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Praxis--Teaching Reading (7002)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
A teacher reviews the following student scores on a standardized reading test
with the goal of determining the areas in which the student will require
additional instruction.
75th percentile in vocabulary knowledge
85th percentile in decoding
40th percentile in comprehension
70th percentile in fluency
Based on the data, which of the following activities best addresses the student's
needs?
A. Reviewing high-frequency words
B. Identifying context clues in sentences
C. Listening to an audio version of the text
D. Using a plot chart to track the events in a story Correct Answer: D
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A kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students guided
practice in learning a phonological awareness skill. Having students participate
in which of the following activities best meets the teacher's goal?
A. Asking students to follow along as the teacher moves a finger from left to
right while orally reading a line of text in a picture book
B. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again
without pronouncing "air"
C. Distributing a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the
manipulatives to form decodable words
D. Cutting a student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to
put the letters together to form the name Correct Answer: B
A second-grade teacher selects a picture book that retells the well-known fairy
tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears to read aloud to the class. Following the first
oral reading of the text, the teacher distributes a graphic organizer with a set of
questions for students to answer as the text is read again. During the second
reading, the teacher pauses at different parts of the story and asks students to
independently answer one of the questions related to that part of the story on
the worksheet.
The teacher's instructional method best engages students in which of the
following thinking processes related to successful reading comprehension?
Correct Answer: C
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A first-grade teacher works with small groups of students to teach them how to
develop their writing skills. Which of the following methods best fosters the
students' ability to use correct mechanics, such as punctuation and
capitalization, in their own writing?
A. Assigning punctuation and capitalization worksheets from a workbook to
complete
B. Having students copy punctuation and capitalization rules in their copybooks
for reference
C. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-aloud
D. Modeling how and when to use punctuation and capitalization during writing
instruction Correct Answer: D
Which of the following phonemic manipulations is the most complex and is
generally developed last by most students?
A. Changing the /m/ in the word "mouse" to /h/
B. Breaking apart the word "cat," and saying each sound aloud
C. Combining "bl" and "oom," and then saying the word aloud
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D. Saying the word "doughnut," then saying it without "dough" Correct Answer: A
A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple
content areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a book about
plants that contains many new and difficult vocabulary words, such as
"chlorophyll," "germinate," and "photosynthesis." Which of the following teaching
activities will best help the students develop an understanding of the new
words?
A. Making lists of words from the science book to post on a word wall in the
classroom
B. Planning direct instruction that uses multimedia to introduce words in rich
contexts
C. Having the students guess the definitions for the new words and then relate
the new words to words they already know
D. Giving the students Venn diagrams to sort the new vocabulary into well-
defined categories Correct Answer: B
Which of the following strategies best gives a teacher an opportunity to
evaluate beginning readers' comprehension of a literary passage?
A. Posing clarifying questions during shared reading of the passage
B. Discussing keywords and art used in the passage before reading the text
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Praxis--Teaching Reading (7002)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
A teacher reviews the following student scores on a standardized reading test
with the goal of determining the areas in which the student will require
additional instruction.
75th percentile in vocabulary knowledge
85th percentile in decoding
40th percentile in comprehension
70th percentile in fluency
Based on the data, which of the following activities best addresses the student's
needs?
A. Reviewing high-frequency words
B. Identifying context clues in sentences
C. Listening to an audio version of the text
D. Using a plot chart to track the events in a story Correct Answer: D
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
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A kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students guided
practice in learning a phonological awareness skill. Having students participate
in which of the following activities best meets the teacher's goal?
A. Asking students to follow along as the teacher moves a finger from left to
right while orally reading a line of text in a picture book
B. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again
without pronouncing "air"
C. Distributing a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the
manipulatives to form decodable words
D. Cutting a student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to
put the letters together to form the name Correct Answer: B
A second-grade teacher selects a picture book that retells the well-known fairy
tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears to read aloud to the class. Following the first
oral reading of the text, the teacher distributes a graphic organizer with a set of
questions for students to answer as the text is read again. During the second
reading, the teacher pauses at different parts of the story and asks students to
independently answer one of the questions related to that part of the story on
the worksheet.
The teacher's instructional method best engages students in which of the
following thinking processes related to successful reading comprehension?
Correct Answer: C
:
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A first-grade teacher works with small groups of students to teach them how to
develop their writing skills. Which of the following methods best fosters the
students' ability to use correct mechanics, such as punctuation and
capitalization, in their own writing?
A. Assigning punctuation and capitalization worksheets from a workbook to
complete
B. Having students copy punctuation and capitalization rules in their copybooks
for reference
C. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-aloud
D. Modeling how and when to use punctuation and capitalization during writing
instruction Correct Answer: D
Which of the following phonemic manipulations is the most complex and is
generally developed last by most students?
A. Changing the /m/ in the word "mouse" to /h/
B. Breaking apart the word "cat," and saying each sound aloud
C. Combining "bl" and "oom," and then saying the word aloud
:
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D. Saying the word "doughnut," then saying it without "dough" Correct Answer: A
A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple
content areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a book about
plants that contains many new and difficult vocabulary words, such as
"chlorophyll," "germinate," and "photosynthesis." Which of the following teaching
activities will best help the students develop an understanding of the new
words?
A. Making lists of words from the science book to post on a word wall in the
classroom
B. Planning direct instruction that uses multimedia to introduce words in rich
contexts
C. Having the students guess the definitions for the new words and then relate
the new words to words they already know
D. Giving the students Venn diagrams to sort the new vocabulary into well-
defined categories Correct Answer: B
Which of the following strategies best gives a teacher an opportunity to
evaluate beginning readers' comprehension of a literary passage?
A. Posing clarifying questions during shared reading of the passage
B. Discussing keywords and art used in the passage before reading the text
:
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