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grade class contains students at various levels of English language proficiency. Some have been
learning English for less than a year. This week, the teacher has been conducting read alouds
featuring biographies as part of a unit on book genres. So far, the teacher has read from the
following biographies: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Harriet Tubman. However,
next week, the teacher plans to incorporate excerpts from biographies on Caesar Chavez and
Frida Kahlo. Then, the students will pick another person of interest, conduct research, and
complete the organizer below:
After the organizers are complete, the teacher tells students to take the information they have
learned and form a paragraph summarizing the most important aspects of their research. At a
later date, students will revise and edit their paragraphs with a peer and then read them aloud
individually to the class. - ✔️✔️including culturally relevant texts in the curriculum.
Which of the following activities will best help students identify various features of texts? -
✔️✔️Create a scavenger hunt for students to find various features using different kinds of texts.
Which of the following is not an element of fiction? - ✔️✔️in-text citations
To ensure that students understand the vocabulary in the text, a teacher leads his students in a
contextual analysis, in which the goal is to infer the meaning of words by looking closely at the
surrounding text. What words are students most likely to highlight in this activity? - ✔️✔️Tier III
words
Which mode of writing is intended to provide information and includes facts and data? -
✔️✔️expository
After reading an independently chosen novel, a teacher asks students to give a book report.
During the presentations, the teacher discovers that most students are simply repeating the plot of
the story and not including any level of literary analysis. How can the teacher best encourage
more detailed literary analysis from her students before the next round of book reports? -
✔️✔️Give students a list of guiding questions and sentence stems to answer and include in their
reports.
Which of the following groups of words best indicates a time sequence? - ✔️✔️first, last, later,
now, after
Mr. Sullivan has asked his students to write a short blog-style article about a time they did wrong
and what steps they did to remedy the situation. Which type of organizational structure will
students most likely be using? - ✔️✔️problem and solution
,There are three parts considered when determining text complexity. Each part is made up of a
variety of components that are evaluated either by a computer program or a person using their
professional judgment. Sentence length, text cohesion, and the frequency of difficult words are
all factors considered when determining which measure of complexity? - ✔️✔️quantitative
measures
Which of the following is a qualitative feature of text complexity? - ✔️✔️levels of meaning
Which of the following is the best definition of qualitative evaluation of text complexity? -
✔️✔️Qualitative evaluation analyzes the level of meaning, structure, language conventionality,
clarity, and knowledge demands of a text.
Emelia is an ELL student with a high level of English language proficiency, but she is struggling
to comprehend the text her English teacher assigned her. It does not follow a typical sentence
structure and contains a great amount of figurative language. Emelia is most likely reading a: -
✔️✔️poem
Which of the following is most important for a teacher to consider when selecting a text for a
group of students to read? - ✔️✔️level of readability
Summary and analysis are both ways students can respond to literature. Which of the following
best describes the difference between these two forms of response? - ✔️✔️Summary retells the
main ideas or the plot in a condensed way, while analysis requires the student to evaluate the
author's choices about the text.
A prekindergarten teacher uses frequent read alouds to help students build various early reading
skills. She chooses the books carefully to ensure they are engaging to as many students as
possible so they can benefit from the skills she is modeling. Which of the following is not a
criterion she looks for in the books she chooses for read alouds? - ✔️✔️above-level level
vocabulary
Which of the following best describes the segment "pre" in "prescribe." - ✔️✔️prefix
Mrs. Howes recognizes that a few of her first grade students are struggling to spell basic first
grade words like "back," "but," or "pig." In what way(s) could she help her students develop
phonemic awareness and improve spelling skills?
Select all answers that apply. - ✔️✔️Practice identifying phonemes one-on-one with the teacher.
Have students generate a list of words in the same word family as their struggle word.
Which of the following syllable types is the first syllable of the word "excellent"? - ✔️✔️a closed
syllable
Which of the following syllables types is the last syllable in "star"? - ✔️✔️the r-controlled syllable
, How does instruction regarding word families support spelling instruction? - ✔️✔️It demonstrates
that in words containing the same sounds made by a group of letters, the sounds will often be
represented with the same spelling.
The following sentence is missing several words.
It can be ___(1)___ to find a moment to ___(2)___ your thoughts into the ___(3)___ when there
are many people participating in a ___(4)___.
A word with the prefix inter- would best fit in which of the following blanks? - ✔️✔️2
A teacher provides a list of terms and asks students to add the suffixes -ship, -er, and -or to the
words. For example fix + -er = fixer. Once students have added a suffix and created a new word,
they discuss how the suffix has changed the meaning and part of speech of the original word.
This activity is introducing students to: - ✔️✔️derivational affixes
Which of the following best describes the segment "able" in "unforgettable." - ✔️✔️suffix
A fourth-grade teacher writes the word "do" on the board and models for the class how adding
"re" and "un" to the beginning of "do" impacts the word's meaning. She then provides her class
with the following list:
re
un
mis
de - ✔️✔️affixes
A second-grade teacher assigns a spelling pretest early in the year to guide spelling instruction.
The following is a portion of one student's spelling pretest. Based on this list, which area of
spelling instruction would be most beneficial to this student?
