ESL Practice Test

Since very young children (birth-four years old) learn oral language through family and friends, the early childhood teacher should first establish a common language among all the students. This can be achieved through which of these TWO strategies?

Select all answers that apply.

• prioritizing state curriculum words.

• pointing to words while reading picture books.

• creating a "word wall" comprised of words the students supply from prior experience.

• labeling items throughout the room.

How should the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) be reflected in a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP)?

• The IEP objectives should match the TEKS without deviation except for legally required deviation.

• The IEP objectives should be developed without alignment to the TEKS.

• The IEP objectives should try to align as closely as possible with the appropriate TEKS.

• The TEKS can be a substitute for an IEP.

Ms. Garcia works with teachers, principals, and older students at her school to have them help guide the reading instruction once a week. After the reading, Ms. Garcia and the person with whom she collaborates have a discussion with the students and work to make a collage of the story's theme. Which of the following is the most likely primary goal of the activity?

• introducing students to a variety of genres using a diverse pool of guest readers

• collaborating with other members of the school community to increase learner engagement and improve students' reading comprehension skills

• allowing students to meet other teachers, principals, and students throughout the school

• providing professional development between Ms. Garcia and the other teachers or principals

Which of the following statements about reading instruction is most accurate?

• Reading should be taught to students by addressing each concept separately.

• Students who do not ask for individualized reading instruction should not be provided individualized reading instruction.

• Reading comprehension is increased when reading fluency is increased.

• It is best to assess students' reading comprehension through formal assessments.

A second-grade teacher develops an activity to promote word identification and spelling skills among her class. The teacher writes "_ug" on the whiteboard and asks students to fill in the blank with a letter to make different words. Each time a student says a letter to make a new word, the teacher has the class write down the word in their notebooks. Which of the following additional activities is most likely to address the developmental levels of all children?

• Provide students with two additional prompts, "_at" and "__one", and have them create sentences in their notebooks with as many words using the additional prompts.

• Have students say aloud each new word as they write the word in their notebooks.

• Allow each student, one-by-one, to think of as many words using the original prompt. Once one student is finished, allow the next student to repeat the exercise until the whole class has a turn.

• Encourage the class to spell the word aloud before writing the word in their journals.

Mr. Daniels has assigned his class a group project and wants to ensure the students understand the project as they complete it. Which of the following would be the best strategy to monitor student understanding during the project?

• Walk from group to group while observing the students.

• Assign one group member to observe and report on the group members' understanding.

• Provide a self-assessment questionnaire for students to complete after the group project is finished.

• Observe the students from the front of the class.

A teacher is monitoring her class while the students are involved in a group activity exploring the size of angles in a set of triangles. She moves from group to group, pausing and watching the group dynamics. What the teacher is doing can best be described as:

• formal formative assessment.

• formal summative assessment.

• informal summative assessment.

• informal formative assessment.

Texas state law requires that English language learners' education is responsive in the following domains:

• cultural and linguistic.

• linguistic and academic.

• linguistic, affective, and academic.

• linguistic, academic, and cultural.

When ELL students hear phrases such as, "It's raining cats and dogs outside," or "This is just a drop in the bucket," they may be confused, as they probably need to have specific instruction in:

• segmentation.

• phonetic strategies.

• scaffolding.

• semantics.

A sixth-grade teacher reads a book to her students with the vocabulary word "amino acid." Which tier does this vocabulary word fit into?

• tier one

• tier two

• tier three

• tier four