PECT - Module 2 - Practice Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
A teacher is planning instruction to promote four-
year-olds' development of skills related to
Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning standard about A third-grade teacher regularly models for
reading, analyzing, and interpreting text. With students how to paraphrase a portion of a text
children at this developmental level, which of the and how to pose and respond to questions that
following approaches to a read-aloud activity clarify or follow up on information presented in a
would be most appropriate for the teacher to use text. These practices promote students' literacy
to develop the children's conceptual development primarily by:
understanding of fact and opinion?
A. supporting their development of dispositions
A. having the children identify characters who and attitudes that help create a purposeful,
demonstrate examples of faulty reasoning in a literate environment in the classroom.
fable B. enhancing their knowledge of the
B. asking the children to decide which organizational structure of different types of text.
statements related to an article in a children's C. promoting their development of self-monitoring
nature magazine are true or false skills that support reading and learning across
C. helping the children tell one thing they learned the curriculum.
from a nonfiction text D. fostering their ability to make connections
D. showing the children how to differentiate between the reading curriculum and their lives. -
between essential and nonessential information ANSWER -C
in a nonfiction children's picture book -
ANSWER -C
A first-grade teacher explains that he is going to
read a story aloud and he wants students to
A fourth-grade teacher would like to promote consider how the story makes them feel.
reluctant readers' independent reading. Which of Afterward, he prompts the students to recall and
the following teacher strategies is likely to be discuss specific words and phrases the author
most effective in achieving this goal? used to evoke particular feelings. This oral
language activity supports students' literacy
A. engaging students in discussions about their development primarily by helping the students:
interests and working with the library media
specialist to locate appropriate-level books on A. retell a story's key events accurately.
these topics B. make and verify predictions about a story.
B. reading aloud a variety of books from the C. connect key events in a story to their own
classroom library on a regular basis and lives.
engaging students in discussions related to the D. develop an awareness of a story's tone. -
read-alouds ANSWER -D
C. creating attractive displays of both fiction and
nonfiction books and magazines in the classroom
library and regularly inviting students to browse A kindergarten teacher has placed many signs
the displays around the classroom, including
D. providing opportunities for students to visit the simple written directions (e.g., Please hang up
school's library media center and to learn about coats!) and labels for objects (e.g.,
the center's resources and organization - clock, Teacher's chair). During daily activities, the
ANSWER -A teacher regularly points to and
,PECT - Module 2 - Practice Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
reads aloud relevant signs. The teacher has also appropriate to include in language arts
created a classroom library filled instruction at the first-grade level?
with age-appropriate books and has incorporated A. revising writing by adding details or missing
relevant signs and books into all information
the learning centers. These strategies are most B. focusing writing for a particular audience
effective in addressing which of C. revising writing by varying sentence length
the following goals related to effective instruction and structures
in emergent literacy? D. using transition words to clarify ideas in writing
A. creating a print-rich environment 8. - ANSWER -A
B. providing guided and independent skills
practice
C. encouraging independent reading A teacher delivering standards-based literacy
D. infusing reading activities across the instruction grounded in scientificbased
curriculum - ANSWER -A reading research is most likely to use the results
of reading assessments
for which of the following purposes?
At the beginning of the school year, a A. using formal and informal assessments to
kindergarten teacher establishes a variety of place students into the most
classroom roles that rotate on a daily basis. The appropriate reading group for a given school year
roles include Calendar Helper B. using ongoing informal assessments to
and Star of the Day. The Calendar Helper continually plan and modify individual
identifies and announces the day of the students' reading goals and instruction
week, the date, and the day's weather, with C. using formal standardized assessments to
teacher support if needed. The Star diagnose each student's reading
of the Day shares an object, talking briefly about difficulties at the beginning of the school year
the item and then answering D. using comprehensive summative reading
three questions about it from classmates and/or achievement assessments on a
the teacher. Regularly performing weekly to biweekly basis to monitor students'
these types of classroom roles directly benefits progress - ANSWER -B
students' emergent literacy
development primarily by enhancing the
students': A group of primary-grade teachers is reviewing
A. self-confidence and comfort level in front of potential core instructional
their peers. materials for teaching beginning-reading skills.
B. ability to use a range of expressive language The most important selection
skills. criteria for the teachers to consider would be to
C. knowledge of content vocabulary across the ensure that the materials:
curriculum. A. include clear, appealing visual supports such
D. personal responsibility and perseverance with as illustrations.
tasks. - ANSWER -B B. are linked to a variety of online teacher
resources.
