PPR 190 practice question (taken from
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1. Mr. Drake is a first grade teacher who is using the whole language approach when teaching about
animals. Before reading a story and what they are expected to learn. What's the reason for doing this? -
ANSWER✔✔-He's modeling a pre-reading skill in order to teach it to the young readers. Comprehension
is demonstrated when the reader questions his or her intent for reading. Comprehension increases when
students become aware of the focus and expectation for the activity. It also teaches students that we
read for different purposes.
2. Mr. Drake's class has an extensive discussion on the needs of house pets. In response to a student who
says that her family abandoned their cat in a field because it ate to much. Mr. Drake asks, "What is one
way to save pets that are no longer wanted?' This exercise involves what level of questioning? -
ANSWER✔✔-Evaluation. A question testing whether or not student can synthesize information will
require students to generalize from given facts, draw conclusions, and use old ideas to create new ones.
Students will use the information discussed in class to generate suggestions to save unwanted pets.
3. Mr. Drake has students who read at different levels. He has the students in groups of two, (one skilled
and one remedial reader) reading selected stories to one another. The students read the story and
question each other until they feel that they both understand the story. By planning the lesson this way,
Mr. Drake has - ANSWER✔✔-utilized the students strengths and weaknesses to maximize time,
materials, and overall quality of the learning environment. The remedial reader receives instruction and
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the skilled reader receives reinforcement. The peer support system one of the main principles for
cooperative learning. It uses alternate teaching resources, the student themselves enhance the learning
environment.
4. Mr Drake is continuing his lesson on the animal kingdom. He wants to ensure that the students learn
as much as they can about animals. so he incorporates information they are familiar with into new
information. Knowing that these are first grade learners, what should he incorporate when planning
their learning experience? - ANSWER✔✔-Students will overestimate how much information that they
can retrieve from memory. Students at this age do not have cognitive skills required to realize how much
they have actually learned, or how much they will actually be able to retain.
5. Before reading a story about a veterinary hospital, Mr. Drake constructs a semantic map of related
word and terms using the students input. What is the main intention for doing this? - ANSWER✔✔-To
demonstrate a meaningful relationship between concepts of the story and prior knowledge of the
students. By mapping out previous knowledge, information already known can be transferred to support
new information.
6. Vocabulary development is a key predictor of success in reading. Identify strategies that parents can
use to promote vocabulary development in a fun and relaxed environment. - ANSWER✔✔-use flash
cards, pictures and concrete objects to introduce vocabulary words.
7. The least effective technique to promote literacy at home is to... - ANSWER✔✔-ask the child to invite
friends home and encourage them to read together. It is ineffective because it doesn't involve the parent
directly, and the activity can evolve into a social gathering.
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