ESA – Practice – Energy and Sustainability Analysis – revision material
1.) As students begin to read, the ability to blend phonemes orally contributes to their reading
development primarily because it prepares students to: - correct answer ✔✔combine letter-
sounds to decode words.
4.) A kindergarten teacher engages a small group of children in the following Say It and Move It
activity. • The teacher says a two-phoneme word slowly (e.g., ape, bee, day, eat, go, she, toe). •
The children slowly repeat the word. • The children move a plain wooden block as they say each
phoneme, lining up the two blocks from left to right. Once the children demonstrate mastery of
this activity, which of the following strategies would be most appropriate for the teacher to use
next to build the children's phonemic awareness? - correct answer ✔✔displaying pictures for a
pair of two- and three-phoneme words that differ by a single phoneme (e.g., toe, toad) and
having the children complete the Say It and Move It activity for each word in the pair
8.) Having kindergarten children practice tracing the letters of the alphabet in sand is most
appropriate for children who need additional support in: - correct answer ✔✔Developing letter-
formation skills
9.) A kindergarten teacher encourages beginning readers to "write" their own captions beneath
their drawings. This practice is most likely to lead to which of the following outcomes? - correct
answer ✔✔The children's grasp of the alphabetic principle will be reinforced as they apply
phonetic spelling.
10.) A kindergarten teacher is reading a big book to a group of children. The teacher periodically
points to the beginning consonant of selected words and accentuates its initial phoneme as the
teacher reads the word aloud. The teacher's practice is most likely to reinforce the children's: -
correct answer ✔✔awareness of letter-sound correspondences.
11.) A fourth-grade student who reads on grade level and consistently performs well on spelling
tests that are part of weekly word study activities often misspells the same words, and other
familiar words, in everyday writings. The following table shows examples of typical errors the
, student makes on class writing assignments and in informal notes to friends. - correct answer
✔✔segmenting all the phonemes in a word sequentially
12.) A first-grade teacher administers a spelling assessment midway through the school year.
Afterward, the teacher analyzes students' spelling errors and categorizes the errors according to
their most likely cause. Phonemic Awareness—The spelling error indicates difficulty perceiving
all the sounds in words. Code—The spelling error indicates a code-based difficulty (i.e., mastery
of specific phonics/morphemic elements and associated orthographic patterns). Several
students in the class make spelling errors that primarily fall under the category of phonemic
awareness. The students' spelling development would benefit most from an intervention
focused on promoting their ability to apply which of the following foundational skills? - correct
answer ✔✔segmenting sequentially all the phonemes that make up a spoken word
19.) A second-grade teacher divides the class into small groups and provides a copy of the
following instructions to each group. Students work collaboratively to complete the activity.
Afterward, each group shares their results with the whole class during a teacher-led discussion.
Look at the word fair in these two sentences: 1. It isn't fair that Juan got an extra scoop of ice
cream. 2. Simon and Mei-Yin went to the fair and rode on the merry-go-round. How are these
words the same? How are they different? Can you think of sentences that show two different
ways to use each of the words below? saw bow root run play fly spell wind
The activity and related discussion would best promote students' ability to: - correct answer
✔✔use semantic and syntactic clues to identify the meaning and pronunciation of homographs.
20.) A second-grade teacher regularly reviews spelling patterns previously taught. The teacher
also provides students with multiple opportunities to read and write connected text that
features words containing the spelling patterns and to engage in word sorts comparing new and
previously taught spelling patterns. These types of instructional activities are likely to promote
students' reading skills primarily by developing their: - correct answer ✔✔accuracy and
automaticity reading words that follow the target phonics patterns.
1.) As students begin to read, the ability to blend phonemes orally contributes to their reading
development primarily because it prepares students to: - correct answer ✔✔combine letter-
sounds to decode words.
4.) A kindergarten teacher engages a small group of children in the following Say It and Move It
activity. • The teacher says a two-phoneme word slowly (e.g., ape, bee, day, eat, go, she, toe). •
The children slowly repeat the word. • The children move a plain wooden block as they say each
phoneme, lining up the two blocks from left to right. Once the children demonstrate mastery of
this activity, which of the following strategies would be most appropriate for the teacher to use
next to build the children's phonemic awareness? - correct answer ✔✔displaying pictures for a
pair of two- and three-phoneme words that differ by a single phoneme (e.g., toe, toad) and
having the children complete the Say It and Move It activity for each word in the pair
8.) Having kindergarten children practice tracing the letters of the alphabet in sand is most
appropriate for children who need additional support in: - correct answer ✔✔Developing letter-
formation skills
9.) A kindergarten teacher encourages beginning readers to "write" their own captions beneath
their drawings. This practice is most likely to lead to which of the following outcomes? - correct
answer ✔✔The children's grasp of the alphabetic principle will be reinforced as they apply
phonetic spelling.
10.) A kindergarten teacher is reading a big book to a group of children. The teacher periodically
points to the beginning consonant of selected words and accentuates its initial phoneme as the
teacher reads the word aloud. The teacher's practice is most likely to reinforce the children's: -
correct answer ✔✔awareness of letter-sound correspondences.
11.) A fourth-grade student who reads on grade level and consistently performs well on spelling
tests that are part of weekly word study activities often misspells the same words, and other
familiar words, in everyday writings. The following table shows examples of typical errors the
, student makes on class writing assignments and in informal notes to friends. - correct answer
✔✔segmenting all the phonemes in a word sequentially
12.) A first-grade teacher administers a spelling assessment midway through the school year.
Afterward, the teacher analyzes students' spelling errors and categorizes the errors according to
their most likely cause. Phonemic Awareness—The spelling error indicates difficulty perceiving
all the sounds in words. Code—The spelling error indicates a code-based difficulty (i.e., mastery
of specific phonics/morphemic elements and associated orthographic patterns). Several
students in the class make spelling errors that primarily fall under the category of phonemic
awareness. The students' spelling development would benefit most from an intervention
focused on promoting their ability to apply which of the following foundational skills? - correct
answer ✔✔segmenting sequentially all the phonemes that make up a spoken word
19.) A second-grade teacher divides the class into small groups and provides a copy of the
following instructions to each group. Students work collaboratively to complete the activity.
Afterward, each group shares their results with the whole class during a teacher-led discussion.
Look at the word fair in these two sentences: 1. It isn't fair that Juan got an extra scoop of ice
cream. 2. Simon and Mei-Yin went to the fair and rode on the merry-go-round. How are these
words the same? How are they different? Can you think of sentences that show two different
ways to use each of the words below? saw bow root run play fly spell wind
The activity and related discussion would best promote students' ability to: - correct answer
✔✔use semantic and syntactic clues to identify the meaning and pronunciation of homographs.
20.) A second-grade teacher regularly reviews spelling patterns previously taught. The teacher
also provides students with multiple opportunities to read and write connected text that
features words containing the spelling patterns and to engage in word sorts comparing new and
previously taught spelling patterns. These types of instructional activities are likely to promote
students' reading skills primarily by developing their: - correct answer ✔✔accuracy and
automaticity reading words that follow the target phonics patterns.