C. include supplemental assessments and
In keeping with Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning learning activities.
standards in language arts, which D. are aligned with relevant state learning
of the following writing skills would be most
, PECT - Module 2 - Practice Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
standards. - ANSWER -D A third-grade student is having difficulty reading
words and syllables that contain
complex letter combinations, which is affecting
Which of the following words contains a her comprehension of grade-level
diphthong? texts. For example, the student reads the word
A. anchor stretch as [st] [rĕt] [ch] and the
B. boiled word pledge as [p] [lĕd] [guh]. Which of the
C. measure following intervention strategies is
D. truths - ANSWER -B likely to be most effective in addressing this
student's reading difficulty and
advancing her reading development?
A prekindergarten teacher regularly writes A. having the student engage in daily rereading
students' comments on chart paper of passages that include
during whole-class discussions and rereads the morphologically complex words
comments to the class. This B. modeling for the student how to use context
practice supports young children's emergent clues in a text to determine the
literacy development primarily by meaning of unfamiliar words
promoting their: C. engaging the student in daily practice reading
A. awareness of the relationship between print word lists comprising gradelevel
and spoken language. irregular sight words
B. skill in identifying basic letter-sound D. providing the student with instruction and
correspondences. practice decoding consonant
C. understanding that spoken language is made clusters as chunks - ANSWER -D
of smaller phonological units.
D. knowledge of a wide range of environmental
print. - ANSWER -A A second-grade student frequently makes errors
such as reading the words taped
as tapped, hoping as hopping, and shines as
A kindergarten teacher reads aloud a poem that shins when reading aloud. Which of
contains alliteration in each line. the following approaches to addressing the
The teacher reads the poem twice, each time student's difficulty is likely to be most
emphasizing the alliteration. On the effective?
third reading, the teacher invites the children to A. providing the student with explicit review and
repeat each line exactly as the practice reading and spelling
teacher recited it. This activity is most effective in CVCe words that contain inflectional endings
promoting the children's B. providing the student with explicit instruction in
development in which of the following areas of common syllable types and
emergent literacy? syllabication guidelines
A. alphabetic awareness C. engaging the student in daily fluency activities
B. letter-sound correspondence focused on silent reading of
C. letter recognition texts written at the student's instructional reading
D. phonological awareness - ANSWER -D level
D. teaching the student how to distinguish
between a syllable and a morpheme in
multisyllable words - ANSWER -A
Graded A+
A teacher is planning instruction to promote four-
year-olds' development of skills related to
Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning standard about A third-grade teacher regularly models for
reading, analyzing, and interpreting text. With students how to paraphrase a portion of a text
children at this developmental level, which of the and how to pose and respond to questions that
following approaches to a read-aloud activity clarify or follow up on information presented in a
would be most appropriate for the teacher to use text. These practices promote students' literacy
to develop the children's conceptual development primarily by:
understanding of fact and opinion?
A. supporting their development of dispositions
A. having the children identify characters who and attitudes that help create a purposeful,
demonstrate examples of faulty reasoning in a literate environment in the classroom.
fable B. enhancing their knowledge of the
B. asking the children to decide which organizational structure of different types of text.
statements related to an article in a children's C. promoting their development of self-monitoring
nature magazine are true or false skills that support reading and learning across
C. helping the children tell one thing they learned the curriculum.
from a nonfiction text D. fostering their ability to make connections
D. showing the children how to differentiate between the reading curriculum and their lives. -
between essential and nonessential information ANSWER -C
in a nonfiction children's picture book -
ANSWER -C
A first-grade teacher explains that he is going to
read a story aloud and he wants students to
A fourth-grade teacher would like to promote consider how the story makes them feel.
reluctant readers' independent reading. Which of Afterward, he prompts the students to recall and
the following teacher strategies is likely to be discuss specific words and phrases the author
most effective in achieving this goal? used to evoke particular feelings. This oral
language activity supports students' literacy
A. engaging students in discussions about their development primarily by helping the students:
interests and working with the library media
specialist to locate appropriate-level books on A. retell a story's key events accurately.
these topics B. make and verify predictions about a story.
