WorksheetsFTCE Reading K-12 Practice Test Questions
Total questions: 166
Worksheet time: 14hrs 50mins
A reading teacher is reviewing a recently published book about a new approach to improving reading comprehension. Which of the following features should the teacher look for when evaluating the reported success of this approach?
whether the author has published other research studies on the same topic
whether the new approach has been successfully adopted for use by other states
whether the results of the research the author conducted on the approach are reliable and valid
whether the materials used in the approach reflect the diversity of the local student population
In a classroom, the teacher has an area for small-group instruction and another area for whole-group instruction. The learning environment is information intensive with students collaborating on a variety of assignments and projects with the teacher roaming the room and helping individuals and groups of students. Which theorist best describes the teachers disposition for instruction?
Louise Rosenblatt
Noam Chomsky
Lev Vygotsky
Paulo Freire
A teacher firmly believes that collaboration among students is essential for learning. Which of the following theories is closely aligned with this philosophy?
cognitive development
social constructivist
discovery learning
reader response
Use the following excerpt to answer the question:
The high price of oil in the 1970s resulted in a serious problem for many Americans. Long lines to purchase gasoline for cars were unavoidable. People were subjected to higher prices for oil to heat their homes. Oil companies looked to other nations for new oil supplies. They also began drilling for oil on the ocean floor.
Which of the following is the excerpt an example of?
chronological or sequence
comparison and contrast
main idea and details
problem and solution
A biography is an example of which of the following?
realistic fiction
historical fiction
narrative nonfiction
expository nonfiction
Which of the following is NOT a criterion for selecting multicultural literature?
exclusion of leaders
treatment of issues
authentic dialogue
cultural accuracy
A teacher collects reading records and rubric-scored writing samples over time on select students to document change over time. Which term best describes the teacher's purpose for collecting this type of assessment?
screening
diagnosis
monitoring
outcomes
The assessment tools for the purpose of evaluating expertise include:
lab notebooks, read alouds, and homework assignments
think alouds, concept maps, and observational checklists
research papers, formal presentations, and formal debates
homework assignments, norm-referenced tests, and quizzes
Which of the following is the best way to determine reading instructional groups in a classroom with students who have a wide range of skills and abilities?
administer an IRI, then conduct two miscue analyses
review state reading test scores, then a reading record
review state reading test scores, then administer an IRI
administer a reading checklist, then conduct read alouds
Teachers at a middle school made a commitment to use observational notes to monitor students' strengths and needs and to use that information for providing differentiated instruction and flexible grouping. What type of grouping is this an example of?
data-based grouping
peer-tutoring grouping
interest-based grouping
heterogeneous-ability grouping
An effective way for a teacher of English language learners to integrate speaking and listening into the classroom would be to use:
role play
submersion
silent reading
video watching
Which adaptation of the basal reading program is the most efficient for struggling readers?
repeated readings
workbook exercises
preintroduce vocabulary
silent independent reading
During a shared reading of an enlarged text in a primary learning environment, the teacher focuses instruction on the structure of the language by engaging students periodically in conversation. Which cognitive working system is the teacher scaffolding during the lesson?
graphophonic working system
semantic working system
syntactic working system
lexical working system
Students who cannot decode and rely on context and initial letters to figure out unknown words demonstrate characteristics of which phase of word recognition?
consolidated-alphabetic
full-alphabetic
partial-alphabetic
pre-alphabetic
Which of the following is most appropriate for developing the concept that print is "speech written down"?
phonics approach
language experience approach
linguistic approach
literature-based approach
Which of the following statements is true in relation to early literacy skill acquisition?
Achievement in print knowledge does not help with acquisition of early literacy skills.
Identifying letter names as an isolated skill is a strong predictor of learning to read.
Teaching skills with a causal relationship to later reading acquisition is a bad idea
Naming letters with phonological awareness and sounds is an effective method
A teacher working with diverse learners in the emergent stage of literacy development should:
prioritize conducting read alouds and literature circle activities.
first teach sight word recognition and CVC word decoding skills.
first develop students' oral and academic vocabulary knowledge.
include assignments that involve working with stories and writing.
