TEKs

1. Mr.Dosa, a history teacher, asks students to summarize a chapter. He provides struggling readers with sentence starters and a word bank with important content vocabulary to include in their summary scenario, Mr. Dosa is meeting students’ needs by?

• A. Integrating students' background knowledge with instruction.

• B. Designing instruction with scaffolds for various levels.

• C. Incorporating graphic organizers with visual emphasis

• D. Including activities geared toward various learning styles.

2. A preschool teacher organizes an area of the classroom in such a way the children can engage in solitary play from time to time. Which of the following is a primary benefit of supporting solitary play in the preschool environment.

• A. It supports the developing imagination of the children.

• B. It is the first step in building language in the school environment.

• C. It is a way to help children resolve conflicts with one another.

• D. It is a means of teaching children how to share toys with one another.

3. A first-grade teacher is teaching her students the /ar/ sound during a whole-group lesson. After teaching the sound, the teacher gives each student two small pieces of paper, one red and one green, and asks them to hold up the green paper when they hear a word with the lar/ sound and the red one if they do not hear the /ar/ sound in the word. The teacher is most likely using this activity to

• A. scaffold student learning of the skill being taught.

• B. reteach all students the skill being taught.

• C. assess student understanding of the skill being taught.

• D. provide an extension activity for the skill being taught.

4. On the first day of school, a class of students and their teacher creates a collage that depicts activities. The college will remain on display in the classroom to be used in future discussions! lessons. Which of the following is a primary benefit of the activity?

• A. Setting high academic expectations

• B. Helping students become familiar with classroom procedures

• C. Assessing students' basic skills

• D. Establishing a supportive classroom climate

5. Mr. Trang has his mathematics students keep a learning log. At the end of each class period, students are to record three sentences that paraphrase what they learned from the day's lesson. This strategy is beneficial for students' learning primarily because it asks them to

• A. practice setting goals.

• B. develop communication skills

• C. elaborate on new ideas.

• D. activate prior knowledge.

6. An elementary teacher wants to promote students' use of higher-level thinking skills during a unit on insects. Which of the following activities will be most effective in achieving the goal?

• A. Writing a summary to describe the feeding habits of various types of butterflies

• B. Creating a graphic organizer to evaluate how butterflies are different from other insects

• C. Labeling a diagram of a butterfly to identify the main body parts

• D. Drawing pictures to show how butterflies change during their life cycle

7. In a conference with a high school student who is currently failing math class, the student asks the teacher “Why should I spend time doing work when I am going to fail anyway?" Which of the following would be the teacher's most appropriate response?

• A. "You need to ask for help to be successful in this class."

• B. “Let's develop a long-range plan to help you be successful in this class."

• C. "I will drop your two lowest grades to boost your ability to be successful.”

• D. “You may retake your most recent test to help you become more successful."

8. The teacher is beginning a content-based unit and wants to ensure that the instructional activities are appropriate for all students. Which of the following strategies will best achieve the goal?

• A. Allocating time at the end of each lesson in the unit for students to ask questions about newly introduced concepts

• B. Identifying struggling students through an end-of-unit assessment and creating student groups on the students' levels of understanding

• C. Administering assessments during the unit to determine students' levels of understanding and planning instruction accordingly

• D. Providing multiple examples of how to apply new skills for students to refer to when completing independent assignments during the unit

9. A first grade class completes a lesson on a particular grammar skill. Which of the following students would best demonstrate for the teacher that the grammar lesson was effective?

• A. Completing an extension worksheet involving the grammar skill

• B. Writing sentences correctly on a topic of the students' choice involving the skill

• C. Completing successfully a unit test in which students identify correct and incorrect grammatical usage.

• D. Applying the skill correctly in future creative writing assignments

10. For a teacher to develop an effective lesson, the most important element for the teacher to include is:

• A. Plenty of group time and limited direct instruction

• B. A formal assessment to evaluate students’ learning

• C. An opportunity for students to move around the room

• D. A clear objective based on the state standards