B. reading aloud a variety of books from the C. connect key events in a story to their own
classroom library on a regular basis and lives.
engaging students in discussions related to the D. develop an awareness of a story's tone. -
read-alouds ANSWER -D
C. creating attractive displays of both fiction and
nonfiction books and magazines in the classroom
library and regularly inviting students to browse A kindergarten teacher has placed many signs
the displays around the classroom, including
D. providing opportunities for students to visit the simple written directions (e.g., Please hang up
school's library media center and to learn about coats!) and labels for objects (e.g.,
the center's resources and organization - clock, Teacher's chair). During daily activities, the
ANSWER -A teacher regularly points to and
,PECT - Module 2 - Practice Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
reads aloud relevant signs. The teacher has also appropriate to include in language arts
created a classroom library filled instruction at the first-grade level?
with age-appropriate books and has incorporated A. revising writing by adding details or missing
relevant signs and books into all information
the learning centers. These strategies are most B. focusing writing for a particular audience
effective in addressing which of C. revising writing by varying sentence length
the following goals related to effective instruction and structures
in emergent literacy? D. using transition words to clarify ideas in writing
A. creating a print-rich environment 8. - ANSWER -A
B. providing guided and independent skills
practice
C. encouraging independent reading A teacher delivering standards-based literacy
D. infusing reading activities across the instruction grounded in scientificbased
curriculum - ANSWER -A reading research is most likely to use the results
of reading assessments
for which of the following purposes?
At the beginning of the school year, a A. using formal and informal assessments to
kindergarten teacher establishes a variety of place students into the most
classroom roles that rotate on a daily basis. The appropriate reading group for a given school year
roles include Calendar Helper B. using ongoing informal assessments to
and Star of the Day. The Calendar Helper continually plan and modify individual
identifies and announces the day of the students' reading goals and instruction
week, the date, and the day's weather, with C. using formal standardized assessments to
teacher support if needed. The Star diagnose each student's reading
of the Day shares an object, talking briefly about difficulties at the beginning of the school year
the item and then answering D. using comprehensive summative reading
three questions about it from classmates and/or achievement assessments on a
the teacher. Regularly performing weekly to biweekly basis to monitor students'
these types of classroom roles directly benefits progress - ANSWER -B
students' emergent literacy
development primarily by enhancing the
students': A group of primary-grade teachers is reviewing
A. self-confidence and comfort level in front of potential core instructional
their peers. materials for teaching beginning-reading skills.
B. ability to use a range of expressive language The most important selection
skills. criteria for the teachers to consider would be to
C. knowledge of content vocabulary across the ensure that the materials:
curriculum. A. include clear, appealing visual supports such
D. personal responsibility and perseverance with as illustrations.
tasks. - ANSWER -B B. are linked to a variety of online teacher
resources.
C. include supplemental assessments and
In keeping with Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning learning activities.
standards in language arts, which D. are aligned with relevant state learning
of the following writing skills would be most
, PECT - Module 2 - Practice Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
standards. - ANSWER -D A third-grade student is having difficulty reading
words and syllables that contain
complex letter combinations, which is affecting
Which of the following words contains a her comprehension of grade-level
diphthong? texts. For example, the student reads the word
A. anchor stretch as [st] [rĕt] [ch] and the
B. boiled word pledge as [p] [lĕd] [guh]. Which of the
C. measure following intervention strategies is
D. truths - ANSWER -B likely to be most effective in addressing this
student's reading difficulty and
advancing her reading development?
A prekindergarten teacher regularly writes A. having the student engage in daily rereading
students' comments on chart paper of passages that include
during whole-class discussions and rereads the morphologically complex words
comments to the class. This B. modeling for the student how to use context
practice supports young children's emergent clues in a text to determine the
literacy development primarily by meaning of unfamiliar words
promoting their: C. engaging the student in daily practice reading
A. awareness of the relationship between print word lists comprising gradelevel
and spoken language. irregular sight words
B. skill in identifying basic letter-sound D. providing the student with instruction and
correspondences. practice decoding consonant
C. understanding that spoken language is made clusters as chunks - ANSWER -D
of smaller phonological units.
D. knowledge of a wide range of environmental
print. - ANSWER -A A second-grade student frequently makes errors
such as reading the words taped
as tapped, hoping as hopping, and shines as
A kindergarten teacher reads aloud a poem that shins when reading aloud. Which of
contains alliteration in each line. the following approaches to addressing the
The teacher reads the poem twice, each time student's difficulty is likely to be most
emphasizing the alliteration. On the effective?
third reading, the teacher invites the children to A. providing the student with explicit review and
repeat each line exactly as the practice reading and spelling
teacher recited it. This activity is most effective in CVCe words that contain inflectional endings
promoting the children's B. providing the student with explicit instruction in
development in which of the following areas of common syllable types and
emergent literacy? syllabication guidelines
A. alphabetic awareness C. engaging the student in daily fluency activities
B. letter-sound correspondence focused on silent reading of
C. letter recognition texts written at the student's instructional reading
D. phonological awareness - ANSWER -D level
D. teaching the student how to distinguish
between a syllable and a morpheme in
multisyllable words - ANSWER -A