A teacher uses the following instructional procedures:
1. Teach the students to recognize orally the individual sounds in words.
2. Teach the students to blend the sounds in words.
What is the focus of this instruction?
initial consonant plus phonogram
phonemic awareness
single letter phonics method
analytical phonic method
Which of the following is the most effective strategy to assist a middle-schooler struggling with 3rd-grade high-frequency words?
give explicit instruction in word recognition
create an individual word bank for the student
provide corrective feedback on word misspellings
post grade-level sight words on a classroom word wall
Which of the following descriptions best matches tier 1 vocabulary words?
prevalent in everyday language
prevalent in written language
prevalent in content areas
prevalent in oral language
Which procedure is most appropriate for teaching multiple-meaning words?
structural analysis
sight words
contextual analysis
phonic analysis
Which of the following instructional practices are the most appropriate to use to aid English language learners in a mathematics classroom from Tier 1 to Tier 2 word meanings?
student matches words with both common and applied definitions
student brings pictures that show one particular meaning of the word
student works with one word from instruction that has multiple meanings
student clusters information learned, including meanings for all new words
For intentional vocabulary development, which of the following is the most effective to implement in instruction?
prior to reading of text with emphasis on definition
during the reading of the text with emphasis on context clues
after reading the text with emphasis on developing new sentences
before, during, and after the reading of text with emphasis on repeated exposure
An oral reading fluency measure indicates that a student reads in two- and three-word phrases causing the reading to sound choppy. Additionally, the measure reveals that the student made improper stresses and intonations which failed to indicate the end of sentences or clauses. From this measure, the teacher should work in which of the following areas of fluency?
rate
phrasing
accuracy
expression
A teacher encourages his 1st-grade English language learners to read selected narrative decodable texts to their parent or guardian five times over the course of a week. The primary purpose of this oral reading activity is to increase:
comprehension
enjoyment
reading interest
automaticity
In preparing 3rd-grade students to read informational text on the importance of recycling, the teacher is primarily concerned with activating students' prior knowledge. Which of the following would be most effective?
SQ3R
QAR
IRI
KWL
Which strategy would best help students develop the ability to synthesize reading material?
reading an informational passage and working in small groups to create semantic maps of the organizational patterns presented in the text
highlighting predetermined information (criteria) such as main idea, thesis statement, supporting details, and specialized vocabulary in a reading passage
rewriting a passage from a classic play, such as Shakespeare's start italics Othello end italics or start italics Romeo and Juliet end italics , in standard English and one other vernacular speech pattern
reading two passages and brainstorming in small groups to create Venn diagrams that compare and contrast theme, content, characters, and details of the texts
A teacher has surveyed their middle school Earth Science class and has concluded that most of the students have little knowledge about regional weather patterns. Which of the following sources would provide the students with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information?
Choose an answer
online weather report site
textbook chapter on meteorology
almanac to track past weather patterns
newspaper articles about weather phenomena
The district reading leadership team has determined based on data that additional informal progress monitoring opportunities in reading must be included in instruction for all the schools in the district. Which of the following progress monitoring resources will support this district effort?
schedule additional team meetings with academic coaches
purchase a formal assessment program for the district with training
hire additional academic coaches to track the students' reading growth
provide professional development on formative assessments for all teachers
In October, a teacher meets with a paraprofessional of an 11th-grade student to discuss ways to increase teacher and peer interactions, decrease an over reliance on the paraprofessional, and build independence. Which of the following is this an example of?
interim educational meeting
specially designed instruction
prereferral intervention strategies
clarifying roles and responsibilities
'Chair : Table :: Cup : Saucer' is an example of which of the following?
etiology
analogy
antonym
synonym
Critical reading requires that students do what?
spend enough time examining all the features within an assigned reading
summarize the main ideas within a text
understand direct and implied information within a text
understand all of the vocabulary within a text
Which of the following is true of book trailers?
A brief written summary of a book
Go hand in hand with IRT
Highlight the best parts of a book
Are a type of reading challenge
Why is it important to have a classroom library with a variety of reading levels available to students?
it promotes learners reading material much higher than their reading level
it is not important to have a classroom library if the school site has a traditional library
to ensure students are able to compare the books they check out in a classroom library to a traditional library
students will have varying reading levels in a class, this will allow learners to read material at their level
The whole-language approach to literacy development relies on teachers focusing on which of the following?
the entirety of sentences
phonemes and morphemes
the entirety of words
grammatical structure
While reading out loud, a student can proficiently read short phrases with some expression and some repetition. Which of the following prosody levels would the student be at?
level 1-non-fluent
level 4-fluent
level 3-fluent
level 2-non-fluent
It becomes clear that intervention is necessary when less than what percent of students in a group are showing obvious literacy development and meeting specified guidelines and benchmarks?
