Praxis 5205-3

Mark, a first-grade student, is sounding out the word flat. He sounds out the word f-l-a-t. Which of the following is true about Mark?

• He is lacking basic knowledge of the alphabetic principle.

• He needs more practice with affixes.

• He sounded out each letter individually versus the onset and rime.

• He has a strong knowledge of consonant blends.

Mr. Scott writes the following words on the board: blimp, roar, grin. He asks his class to make a new word out of each word by removing a part of the existing word. Which of the following concepts is the teacher trying to develop in his students?

• the alphabetic principle

• phoneme deletion

• phoneme substitution

• phoneme segmentation

Storybook reading with pre-readers helps to develop oral language skills in which of the following ways?

• It increases knowledge of vocabulary and syntax.

• It helps students practice expressive communication.

• It exposes students to diverse orthographic patterns.

• It promotes phonemic awareness and letter-sound correspondence.

A first-grade teacher gives her students the following cards: Br, im, Sw, ead. Which of the following actions BEST describes the following cards?

• phoneme segmentation

• phoneme blending

• phoneme deletion

• phoneme substitution

A kindergarten teacher wants to expose students to a variety of sources and environments. Which of the following materials would be MOST effective?

• leveled readers

• signs and labels

• economic books

• personal chants

Which of the following questions would be most appropriate for a literary discussion?

• Who are the characters on this page?

• How was the problem resolved?

• Why was (character name) so mad?

• Where did this story happen?

Mrs. Ray has just read The Three Little Pigs to her class. She then divides the class into three groups. She tells the first group to draw a picture showing one of the pigs, the second group to draw a picture of the wolf trying to blow the houses down, and the third group to draw a picture of the wolf falling into the pot of boiling water. What is Mrs. Ray's overall goal for her students with this activity?

• Mrs. Ray wants to check that her students understand the descriptions of the pig and wolf.

• Mrs. Ray is having her students practice describing the setting of a story.

• Mrs. Ray is helping her students understand the organization of the story.

• Mrs. Ray wants to reinforce key vocabulary from the story.

A Kindergarten class has a spelling center where students use letter magnets to spell out the names of different objects based on a picture card. Johnny has just spelled dog with the magnets correctly placed under the picture of the dog. The teacher comes by and says to Johnny, 'Let's read the word together, /d/ /o/ /g/. What word did you sound out?' Which of the following concepts is the teacher trying to help?

• Onset & Rime

• Phoneme Segmentation

• Phoneme Blending

• Phoneme Deletion

Mr. Hawks wants to give his kindergarten students a sight word assessment. Which of the following is the best way to conduct this assessment?

• direct the students to write the sight words from memory

• ask students to read from a sight word list while he circles the words they know

• have students sound out each sight word as he presents it to them

• encourage students to clap out the beat as they repeat each word after him

How many phonemes are there in English?

• 26

• 44

• 18

• 15