Core Subjects EC-6 ELA Practice Test
A first grader is writing in her draft book. The teacher observes that the student is spelling
words with beginning and ending consonant sounds. She is also spelling some high
frequency words correctly. Often, the student inserts a medial vowel in a word, but it is not
always the correct vowel. She spells "lik" for "like" and "brthr" for "brother". The teacher
plans to work with student in a group with students at the same stage. What stage of
spelling development best describes the student's writing?
A. Prephonemic
B. Phonemic
C. Transitional
D. Conventional - ANS-B is the correct answer.
Teachers should understand the various stages in spelling development and employ
strategies to help students develop spelling skills.
A fourth grade teacher begins a research unit on famous Texans. He teaches students to
use the internet, magazine articles, and books to collect data on their assigned Texan. Once
students have collected data, the teacher provides instruction and models using their
research facts to write a script for the class living museum presentation. The teacher guides
students through the drafting, revising, editing, and publishing process to develop their
script. This is an example of:
A. Teaching students to locate, retrieve, and retain information from a range of
content-area, narrative, and expository texts.
B. providing students with direct, detailed instruction on how to use reading comprehension
strategies. C. Selecting and using instructional strategies, materials, and activities to guide
students' understanding of their own culture and the cultures of others.
D. Selecting and using instructional strat - ANS-The correct answer is A.
Students should be given opportunities to gather information from a variety of text types.
The best way for a pre-kindergarten teacher to help her students improve their oral
language skills is to have them daily: A. interact in a variety of one-on-one and group
activities.
B. listen to stories and/or books in listening stations.
C. work with alphabet arcs at the teacher table.
D. complete activities with literacy programs at the computer station. - ANS-The correct
answer is A.
Students should receive many opportunities for one-on-one and group experiences to
develop oral language skills.
A second grade teacher has a student read a passage as she uses a stop watch and counts
the number of words read incorrectly. After 1 minute, the teacher stops the student and
counts the number of miscues. She determines the number of words read correctly in one
minute. The teacher is assessing the student's:
A. Comprehension
B. Word Identification Skills
C. Fluency
D. Alphabetic Skills - ANS-C is the correct answer.
, Teachers should employ various types of assessment - formal and informal - to monitor
each student's reading progress.
Accuracy - ANS-how correctly the child reads, and how many errors are made.
ANS-The eight activities! - Strategies to help students develop phonological awareness
Isolation
Identity
Categorization
Blending
Segmenting
Deletion
Addition
Substitution
As the 3rd grade students in Mr. When Adams' class reads, they come up with questions
and stick them on sticky notes. Students place the notes in the story to mark where they
occurred. After reading, the class discusses the questions they had as they read. The
primary instructional purpose for this activity is to help students:
A. Analyze character development
B. Improve reading fluency
C. Understand their culture and the culture of others
D. Enhance their reading comprehension - ANS-The correct answer is D.
Linking text to their own experiences and other things they've read about helps students
increase their comprehension while reading.
Benefits of the Language Experience Approach: - ANS-All language skills are used at once.
We engage in speaking, listening, reading and writing all together.
We also use words from the student's vocabulary.
We build many different skills in a meaningful context through an experience that we all
share.
Oral vocabulary is increased as students are encouraged to speak and listen to others.
Self-concept is enhanced where the student thinks "Hey, the teacher wrote that down, it's
part of the story and I wrote that."
It's an appropriate activity for all skill and language
levels.
Additionally, students who are less proficient gain benefit from reading about texts written by
students who are more proficient. topics that they can comprehend. Just as self-concept is
enhanced in terms of "I wrote that," student's points of view are also
valued.
The content is authentic and relevant to student's lives and leads to higher motivation and
interest.
Additionally, the Language Experience Approach is very adaptable. as it can be used with
whole group and small group, as well as individuals, either as chart stories or class and
individual books.
Comprehension - ANS-is an active process of constructing meaning.
Delays in one area of language development.. - ANS-..will hinder growth in other domains.
Developmental phases of alphabetic skills - ANS-Pre-Alphabetic Phase--can identify stores
by shape of logo or symbols on a logo rather than identifying specific letters int eh logo.
Partial Alphabetic Phase--Begin to connect the shape of letters with sounds, such as
knowing that their classmates' names from knowing what letter it starts with.