90%
50%
25%
75%
Which can a teacher gain insights about if conducting a group reading inventory?
student interests
student reading levels
student thoughts as they read
text difficulty
When discussing secondary senses, the sense of body awareness is also called:
tactile sense
the vestibular sense
movement perception
proprioception
If a teacher is conducting a lesson that is focused on cooperative learning, it probably means that students are:
Working in groups
Listening to a lesson
Using technology
Working individually
Students have had difficulty with consonant blends. To help students improve, the teacher should:
develop a lesson involving consonants that take on different sounds, like those associated with the letters ''c'' and ''g''
develop a lesson involving sounds associated with the following letter combinations: ''st'', ''sk'', ''sn'', ''nk'', ''br'', and ''cr''
develop a lesson involving sounds associated with the following letter combinations: ''ch'', ''sh'', ''th'', ''w''r, ''wh'', and ''kn''
develop a lesson involving sounds associated with single consonants followed by double vowels, like: ''tee'', ''too'', ''bee'', ''boo'', ''see'', and ''coo"
Who developed the nativist theory of language acquisition?
Lev Vygotsky
Noam Chomsky
Jean Piaget
B.F. Skinner
An English teacher wants to start creating their own resources to teach specific literacy skills. What question should they ask themselves when evaluating the utility of their materials?
Will this help my students understand the skill?
Is this culturally responsive?
Is this grade level appropriate?
Are my sketches clear?
Use the following passage to answer the question.
"The two hikers opted to veer off the mountain's trail. The trail served as a hikers' path of safety. For these two hikers, though, the trail was a barrier to an adventure. So, they veered, hiking into the deep forest. At night, they set up camp under the canopies of the trees. The next day, they continued onward, and the next, and the next. By day four, they were in deep wilderness, trying to get back to the trail they had deserted days before. By day five, search parties were looking for them. By day seven, they were found, ravaged by the wilderness but alive. The hikers may not have realized it at the time, but by veering from the path, they had opened Pandora's box. Their lives would never be the same."
Which of the following literary elements is evident in the passage?
allegory
allusion
irony
archetype
The Initial Teaching Alphabet is different from the alphabet used to write ordinary English in which way?
It contains fewer letters
It makes use of binary code
It employs Chinese characters
It contains many more letters
When should a teacher assess a student's reading ability?
At the beginning of the year
During the midterm
At the end of the year
Many times through the year
A sentence frame is:
a sentence that begins and ends with particular key phrases that can be memorized.
a sentence that is incomplete and requires some type of grammatical editing.
a sentence in the conclusion of a paragraph that needs to summarize main ideas.
a sentence missing key words that the student can fill in with the help of a word bank.
Students have different pacing in reading. Some can read and understand a short article in a short span of time. Some will need a little more time to process what they have read. Teachers can help everyone improve their reading by differentiating instruction. One way of doing this is by adjusting the content. Which of the following is an example of how the teacher can adjust the content?
giving the students a chance to pick an article they can read from a preselected list of articles
allowing the students to pick any reading material that they want to read, even if the content is not for scholastic use
allowing the students to skip the reading activity if they opt to
giving the students the same article that is simple and easy to understand
Students are tasked with reading the following sentences and asked to underline the first word of each sentence:
"Before the storm, the clouds overwhelmed the sky. Then, the thunder roared. Next, the lightening bolted across the sky. Eventually, the rain pummeled the ground."
Partaking in such an activity can help students understand which of the following?
adjective use
theme
weather phenomena
sequencing
Which of the following reading comprehension skills is particularly helpful and entertaining to new readers?
visualizing
asking questions
making connections
inferring
Students are learning rules of syllabication. Which is this type of activity supporting?
fluency
comprehension and legibility
decoding and encoding
prosody
Which of the following will be evident with students who are having difficulty initially developing phonemic awareness?
Students will be able to sound out sight words but have difficulty recognizing sound patterns in rhyming words.
Students will be able to identify letters but lack the ability to distinguish some of the sounds associated with these letters.
Students will be able to decode single syllable words in text but have difficulty spelling similar words out on paper on their own.
Students will be able to accurately sound out the beginnings, middles, and ends of common words but have difficulty with multi-syllabic words.
All of the following are known theories of language acquisition, EXCEPT:
linguistic theory
philosophical theory
cognitive theory
behaviorist theory
By the time a child is two, the child should exhibit which of the following language development milestones?
have a 2,000-word vocabulary
speak in short sentences
imitate animals sounds
ask who and why questions
An English teacher lets his ELLs deliver their oral presentations in their native languages. Which part of instruction is the teacher differentiating?
process
content
product
materials
A teacher is trying to determine the utility of a worksheet they created and the utility of an online worksheet they found online. Which of the following should the teacher ask to determine which worksheet to use?
