TExES Science of Teaching Reading
(STR) – Quiz
A student who struggles with reading motivation would most benefit from:
A) student choice.
B) variation in difficulty of assigned reading.
C) flexible grouping.
D) variation in difficulty of independent practice. - Answers -A) student choice.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to encourage home
involvement in promoting literacy development?
SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY
A) Weekly communication through email with information about the week's literacy
focus in class.
B) Assigning students to write about their families.
C) Hosting a parent night at which the teacher shares ways to improve phonological
awareness.
D) Asking students how often their parents read to them. - Answers -A) Weekly
communication through email with information about the week's literacy focus in class.
C) Hosting a parent night at which the teacher shares ways to improve phonological
awareness.
A 3rd grade teacher wants to provide some enrichment activities for a small group of
students who have already mastered identifying the plot, main idea, and main
characters in short stories. Which skill below would be the best to study next while still
staying in line with TEKS identified appropriate skills for 3rd grade students?
A) Compare and contrast the characteristics of two stories.
B) Analyze nonfiction texts for the use chronological text structure.
C) Identify plot points as part of the rising or falling action.
D) Identify and interpret literary devices such as metaphors or personification. -
Answers -A) Compare and contrast the characteristics of two stories.
A 1st grade teacher is setting up her classroom library to support student engagement
and choice in students' reading habits. She has established the following rules and
expectations:
*Students will only check out one book at a time, returning it before being allowed to
check out a new book.
*Students will not be limited to books at their independent reading level.
,*There will be opportunities to read these individually chosen books in class and to take
them home overnight.
*Students will have flexible and frequent opportunities throughout the week to explore
the books in the classroom library.
With a focus on fostering a love of reading and promoting the value of literacy, which of
these guidelines should the teacher reconsider?
A) Students will only check one book at a time, returning it before being allowed to
check out a new book.
B) Students will not be limited to books at their independent reading level.
C) T - Answers -A) Students will only check one book at a time, returning it before being
allowed to check out a new book.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to help students develop
literacy?
SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY
A) Provide flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition between
independent work and the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with peers.
B) Require each student to read unfamiliar texts aloud to the class on a regular basis.
C) Prevent overlap instruction in writing and speaking until students achieve mastery in
reading.
D) Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers. - Answers -A) Provide
flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition between independent work and
the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with peers.
D) Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers.
Paula is an ELL student from Mexico. Her mother, Natalia, is a fluent English speaker
and is concerned with Paula's reading fluency. She asks Mrs. Dilbert, her ESL teacher,
about the different ways that she can help Paula to practice at home. Mrs. Dilbert
recommends all of the following except:
A) modeling fluent reading to provide Paula with a strong example of what reading
should sound like.
B) having Paula read "frustration level" texts or texts that she can read at less than 90%
accuracy at home to challenge her.
C) practicing repeated reading with Paula, asking her to read and then re-read the same
text after receiving some corrections.
D) practicing "choral reading" or reading aloud together with Paula. - Answers -B)
having Paula read "frustration level" texts or texts that she can read at less than 90%
accuracy at home to challenge her.
Which of the following strategies would not meet the needs of diverse learners?
A) Group students by learning styles
, B) Provide opportunities for alternative assessment
C) Consider students' interests when selecting reading materials
D) Use one modality of instruction - Answers -D) Use one modality of instruction
Ms. Lennox is previewing the vocabulary terms students will need to understand before
the day's reading. She has asked students to write the words in their vocabulary
notebooks as well as the definitions. While the students are copying the words, Ms.
Lennox notices that her new student, Ryan, has gotten up to sharpen his pencil more
times than she can count.
She watches Ryan sit down and begin writing. He snaps his lead after only one letter.
Ms. Lenox offers to let Ryan write using her pen. While looking over his paper, Ms.
Lennox notices that Ryan has little sense of where the letters belong relative to the lines
and many of the words are not copied correctly. Ms. Lennox begins to wonder if Ryan
has dysgraphia. Until she can confirm, what is the best step Ms. Lennox can take now
to ensure Ryan understands the lesson today?
A) Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the vocabulary terms.
B) Allow Ryan to use a voice re - Answers -A) Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the
vocabulary terms.
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on the alphabet. She assigns each student a
letter and asks them to bring an item from home that begins with the letter they are
assigned. The students then recreate the alphabet using the items from the students'
homes. This activity promotes the development of alphabetic principle through:
A) anchor activities.
B) students working in groups to cooperate in learning.
C) students creating a word wall.
D) collaboration with families. - Answers -D) collaboration with families.
Systematic and explicit reading instruction is necessary because:
A) it helps ensure that a student moving from one school to another will receive
uninterrupted reading instruction.
B) reading skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
C) it prevents teachers from inadvertently reteaching reading skills from the previous
year.
D) it helps ensure that all skills are mastered within the assigned time frame. - Answers
-B) reading skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
A 2nd grade teacher advises parents to ask their children questions about the text when
they read aloud at home. Which of the following is most likely to increase through the
use of this questioning strategy?
