Teaching Reading | 102 Questions And Answers
A Kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students practice in learning phonological
awareness skills. Having students participate in which of the following activities best meets this teacher's goal?
A. asking the 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 the students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without pronouncing air.
C. Correct Answer - B
A fourth-grade teacher plans to have students read an informational article about animals that live in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. In preparing for instruction, the teacher recognizes that students may not have previously encountered a variety of the multisyllabic, domain-specific words in the text and plans to provide instruction in strategies to decode and determine the meaning of the new vocabulary. The teacher's plan also includes providing instruction in the features of text students will encounter to support students' comprehension of the material as they read. Correct Answer - I. Identify and describe TWO word-learning skills for which the teacher can provide explicit instruction to help students decode and determine the meaning of unfamiliar multisyllabic, domain-specific vocabulary. II. List TWO text features students may encounter that the teacher can introduce before students read the informational article. Briefly explain the purpose of each text feature listed.
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 - Using a plot chart to track the events in a story Option (D) is correct. The test scores show that the student is weak in comprehension. Understanding text structures such as
the plot will aid the student's comprehension of texts.
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" O C. Distributing
a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the manipulatives to form decodable words D. Cutting student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to put the letters together to form the name Correct Answer - B. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without pronouncing "air"
A. Making decisions about what is going to happen next in a story by connecting existing knowledge to new information an author gives as a text is read B. Determining what is important
in a story and recording own words C. Searching a story to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning that goes beyond what is literally stated D. Creating mental images of the events happening in a story that support recall of main ideas Correct Answer - C. Searching a story to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning that goes beyond what is literally stated
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 work sheets from a workbook to complete B. Having students copy rules in their copybooks for reference C. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-alouds D. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing Correct Answer - D. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing
Which of the following phonemic is the most complex and is generally developed last by most students? A. Change the /m/ in "mouse" to /h/. B. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/. C. What word is made when "bl" and "oom" are combined? D. Say "doughnut." Now say it again, but don't say "dough." Correct Answer - B. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/.
A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple content areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a trade book about plants; the book 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 using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts C. Having students assume definitions for the new words and relate them to words they already know D. Giving the students Venn diagrams to sort the new vocabulary into well-defined categories Correct Answer - B. Planning direct instruction using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts
A kindergarten teacher assesses students' understanding of concepts of print at the beginning of the year. The results of one student's assessment are shown. Based on the data, which of the following instructional methods will best promote the student's understanding of print conventions? A. Teaching letter-sound relationships explicitly and in isolation B. Activating the student's background knowledge of concepts that are important to the content of the text C. Using a finger to draw attention to letters and words in the text during a shared reading D. Previewing the text to make predictions about its content before a shared reading Correct Answer - C. Using a finger to draw attention to letters and words in the text during a shared reading
Ms. Jones introduces visualizing as a comprehension skill to her first-grade students using a short passage of text. Which of the following strategies illustrates how to best introduce the skill?
A. Allowing the students to read the passage independently and draw an illustration to match it B. Assigning partners to illustrate the passage that is read aloud by the teacher C. Demonstrating how to summarize the passage using a story map with pictures D. Explaining the process in detail and modeling it by thinking aloud while reading the passage Correct Answer - D. Explaining the process in detail and modeling it by thinking aloud while reading the passage Comprehension skills must be taught explicitly to ensure proper understanding prior encouraging
independent
A kindergarten teacher sets a benchmark goal for students to quickly recognize a set of ten new sight words within a three-week instructional time period. The teacher introduces the words by using flash cards and engages students in a series of activities that reinforce learning within authentic contexts. During this time, the teacher also creates a small-group workshop activity in which students view each word printed in large letters on a card, say the word, and then use pipe cleaners to form the word. Which of the following is the primary benefit to students of participating in the workshop activity? A. Improving long-term memory of a nondecodable word by engaging multiple student senses in
learning B. Building a student's reading fluency by improving the ability to flexibly apply phonological awareness skills C. Increasing a student's ability to use several sensory modalities to phonetically decode and recognize an unknown word D. Reinforcing recognition of a word through a student's ability to connect visual language symbols with sounds that the symbols represent Correct Answer - A. Improving long-term memory of a nondecodable word by engaging multiple student senses in learning
Which of the following statements about the correlation between phonemic awareness and reading development is best supported by research? A. Students' reading skills advance as students develop greater phonemic awareness. B. Weak phonemic awareness has virtually no impact on reading skills after the third grade. C. Students with weak phonemic often acquire strong decoding skills to compensate. D. Poor reading skills in the later grades are solely the result of weak phonemic awareness in the early grades. Correct Answer - A. Students' reading skills advance as students develop greater phonemic awareness.
