TEXES 293 Science of Teaching Reading With 100% Correct
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A first-grade teacher utilizes an iPad device to record and videotape her students as
they retell stories in which they read. After the students have retold the story, the
student and teacher will listen back to the retelling and discuss content. Which of the
following is the best description of this practice?
A. The teacher was assessing listening comprehension
B. The teacher was teaching the story elements
C. The teacher was promoting prosody
D. The teacher was using technology to support students' motivation to read - ANSWER
D. The teacher was using technology to support students' motivation to read
Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is working on phonological awareness. Which of the
following skills should she emphasize FIRST with her students?
A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
B. Recognizing the initial sound of a spoken word
C. Making up a story while looking at pictures
D. The language of English is read from left to right - ANSWER A. Identification and
count the syllable in a word
A teacher of second graders points to the word "grain" written on the board and
underlines the letters "ai" in the middle of that word. She pronounces the word /grraaan/
stressing a long "a" sound. She tells the students that when there are two vowels
between consonants, then the long vowel sound is pronounced in the first vowel. She
repeats this with other similar words to give the student multiple chances to practice.
Which concept below best describes what this teacher is trying to teach most?
,A. Phonemic awareness
B. Alphabetic Principle
C. Fluency
D. Schema
Answer B. Alphabetic principle
Which of the following, according to current research, is NOT an important
consideration in selecting materials to teach the alphabetic principle?
A. Are more frequently used letter-sound correspondences taught before less
frequently used letters?
B. Does the sequence for introducing letter sounds promote the blending and decoding
of words rapidly?
C. Are auditorily and visually similar letter sounds introduced separately?
D. Does the program limit the number of letter-sound correspondences taught to one
per week? - ANSWER D. Does the program limit the number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per week?
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent us a
description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension - ANSWER C. Phonics
Which activity below does NOT promote development of print awareness in school-age
children?
,A. Giving a lesson about the features of a book (cover, title page, author, illustrator)
B. Reading a story from a "big book"
C. Performing an action song like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
D. Guiding a child to write his name - ANSWER C. Performing an action song like
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
A preschool teacher wants to test a child's understanding of the concept of print. She
lets the child first look at a children's book and then asks the child some very basic
questions. Of the following options, which would be the MOST appropriate for the
teacher to ask?
A. What do you think this book is about?
B. Can you tell me what sound any of these letters make?
C. How do books work?
D. Can you show me where to begin reading? - ANSWER D. Can you show me where to
begin reading?
A teacher is making a list of high-frequency, irregular sight words. Which one of the
following sets of words would be appropriate to put on the list?
A. Jump, sale, moon
B. Thank, mine, seen
C. Have, mother, been
D. Back, store, down - ANSWER C. Have, mother, been
On the whole, the BEST procedure for assisting beginning readers to identify function
words like "to", "the", and "of" would be to -
A. Urge students to apply phonic analysis to such words
, B. Give instruction in the use of context clues
C. Develop in students the structural analysis skills
D. Teach such words as sight vocabulary - ANSWER D. Teach such words as sight
vocabulary
Third-grade students' teacher wants to extend the students' knowledge about their own
culture and other cultures based on literary texts. Which one of the following strategies
would BEST achieve this?
A. Students research an internationally known author from another culture and write a
report regarding the author's life and works.
B. The teacher reads aloud and discusses passages selected from a variety of literary
texts written by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds. C. Students read folk tales and
other literature from several cultures and discuss similarities and differences.
D. The teacher includes a variety of texts by diverse authors in the classroom library and
provides frequent opportunities for students to read independently - ANSWER C.
Students read folk tales and other literature from various cultures and discuss the
similarities and differences
Which of the following instructional activities for fourth graders would BEST prepare
students to understand the concept of literary theme?
A. Students, in small groups, prepare a dramatic enactment of a meaningful scene from
a story students have read
B. Students read familiar fables and fairy tales. The teacher leads students to discuss
the moral or meaning of each story.
C. Students read an age-appropriate story and then work with a partner to list
meaningful events and central characters in the story
B. D. Students read the first half of a story, outline the sequence of events, and then
predict what the moral of the story will be. Students read familiar fables and fairy tales
and the teacher guides students to discuss the moral or meaning of each story.