Which worksheet will help students learn the most?
Which worksheet can be most easily modified?
Which worksheet would students enjoy the most?
Which worksheet is easiest to administer?
Myths are a type of literature that is focused on:
explaining a phenomena of life, religion, or Earth
honoring a historical or legendary person
teaching a lesson
sharing a moral
Teachers are reviewing several books to include in their classroom libraries. Their ultimate goal is to increase the amount of multicultural literature students have access to. What is the most important consideration teachers must make of each text they review?
Does the text present accurate representations of the people associated with the culture?
Will the text provoke student interest in the culture being portrayed?
Is the culture being portrayed generalized enough for the students to understand?
Is the text at an appropriate reading level for all students to understand?
Which of the following is true of the whole language approach?
A systematic approach to learning language
Belongs to the behaviorist perspective
Similar to the approach of phonics
More of a mindset than an approach
What would be the most effective sequence of reading and language learning via basal reading programs?
Students are first introduced to common words found within the text they will read. They are then introduced to definitions of those. When students read, they will see how the words are applied.
Students are first introduced to reading by listening to stories, then they build understanding so that they read. After reading, students can begin to apply what they have learned in writing.
Students are first introduced to letters, then they are introduced to words and word parts, like affixes. Once familiar with foundational concepts, students are then introduced to concepts associated with sentence structure.
Students are first introduced to the concept of purpose. As they read, they pick up on various clues that support the purpose. This process helps them to eventually be able to recognize other features of reading, like structure.
Students are given the word "indistinguishable". Students are asked to identify any affixes within the word. Which is the most accurate answer?
-able
in-
in- AND -able
There are no affixes in this word.
A teacher introduces students to the word ''hydr'' and tells students that it refers to water. The likely intention of the teacher is to teach students about which of the following?
Latin prefixes
Greek prefixes
Latin word roots
Greek word roots
What is the common root shared by the words "conform" and "reform?"
form
con
re
or
The PAR method can be used to help students think about and understand what they read for content-area classes. What does the acronym PAR stand for?
Present, Achieve, Refer
Presuppose, Articulate, Reform
Particulars, Art, Reflection
Prepare, Assist, Reflect
The combination of skills that allow someone to understand the material they are reading can be best described as:
inference
summarizing
evaluative reading
reading comprehension
Use the following excerpt to answer the question. Students are asked to find the evaluative meaning of the text. Which of the following would be an evaluative meaning that students might glean from the passage?
People who are fortunate are those who have vast life experiences.
Life has ups and downs, and for people to maneuver through these ups and downs, they must find an inner peace.
Everything in life is the result of some uncontrollable factor.
People often rely on the outside world to influence what principles they hold as humans, but these principles must come from within.
The Read Naturally reading program would be best suited for which group of students?
students working on increasing their reading fluency
students working on increasing comprehension skills
students who excel with independent reading
students who struggle with phoneme segmentation
A teacher wants to provide some students with remedial work and provide other students with more complex activities. Which type of group will best fit the teacher's intentions?
homogeneous
heterogeneous
random
grouped by learning style
How many stages are associated with word recognition?
5
6
4
3
When decoding, Mirabelle examines each letter within a word at a time, sounding them out until she can accurately sound out the word in its entirety. In which phase of word recognition is Mirabelle?
morphemic stage
graphophonemic stage
full-alphabetic stage
partial-alphabetic stage
Which of the following strategies can help a reader improve automaticity?
repeated readings
using phrase boundaries
teaching sight words
all of these are correct
Students in a class are working on improving their reading fluency. The teacher gives them each the same passage from a text they have never seen. He has the students read out loud at the same time. The teacher is having the students partake in which reading activity?
choral reading
repeated reading
reader's theater
whole class expression
A school is refining their literacy program and focusing efforts on helping students learn and hone their decoding abilities. Which of the following features within the program will help students who specifically struggle with decoding?
using multisensory resources and activities
developing materials and resources that will help students within their zones of proximal development
modifying activities to align with different learning styles
establishing learning centers
Before making any final decisions regarding instruction, teachers should use which of the following with students?
summative assessments
achievement tests
abilities tests
multiple measures
Which of the following is a method to assess reading levels?