A teacher scores student writing samples using criteria that define expectations for different levels of proficiency. Which of the following tools is the teacher most likely using? A. Anecdotal
notes B. Checklist C. Scoring guide D. Rubric Correct Answer - D. Rubric A rubric gives
specific descriptions on a scale to demonstrate what is expected for the task.
A first-grade teacher notices during guided reading that a student has difficulty decoding words such as "ran," "pet," "him," and "hot." Which of the following is the most appropriate way for the teacher to confirm the student's difficulty? A. Administering a phonemic-awareness assessment in which the student breaks spoken words into individual phonemes B. Choosing an appropriate passage for the student to read aloud and noting how many words the student can read in 1 minute C. Checking for understanding by asking explicit questions after the student has
completed reading a grade-level passage O D. Presenting a list of grade-level high-frequency words for the student to read aloud Correct Answer - A. Administering a phonemic-
awareness assessment in which the student breaks spoken words into individual phonemes
In order to develop students' spelling skills a teacher presents the following words to the class. • Chin Shut Draw Rash Which of the following strategies best utilizes a multisensory and recursive approach to teaching the spelling of these words? O A. Chanting a poem with the digraph sounds found in the words O B. Using letter tiles to build previously learned CVC words
A Kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students practice in learning phonological
awareness skills. Having students participate in which of the following activities best meets this teacher's goal?
A. asking the 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 the students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without pronouncing air.
C. Correct Answer - B
A fourth-grade teacher plans to have students read an informational article about animals that live in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. In preparing for instruction, the teacher recognizes that students may not have previously encountered a variety of the multisyllabic, domain-specific words in the text and plans to provide instruction in strategies to decode and determine the meaning of the new vocabulary. The teacher's plan also includes providing instruction in the features of text students will encounter to support students' comprehension of the material as they read. Correct Answer - I. Identify and describe TWO word-learning skills for which the teacher can provide explicit instruction to help students decode and determine the meaning of unfamiliar multisyllabic, domain-specific vocabulary. II. List TWO text features students may encounter that the teacher can introduce before students read the informational article. Briefly explain the purpose of each text feature listed.
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 - Using a plot chart to track the events in a story Option (D) is correct. The test scores show that the student is weak in comprehension. Understanding text structures such as
the plot will aid the student's comprehension of texts.
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" O C. Distributing
a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the manipulatives to form decodable words D. Cutting student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to put the letters together to form the name Correct Answer - B. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without pronouncing "air"
A. Making decisions about what is going to happen next in a story by connecting existing knowledge to new information an author gives as a text is read B. Determining what is important
in a story and recording own words C. Searching a story to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning that goes beyond what is literally stated D. Creating mental images of the events happening in a story that support recall of main ideas Correct Answer - C. Searching a story to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning that goes beyond what is literally stated
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 work sheets from a workbook to complete B. Having students copy rules in their copybooks for reference C. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-alouds D. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing Correct Answer - D. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing
Which of the following phonemic is the most complex and is generally developed last by most students? A. Change the /m/ in "mouse" to /h/. B. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/. C. What word is made when "bl" and "oom" are combined? D. Say "doughnut." Now say it again, but don't say "dough." Correct Answer - B. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/.
