Texas PPR Exam (160) Questions With Complete Solutions
-Create a detailed teacher orientation program to assimilate new
teachers to the school and community culture
-Develop a high-quality teacher mentoring program to support,
guide and encourage new teachers
-Dedicate more resources to collecting teacher feedback at
consistent points throughout the year
-Develop school committees in which teachers can collaborate
with one another
Seek ways to be more progressive and provide ongoing support
As part of the mentoring program, Mr. Herman makes an info
sheet that provides examples of questions that the new teachers
can ask their mentor teachers. Which of the following questions
should not be included on this list? Correct Answers Does the
student have a difficult home life?
"Why does the first sentence have a comma before 'and' but the
other sentence does not?
The teacher takes a few minutes to explain the difference
between independent and dependent clauses. What does this
scenario demonstrate? Correct Answers a teachable moment
"Wow, I can't believe the conditions on the ship were so terrible.
The immigrants must have been so brave. I would feel scared,
but also excited imagining what the new world might be like.
I'm going to write these thoughts in my journal."
,What strategy is the teacher using to model for her students?
Correct Answers a think-aloud
504 Plan Correct Answers accommodation plan for students
with disabilities who don't qualify for special needs services
A 10th-grade history teacher wants to promote higher-order
thinking in their students. The teacher is planning a unit on
colonial America. Which of the following elements should be
included in this unit to work toward this objective?
Select all answers that apply. Correct Answers Include multiple
perspectives and investigate primary sources
A 10th-grade math teacher is teaching a difficult concept. The
teacher knows that they need to gather data on the students'
progress as they teach the unit. Which of the following data
types would not be helpful given this objective? Correct
Answers summative assessment data
A 10th-grade social studies teacher is teaching a unit on the
Industrial Revolution. As she is reading an excerpt from the text
about factories and the development of the assembly lines, she
uses a think-aloud strategy. This strategy is typically used to
assist English-language learners with which of the following?
Correct Answers constructing meaning from text
A 10th-grade student is studying environmental science in
school. For his research paper, he is writing about pesticide use
in the modern-day food system. When writing his paper, which
of the following sources should the student be wary of?
,Select all answers that apply. Correct Answers an internet blog
post with an unknown author
an article published in a scientific journal in 1950 and a 1950
scientific article
A 2nd-grade teacher has created an interdisciplinary project in
which each student will grow their own bean plant from a seed
in the classroom window. This activity would be most
appropriate for teaching: Correct Answers recording and
analyzing data.
A 5th-grade teacher is assessing her students' comprehension of
the events, conditions, and beliefs that led to the American
Revolution following a unit on the subject. Which of the
following assessments would best match this objective? Correct
Answers an open-response test in which students answer a
series of short-response questions
A 5th-grade teacher is hosting a classroom open house at the
start of the school year. He is hoping to meet many parents and
families during the event. Which of the following would be an
appropriate message to communicate to parents at the open
house? Correct Answers Parents can support their child's
learning by doing family read-alouds.
A 5th-grade teacher is planning a research unit in which each
student will select a state to research and create an informational
text to present their findings. Which of the following specialists
, would be the most helpful to this teacher in planning and
executing this unit? Correct Answers library media specialist
A 6th-grade teacher is creating a summative assessment for a
unit about the effect of the agricultural revolution on the
development of civilization in the Fertile Crescent. Which of the
following would be the best question to include to assess their
learning on this topic? Correct Answers How did the success
and growth of agriculture promote the development of
civilization?
A 7th-grade ELA teacher is planning an opinion writing unit in
which students can choose from a list of controversial issues to
research and write about. Which of the following should be the
primary consideration in determining which issues to include on
the list of potential topics? Correct Answers Cultural relevance
and student interests
A 7th-grade ELA teacher notices that a student is only picking
up on concrete concepts and struggles to understand figurative
language or identify subtextual story elements such as theme.
