A fifth-grade student reads the sentence, "After playing with her friends all day,
Kaylee did her science homework, her geography project, and her English paper in
one fell swoop." The student asks the teacher for support in understanding the
meaning of the phrase in one fell swoop. After explaining the phrase's meaning,
the teacher could best deepen and extend the student's understanding of this
idiomatic expression by:
A. asking the student to find other sentences in the text that use the words fell
and swoop.
B. discussing with the student additional examples of the phrase used in context.
C. directed the student to look up different meanings of fell and swoop in the
dictionary.
D. shows the student how to create a tree diagram of the structure of the phrase.
Correct Answer: B
A sixth-grade teacher is planning explicit instruction to develop students' ability to
read and understand sentences that have a complex sentence structure. Which of
the following skills would be most effective for the teacher to focus on?
A. distinguishing between complex sentences that use passive and active voice
B. deconstructing complex sentences into independent and dependent clauses
C. identifying common transition words that link ideas in two or more sentences
D. distinguishing between demonstrative and indefinite pronouns in a sentence
Correct Answer: B
, Over the course of the school year, a sixth-grade student who had been a fluent,
proficient reader in previous years has become increasingly inconsistent in
comprehending grade level literary and informational texts assigned in class. The
results of informal, curriculum-based assessments indicate that the student still
meets grade-level expectations in vocabulary knowledge, but the student's
reading rate and comprehension have dropped below grade-level expectations.
The teacher observes that the student does not read smoothly when reading
aloud sentences that contain more than one clause, and the student often
comments about "getting lost in the sentence." The teacher is also aware that the
student tends to choose fiction and graphic novels for independent reading that
are written well below grade-level expectations. The student's overall reading
profile suggests that the student would likely benefit most from explic Correct
Answer: B
A third-grade class that includes several English learners is preparing to read a
text about the life cycles of various organisms (e.g., plants, mammals, reptiles).
Which of the following teaching strategies would be most effective in promoting
the English learners' comprehension of the text?
A. having the students look up unknown English words using bilingual dictionaries
and then make vocabulary lists in both languages
B. pairing English learners with students whose home language is English and
asking the latter to explain any unknown vocabulary
C. activating the students' prior knowledge about the topic and providing visual
aids such as illustrations to clarify new vocabulary D. giving the students a list of
new vocabulary with definitions and having them try to construct original
sentences using the words Correct Answer: C
A sixth-grade student encounters the following sentence in a short story. She
experienced a sense of déjà vu as she walked down the street of the strange new
city. The student asks the teacher about the meaning of déjà vu in the sentence.
The teacher could best respond by advising the student to take which of the
following steps?
A. making note of the word in a vocabulary log, and then studying the word after
finishing the story
Kaylee did her science homework, her geography project, and her English paper in
one fell swoop." The student asks the teacher for support in understanding the
meaning of the phrase in one fell swoop. After explaining the phrase's meaning,
the teacher could best deepen and extend the student's understanding of this
idiomatic expression by:
A. asking the student to find other sentences in the text that use the words fell
and swoop.
B. discussing with the student additional examples of the phrase used in context.
C. directed the student to look up different meanings of fell and swoop in the
dictionary.
D. shows the student how to create a tree diagram of the structure of the phrase.
Correct Answer: B
A sixth-grade teacher is planning explicit instruction to develop students' ability to
read and understand sentences that have a complex sentence structure. Which of
the following skills would be most effective for the teacher to focus on?
A. distinguishing between complex sentences that use passive and active voice
B. deconstructing complex sentences into independent and dependent clauses
C. identifying common transition words that link ideas in two or more sentences
D. distinguishing between demonstrative and indefinite pronouns in a sentence
Correct Answer: B
, Over the course of the school year, a sixth-grade student who had been a fluent,
proficient reader in previous years has become increasingly inconsistent in
comprehending grade level literary and informational texts assigned in class. The
results of informal, curriculum-based assessments indicate that the student still
meets grade-level expectations in vocabulary knowledge, but the student's
reading rate and comprehension have dropped below grade-level expectations.
The teacher observes that the student does not read smoothly when reading
aloud sentences that contain more than one clause, and the student often
comments about "getting lost in the sentence." The teacher is also aware that the
student tends to choose fiction and graphic novels for independent reading that
are written well below grade-level expectations. The student's overall reading
profile suggests that the student would likely benefit most from explic Correct
Answer: B
A third-grade class that includes several English learners is preparing to read a
text about the life cycles of various organisms (e.g., plants, mammals, reptiles).
Which of the following teaching strategies would be most effective in promoting
the English learners' comprehension of the text?
A. having the students look up unknown English words using bilingual dictionaries
and then make vocabulary lists in both languages
B. pairing English learners with students whose home language is English and
asking the latter to explain any unknown vocabulary
C. activating the students' prior knowledge about the topic and providing visual
aids such as illustrations to clarify new vocabulary D. giving the students a list of
new vocabulary with definitions and having them try to construct original
sentences using the words Correct Answer: C
A sixth-grade student encounters the following sentence in a short story. She
experienced a sense of déjà vu as she walked down the street of the strange new
city. The student asks the teacher about the meaning of déjà vu in the sentence.
The teacher could best respond by advising the student to take which of the
following steps?
A. making note of the word in a vocabulary log, and then studying the word after
finishing the story
