PECT Module 2 Study Guide 2024 with Complete Solutions!

A new kindergarten classroom teacher has concerns about a student's "at-risk" scores on the development screening of emergency literacy skills. Which of the following steps should the kindergarten teacher take first? A. developing a plan for direct instruction to address the students areas of need as indicated by the screening B. establishing what types of assessments should be administered to evaluate the extent of the student's difficulty C. clarifying the time frame for notifying the parents/guardians of the teachers academic concerns D. conferring with the student's previous teacher to determine whether this pattern of decline was exhibited last year - ANSWER-A A kindergarten class includes a number of students who have little or no prior experience with books. The teacher uses various strategies to promote the students' understanding and appreciation of reading, including reading them stories aloud on a regular basis. In selecting stories to read aloud to these students, the teacher should place the greatest emphasis on identifying stories that: A. teach the students about letters, numbers, and other elements of the kindergarten curriculum. B. will expose the students to new ideas and points of views C. include characters and plots likely to be familiar to the students from their experiences outside of school. D. will be engaging and enjoyable for the students - ANSWER-D A third-grade teacher is planning a language arts lesson to introduce students to fables. In an appropriately sequenced lesson, the teacher should begin with which of the following activities? A. providing students with a graphic organizer and helping them fill in information from selected fables B. having students work in pairs to rewrite the morals of several familiar fables C. reading students several fables aloud and pointing out the key features that define a fable D. assigning students to work in small groups to answer comprehension questions about selected fables - ANSWER-C A Pre-K teacher's classroom is filled with print. Labels of individual children's names are placed on tables and cubbies. Commonly used objects, such as chairs and boxes of crayons are labeled. Children have frequent opportunities to observe the teacher write a wo