This might indicate that the student is delayed in exhibiting what
characteristic of the "formal operations" stage of cognitive
development? Correct Answers Abstract thought
A 7th-grade social studies teacher is collaborating with a 7th-
grade language arts teacher to thematically link their upcoming
unit. The language arts teacher is preparing for a unit focused on
informational texts and the social studies teacher will share with
her a variety of informational texts that are relevant to the
upcoming social studies unit. What is the primary motivation for
-Create a detailed teacher orientation program to assimilate new
teachers to the school and community culture
-Develop a high-quality teacher mentoring program to support,
guide and encourage new teachers
-Dedicate more resources to collecting teacher feedback at
consistent points throughout the year
-Develop school committees in which teachers can collaborate
with one another
Seek ways to be more progressive and provide ongoing support
As part of the mentoring program, Mr. Herman makes an info
sheet that provides examples of questions that the new teachers
can ask their mentor teachers. Which of the following questions
should not be included on this list? Correct Answers Does the
student have a difficult home life?
"Why does the first sentence have a comma before 'and' but the
other sentence does not?
The teacher takes a few minutes to explain the difference
between independent and dependent clauses. What does this
scenario demonstrate? Correct Answers a teachable moment
"Wow, I can't believe the conditions on the ship were so terrible.
The immigrants must have been so brave. I would feel scared,
but also excited imagining what the new world might be like.
I'm going to write these thoughts in my journal."
,What strategy is the teacher using to model for her students?
Correct Answers a think-aloud
504 Plan Correct Answers accommodation plan for students
with disabilities who don't qualify for special needs services
A 10th-grade history teacher wants to promote higher-order
thinking in their students. The teacher is planning a unit on
colonial America. Which of the following elements should be
included in this unit to work toward this objective?
Select all answers that apply. Correct Answers Include multiple
perspectives and investigate primary sources
A 10th-grade math teacher is teaching a difficult concept. The
teacher knows that they need to gather data on the students'
progress as they teach the unit. Which of the following data
types would not be helpful given this objective? Correct
Answers summative assessment data
A 10th-grade social studies teacher is teaching a unit on the
Industrial Revolution. As she is reading an excerpt from the text
about factories and the development of the assembly lines, she
uses a think-aloud strategy. This strategy is typically used to
assist English-language learners with which of the following?
Correct Answers constructing meaning from text
A 10th-grade student is studying environmental science in
school. For his research paper, he is writing about pesticide use
in the modern-day food system. When writing his paper, which
of the following sources should the student be wary of?
,Select all answers that apply. Correct Answers an internet blog
post with an unknown author
an article published in a scientific journal in 1950 and a 1950
scientific article
A 2nd-grade teacher has created an interdisciplinary project in
which each student will grow their own bean plant from a seed
in the classroom window. This activity would be most
appropriate for teaching: Correct Answers recording and
analyzing data.
A 5th-grade teacher is assessing her students' comprehension of
the events, conditions, and beliefs that led to the American
Revolution following a unit on the subject. Which of the
following assessments would best match this objective? Correct
Answers an open-response test in which students answer a
series of short-response questions
A 5th-grade teacher is hosting a classroom open house at the
start of the school year. He is hoping to meet many parents and
families during the event. Which of the following would be an
appropriate message to communicate to parents at the open
house? Correct Answers Parents can support their child's
learning by doing family read-alouds.
A 5th-grade teacher is planning a research unit in which each
student will select a state to research and create an informational
text to present their findings. Which of the following specialists
, would be the most helpful to this teacher in planning and
executing this unit? Correct Answers library media specialist
A 6th-grade teacher is creating a summative assessment for a
unit about the effect of the agricultural revolution on the
development of civilization in the Fertile Crescent. Which of the
following would be the best question to include to assess their
learning on this topic? Correct Answers How did the success
and growth of agriculture promote the development of
civilization?
A 7th-grade ELA teacher is planning an opinion writing unit in
which students can choose from a list of controversial issues to
research and write about. Which of the following should be the
primary consideration in determining which issues to include on
the list of potential topics? Correct Answers Cultural relevance
and student interests
A 7th-grade ELA teacher notices that a student is only picking
up on concrete concepts and struggles to understand figurative
language or identify subtextual story elements such as theme.
This might indicate that the student is delayed in exhibiting what
characteristic of the "formal operations" stage of cognitive
development? Correct Answers Abstract thought
A 7th-grade social studies teacher is collaborating with a 7th-
grade language arts teacher to thematically link their upcoming
unit. The language arts teacher is preparing for a unit focused on
informational texts and the social studies teacher will share with
her a variety of informational texts that are relevant to the
upcoming social studies unit. What is the primary motivation for
