WorksheetsPPR Prep
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
6.On the first day of class, a high-school teacher begins the class by asking students to do this activity:
Pull your chairs together into groups of four. Take 5 minutes to introduce each other by completing this sentence: "Hi, my name is ___; five years from now, I would like to be _____." Be ready to introduce one of your group members to the whole class.
This activity primarily addresses which of the following instructional goals?
It demonstrates that the teacher values oral language in this class
It begins to create a nurturing, inclusive classroom community
It focuses students' attention on career choices
It introduces the students to a collaborative class environment
A grade 4 teacher has several beginning level ELL students in his science class. The students rarely speak in class, one communicates using monosyllables in English and by pointing, and another speaks only in Spanish. Which of the following instructional adaptations would best promote the students' proficiency in English?
Giving the ELL students flashcards of high-frequency English words and content-area vocabulary
Having the ELL students practice letter/ sound associations for the English alphabet
Doing teacher read-alouds of books on concepts the class is covering and integrating oral language activities that invite the ELL students to participate in class discussions
Having the ELL students write words lists of science vocabulary words and matching them to illustrations of the concept
Which of the following scenarios correctly describes a teacher's responsibility in integrating a special education student into a mainstream classroom?
The teacher meets with ARD committee to specify assistance and resources needed to meet the student's educational
The teacher is responsible for meeting the instructional requirements specified in the student's IEP
The teacher is responsible for initially assessing the student's content-area abilities and implementing developmentally appropriate instruction
The teacher is expected to make minimal adjustments to content-area instruction but is required to offer differentiated instruction for the special education student
A high-school biology teacher assigns a collaborative research project; students will be working in groups of five to integrate their research into a poster presentation. Which of the following teaching strategies would most effectively promote active, productive engagement by all members of each group?
The teacher suggests that each group member complete the research project independently and then the group comes together to pool the information into the group project
The teacher shows students scenes from several movies showing characters collaborating to solve a problem. The teacher leads a discussion in which students identify key behaviors needed for effective collaborative work.
The teacher breaks up the assignment into major tasks and has each group assign a member to be responsible for each major task.
The teacher breaks up the assignment into sequenced steps and clearly explains individual and group expectations for effective completion of each step.
Which of the following scenarios best represents an individual teacher's responsibilities in adhering to procedures for administering state-mandated exams?
The teacher needs to follow all rules and regulations prior to the exam date, such as administering benchmarks, going over practice materials, and preparing the classroom area as designated by state and district policies
Because TEKS are reflected in the readiness standards, the teacher should proceed with the scheduled curriculum and lesson plans
The teacher should conduct Internet searches for materials relevant to Common Core State Standards and integrate these materials into exam preparation
The teacher should make sure students understand that their grades will be impacted by their performances on the state-mandated exam
In Texas, students are designated Limited English Proficient (English Language Learner) if
on the basis of an English language arts teacher’s recommendation, the student is believed to be unable to understand English sufficiently to succeed academically.
parents request in writing that the child be placed in a bilingual education program.
the mandatory home language survey shows that a language other than English is spoken at home and state-approved tests show that the student’s current level of English proficiency does not support academic success.
the student’s teachers meet to discuss the student’s proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and general academic readiness and they determine that the child will benefit from a special language program.
In working with mainstreamed ELL students, which of the following strategies would enable a grade 3 teacher to adapt lessons to promote higher levels of English proficiency as described by ELPS?
The teacher schedules a meeting with an ESL teacher to ask for handouts and worksheets in basic areas of grammar
The teacher uses formal and informal assessments to determine ELL students’ competency based on their performance and to adjust instruction to meet students’ instructional needs
The teacher schedules a parent-teacher conference to give parents guidelines for integrating English into the home environment
The teacher asks the ELL students to stay in during lunch and recess for tutoring and for correcting problems in homework and class assignments
A grade 9 teacher whose ELL students are not meeting satisfactory standards on the campus benchmarks is concerned that these low achievement levels will have a negative impact on the students’ persistence in developing higher levels of English proficiency. The teacher’s concern demonstrates awareness of
the connection between the belief that success is possible and the motivation to learn.
the difficulty of promoting English proficiency in students who lack basic language abilities.
the lack of correlation between ELPS and day-to-day classroom activities.
the reality that ELLs need long-term bilingual education in order to sustain academic progress.
A grade 6 teacher is planning a unit on water and related concepts of conservation, ecology, and human needs. The teacher wants to stimulate reflection, critical thinking, and inquiry among the students. Which of the following initial learning activities would most effectively engage students in the instructional goals?
The teacher shows students the famous scene in the film adaptation of Helen Keller’s life where the young Helen realizes that words are signifiers as she feels water running over her hands
The teacher asks students to brainstorm about the importance of water in their lives
The teacher has students work in groups to create a diary of water-related events that impact them in a single day and rate each event as (1) essential, (2) important, or (3) unnecessary
The teacher has students do Internet research on drought-stricken areas in the United States
A teacher creates a World Holidays and Celebrations Calendar in her grade 3 class. Each month, she picks one holiday, and the children prepare decorations, learn songs, read stories, and learn the history of the cultural or national significance of the holiday. This activity primarily addresses which of the following instructional goals?
To promote students’ appreciation of cultural and national diversity
To address community-based efforts to make the curriculum more culturally diverse
To provide content-area instruction in a variety of delivery methods
To help students connect school discussions of culture to their own families’ experiences
Pairing middle-school struggling readers with emergent readers will primarily promote both sets of students’ engagement with reading in which of the following ways?
