Reading and Language Arts Praxis Study Questions Part 2

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Abi, a fifth-grader, needs practice with words that begin with digraphs. Which set of words would most likely be part of this assignment? Options: Chicken, Shells, That; Were, Frame, Click; Sponge, Think, Blank; Packed, Blistered, Smoothed.

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Chicken, Shells, That

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To support student vocabulary development, which of the following most accurately describes the instructional materials teachers should use?

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Teachers should use a broad variety of instructional materials, including all of the above and others.

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A fifth-grader has prepared a report on reptiles and decides to make changes by moving sentences, replacing words with more specific ones, and rearranging key information. What is he engaged in?

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Revising

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When students are taught to use effective reading comprehension strategies, they not only achieve deeper understanding, they also learn to think about how they think when reading. This is known as which of the following?

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Metacognition

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Which choice is NOT a cueing system used to understand unfamiliar words? Options: Syntactic, Semantic, Graphophonic, Auditory

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Auditory

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Which of the following is most accurate regarding writing style?

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Your purpose for writing guides your writing style.

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What statement is most accurate regarding the context(s) wherein students develop literacy?

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Students develop literacy by reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

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The most effective strategy for decoding sight words is:

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None; sight words cannot be decoded.

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Editing involves:

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Correcting surface features such as sentence fragments, spelling, and punctuation

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A teacher wants to work on her students’ listening comprehension in addition to their reading comprehension since she understands that the skills are interrelated. She has a series of short stories that she thinks the students will enjoy. Which of the following would be the best supplement to typical written comprehension exercises? Options: Preview the content and then read the stories aloud to the students. Assess listening comprehension through verbal and written questions. Ask the students to choose one story each to read aloud to a small group. Encourage the students to discuss what they have learned afterward. Assign each student a story to read and require them to write a report on it. Each student should then present his or her report based on what he or she has learned to the class. Have the students read stories aloud to the class, and create mock tests based upon the main ideas which they identify.

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Preview the content and then read the stories aloud to the students. Assess listening comprehension through verbal and written questions.