Elementary Ed OSAT Subtest 1 Practice
Test
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - Correct Answers -making the transition from "learning to read" to "reading to
learn"
A 1st grade teacher is working with a small group of students. The teacher says, "We're
going to play a word game. I'm going to say a word you know. I'm going to say the word
in two parts, then I want you to tell me what the word is. For example, if I say /m/ and
then /at/, you should say mat." This activity would be most effective in promoting
students' development of which of the following emergent literacy skills? - Correct
Answers -blending onset/rime
In both classroom routines and explicitly focused literacy activities, an elementary
teacher regularly includes oral wordplay based on sound (e.g., rhyming, alliteration).
This classroom practice is likely to support the literacy development of emergent
readers primarily in which of the following ways? - Correct Answers -by promoting their
phonological awareness
During the application phase of an investigative questioning (InQuest) read-aloud
activity, a teacher pauses at a critical point in a story and asks several students to
assume the roles of specific story characters. Using information from the story plot while
maintaining their character roles, the students answer text-related questions posed by
their classmates. This phase of the InQuest procedure is most effective for promoting
students' proficiency relevant to which of the following listening skills? - Correct Answers
-analyzing diverse perspectives
A 4th grade student is developing a presentation on the planets in the solar system for
an audience of peers. Which of the following media would be most effective for the
student to use for this purpose? - Correct Answers -a short skit in which the student
plays a future space traveler who visits each planet
Students in a 4th grade class like to use word processing software for their assignments
whenever possible. However, they often become frustrated by formatting issues and are
sometimes unhappy with how their finished work looks. The teacher can best help
students overcome these problems by implementing which of the following strategies? -
, Correct Answers -providing students with templates to use for different types of
assignments
Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - Correct Answers -What is the first
sound you hear in the word sat?
When teaching letter-sound correspondences, which of the following sets of letters
should be taught separately? - Correct Answers -b and d
An elementary teacher reads aloud daily to students. Which of the following steps
related to the read-aloud activity would be most effective in promoting students'
development of concepts of print and book-handling skills? - Correct Answers -before
reading, asking the students to indicate the book's title and cover illustration and to point
to where the teacher should begin reading
A 1st grade student answers the questions "how many sounds do you hear in the word
fan?" with the response "two". The student answers the question "how many sounds do
you hear in the word fish?" with the response "four". Given this evidence, the student
would benefit most explicit instruction and practice in: - Correct Answers -phoneme
isolation
A student knows the orthographic guidelines for adding -ing to CVC and CVCe words
but does not always apply the guidelines, thus often misspelling words with this ending
in everyday written work. Which of the following student activities would likely be most
effective in addressing the student's needs? - Correct Answers -using letter tiles to build
-ing words and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
Which of the following approaches is most effective for introducing phonics patterns that
involve complex letter combinations? - Correct Answers -helping students pronounce
complex letter combinations, and then having them practice blending the sounds in
target words
Which of the following words would be appropriate to use as an example word in a
lesson designed to teach students the regular open-syllable pattern? - Correct Answers
-music
A 7th grade teacher compiles the following list of words for a lesson focused on using
structural analysis to promote accurate decoding of multi syllable words
- invite/invitation
- convene/convention
- produce/production
- drama/dramatic
-crime/criminal
Test
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - Correct Answers -making the transition from "learning to read" to "reading to
learn"
A 1st grade teacher is working with a small group of students. The teacher says, "We're
going to play a word game. I'm going to say a word you know. I'm going to say the word
in two parts, then I want you to tell me what the word is. For example, if I say /m/ and
then /at/, you should say mat." This activity would be most effective in promoting
students' development of which of the following emergent literacy skills? - Correct
Answers -blending onset/rime
In both classroom routines and explicitly focused literacy activities, an elementary
teacher regularly includes oral wordplay based on sound (e.g., rhyming, alliteration).
This classroom practice is likely to support the literacy development of emergent
readers primarily in which of the following ways? - Correct Answers -by promoting their
phonological awareness
During the application phase of an investigative questioning (InQuest) read-aloud
activity, a teacher pauses at a critical point in a story and asks several students to
assume the roles of specific story characters. Using information from the story plot while
maintaining their character roles, the students answer text-related questions posed by
their classmates. This phase of the InQuest procedure is most effective for promoting
students' proficiency relevant to which of the following listening skills? - Correct Answers
-analyzing diverse perspectives
A 4th grade student is developing a presentation on the planets in the solar system for
an audience of peers. Which of the following media would be most effective for the
student to use for this purpose? - Correct Answers -a short skit in which the student
plays a future space traveler who visits each planet
Students in a 4th grade class like to use word processing software for their assignments
whenever possible. However, they often become frustrated by formatting issues and are
sometimes unhappy with how their finished work looks. The teacher can best help
students overcome these problems by implementing which of the following strategies? -
, Correct Answers -providing students with templates to use for different types of
assignments
Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - Correct Answers -What is the first
sound you hear in the word sat?
When teaching letter-sound correspondences, which of the following sets of letters
should be taught separately? - Correct Answers -b and d
An elementary teacher reads aloud daily to students. Which of the following steps
related to the read-aloud activity would be most effective in promoting students'
development of concepts of print and book-handling skills? - Correct Answers -before
reading, asking the students to indicate the book's title and cover illustration and to point
to where the teacher should begin reading
A 1st grade student answers the questions "how many sounds do you hear in the word
fan?" with the response "two". The student answers the question "how many sounds do
you hear in the word fish?" with the response "four". Given this evidence, the student
would benefit most explicit instruction and practice in: - Correct Answers -phoneme
isolation
A student knows the orthographic guidelines for adding -ing to CVC and CVCe words
but does not always apply the guidelines, thus often misspelling words with this ending
in everyday written work. Which of the following student activities would likely be most
effective in addressing the student's needs? - Correct Answers -using letter tiles to build
-ing words and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
Which of the following approaches is most effective for introducing phonics patterns that
involve complex letter combinations? - Correct Answers -helping students pronounce
complex letter combinations, and then having them practice blending the sounds in
target words
Which of the following words would be appropriate to use as an example word in a
lesson designed to teach students the regular open-syllable pattern? - Correct Answers
-music
A 7th grade teacher compiles the following list of words for a lesson focused on using
structural analysis to promote accurate decoding of multi syllable words
- invite/invitation
- convene/convention
- produce/production
- drama/dramatic
-crime/criminal