Spelling Word
Student Spelling
hot
hot
hate
hat
pat
pat
music
music
feet
fete
founder
founder - ✔️✔️vowel-consonant-e
Which of the following are likely purposes of a spelling pre-assessment? - ✔️✔️to guide whole-
class spelling instruction
to determine student grouping for small-group spelling instruction
Answers
grade class contains students at various levels of English language proficiency. Some have been
learning English for less than a year. This week, the teacher has been conducting read alouds
featuring biographies as part of a unit on book genres. So far, the teacher has read from the
following biographies: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Harriet Tubman. However,
next week, the teacher plans to incorporate excerpts from biographies on Caesar Chavez and
Frida Kahlo. Then, the students will pick another person of interest, conduct research, and
complete the organizer below:
After the organizers are complete, the teacher tells students to take the information they have
learned and form a paragraph summarizing the most important aspects of their research. At a
later date, students will revise and edit their paragraphs with a peer and then read them aloud
individually to the class. - ✔️✔️including culturally relevant texts in the curriculum.
Which of the following activities will best help students identify various features of texts? -
✔️✔️Create a scavenger hunt for students to find various features using different kinds of texts.
Which of the following is not an element of fiction? - ✔️✔️in-text citations
To ensure that students understand the vocabulary in the text, a teacher leads his students in a
contextual analysis, in which the goal is to infer the meaning of words by looking closely at the
surrounding text. What words are students most likely to highlight in this activity? - ✔️✔️Tier III
words
Which mode of writing is intended to provide information and includes facts and data? -
✔️✔️expository
After reading an independently chosen novel, a teacher asks students to give a book report.
During the presentations, the teacher discovers that most students are simply repeating the plot of
the story and not including any level of literary analysis. How can the teacher best encourage
more detailed literary analysis from her students before the next round of book reports? -
✔️✔️Give students a list of guiding questions and sentence stems to answer and include in their
reports.
Which of the following groups of words best indicates a time sequence? - ✔️✔️first, last, later,
now, after
Mr. Sullivan has asked his students to write a short blog-style article about a time they did wrong
and what steps they did to remedy the situation. Which type of organizational structure will
students most likely be using? - ✔️✔️problem and solution
,There are three parts considered when determining text complexity. Each part is made up of a
variety of components that are evaluated either by a computer program or a person using their
professional judgment. Sentence length, text cohesion, and the frequency of difficult words are
all factors considered when determining which measure of complexity? - ✔️✔️quantitative
measures
Which of the following is a qualitative feature of text complexity? - ✔️✔️levels of meaning
Which of the following is the best definition of qualitative evaluation of text complexity? -
✔️✔️Qualitative evaluation analyzes the level of meaning, structure, language conventionality,
clarity, and knowledge demands of a text.
Emelia is an ELL student with a high level of English language proficiency, but she is struggling
to comprehend the text her English teacher assigned her. It does not follow a typical sentence
structure and contains a great amount of figurative language. Emelia is most likely reading a: -
✔️✔️poem
Which of the following is most important for a teacher to consider when selecting a text for a
group of students to read? - ✔️✔️level of readability
Summary and analysis are both ways students can respond to literature. Which of the following
best describes the difference between these two forms of response? - ✔️✔️Summary retells the
main ideas or the plot in a condensed way, while analysis requires the student to evaluate the
author's choices about the text.
A prekindergarten teacher uses frequent read alouds to help students build various early reading
skills. She chooses the books carefully to ensure they are engaging to as many students as
possible so they can benefit from the skills she is modeling. Which of the following is not a
criterion she looks for in the books she chooses for read alouds? - ✔️✔️above-level level
vocabulary
Which of the following best describes the segment "pre" in "prescribe." - ✔️✔️prefix
Mrs. Howes recognizes that a few of her first grade students are struggling to spell basic first
grade words like "back," "but," or "pig." In what way(s) could she help her students develop
phonemic awareness and improve spelling skills?
Select all answers that apply. - ✔️✔️Practice identifying phonemes one-on-one with the teacher.
Have students generate a list of words in the same word family as their struggle word.
Which of the following syllable types is the first syllable of the word "excellent"? - ✔️✔️a closed
syllable
Which of the following syllables types is the last syllable in "star"? - ✔️✔️the r-controlled syllable
, How does instruction regarding word families support spelling instruction? - ✔️✔️It demonstrates
that in words containing the same sounds made by a group of letters, the sounds will often be
represented with the same spelling.
The following sentence is missing several words.
It can be ___(1)___ to find a moment to ___(2)___ your thoughts into the ___(3)___ when there
are many people participating in a ___(4)___.
A word with the prefix inter- would best fit in which of the following blanks? - ✔️✔️2
A teacher provides a list of terms and asks students to add the suffixes -ship, -er, and -or to the
words. For example fix + -er = fixer. Once students have added a suffix and created a new word,
they discuss how the suffix has changed the meaning and part of speech of the original word.
This activity is introducing students to: - ✔️✔️derivational affixes
Which of the following best describes the segment "able" in "unforgettable." - ✔️✔️suffix
A fourth-grade teacher writes the word "do" on the board and models for the class how adding
"re" and "un" to the beginning of "do" impacts the word's meaning. She then provides her class
with the following list:
re
un
mis
de - ✔️✔️affixes
A second-grade teacher assigns a spelling pretest early in the year to guide spelling instruction.
The following is a portion of one student's spelling pretest. Based on this list, which area of
spelling instruction would be most beneficial to this student?
Spelling Word
Student Spelling
hot
hot
hate
hat
pat
pat
music
music
feet
fete
founder
founder - ✔️✔️vowel-consonant-e
Which of the following are likely purposes of a spelling pre-assessment? - ✔️✔️to guide whole-
class spelling instruction
to determine student grouping for small-group spelling instruction
