented by letters D A kindergarten teacher opens a book to the middle of the story and asks a student, "Where on this page should I begin reading?" It is most likely that the teacher is attempting to evaluate the student's A.ability to draw inferences from text B.phonological knowledge C.concepts about print