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Praxis 5205 - Teaching Reading Practice
Questions With Correct Answers
A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words from a textbook before
starting a new chapter. In planning an instructional strategy, the teacher chooses the new
vocabulary words because they are essential to understanding the new topic. An instructional
technique that requires students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary knowledge is the most
appropriate instructional technique for the teacher to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based techniques is best for the
teacher to include in the instructional plan?
A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word meanings across
contexts
B. Creating activities in which students categorize words and generate multiple meaning for each
word
C. Presenting new vocabulary in an authentic context by asking students to use the words to
complete framed sentences
D. Telling students to ass - answer✔A. Having students create original sentences using the words
and apply word meanings across contexts
A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling inventory for each member
of the class. One student misread the words "big," "chat," and "pen" during the running record.
On the spelling inventory, the student was able to successfully complete all beginning and ending
consonants in CVC pattern words. Which of the following is the best instructional focus for the
student?
A. Digraphs
B. Short vowels
C. Word-attack skills
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D. Long vowels - answer✔B. Short vowels
A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo: That Type by Doreen Cronin to the
class. The teacher read the sentence, "The cows were growing impatient with the farmer." The
teacher stops reading after this sentence and says to the class, "Hmm.. I wonder what the word
'impatient' means? I know that the farmer just got another note from the cows that said they
won't give any milk. I bet that makes the farmer really mad! I'm going to keep reading to see
whether I can figure out what impatient means." The teacher is using which of the following?
A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record - answer✔C. A think-aloud strategy
Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the strategy is used: before,
during, or after reading. Click and drag each strategy to the appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading - answer✔1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students' phonological awareness?
A. Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
B. Asking students to identify the letter at the beginning of the word "desk"
C. Distributing the letter cards "b," "a," and "t" and asking students to order the letters to create a
word
Praxis 5205 - Teaching Reading Practice
Questions With Correct Answers
A sixth-grade teacher selects several domain-specific vocabulary words from a textbook before
starting a new chapter. In planning an instructional strategy, the teacher chooses the new
vocabulary words because they are essential to understanding the new topic. An instructional
technique that requires students to gain the deepest level of vocabulary knowledge is the most
appropriate instructional technique for the teacher to select.
Based on the teacher's goal, which of the following research-based techniques is best for the
teacher to include in the instructional plan?
A. Having students create original sentences using the words and apply word meanings across
contexts
B. Creating activities in which students categorize words and generate multiple meaning for each
word
C. Presenting new vocabulary in an authentic context by asking students to use the words to
complete framed sentences
D. Telling students to ass - answer✔A. Having students create original sentences using the words
and apply word meanings across contexts
A third-grade teacher has completed a running record and a spelling inventory for each member
of the class. One student misread the words "big," "chat," and "pen" during the running record.
On the spelling inventory, the student was able to successfully complete all beginning and ending
consonants in CVC pattern words. Which of the following is the best instructional focus for the
student?
A. Digraphs
B. Short vowels
C. Word-attack skills
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D. Long vowels - answer✔B. Short vowels
A second-grade teacher is reading the text Click, Clack, Moo: That Type by Doreen Cronin to the
class. The teacher read the sentence, "The cows were growing impatient with the farmer." The
teacher stops reading after this sentence and says to the class, "Hmm.. I wonder what the word
'impatient' means? I know that the farmer just got another note from the cows that said they
won't give any milk. I bet that makes the farmer really mad! I'm going to keep reading to see
whether I can figure out what impatient means." The teacher is using which of the following?
A. Miscue analysis
B. A semantic-feature analysis
C. A think-aloud strategy
D. A running record - answer✔C. A think-aloud strategy
Place the reading strategies in the list in order according to when the strategy is used: before,
during, or after reading. Click and drag each strategy to the appropriately labeled box.
Summarizing
Self-monitoring
Setting a purpose
1. Before reading
2. During reading
3. After reading - answer✔1. Setting a purpose
2. Self-monitoring
3. Summarizing
Which of the following is the best way for a teacher to assess students' phonological awareness?
A. Saying the word "lamp" and asking students to come up with rhyming words
B. Asking students to identify the letter at the beginning of the word "desk"
C. Distributing the letter cards "b," "a," and "t" and asking students to order the letters to create a
word