Group Reading Inventory
STEM-based classrooms
Differentiated Learning
Play-based Learning
Another name for a persuasive essay is:
dynamic essay
convincing essay
argumentative essay
position paper
"Language Load" refers to:
the basic vocabulary words a 1st grader has committed to memory
the number of unrecognizable words an ELL encounters when reading a passage or listening to a teacher
the damage that carrying a pile of heavy books could cause to a child's physique
the number of different languages a person has mastered
A syllable must contain:
a vowel
a consonant
both a vowel and a consonant
a meaning
At the beginning of each month, Mr. Yi has Jade read a page or two from a book she hasn't seen before. He notes the total number of words in the section, and also notes the number of times she leaves out or misreads a word. If Jade reads the passage with less than 3% error, Mr. Yi is satisfied that Jade is:
reading with full comprehension
probably bored and should try a more difficult book
reading at her independent reading level
comfortable with the syntactical meaning
Dr. Jenks is working with a group of high school students. They are about to read a science book about fossils. Before they begin, she writes the words 'stromatolites", "fossiliferous", and "eocene" on the board. She explains the meaning of each word. These words are examples of:
academic vocabulary
alliteration
content-specific words
ionization
Sight words are:
common words with irregular spelling
words that can easily be found on educational websites
any word that can be seen, including text words, words on signs, brochures, banners, etc.
there is no such thing as sight words
Phonemic awareness is a type of:
phonological awareness --- phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize sounds within words
phonics --- it is a teaching technique whereby readers learn the relationship between letters and sounds
alphabetization -- unless a reader knows the alphabet, phonemic awareness is useless
syntactical awareness --- understanding the underlying structure of a sentence is key to understanding meaning
The term "common words" means:
one-syllable words with fewer than three letters -- ex: an, a, I, go
one-syllable words with fewer than five letters -- ex: sing, rock, sit
words that are ordinary and unexceptional
familiar, frequently used words that do not need to be taught beyond primary grades
It is the beginning of the school year. To determine which students might need support, the reading teacher wants to identify those who are reading below grade level. She works with students one-on-one and asks the children to read a page of a book out loud for two minutes. Children who need reading support are those who read:
less than 100 words in the given time
less than 200 words in the given time
more than 75 words in the given time
the entire book in the given time
"Decoding" is also called:
remediation
deciphering
alphabetic principle
deconstruction
A reading teacher is assessing an 8th grader to determine her reading level. Timed at a minute, the student reads with 93% accuracy. She misreads an average of seven words out of 100. What is her reading level?
Frustration level
Excellence level
Instructional level
Independent level
A student encounters a multisyllabic word. She's not sure if she's seen it before. What should she do first? What should she do after that?
Locate familiar word parts, then locate the consonants
Locate the consonants, then locate the vowels
Locate the vowels, then locate familiar word parts
Look it up in the dictionary, then write down the meaning
A teacher is teaching students analogizing. She is teaching them to:
identify and use metaphors
identify and use similies
identify and use groups of letters that occur in a word family
identify and use figures of speech
Examples of CVC words include:
add, pad, mad
cat, tack, act
elephant, piano, examine
dog, sit, leg
The following is/are (an) element(s) of metacognition:
a reader's awareness of him/herself as a learner
a reader's understanding of a variety of reading strategies and how to apply them to comprehend a text
a reader who is conscious about remembering what has been read
all of the above
What should a teacher consider before using a particular pieces of research?
Is the research easy to understand?
Is the research relevant?
Is the research used by other teachers?
Is the research easily communicated?
A teacher is looking over recent reading research and determining if it is reliable. Which of the following questions should the teacher ask to determine if the research is reliable?
Is the study testing what it intends to test?
Did the study yield consistent results in multiple administrations?
Was the study conducted by a private company or organization?
Were there enough people who participated in the study?
Which of the following classroom scenarios outlines Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development?
Students are reading silently on their own.
Students are using a KWL chart to activate prior knowledge.
Students are working in groups to evaluate text.
Students are using whole language to learn how to read.
If a study has internal validity but not external validity, what can be said about the study?
The study was conducted properly, but results cannot necessarily be applied to the real world.
The study was not conducted properly, and the results cannot necessarily be applied to the real world.
The study was conducted properly, and the results can be applied to the real world.
The study was not conducted properly, and the results cannot be applied to the real world.
Which of the following activities follows Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
Students are filling out a worksheet.
Students are working in groups.
Students are following procedures.
Students are activating schema before they read.
Which of the following theorists believed children have an innate sense of reading?
Naom Chomsky
Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Louise Rosenblatt
The theory that learning should be relevant to students' lives and that students should interact with their learning is:
Behaviorism
Stages of Cognitive Development
Constructivism
Zone of Proximal Development
Which of the following approaches would be considered a bottom-up method?
