ILTS Elementary Education (Grades 1-6)Questions & Answers 100% Correct!

Language and Literacy 0001: Understand foundations of research-based literacy instruction and assessment and apply knowledge of emergent literacy development - ANSWERS A 4th grade teacher is creating a list of suggested literary texts to guide students' independent reading choices. Which of the following factors should the teacher take into consideration when qualitatively measuring a text's complexity? - ANSWERSAnswer: the literal and inferential levels of meanings of the text Response: Text complexity is measured by taking into consideration qualitative and quantitative measures, and reader and task factors. Qualitative measures are assessed by a knowledgeable reader who can recognize the degrees to which literal and inferential comprehension are required to fully understand the text. The more that inferential meaning is embedded in a story, the more difficult the text complexity is. A teacher is using a Big Book in a read-aloud session with students at the beginning of first grade. Which of the following methods would likely be most effective for the teacher to use to develop students' knowledge of print and emergent literacy concepts? - ANSWERSAnswer: using a finger to track the text from left to right and line to line while reading Response: By tracking point - sliding a finger under the words as they are read- the teacher helps convey to students the left-to-right and top-to-bottom directions in which English is written and read, a basic print concept that is an early literacy skill. The teacher's strategy of tracking print can also serve as a model for students, helping them learn how to track print in their own reading. Which of the following questions should a teacher use in a phonemic awareness lesson designed to give students practice in segmenting phonemes? - ANSWERSAnswer: "How many sounds do you hear in the word crush"? Response: Phonemic awareness involves the ability to hear, isolate, and manipulate the individual sounds, or phonemes, in words. Phonemic awareness includes segmenting a spoken word into its component sounds and counting the number of sounds heard. A blend (e.g., fr) counts as two sounds; a digraph (e.g., sh) constitutes one sound. Teaching students how to segment sounds helps them learn to read and spell. Which of the following teacher strategies would most effectively support an entering-level English language learner's understanding of academic content instruction delivered in English? - ANSWERSAnswer: presenting related graphics, pictures, and other visuals to the student