Prekindergarten teacher is getting ready to implement an introductory lesson in the skill
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A first-grade teacher utilizes an iPad device to record and videotape her students as
they retell stories in which they read. After the students have retold the story, the
student and teacher will listen back to the retelling and discuss content. Which of the
following is the best description of this practice?
A. The teacher was assessing listening comprehension
B. The teacher was teaching the story elements
C. The teacher was promoting prosody
D. The teacher was using technology to support students' motivation to read - ANSWER
D. The teacher was using technology to support students' motivation to read
Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is working on phonological awareness. Which of the
following skills should she emphasize FIRST with her students?
A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
B. Recognizing the initial sound of a spoken word
C. Making up a story while looking at pictures
D. The language of English is read from left to right - ANSWER A. Identification and
count the syllable in a word
A teacher of second graders points to the word "grain" written on the board and
underlines the letters "ai" in the middle of that word. She pronounces the word /grraaan/
stressing a long "a" sound. She tells the students that when there are two vowels
between consonants, then the long vowel sound is pronounced in the first vowel. She
repeats this with other similar words to give the student multiple chances to practice.
Which concept below best describes what this teacher is trying to teach most?
,A. Phonemic awareness
B. Alphabetic Principle
C. Fluency
D. Schema
Answer B. Alphabetic principle
Which of the following, according to current research, is NOT an important
consideration in selecting materials to teach the alphabetic principle?
A. Are more frequently used letter-sound correspondences taught before less
frequently used letters?
B. Does the sequence for introducing letter sounds promote the blending and decoding
of words rapidly?
C. Are auditorily and visually similar letter sounds introduced separately?
D. Does the program limit the number of letter-sound correspondences taught to one
per week? - ANSWER D. Does the program limit the number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per week?
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent us a
description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension - ANSWER C. Phonics
Which activity below does NOT promote development of print awareness in school-age
children?
,A. Giving a lesson about the features of a book (cover, title page, author, illustrator)
B. Reading a story from a "big book"
C. Performing an action song like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
D. Guiding a child to write his name - ANSWER C. Performing an action song like
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
A preschool teacher wants to test a child's understanding of the concept of print. She
lets the child first look at a children's book and then asks the child some very basic
questions. Of the following options, which would be the MOST appropriate for the
teacher to ask?
A. What do you think this book is about?
B. Can you tell me what sound any of these letters make?
C. How do books work?
D. Can you show me where to begin reading? - ANSWER D. Can you show me where to
begin reading?
A teacher is making a list of high-frequency, irregular sight words. Which one of the
following sets of words would be appropriate to put on the list?
A. Jump, sale, moon
B. Thank, mine, seen
C. Have, mother, been
D. Back, store, down - ANSWER C. Have, mother, been
On the whole, the BEST procedure for assisting beginning readers to identify function
words like "to", "the", and "of" would be to -
A. Urge students to apply phonic analysis to such words
, B. Give instruction in the use of context clues
C. Develop in students the structural analysis skills
D. Teach such words as sight vocabulary - ANSWER D. Teach such words as sight
vocabulary
Third-grade students' teacher wants to extend the students' knowledge about their own
culture and other cultures based on literary texts. Which one of the following strategies
would BEST achieve this?
A. Students research an internationally known author from another culture and write a
report regarding the author's life and works.
B. The teacher reads aloud and discusses passages selected from a variety of literary
texts written by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds. C. Students read folk tales and
other literature from several cultures and discuss similarities and differences.
D. The teacher includes a variety of texts by diverse authors in the classroom library and
provides frequent opportunities for students to read independently - ANSWER C.
Students read folk tales and other literature from various cultures and discuss the
similarities and differences
Which of the following instructional activities for fourth graders would BEST prepare
students to understand the concept of literary theme?
A. Students, in small groups, prepare a dramatic enactment of a meaningful scene from
a story students have read
B. Students read familiar fables and fairy tales. The teacher leads students to discuss
the moral or meaning of each story.
C. Students read an age-appropriate story and then work with a partner to list
meaningful events and central characters in the story
B. D. Students read the first half of a story, outline the sequence of events, and then
predict what the moral of the story will be. Students read familiar fables and fairy tales
and the teacher guides students to discuss the moral or meaning of each story.
Prekindergarten teacher is getting ready to implement an introductory lesson in the skill