A) Engagement
B) Fluency
(STR) – Quiz
A student who struggles with reading motivation would most benefit from:
A) student choice.
B) variation in difficulty of assigned reading.
C) flexible grouping.
D) variation in difficulty of independent practice. - Answers -A) student choice.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to encourage home
involvement in promoting literacy development?
SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY
A) Weekly communication through email with information about the week's literacy
focus in class.
B) Assigning students to write about their families.
C) Hosting a parent night at which the teacher shares ways to improve phonological
awareness.
D) Asking students how often their parents read to them. - Answers -A) Weekly
communication through email with information about the week's literacy focus in class.
C) Hosting a parent night at which the teacher shares ways to improve phonological
awareness.
A 3rd grade teacher wants to provide some enrichment activities for a small group of
students who have already mastered identifying the plot, main idea, and main
characters in short stories. Which skill below would be the best to study next while still
staying in line with TEKS identified appropriate skills for 3rd grade students?
A) Compare and contrast the characteristics of two stories.
B) Analyze nonfiction texts for the use chronological text structure.
C) Identify plot points as part of the rising or falling action.
D) Identify and interpret literary devices such as metaphors or personification. -
Answers -A) Compare and contrast the characteristics of two stories.
A 1st grade teacher is setting up her classroom library to support student engagement
and choice in students' reading habits. She has established the following rules and
expectations:
*Students will only check out one book at a time, returning it before being allowed to
check out a new book.
*Students will not be limited to books at their independent reading level.
,*There will be opportunities to read these individually chosen books in class and to take
them home overnight.
*Students will have flexible and frequent opportunities throughout the week to explore
the books in the classroom library.
With a focus on fostering a love of reading and promoting the value of literacy, which of
these guidelines should the teacher reconsider?
A) Students will only check one book at a time, returning it before being allowed to
check out a new book.
B) Students will not be limited to books at their independent reading level.
C) T - Answers -A) Students will only check one book at a time, returning it before being
allowed to check out a new book.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to help students develop
literacy?
SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY
A) Provide flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition between
independent work and the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with peers.
B) Require each student to read unfamiliar texts aloud to the class on a regular basis.
C) Prevent overlap instruction in writing and speaking until students achieve mastery in
reading.
D) Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers. - Answers -A) Provide
flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition between independent work and
the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with peers.
D) Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers.
Paula is an ELL student from Mexico. Her mother, Natalia, is a fluent English speaker
and is concerned with Paula's reading fluency. She asks Mrs. Dilbert, her ESL teacher,
about the different ways that she can help Paula to practice at home. Mrs. Dilbert
recommends all of the following except:
A) modeling fluent reading to provide Paula with a strong example of what reading
should sound like.
B) having Paula read "frustration level" texts or texts that she can read at less than 90%
accuracy at home to challenge her.
C) practicing repeated reading with Paula, asking her to read and then re-read the same
text after receiving some corrections.
D) practicing "choral reading" or reading aloud together with Paula. - Answers -B)
having Paula read "frustration level" texts or texts that she can read at less than 90%
accuracy at home to challenge her.
Which of the following strategies would not meet the needs of diverse learners?
A) Group students by learning styles
, B) Provide opportunities for alternative assessment
C) Consider students' interests when selecting reading materials
D) Use one modality of instruction - Answers -D) Use one modality of instruction
Ms. Lennox is previewing the vocabulary terms students will need to understand before
the day's reading. She has asked students to write the words in their vocabulary
notebooks as well as the definitions. While the students are copying the words, Ms.
Lennox notices that her new student, Ryan, has gotten up to sharpen his pencil more
times than she can count.
She watches Ryan sit down and begin writing. He snaps his lead after only one letter.
Ms. Lenox offers to let Ryan write using her pen. While looking over his paper, Ms.
Lennox notices that Ryan has little sense of where the letters belong relative to the lines
and many of the words are not copied correctly. Ms. Lennox begins to wonder if Ryan
has dysgraphia. Until she can confirm, what is the best step Ms. Lennox can take now
to ensure Ryan understands the lesson today?
A) Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the vocabulary terms.
B) Allow Ryan to use a voice re - Answers -A) Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the
vocabulary terms.
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on the alphabet. She assigns each student a
letter and asks them to bring an item from home that begins with the letter they are
assigned. The students then recreate the alphabet using the items from the students'
homes. This activity promotes the development of alphabetic principle through:
A) anchor activities.
B) students working in groups to cooperate in learning.
C) students creating a word wall.
D) collaboration with families. - Answers -D) collaboration with families.
Systematic and explicit reading instruction is necessary because:
A) it helps ensure that a student moving from one school to another will receive
uninterrupted reading instruction.
B) reading skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
C) it prevents teachers from inadvertently reteaching reading skills from the previous
year.
D) it helps ensure that all skills are mastered within the assigned time frame. - Answers
-B) reading skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
A 2nd grade teacher advises parents to ask their children questions about the text when
they read aloud at home. Which of the following is most likely to increase through the
use of this questioning strategy?
A) Engagement
B) Fluency