Students are reading in groups and discussing text.
Students are reading silently on their own.
Students are working in centers.
Students are practicing phonics.
Where can a teacher find reliable and valid research to apply in the reading classroom?
An education blog
An academic journal
The department head
The district library
What can a teacher look over to determine if research is scholarly?
The bibliography
The authors
The number of pages
The date
If a study's results can be applied to the outside world, the study has:
accuracy
timeliness
internal validity
external validity
Students are using their reading response journals to interact with text. What theorist does this activity align to?
Naom Chomsky
Lev Vygotsky
Louise Rosenblatt
Jean Piaget
Use the passage to answer the following question:
Hippos, although cute, are aggressive. They have been known to attack villagers who fish in the rivers inhabited by hippos. In fact, in the last 2 years, there have been 150 hippo attacks across Africa.
What type of text structure is the author of the above passage using?
Cause & Effect
Main Idea & Details
Chronological
Problem & Solution
Use the passage to answer the question:
When Jade was younger, she always thought she would be a star, and now she was so close she could taste it. However, her rival, Sarah, had already devised a plan to unravel all of Jade's hard work. Sarah was proud that she had concocted such an air-tight plan.
What type of point of view is the author using?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person Objective
Third Person Omniscient
A teacher is working on literacy in her social science classroom. She wants students to have a comprehensive understanding of the topics. What would be the best approach to accomplish this?
Have students work in groups to read the textbook.
Have students choose novels based on their interests.
Have students read individually and answer comprehension question.
Use a balanced literacy program rich with informational and literary text.
This type of text describe's ones own life:
Autobiography
Biography
Historical Fiction
Expository Nonfiction
Which of the following should a teacher consider when choosing multiciltural text?
Will the students understand the text?
Will the students be interested in the text?
Are there diverse characters in heroic or powerful roles in the text?
Did students get parent permission before reading the text?
If a teacher is considering the presentation of issues in multiciltural texts, what should the teacher consider before presenting these issues?
If the issues are too graphic for young readers
If the district has approved the text and its content
If the issues presented are accurate and appropriate
If the issues presented are interesting and engaging
What should a teacher consider first when choosing texts for a unit on Earth Space science?
Is the text on grade level?
Are the students interested in the topics presented in the text?
Is the text aligned to the state-adopted standards?
Did the science department head approve the text?
A teacher is observing students as they read to see how they interact with text. She will use this information to determine what text to use moving forward. The teacher is using what measure of text complexity?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Qualitative & Quantitative
Rubric
A student struggles with grade-level text but wants to get better at her reading. What approach would be most effective when choosing text for this student?
Choose books the student is interested in.
Give the student rewards when she finishes grade-level text.
Encourage the student to practice with text on her reading level.
Encourage the student to above grade-level text so she can catch up.
Which of the following would be most beneficial for a teacher to use if the teacher wants to expose students to different genres of text?
a classroom library
textbooks
novels
poetry books
Which of the following would be helpful when exposing students to syllables in poetry?
Haiku
Epic
Myth
Sonnet
A Lexile is a type of:
standardized test
text leveling system
genre
poem
What would be the most effective way for a teacher to use a diagnostic assessment?
compare students
monitor progress
measure skills application
determine prior knowledge
A student is taking the ELA Florida Standards Assessment. What type of assessment is the student taking?
Formative
Performance-Based
Norm-Reference
Criterion-Reference
A teacher is planning a science unit. She has struggling readers in the class, and some of the science text is complex. Which of the following is the most effective approach to take to help all students with the material?
Administer a diagnostic assessment to measure baseline skills, then use a variety of formative assessments to monitor progress and make decisions.
Administer a criterion-referenced assessment to see what skills students are lacking, then use a summative to measure success.
Administer a norm-referenced assessment to rank and compare students' skills, then group students and use a summative at the end of learning.
Administer a summative at the beginning of the lesson, then use a criterion-referenced assessment to measure standards.
Which of the following assessments should a teacher use to measure outcomes at the end of a semester?
Norm-Referenced
Diagnostic
Summative
Formative
A teacher is assessing story sequence. The teacher has several ELL students who are not yet fluent in writing in English. What is the most effective way to assess students' skill in sequence while keeping the ELL students in mind?
Use a paraprofessional to help the student write in English.
Use an oral assessment to measure skills.
Use Spanish to English worksheets on story sequence.
Require students to write in English.
