STR Certify Teacher Practice Exam - Questions
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Using graohophonic cues to help analyze and decode an unfamiliar
word.
Domain 1- reading pedagogy Competency 001- skill D
hints: based on sound symbol, correspondences that help readers
decode and comprehend the text. Young learners must be able to
use Graphophonic knowledge in order to learn to read. Correct
Answer - A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The
student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to play on a swing".
Printed below is an excerpt from the students comments as he
attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
No, that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing!
In the comments above, the student MOST clearly demonstrates
which of the following reading skills?
" tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
Domain one - reading, pedagogy
Competency 1- skill D
This question elicits the detail of information the teacher is
interested in obtaining from the student about the word,
identification process used to determine the sound, and meaning of
the new word encountered in the reading passage. Correct
Answer - A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The
student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to play on a swing".
, Printed below is an excerpt from the students comments as he
attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
No, that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing!
After identifying the words swing, the student turns to the teacher
and asks "is that right? Is it swing?"
Which of the following teacher prompts would most likely be
effective in eliciting helpful information about the students use of
word identification strategies?
" now try reading the sentence again and see whether swing makes
sense."
Domain 2 - reading development
Competency 6 (phonics, and other word, identification skills)
Semantic cue refers to the fact there are some words that makes
sense in the context of the text in other words that do not. Syntax Q
refers to the fact that English place is restrictions on the order that
words can be placed in a meaningful sentence, so, when semantics
and syntax are both considered by young reader, this model suggest
that the reader can make an even more educated guess about
individual words in the passage. By asking to verify meaning in the
whole text with the new found word, the teacher is reinforcing this
model. Correct Answer - A first grade student is reading a
story aloud. The student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to
play on a swing". Printed below is an excerpt from the students
comments as he attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
With Comprehensive Solutions
Using graohophonic cues to help analyze and decode an unfamiliar
word.
Domain 1- reading pedagogy Competency 001- skill D
hints: based on sound symbol, correspondences that help readers
decode and comprehend the text. Young learners must be able to
use Graphophonic knowledge in order to learn to read. Correct
Answer - A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The
student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to play on a swing".
Printed below is an excerpt from the students comments as he
attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
No, that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing!
In the comments above, the student MOST clearly demonstrates
which of the following reading skills?
" tell me how you figured out that the word was swing."
Domain one - reading, pedagogy
Competency 1- skill D
This question elicits the detail of information the teacher is
interested in obtaining from the student about the word,
identification process used to determine the sound, and meaning of
the new word encountered in the reading passage. Correct
Answer - A first grade student is reading a story aloud. The
student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to play on a swing".
, Printed below is an excerpt from the students comments as he
attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
No, that's not it. Swing? Maybe that word is swing!
After identifying the words swing, the student turns to the teacher
and asks "is that right? Is it swing?"
Which of the following teacher prompts would most likely be
effective in eliciting helpful information about the students use of
word identification strategies?
" now try reading the sentence again and see whether swing makes
sense."
Domain 2 - reading development
Competency 6 (phonics, and other word, identification skills)
Semantic cue refers to the fact there are some words that makes
sense in the context of the text in other words that do not. Syntax Q
refers to the fact that English place is restrictions on the order that
words can be placed in a meaningful sentence, so, when semantics
and syntax are both considered by young reader, this model suggest
that the reader can make an even more educated guess about
individual words in the passage. By asking to verify meaning in the
whole text with the new found word, the teacher is reinforcing this
model. Correct Answer - A first grade student is reading a
story aloud. The student attempts to read the sentence, "Jill likes to
play on a swing". Printed below is an excerpt from the students
comments as he attempts to read the sentence.
Student : Jill likes to play on a [makes a /s/ sound...] I don't know
that word. Sing? Swim?
