ESE K-12 FTCE Exam - Competency 3: Knowledge of Instructional Practices (21% of test)

Kevin is a third grader who continues to sound out many words when he reads and reads very slowly. He uses so much effort in identifying the words that he frequently misses the main points of the story. He concentrates his effort on unlocking the word rather than on reading the word automatically. Kevin's main barrier to comprehension is his fluency Ms. Cooper is preparing a lesson on how to find the area of a rectangle. Before beginning the lesson, she gave her students a multiplication probe and discovered that almost half the class was still having problems with multiplication facts. What is Ms. Cooper's next step? B. Set up a tutoring program in which students who knew their facts are paired with students who do not; pairs practice facts for 10 minutes a day for a week. An elementary school student with severe physical disabilities requires adult assistance with feedings. Which of the following information would be most important for the student's exceptional student education teacher to know in this situation? D. what type of consistency the student's foods and liquids should be If a story reads, "Charlie went to the store, and bought a box of cookies. On his way home he stopped by his friend's house and shared the cookies with his friend, Tom. Tom was happy, and gave Charlie a ball. Charlie went home to show his ball to his brother." The chronological order would be: C. Charlie went to the store, bought a box of cookies, shared cookies with Tom, got a ball from Tom, and went home to show the ball to his brother. When focusing on comprehension, if students pay close attention to whether or not the text is making sense to them, they are using the comprehension strategy known as clarifying What approach to instruction is extending the concept of language experience throughout the grades by immersing students in reading, writing, talking, listening and viewing activities? C. integrated language arts approach How does the language-experience approach work? uses language to communicate thoughts, ideas, and meaning