A first grader is writing in her draft book. The teacher observes that the student is spelling
words with beginning and ending consonant sounds. She is also spelling some high
frequency words correctly. Often, the student inserts a medial vowel in a word, but it is not
always the correct vowel. She spells "lik" for "like" and "brthr" for "brother". The teacher
plans to work with student in a group with students at the same stage. What stage of
spelling development best describes the student's writing?
A. Prephonemic
B. Phonemic
C. Transitional
D. Conventional - ANS-B is the correct answer.
Teachers should understand the various stages in spelling development and employ
strategies to help students develop spelling skills.
A fourth grade teacher begins a research unit on famous Texans. He teaches students to
use the internet, magazine articles, and books to collect data on their assigned Texan. Once
students have collected data, the teacher provides instruction and models using their
research facts to write a script for the class living museum presentation. The teacher guides
students through the drafting, revising, editing, and publishing process to develop their
script. This is an example of:
A. Teaching students to locate, retrieve, and retain information from a range of
content-area, narrative, and expository texts.
B. providing students with direct, detailed instruction on how to use reading comprehension
strategies. C. Selecting and using instructional strategies, materials, and activities to guide
students' understanding of their own culture and the cultures of others.
D. Selecting and using instructional strat - ANS-The correct answer is A.
Students should be given opportunities to gather information from a variety of text types.
The best way for a pre-kindergarten teacher to help her students improve their oral
language skills is to have them daily: A. interact in a variety of one-on-one and group
activities.
B. listen to stories and/or books in listening stations.
C. work with alphabet arcs at the teacher table.
D. complete activities with literacy programs at the computer station. - ANS-The correct
answer is A.
Students should receive many opportunities for one-on-one and group experiences to
develop oral language skills.
A second grade teacher has a student read a passage as she uses a stop watch and counts
the number of words read incorrectly. After 1 minute, the teacher stops the student and
counts the number of miscues. She determines the number of words read correctly in one
minute. The teacher is assessing the student's:
A. Comprehension
B. Word Identification Skills
C. Fluency
D. Alphabetic Skills - ANS-C is the correct answer.
, Teachers should employ various types of assessment - formal and informal - to monitor
each student's reading progress.
Accuracy - ANS-how correctly the child reads, and how many errors are made.
ANS-The eight activities! - Strategies to help students develop phonological awareness
Isolation
Identity
Categorization
Blending
Segmenting
Deletion
Addition
Substitution
As the 3rd grade students in Mr. When Adams' class reads, they come up with questions
and stick them on sticky notes. Students place the notes in the story to mark where they
occurred. After reading, the class discusses the questions they had as they read. The
primary instructional purpose for this activity is to help students:
A. Analyze character development
B. Improve reading fluency
C. Understand their culture and the culture of others
D. Enhance their reading comprehension - ANS-The correct answer is D.
Linking text to their own experiences and other things they've read about helps students
increase their comprehension while reading.
Benefits of the Language Experience Approach: - ANS-All language skills are used at once.
We engage in speaking, listening, reading and writing all together.
We also use words from the student's vocabulary.
We build many different skills in a meaningful context through an experience that we all
share.
Oral vocabulary is increased as students are encouraged to speak and listen to others.
Self-concept is enhanced where the student thinks "Hey, the teacher wrote that down, it's
part of the story and I wrote that."
It's an appropriate activity for all skill and language
levels.
Additionally, students who are less proficient gain benefit from reading about texts written by
students who are more proficient. topics that they can comprehend. Just as self-concept is
enhanced in terms of "I wrote that," student's points of view are also
valued.
The content is authentic and relevant to student's lives and leads to higher motivation and
interest.
Additionally, the Language Experience Approach is very adaptable. as it can be used with
whole group and small group, as well as individuals, either as chart stories or class and
individual books.
Comprehension - ANS-is an active process of constructing meaning.
Delays in one area of language development.. - ANS-..will hinder growth in other domains.
Developmental phases of alphabetic skills - ANS-Pre-Alphabetic Phase--can identify stores
by shape of logo or symbols on a logo rather than identifying specific letters int eh logo.
Partial Alphabetic Phase--Begin to connect the shape of letters with sounds, such as
knowing that their classmates' names from knowing what letter it starts with.
