ELAR Proficiency Exam Questions And Correct Answers
Fill out the chart to show the correct count of phonemes for each of the words listed -
Answer Fox- 4 phonemes
Plan- 4 phonemes
Sight - 3 phonemes
Shin- 3 phonemes
bent - 4 phonemes
Mr. Batista's sixth-grade class has been studying volcanoes. He prepares the following
activity for the class, with its several English Language learners.
Paragraph-Building Activity
1. The teacher conducts a whole-class discussion on a topic pertinent to the science
unit on volcanoes.
2. Students are arranged into heterogeneous cooperative learning groups, with three or
four students in each group. The students within each group continue discussing the
topic.
3. Each student writes one or two sentences about the topic on sentence strips.
4. The members of the group decide how to put the various sentences together, editing
the sentences as necessary to form a comprehensible paragraph about the topic and
correcting any errors in grammar or spelling.
After participating in this activity, all of the students review the chapter in their science
text about volcanoes.
The activity Mr. Batista has designed is likely to - Transfer skills from oral language to
written language
Mr. Batista's sixth-grade science class has been studying volcanoes. He develops the
activity below for the students in his class, several of whom are English Language
, learners.
Building a Paragraph
1. The teacher leads a whole-class discussion on a topic related to the science unit on
volcanoes.
2. Students form heterogeneous cooperative learning groups with three or four students
in each group. Students in each group continue discussing the topic.
3. Each student writes one or two sentences about the topic on sentence strips.
4. The members of the group then decide on how to put all the varied sentences
together, rephrasing the sentences where necessary to form an understandable
paragraph about the topic and correcting spelling and grammatical errors.
After participating in this activity, all students read the portion of the science text about
volcanoes.
Which of the following best describes one important way in which Answer Discussing
and writing about a content-area topic supports English language learners' reading of
related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary, language structures, and schemata
A middle school teacher wants to enhance the students' reading comprehension ability
through oral language activities. Which of the following activities would work best to
meet this goal? - Answer Students watch a variety of television commercials then
discuss in groups the commercials' use of selling, convincing, and propaganda
First graders are working with Mrs. Clarinton on the recognition of phonemes. She
pronounces several words and asks them to count the number of phonemes in each
word. Which of the following words has four phonemes? Little
Mrs. Clarinton works with first graders on the recognition of phonemes. She is
presenting them with several words and asking them to count the phonemes in them.
Another activity Mrs. Clarinton plans is to ask students to try to spell a set of words
presented orally to them, after which she analyzes the spelling results for each student.
Which end-result will this activity most likely allow Mrs. Clarinton to measure for her
Fill out the chart to show the correct count of phonemes for each of the words listed -
Answer Fox- 4 phonemes
Plan- 4 phonemes
Sight - 3 phonemes
Shin- 3 phonemes
bent - 4 phonemes
Mr. Batista's sixth-grade class has been studying volcanoes. He prepares the following
activity for the class, with its several English Language learners.
Paragraph-Building Activity
1. The teacher conducts a whole-class discussion on a topic pertinent to the science
unit on volcanoes.
2. Students are arranged into heterogeneous cooperative learning groups, with three or
four students in each group. The students within each group continue discussing the
topic.
3. Each student writes one or two sentences about the topic on sentence strips.
4. The members of the group decide how to put the various sentences together, editing
the sentences as necessary to form a comprehensible paragraph about the topic and
correcting any errors in grammar or spelling.
After participating in this activity, all of the students review the chapter in their science
text about volcanoes.
The activity Mr. Batista has designed is likely to - Transfer skills from oral language to
written language
Mr. Batista's sixth-grade science class has been studying volcanoes. He develops the
activity below for the students in his class, several of whom are English Language
, learners.
Building a Paragraph
1. The teacher leads a whole-class discussion on a topic related to the science unit on
volcanoes.
2. Students form heterogeneous cooperative learning groups with three or four students
in each group. Students in each group continue discussing the topic.
3. Each student writes one or two sentences about the topic on sentence strips.
4. The members of the group then decide on how to put all the varied sentences
together, rephrasing the sentences where necessary to form an understandable
paragraph about the topic and correcting spelling and grammatical errors.
After participating in this activity, all students read the portion of the science text about
volcanoes.
Which of the following best describes one important way in which Answer Discussing
and writing about a content-area topic supports English language learners' reading of
related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary, language structures, and schemata
A middle school teacher wants to enhance the students' reading comprehension ability
through oral language activities. Which of the following activities would work best to
meet this goal? - Answer Students watch a variety of television commercials then
discuss in groups the commercials' use of selling, convincing, and propaganda
First graders are working with Mrs. Clarinton on the recognition of phonemes. She
pronounces several words and asks them to count the number of phonemes in each
word. Which of the following words has four phonemes? Little
Mrs. Clarinton works with first graders on the recognition of phonemes. She is
presenting them with several words and asking them to count the phonemes in them.
Another activity Mrs. Clarinton plans is to ask students to try to spell a set of words
presented orally to them, after which she analyzes the spelling results for each student.
Which end-result will this activity most likely allow Mrs. Clarinton to measure for her