A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple content areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a trade book about plants; the book 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 using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts C. Having students assume definitions for the new words and relate them to words they already know D. Giving the students Venn diagrams to sort the new vocabulary into well-defined categories Correct Answer - B. Planning direct instruction using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts
A kindergarten teacher assesses students' understanding of concepts of print at the beginning of the year. The results of one student's assessment are shown. Based on the data, which of the following instructional methods will best promote the student's understanding of print conventions? A. Teaching letter-sound relationships explicitly and in isolation B. Activating the student's background knowledge of concepts that are important to the content of the text C. Using a finger to draw attention to letters and words in the text during a shared reading D. Previewing the text to make predictions about its content before a shared reading Correct Answer - C. Using a finger to draw attention to letters and words in the text during a shared reading
Ms. Jones introduces visualizing as a comprehension skill to her first-grade students using a short passage of text. Which of the following strategies illustrates how to best introduce the skill?
A. Allowing the students to read the passage independently and draw an illustration to match it B. Assigning partners to illustrate the passage that is read aloud by the teacher C. Demonstrating how to summarize the passage using a story map with pictures D. Explaining the process in detail and modeling it by thinking aloud while reading the passage Correct Answer - D. Explaining the process in detail and modeling it by thinking aloud while reading the passage Comprehension skills must be taught explicitly to ensure proper understanding prior encouraging
independent
A kindergarten teacher sets a benchmark goal for students to quickly recognize a set of ten new sight words within a three-week instructional time period. The teacher introduces the words by using flash cards and engages students in a series of activities that reinforce learning within authentic contexts. During this time, the teacher also creates a small-group workshop activity in which students view each word printed in large letters on a card, say the word, and then use pipe cleaners to form the word. Which of the following is the primary benefit to students of participating in the workshop activity? A. Improving long-term memory of a nondecodable word by engaging multiple student senses in
learning B. Building a student's reading fluency by improving the ability to flexibly apply phonological awareness skills C. Increasing a student's ability to use several sensory modalities to phonetically decode and recognize an unknown word D. Reinforcing recognition of a word through a student's ability to connect visual language symbols with sounds that the symbols represent Correct Answer - A. Improving long-term memory of a nondecodable word by engaging multiple student senses in learning
Which of the following statements about the correlation between phonemic awareness and reading development is best supported by research? A. Students' reading skills advance as students develop greater phonemic awareness. B. Weak phonemic awareness has virtually no impact on reading skills after the third grade. C. Students with weak phonemic often acquire strong decoding skills to compensate. D. Poor reading skills in the later grades are solely the result of weak phonemic awareness in the early grades. Correct Answer - A. Students' reading skills advance as students develop greater phonemic awareness.
A teacher scores student writing samples using criteria that define expectations for different levels of proficiency. Which of the following tools is the teacher most likely using? A. Anecdotal
notes B. Checklist C. Scoring guide D. Rubric Correct Answer - D. Rubric A rubric gives
specific descriptions on a scale to demonstrate what is expected for the task.
A first-grade teacher notices during guided reading that a student has difficulty decoding words such as "ran," "pet," "him," and "hot." Which of the following is the most appropriate way for the teacher to confirm the student's difficulty? A. Administering a phonemic-awareness assessment in which the student breaks spoken words into individual phonemes B. Choosing an appropriate passage for the student to read aloud and noting how many words the student can read in 1 minute C. Checking for understanding by asking explicit questions after the student has
completed reading a grade-level passage O D. Presenting a list of grade-level high-frequency words for the student to read aloud Correct Answer - A. Administering a phonemic-
awareness assessment in which the student breaks spoken words into individual phonemes
In order to develop students' spelling skills a teacher presents the following words to the class. • Chin Shut Draw Rash Which of the following strategies best utilizes a multisensory and recursive approach to teaching the spelling of these words? O A. Chanting a poem with the digraph sounds found in the words O B. Using letter tiles to build previously learned CVC words
