and answers.
01. According to findings in the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-
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Minority Children and Youth which of the following curricular adjustments would most effectively supp
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ort the literacy development of English learners with respect to text comprehension? -
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(correct answers)integrating comprehensive oral language instruction with literacy instruction
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02. Which of the following actions by elementary school teachers in the early grades would best demo
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nstrate understanding that decoding and encoding are reciprocal skills that develop synchronously duri
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ng the early stages of reading development? -
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(correct answers)creating regular opportunities for students to apply new syllable patterns in their dail
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y writings that have been explicitly taught during phonics instruction.
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03. A teacher would like to help students identify their literacy skills and strengths as part of an assets-
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based approach to literacy instruction. Which of the following teacher actions is consistent with this ty
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pe of approach? -
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(correct answers)Providing students with explicit feedback about what they already know and are able
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to do well and helping them use this information to establish realistic yet challenging learning goals.
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04. A school district in Texas has adopted the Multi-
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Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model of instruction in their K-
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3 literacy program which includes a core reading program (Tier 1) supplemental instruction (Tier 2) and
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intensive instruction (Tier 3) Instructional grouping in Tier 2 is restricted to five or fewer students. This
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limitation enhances the effectiveness of literacy instruction for the students primarily by: -
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(correct answers)Providing students with increased opportunities to practice developing skills with tea
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grade student has been identified with dysgraphia but does not have difficulty with decoding or encodi
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ng. Which of the following approaches to instruction would be most effective in promoting the student
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's development with respect to the identified area of need? -
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(correct answers)Providing the student with explicit instruction in letter formation and frequent, short
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practice sessions to build the student's handwriting fluency and automaticity in letter memory and for
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mation.
,06. In which line in the table below is the underlined portion of the example word accurately matched
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to the phonics term that is used to describe that phonics element?
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Line Phonics Term Example word
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gh 4 trigraph scrap - (correct answers)Line 3
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07. Use the information below to answer the two questions that follow. Students in a third-
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grade class have been studying ways in which Earth's surface is always changing. As the culminating pr
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oject students choose a topic that they would like to learn more about (e.g. volcanic eruptions earthqu
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akes landslides floods) and establish a research group focused on that topic. The students in each grou
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p generate questions to focus their research read a variety of texts to gather information related to th
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eir questions and engage in focused discussions of the texts based on their questions. The teacher's rol
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e is to support the groups by helping them gather a range of print and digital informational texts relat
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ed to their chosen topic modeling norms for equitable discussions and monitoring each group's task pr
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ogress to ensure group members stay focused.
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In which of the following ways can the teacher best foster the students -
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(correct answers)by providing students' with a rubric with which they can self-
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08. Several research groups include students with a diverse range of reading skills. The teacher wants t
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o differentiate instruction for students in a way that will also strengthen their capacity for reading mor
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e complex text. Which of the following approaches best aligns with research-
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based best practices to accomplish this purpose? -
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(correct answers)providing a set of texts representing a range of text-
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complexity levels and interactive formats, and allowing student to work collaboratively to read the text
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s.
09. A kindergarten teacher regularly has students write and draw in their journals in response to an op
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ended prompt. During these writing sessions the teacher circulates among students asks them to read
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aloud what they have written and documents their performance with anecdotal notes in a teacher rec
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, This type of informal assessment strategy would be most appropriate to use for which of the following
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instructional purposes? -
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(correct answers)observing individual student's development in various dimensions of literacy over ti
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me.
10. Which of the following writing samples provides evidence that the student is beginning to develop
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understanding of the alphabetic principle? gh gh gh gh gh
KLD
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MIA
"I write my name!"
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"The dog went home" - (correct answers)KLD
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11. When planning assessments to measure students' comprehension of literary texts an elementary s
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chool teacher selects a variety of passages from a range of cultures including those that reflect the div
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erse cultural experiences of the students. The teacher also considers students' familiarity with cultural
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content when evaluating students' responses to texts. The teacher's actions best demonstrate the imp
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ortance of taking which of the following factors into consideration when selecting texts for assessment
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12. Which of the following statements identifies a characteristic of criterion-
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referenced tests that in general makes them unsuitable for use as a formative assessment of foundatio
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nal reading skills? -
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