Students will be reading simple texts that are easy for both the middle-schoolers and kindergartners to understand.
Students will recognize that reading is a social activity that involves interaction between the reader and the text and among readers as they respond to the text.
Both sets of students will develop metacognitive reading strategies as they decode the texts.
Students will boost their reading levels by reading below grade level texts. Kindergartners will learn new vocabulary by listening to middle-school students explain unfamiliar words in the story books.
The middle-school and kindergarten teachers hold a debriefing meeting six weeks after the reading collaborative is launched. Which of the following meeting activities would most effectively enhance the teachers’ professional development as they continue the collaborative?
A video of two of the students in the collaborative. The teachers discuss vocabulary exercises to ensure the middle-schoolers pronounce words correctly.
A short talk by the teacher appraisal coordinator advising teachers on how to document collaborative activities in their annual teaching portfolio.
A panel on promoting literacy skills in reluctant readers drawing information and classroom activities from The Reading Teacher, a publication of the International Reading Association.
Statistics showing the impact of the collaborative on students’ reading levels.
A grade 9 history teacher assigns a research unit to be completed in three weeks. Which of the following instructional plans would most effectively support the students’ learning process in this research unit?
Having students select the research topic they want to explore
Having the school librarian demonstrate Internet research strategies
Breaking the research process into sequential step and setting deadlines and checkpoints for completion of each step.
Analyzing a research paper from a previous class and pointing out all the problems that should be avoided
A high-school history teacher has assigned an essay as the culminating assignment in a unit on the industrial revolution in America. He has created a rubric for scoring the essay but he goes over it during the students’ writing workshop days, explaining the performance-level descriptors. The teacher’s discussion of the rubric primarily addresses which of the following assessment goals?
Ensuring that students follow directions closely
Giving students an opportunity to participate in creating scoring guidelines
Using the discipline of writing to promote students' higher order thinking skills
Promoting students’ ability to self-assess so as to enhance the quality of their final product
A grade 10 teacher English teacher recognizes that group work promotes students’ ability to expand their perspectives on a topic. However, the students tend to stray off-task and start chatting and eventually do not complete the assigned group task. Which of the following strategies would best promote the teacher’s goal to use group work to create a productive learning environment?
Using a fishbowl demonstration to remind students of how to work together cooperatively
Creating a time limit for each component of the group task and using a timer to help students stay on-task
Stopping the group work each time students are clearly off-task and reviewing the goals for the group activity
Basing the group grade on the students’ ability to stay on-task
Which of the following descriptions best explains the significance of TEKS in determining instructional goals and objectives?
TEKS mandate content for core courses in Texas public schools
TEKS are the state standards for what students should know and be able to do
TEKS identify recommended instructional delivery methods designed to promote students’ achievement in basic content areas
TEKS provide templates for daily lessons, six weeks units, and semester syllabi to ensure consistency in delivery of instruction throughout the state
Teacher appraisal is mandated by which of the following?
The Texas Education Code
The Texas Education Agency
The No Child Left Behind Act
The National Education Association
Which of the following descriptions offers the best explanation of the primary intent of the state assessment system used in Texas public school education?
The state assessment system provides quantifiable data on the effectiveness of individual teacher’s instructional efforts
The state assessment system generates data that is used to secure funding from the U.S. Department of Education for special programs in Texas
The state assessment system is used to correlate course grades assigned by teachers to results of state assessments
The state assessment system provides accountability and promotes instruction that prepares students for success in college and career
A second-grade teacher maintains a chart entitled, Trying All the Time. Each time a student attempts sometime new or risky—like trying to pronounce a difficult new word during read-alouds or volunteering to solve a math problem on the board—the student gets to put a red star on his or her row on the chart. This strategy primarily demonstrates the teacher’s awareness of the students’ developmental needs and characteristics by
showing students that failure does not matter.
rewarding students for attempting things that are within their current abilities.
creating a culture of high expectations in a developmentally appropriate context.
showing students that grades are not the only way to measure achievement.
Which of the following descriptions best explains teachers' cross-curricular responsibilities in helping ELLs meet academic expectations?
Instruction for ELLs must be linguistically accommodated commensurate with the student’s current English language proficiency
Instruction for ELLs must be delivered through a pull-out model that focuses on language enrichment
Content-area instruction for ELLs must delivered in the students’ L1
Content-area teachers with ELL students in their classes team-teach with ESL teachers to ensure that all students’ language needs are effectively addressed
Scaffolding is considered a best practice in working with ELLs. Which of the following descriptions best explains how scaffolding promotes learning?
Scaffolding offers temporary support, for example, through visuals, realia, simplified instructions, or examples, to provide the guidance learners need to move toward independence
Scaffolding provides instruction that is slightly below the learner’s current proficiency level and thus promotes feelings of accomplishment when the learner successfully completes the task
Scaffolding offers side-by-side materials in L1 and L2 to help the learner move at his or her own pace through challenging material
Scaffolding offers side-by-side materials in L1 and L2 to help the learner move at his or her own pace through challenging material
It is the beginning of the school year, and a grade 5 teacher wants to establish productive communication with families. Which of the following contact efforts would most effectively initiate effective communication with parents and other caregivers?
Writing a letter in which the teacher introduces herself, says a bit about her background, tells parents basic classroom expectations, and invites parents to visit the classroom
Having students compose individual letters in which they tell their parents what they have done in the first few days of class
Creating a checklist of class policies and sending a copy home with each student for parents to sign and return
Creating a checklist of class policies and sending a copy home with each student for parents to sign and return
