Elementary Ed OSAT Subtest 1
Practice Test Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔by promoting their
phonological awareness
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, Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔using letter tiles to build
-ing words and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
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Practice Test Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Which of the following cognitive advances typically occurs between the ages of six and
nine? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔by promoting their
phonological awareness
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, Which of the following questions would be most appropriate to include in an informal
assessment of a student's phonemic awareness? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔using letter tiles to build
-ing words and saying aloud the guideline relating to each word
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