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ELAR ec-6 practice test Questions and
Correct Answers
When a teacher is selecting reading materials to read aloud to
students, which of the following approaches provides the best
opportunity for vocabulary development? Ans: exposing students
to a wide variety of genres
Competency 005
A teacher works with a small group of fourth graders who struggle
with comprehension. The students can accurately decode grade-
level texts at an appropriate rate when reading, but they are
unable to answer literal and inferential comprehension questions
accurately. Which of the following techniques would be most
appropriate for the teacher to use with their students? Ans:
Developing the students background knowledge in the areas of
vocabulary and discourse
Competency
A language arts teacher has students set personal reading goals at
the beginning of each month. The students monitor, record, and
reflect on thier progress in data notebooks. The primary purpose
of setting and monitoring personal reasdng goals is to have
students Ans: think metacognitvely about reading strengths and
weaknesses.
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a fifth grade teacher wants to help students meet grade level
expectations for using english writing conventions. Which of the
following instructional approaches would best help th eteacher
achieve this goal? Ans: modeling how to use subordinating
conjunctions to form complex sentences before students revise
their first drafts
which of the following steps would be most appropriate for the
teacher to take first in addressing this students oral language
challenges? Ans: using various instructional strategies and
documenting any resulting changes in the students speech
patterns
which f the following approaches would provide a teacher with the
best formative assesment measuring students comprehension
after an intial lesson Ans: Having students complete a three
question exit ticket on the lesson topic
which of the following strategies will best support a teacher who is
instructing students on how to answer literal, inferential, and
evaluative comprehension questions? Ans: using questions
starters based on avrying levels of blooms taxonomy
which of the three of the following statements most accuratley
describes the impact that learning conventional spellng has on
writing development? Ans: it encourages students to expand their
writing vocab
it supports students ability to communicate ideas effectively
it allows students to foucs on more complex aspects of writing
such as organization and audience
which of the following methods for using the glossary in a science
textbook would be most important for a teacher to emphasize to
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ELAR ec-6 practice test Questions and
Correct Answers
When a teacher is selecting reading materials to read aloud to
students, which of the following approaches provides the best
opportunity for vocabulary development? Ans: exposing students
to a wide variety of genres
Competency 005
A teacher works with a small group of fourth graders who struggle
with comprehension. The students can accurately decode grade-
level texts at an appropriate rate when reading, but they are
unable to answer literal and inferential comprehension questions
accurately. Which of the following techniques would be most
appropriate for the teacher to use with their students? Ans:
Developing the students background knowledge in the areas of
vocabulary and discourse
Competency
A language arts teacher has students set personal reading goals at
the beginning of each month. The students monitor, record, and
reflect on thier progress in data notebooks. The primary purpose
of setting and monitoring personal reasdng goals is to have
students Ans: think metacognitvely about reading strengths and
weaknesses.
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a fifth grade teacher wants to help students meet grade level
expectations for using english writing conventions. Which of the
following instructional approaches would best help th eteacher
achieve this goal? Ans: modeling how to use subordinating
conjunctions to form complex sentences before students revise
their first drafts
which of the following steps would be most appropriate for the
teacher to take first in addressing this students oral language
challenges? Ans: using various instructional strategies and
documenting any resulting changes in the students speech
patterns
which f the following approaches would provide a teacher with the
best formative assesment measuring students comprehension
after an intial lesson Ans: Having students complete a three
question exit ticket on the lesson topic
which of the following strategies will best support a teacher who is
instructing students on how to answer literal, inferential, and
evaluative comprehension questions? Ans: using questions
starters based on avrying levels of blooms taxonomy
which of the three of the following statements most accuratley
describes the impact that learning conventional spellng has on
writing development? Ans: it encourages students to expand their
writing vocab
it supports students ability to communicate ideas effectively
it allows students to foucs on more complex aspects of writing
such as organization and audience
which of the following methods for using the glossary in a science
textbook would be most important for a teacher to emphasize to
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