/.Mr. Jones' fourth grade students have been studying historical information
about their state for two weeks. As a summarize performance assessment he
wants his students to create a pamphlet that showcases what they have learned.
Which of the following is the most appropriate process to help students
demonstrate proficiency?
A. Assign the pamphlet allow students t work on it during their free time and
collect it at the end of the week for a grade B. Assign the pamphlet allow students
to work in it over the course of a week, conference with students as they work.
And collect the final draft at the end of the week for a grade C. Model the
pamphlet, create an example together conference with students as they work, and
provides individualized feedback on rough drafts. Provide students opportunity
to revise and edit their pamphlet before final submission.
C
Which of the following represents a developmentally appropriate milestone for
early emergent writing?
A. Learning that if drawing can portray our ideas, words are unnecessary B.
Learning that print is meaningful such as the word "stop" on a road sign C.
Learning that many words have a beginninf, middle and ending letter sounds
such as the word "mom"
B
Which of the following represents best-practices in spelling instruction?
A.Memorized weekly spelling lists B. Memorized weekly spelling lists which
includes activities such as pretext, spelling games, etc C. Phoneme-grapheme
mapping with word sort activities focusing on an identified pattern
C
Miss Jensen is conducting a writing conference with Jones, who is struggling to
continue writing a self-selected story. Jones is losing interest in that price which
of the following is an appropriate response to help Jones?
A. I understandZ put that one away and start a new story B. Please show me your
prewriting and let's discuss your ideas. C. You chose that topic so you need to
finish writing about it
B
Which of the following statements are false?
A. All students writing should be published in some way B. Publishing students
work increases authenticity C. Publication honors students writings
A
, Ms Larson knows it is important for students to start writing and keep writing as
they record their initial thoughts. She encourages students to skip lines in their
original work to leave space for adding further detail later. Which element of the
writing process is Ms Larson teaching her students?
A. Drafting B. Revision C. Editing D. Publishing
A
Which of the following terms refers to narrowing the topic of a written piece?
A. Organization B. Ideas C. Voice D. Word Choice
B
Fourth grade students in ms.as class regularly write for a variety of audiences
and purposes. Students share their writing with classmates throughout the
writing process. What is one reason to support this best practice?
A. Students hear multiple perspectives on their writing B. Students are more
productive after sharing their writing wit peers C. Students assist each other in
editing for proper capitalization and punctuation
A
Mr Harmony fifth graders composed a newspaper article detailing events in the
local school and community. This most likely represents which of the following
types of writing?
A. Analytical B. Narrative C. Persuasive D. Informative
A
Which of the following should be the teachers primary focus when conducting
writers workshop?
A. To facilitate the completion of one writing project per week B. To facilitate
accurate editing C. To facilitate writing practice and development
C
In this early writing stage, children begin to use random letter to convey meaning.
Their writing generally consists of uppercase consonants without attention to
spacing or directionality. Which stage of writing does this describe?
A. Letters and spaces/ Transitional B. Strings of Letters/ early emergent C.
Drawing/Preliterary D. Conventional writing/Fluent
B
Orthography refers to...
A. Word meaning and semantics B. Syntactical conventions C. Conventional
spelling and writing systems D. The history of writing
C
What are mentor texts? A. High quality texts used during instruction to model
specific writing elements B. Student writings used to demonstrate conferencing
techniques C. Texts written by the teacher in front of the class to model the
complexity of writing
A
Mrs Warner had students write a paragraph comparing and contrasting two
habitats they had studied. In an effort to scaffold the process she provided the
following. "____ and ___ ....." This is an example of:
A. Word bank B. Sentence frame C. Close assessment D. Brainstorming
B