If a teacher wants to measure students' skills over the course of a semester, what would be the most effective approach?
Use a variety of formal and informal assessments.
Use a variety of assessments and rewards.
Use a variety of performance-based assessments.
Use a variety of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessments.
Students will be completing a research project over the course of a few weeks. Which of the following approaches is most effective?
Provide students with a rubric to convey expectations and scoring criteria.
Allow students to use the computer lab as much as possible to conduct research.
Have students work in cooperative groups to discuss ideas and research topics.
Send information home to parents so they understand what is expected for the project.
A teacher is having a student read aloud for one minute. As the student reads, the teacher notes any miscues. What type of assessment is this?
Performance-based
Informal reading inventory
Running record
Informal writing task
After reading a leveled passage, the teacher asks a student follow-up questions assessing comprehension and recall. What type of assessment is this?
Performance-Based
Summative
Oral Fluency Assessment
Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
Which os the following is the most effective way to use a diagnostic assessment?
to group students
to make decisions
to rank students
to follow up
A student scores a level 3 on the ELA Florida Standards Assessment. What type of instruction should this student receive?
The student needs substaintial support and interventions to meet grade-level expectations.
The student needs additional support to maintain grade-level expectations.
The student does not need any support because the student is proficient.
The student needs individual support from the reading coach.
Which of the following is one measure of students' reading levels?
Have students sequence the story.
Evaluate students' writing.
Calculate how many words per minute students read.
Observe students working in groups.
Which of the following activities is most effective for motivating ELL students in reading?
Encourage safe times to use academic language and reading aloud.
Have students work in cooperative groups and change groups regularly.
Work individually with ELL students on fluency and comprehension.
Group ELL students together to work with the paraprofessional.
After looking over students' writing, a teacher notices 5 students are struggling with the same skill. What should the teacher do?
Use a whole-group instructional approach to address the conccepts before the next lesson.
Use a whole-group graphic organizer activity to reinforce the skill.
Use small-group heterogeneous group with peer tutors.
Use small-group homogenous group temporarily to apply interventions.
The teacher is having students read from the text. While reading, they stop to generate questions and discuss. What technique are the teacher and students using?
SQ3R
QAR
KWL
Basal
Which of the following is the most effective way to motivate students to read?
Provide students with incentives for completing reading logs.
Build an information rich classroom library.
Allow students to work in groups when they read.
Call home to parents with positive reading progress.
Which os the following would be considered intrinsic motivators for student reading?
Calling home to communicate reading gains with parents.
Allowing for extra time at the end of class if students complete their reading.
Going over reading data and setting weekly and monthly goals.
Having the principal come in and congratulate students on their reading progress.
A teacher is allowing students to show mastery of skills by building a brochure, recording a podcast, writing an essay, or conducting a performance. The teacher is:
considering student learning preferences
making learning fun and interesting
considering students' low reading levels
allowing for rewards
Teachers in the reading department are working together to develop grouping practices for the next semester. Which of the following would be most effective?
Look over reading data and plan for interventions.
Keep students in homogenous groups for the rest of the semester.
Group students by behavior.
Group students by interest.
Which of the following would be the most effective way to help ELL students apply speaking and listening skills?
State reading test
Silent sustained reading
Repeated reading
Role play
Which of the following would be the most effective way to use Basal Reading for struggling readers?
Independent Reading
Repeated Reading
Read Alouds
Vocabulary Exercises
Which of the following is NOT a component of intrinsic motivation?
Autonomy
Relatedness
Anonymity
Competence
Which of the following is most effective for moving students in and out of flexible grouping?
Rewards for effective transitions
Stay in groups as long as possible
Practiced procedures
Group students by behavior
Which of the following would be most effective in motivating students to self-govern their reading groups in a way that increases their understanding of text?
Allow students to choose what they learn.
Give students extra social time when they master skills.
Set clear consequences for bad behavior.
Make the reading activities and the text related to the real-world.
Students see an image and shout, "Frog!" What stage of word recognition are the students in?
Pre-alphabetic
Partial alphabetic
Full-alphabetic
Consolidated alphabetic
These are the smallest units of meanings in words.
Phonemes
Morphemes
Semantics
Phonics
A teacher is helping students with their speaking and listening skills. Which of the following oral language elements is she focusing on?
Discourse
Phonology
Morphology
Phonics
Which of the following activities focuses on morphology?
Breaking words apart by individual sounds.
Using blends to combine consonants.
Analyzing prefixes, suffixes, and roots.
Following grammar rules.
This is an overarching skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language, including parts of words, syllables, onsets, and rimes.
