STR Exam Study Guide for Multiple
Choice Questions & Answers.
A third-grade teacher is working to improve student motivation in her classroom. Overall, her students
tend to work hard when she provides extrinsic motivations, but she would like them to be more
intrinsically motivated. Which of the following would be the least effective strategy to increase intrinsic
motivation among her students? - CORRECT ANSWER keeping a log of all assessment scores in their
notebook
While students begin developing skills related to fluency very early on, a certain level of reading ability is
necessary to begin formally assessing and tracking fluency. According to the grade-level TEKS, when are
students expected to be improving speed and fluency, reading connected text, and using context clues
to sound out unfamiliar words? - CORRECT ANSWER first grade
A teacher is planning a phonics lesson for her class of third graders. Based on the TEKS for English
Language Arts and Reading, which of the following skills is most likely to be the focus of this phonics
lesson? - CORRECT ANSWER the sound-spelling pattern that occurs in words like, thought, tough,
through, cough, and bought
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
Which of the following elements could the teacher add to the lesson in order to support student
understanding of print concepts? - CORRECT ANSWER Holding the book up so that it is visible to the
students, the teacher points to the words as she reads them aloud.
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
,cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
The students in the scenario most likely have already demonstrated proficiency in: - CORRECT ANSWER
syllable segmentation
alphabetic principal
decoding skills
structural analysis
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
The students in the scenario most likely have already demonstrated proficiency in: - CORRECT ANSWER
synthetic phonics approach
analogy based phonic approach
XXXXspelling based approach
sigh word approach
A third-grade teacher's class is made of students from many different cultures and includes several
English language learners. While choosing texts for the class, she is careful to choose materials that are
culturally responsive and expose students to a diverse selection of texts. Which of the following
represents a positive way to incorporate culturally responsive reading instruction into her classroom? -
CORRECT ANSWER XXXAlways provide multiple text options so students can choose texts that they
relate to.
, Whenever a tex contains something culturally insensitive discuss it ahead of time
choose text that would be culturally. responsive for majority
choose texts with universal themes in common
A second-grade teacher is going to have a 1:1 ratio of students to tablets in her classroom for the first
time. Which of the following is not an example of an appropriate way to use this new technology access
in support of literacy skills? - CORRECT ANSWER increase the variety of reading materials by replacing
classroom libraries with digital libraries
A third-grade teacher plans a lesson that begins with each student independently reading the same text,
followed by a writing activity completed in partner sets, and ends with a class discussion about the text
and their writing. The teacher checks in with students throughout all parts of the lesson then collects
their writing to score with a rubric. This lesson would be best described as an example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER small group instruction
XXX differentiation
integration of language skills
an informal assessment
A first-grade teacher is planning homogeneous small group instruction using guided reading texts. Which
reading level should she consider when selecting the fiction and nonfiction texts? - CORRECT ANSWER a
variety of reading levels
frustrational reading level
instructional reading level
Choice Questions & Answers.
A third-grade teacher is working to improve student motivation in her classroom. Overall, her students
tend to work hard when she provides extrinsic motivations, but she would like them to be more
intrinsically motivated. Which of the following would be the least effective strategy to increase intrinsic
motivation among her students? - CORRECT ANSWER keeping a log of all assessment scores in their
notebook
While students begin developing skills related to fluency very early on, a certain level of reading ability is
necessary to begin formally assessing and tracking fluency. According to the grade-level TEKS, when are
students expected to be improving speed and fluency, reading connected text, and using context clues
to sound out unfamiliar words? - CORRECT ANSWER first grade
A teacher is planning a phonics lesson for her class of third graders. Based on the TEKS for English
Language Arts and Reading, which of the following skills is most likely to be the focus of this phonics
lesson? - CORRECT ANSWER the sound-spelling pattern that occurs in words like, thought, tough,
through, cough, and bought
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
Which of the following elements could the teacher add to the lesson in order to support student
understanding of print concepts? - CORRECT ANSWER Holding the book up so that it is visible to the
students, the teacher points to the words as she reads them aloud.
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
,cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
The students in the scenario most likely have already demonstrated proficiency in: - CORRECT ANSWER
syllable segmentation
alphabetic principal
decoding skills
structural analysis
Working with a small group of kindergarteners, a teacher reads aloud a short book that is written using
repetitive language and mostly decodable CVC words. Next, the teacher writes down the following
examples of rhyming words that were in the book.
cat
hat
sat
Using this set as an example, the teacher explains that the reader can use the pattern established by the
rhymes from the book to decode the words "pat" and "mat." She then writes the word, "rat" and asks
for a volunteer to read the word aloud.
The students in the scenario most likely have already demonstrated proficiency in: - CORRECT ANSWER
synthetic phonics approach
analogy based phonic approach
XXXXspelling based approach
sigh word approach
A third-grade teacher's class is made of students from many different cultures and includes several
English language learners. While choosing texts for the class, she is careful to choose materials that are
culturally responsive and expose students to a diverse selection of texts. Which of the following
represents a positive way to incorporate culturally responsive reading instruction into her classroom? -
CORRECT ANSWER XXXAlways provide multiple text options so students can choose texts that they
relate to.
, Whenever a tex contains something culturally insensitive discuss it ahead of time
choose text that would be culturally. responsive for majority
choose texts with universal themes in common
A second-grade teacher is going to have a 1:1 ratio of students to tablets in her classroom for the first
time. Which of the following is not an example of an appropriate way to use this new technology access
in support of literacy skills? - CORRECT ANSWER increase the variety of reading materials by replacing
classroom libraries with digital libraries
A third-grade teacher plans a lesson that begins with each student independently reading the same text,
followed by a writing activity completed in partner sets, and ends with a class discussion about the text
and their writing. The teacher checks in with students throughout all parts of the lesson then collects
their writing to score with a rubric. This lesson would be best described as an example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER small group instruction
XXX differentiation
integration of language skills
an informal assessment
A first-grade teacher is planning homogeneous small group instruction using guided reading texts. Which
reading level should she consider when selecting the fiction and nonfiction texts? - CORRECT ANSWER a
variety of reading levels
frustrational reading level
instructional reading level
