WGU C909: Elementary Reading Methods And
Interventions. Questions & Accurate Answers
A fourth-grade teacher expects students to use a dictionary to complete part
of the week's spelling homework. Which of the following answers would be
the most appropriate assignment for learning the spelling words? Right
Ans - divide the word into syllables
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books that they can read
on their own. As part of this process she must determine each student's
independent reading level.
In order to accomplish this task effectively Mrs. Swanson should select books
in which students Right Ans - Have 5 or less word recognition errors per
100 words of text.
In order to determine her students' independent reading level Mrs. Swanson's
best approach would be to — Right Ans - Administer an informal reading
inventory to each student.
A third-grade student struggles to comprehend text. The teacher notices the
child devotes too much attention to decoding and not enough attention to the
meaning of the text. The teacher could most likely help the student by
Right Ans - Improving decoding skills with syntactic cues.
A third-grade teacher works with a struggling reader. The child reads grade-
level material at 35 words per minute and has trouble with sight words.
Which of the following answers best describes the child? Select all that apply.
Right Ans - The student lacks reading fluency.
The student has weak decoding skills.
Students in a fourth-grade class have been reading and discussing a story.
Which of the following informal assessment strategies would likely be most
effective in evaluating students' ability to analyze story elements and make
personal connections with the text? Right Ans - Each student pretends to
be a character from the story and writes a journal entry reflecting on the
significant events of the story.
, Mrs. Graton's sixth-grade language arts class is studying modern British
novels. There are a number of English Language learners in the class. Which of
the following strategies will best facilitate these students involvement in class
discussions? Right Ans - Distributing the ELL students in mixed groupings
of other students for discussion of cultural references
sixth grade students are preparing to read a chapter about the digestive
system. what activity is the best way to introduce the text to support reading
comprehension? Right Ans - complete an anticipation guide
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during small group
interactions with her students. She was deliberate about her word choice and
language during her discussion with students.
Which of the teacher prompts is a weak response? Right Ans - That's right -
toys!
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during small group
interactions with her students. She was deliberate about her word choice and
language during her discussion with students.
In her response to "it was funny," the teacher used the word amusing to -
Right Ans - purposefully model an alternative word that the child is not
accustomed to using
A teacher works with English language learners of various levels of language
proficiency. Which of the following strategies provides language support for
ELLs during classroom instruction? Select all that apply. Right Ans - Visuals
which illustrate complex concepts
Access to content word lists
Cooperative learning activities
Sentence stems
In the grid above, the teacher uses the word "migratory"; however, the plans
do not incorporate the direct pre-teaching of this word. Which of the following
vocabulary activities would be the best to incorporate into this lesson?
Right Ans - help the students create a word map that visually defines the word
using examples and non-examples.
Interventions. Questions & Accurate Answers
A fourth-grade teacher expects students to use a dictionary to complete part
of the week's spelling homework. Which of the following answers would be
the most appropriate assignment for learning the spelling words? Right
Ans - divide the word into syllables
Mrs. Swanson is attempting to help students select books that they can read
on their own. As part of this process she must determine each student's
independent reading level.
In order to accomplish this task effectively Mrs. Swanson should select books
in which students Right Ans - Have 5 or less word recognition errors per
100 words of text.
In order to determine her students' independent reading level Mrs. Swanson's
best approach would be to — Right Ans - Administer an informal reading
inventory to each student.
A third-grade student struggles to comprehend text. The teacher notices the
child devotes too much attention to decoding and not enough attention to the
meaning of the text. The teacher could most likely help the student by
Right Ans - Improving decoding skills with syntactic cues.
A third-grade teacher works with a struggling reader. The child reads grade-
level material at 35 words per minute and has trouble with sight words.
Which of the following answers best describes the child? Select all that apply.
Right Ans - The student lacks reading fluency.
The student has weak decoding skills.
Students in a fourth-grade class have been reading and discussing a story.
Which of the following informal assessment strategies would likely be most
effective in evaluating students' ability to analyze story elements and make
personal connections with the text? Right Ans - Each student pretends to
be a character from the story and writes a journal entry reflecting on the
significant events of the story.
, Mrs. Graton's sixth-grade language arts class is studying modern British
novels. There are a number of English Language learners in the class. Which of
the following strategies will best facilitate these students involvement in class
discussions? Right Ans - Distributing the ELL students in mixed groupings
of other students for discussion of cultural references
sixth grade students are preparing to read a chapter about the digestive
system. what activity is the best way to introduce the text to support reading
comprehension? Right Ans - complete an anticipation guide
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during small group
interactions with her students. She was deliberate about her word choice and
language during her discussion with students.
Which of the teacher prompts is a weak response? Right Ans - That's right -
toys!
Mrs. Ramirez facilitated oral language development during small group
interactions with her students. She was deliberate about her word choice and
language during her discussion with students.
In her response to "it was funny," the teacher used the word amusing to -
Right Ans - purposefully model an alternative word that the child is not
accustomed to using
A teacher works with English language learners of various levels of language
proficiency. Which of the following strategies provides language support for
ELLs during classroom instruction? Select all that apply. Right Ans - Visuals
which illustrate complex concepts
Access to content word lists
Cooperative learning activities
Sentence stems
In the grid above, the teacher uses the word "migratory"; however, the plans
do not incorporate the direct pre-teaching of this word. Which of the following
vocabulary activities would be the best to incorporate into this lesson?
Right Ans - help the students create a word map that visually defines the word
using examples and non-examples.