Phonemic Awareness
Vocabulary Awareness
Structural Awareness
Phonological Awareness
Which of the following is an example of semantic cueing?
Have students use phonics to figure out difficult words.
Have students use spelling to figure out difficult words.
Have students use grammar to figure out difficult words.
Have students use meaning to figure out difficult words.
A teacher is working with students on a phonemic awareness activity. This activity is mostly:
Visual
Kinesthetic
Auditory
Read & Write
Which of the following would be the best activity for phonics instruction?
Complete a spelling worksheet.
Use flashcards to memorize sight words.
Focus on why vowel sounds are long in some words.
Determine how many sounds are in different words.
Students are breaking up the following word by: d/e/s/c/r/i/b/e
Syllables
Phonemes
Semantics
Morphemes
This is when students combine their knowledge of word recognition to decipher large units of words and phrases.
Pre-alphabetic
Partial alphabetic
Full-alphabetic
Consolidated alphabetic
During a guided reading activity of informational text, the teacher focuses on the structure of different words, using prefixes, suffixes, and roots. The teacher is helping students use what cognitive working system?
Semantic
Graphophonic
Lexile
Syntactic
Which of the following list of words would be most appropriate for a lesson on morphology?
fix, tricks, picks
irregular, irresponsible, irreplaceable
sleep, sheep, steep
place, put, shut
Students are using the following tiles: [tr] + [ack], [ain], or [ust]. They are using "tr" and match it with another tile to make words. The students are working on:
Syllables & Rime
Onset & Rime
Onset & Segmentation
Deletion & Rime
A teacher is working with students on words. She tells the students to say the word "hat." They all say the word. Then, she tells them to say the word "hat" with a /p/ sound in the beginning, instead of the /h/ sound. The teacher and students are using what strategy?
Substitution
Deletion
Segmenting
Isolation
Based on the following instructional practices, what type of lesson is the teacher working on?
- Teach students to break words down by individual sounds
- Teach students to focus on sounds as they rhyme words
Phonemic Awareness
Decoding
Phonics
Structural Analysis
A student is struggling to read fluently because she is trying to sound out high frequency words. What can the teacher do to help this student?
Have the student work with a buddy.
Help the student write the words over and over again.
Have the student use the words in an essay.
Help the students memorize sight words.
A teacher is working with ELL students who are in the emergent stage of reading. What should the teacher focus on initially?
prioritize conducting read alouds and literature circle activities
first teach sight word recognition and CVC word decoding skills
first develop students' oral and academic vocabulary knowledge
include assignments that involve working with stories and writing
Which of the following activities would be most appropriate for students struggling with silent letter rules?
Read Aloud / Think Aloud
Writing vocabulary words
Phonemic awareness exercises
Phonics exercises
Which of the following activities would be the most approprite activity for a 1st grade lesson on syllables?
Decode two-syllable words
Clap two-syllable words
Write two-syllable words
Find two-syllable words in a dictionary
Students are saying simple words aloud. They say the word "bat," then they say the word "at." They say the word "pat," then say the word "at." The students are using what strategy?
Deletion
Substitution
Blending
Isolation
Which of the following would be most appropriate for students memorizing sight words?
Write words over and over again
Play a memorization game
Decode words
Look words up in the dictionary
A few students are struggling with their "ou" sounds when they are reading. Which of the following would be the most appropriate approach to help these students?
Have strudents fill out a worksheet with "ou" sounds
Conduct whole-group session on digraphs
Work in a small-group on vowel sounds
Have students work on "ou" sounds for homework
Which of the following set of words would be most appropriate when practicing consonant blends?
fuzz, fill, bass
tack, back, sack
dog, cat, tub
brag, strap, slip
Which of the following would would be most appropriate to analyze in a phonics lesson?
happy
play
bat
receive
The teacher is having students break apart compound words and use prefixes, suffixes, and roots to determine meaning in words. The students and teacher are working on:
segmenting
blending
morphology
substituting
Which is NOT a best practice for vocabulary instruction?
Model using context clues
Teaching prefixes, suffixes, and roots
Explicit instruction using a dictionary
Using word walls for target vocabulary
A teacher is working with ELL students who are in the emergent stage of vocabulary acquisition. What should the teacher work on first?
Listen vocabulary
Reading vocabulary
Speaking vocabulary
Writing vocabulary
Which of the following is considered Tier 1 vocabulary?
Academic specific words
Words that occur in students' textbook
Words with the silent /ph/
High frequency, every day words
