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subtest 1 pratice set 2 from study guide

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

 When reading texts aloud, a second-grade English learner often makes errors in pronunciation that are unrelated to their ability to accurately decode the word. The teacher’s best response would be to?

a)

Analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

b)

Analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

c)

Analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

d)

Analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

2.

 When reading texts aloud, a second-grade English learner often makes errors in pronunciation that are unrelated to their ability to accurately decode the word. The teacher’s best response would be to?

a)

analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

b)

analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

c)

analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension

d)

analyze the student’s pronunciation patterns and plan an intervention to address difficulties that may affect her reading comprehension.

3.

Which of the following instructional activities would best help upper elementary English Learners develop intonations and rhythms of the English language to support fluent reading

a)

Giving an expressive oral reading of a short text, then having the students echo read the text as the teacher reads aloud again.

b)

Giving an expressive oral reading of a short text, then having the students echo read the text as the teacher reads aloud again.

c)

Giving an expressive oral reading of a short text, then having the students echo read the text as the teacher reads aloud again.

d)

Giving an expressive oral reading of a short text, then having the students echo read the text as the teacher reads aloud again.

4.

The teacher says the following words, pig, pt, doll and asks the student to choose the one that sounds odd.  The student says “doll”. The teacher says, cat, can, ball, and asks the student to again choose the word that sounds odd.  The student says, “ball” What does this activity demonstrate?

a)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

b)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

c)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

d)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

5.

Teacher asks students to provide information about a topic of signs and writes the words students provided on the board creating a web graphic organizer, what is the next step?

a)

Organize the words into categories

b)

Organize the words into categories

c)

Organize the words into categories

d)

Organize the words into categories

6.

When should a first grade teacher begin teaching students words with digraphs (instead of consonant blends, my test said Digraphs)

a)

Master CVC words

b)

Master multisyllabic words

c)

Master multisyllabic words

d)

Master multisyllabic words

7.

Which sentence demonstrates the student using the Alphabetic Principle to write?

a)

 will see you … the student writes… I WL C U. (This is the choice because the student is using the sounds the letters make when reciting the alphabet ex: when saying the letter C from the alphabet, it makes the sound ?see? Like how the student wrote it. There will be other examples that clearly shows the student using different areas of phonemic awareness of the hard C sound etc. (edited)

b)

 will see you … the student writes… I WL C U. (This is the choice because the student is using the sounds the letters make when reciting the alphabet ex: when saying the letter C from the alphabet, it makes the sound ?see? Like how the student wrote it. There will be other examples that clearly shows the student using different areas of phonemic awareness of the hard C sound etc. (edited)

c)

 will see you … the student writes… I WL C U. (This is the choice because the student is using the sounds the letters make when reciting the alphabet ex: when saying the letter C from the alphabet, it makes the sound ?see? Like how the student wrote it. There will be other examples that clearly shows the student using different areas of phonemic awareness of the hard C sound etc. (edited)

d)

 will see you … the student writes… I WL C U. (This is the choice because the student is using the sounds the letters make when reciting the alphabet ex: when saying the letter C from the alphabet, it makes the sound ?see? Like how the student wrote it. There will be other examples that clearly shows the student using different areas of phonemic awareness of the hard C sound etc. (edited)

8.

Second grades and how they will motivate each other to practice words with irregular patterns

a)

Quiz each other with new words 

              Or 

        Whole class activities (Spelling Bee and Spelling Baseball) 

b)

Quiz each other with new words 

              Or 

        Whole class activities (Spelling Bee and Spelling Baseball) 

c)

Quiz each other with new words 

              Or 

        Whole class activities (Spelling Bee and Spelling Baseball) 

d)

Quiz each other with new words 

              Or 

        Whole class activities (Spelling Bee and Spelling Baseball) 

9.

Teacher was starting a math lesson on triangles and pentagons. She read books and included the vocabulary in other areas. How was she teaching the vocabulary?]  Math lesson on triangles, polygons, pentagons.  What strategy should the teacher use to teach these words? She was also reading books about these words through other lessons.

a)

She was pre-teaching vocabulary.

Greek, Latin roots Morphology of words

b)

Greek, Latin roots Morphology of words

c)

she was using repeated exposure

10.

 The teacher wants her first graders to write correct spellings.  What should the teacher do?

a)

Provide students with print in classroom, wall :Concepts of print,t rich environmental print

Students should be Encouraged to write even though they make mistakes as this is part of developmental practices  to improve the child’s spelling. (Zarrillo 46)

b)

Provide students with print in classroom, wall :Concepts of print,t rich environmental print

Students should be Encouraged to write even though they make mistakes as this is part of developmental practices  to improve the child’s spelling. (Zarrillo 46)

c)

Provide students with print in classroom, wall :Concepts of print,t rich environmental print

Students should be Encouraged to write even though they make mistakes as this is part of developmental practices  to improve the child’s spelling. (Zarrillo 46)

d)

Provide students with print in classroom, wall :Concepts of print,t rich environmental print

Students should be Encouraged to write even though they make mistakes as this is part of developmental practices  to improve the child’s spelling. (Zarrillo 46)

11.

What are the five stages of spelling?

a)

Pre-communicative-

Semi-phonetic

b)

Phonetic-

phonemes

c)

 Transitional-

Conventional-

d)

all of them

12.

What are the rules for the sound of the consonant and consonant diagraph?

a)

3 sounds

b)

Depends on th e vowel following the consonant

c)

One sound (I believe is one sound. Zarrillo pp. 43-44

d)

One sound (I believe is one sound. Zarrillo pp. 43-44 one new sound

13.

I had a question about why students with automaticity still need phonics instruction.

a)

Academic language and vocabulary continue to be a struggle with students

b)

Academic/content area vocabulary continues to create a struggle

c)

All need continued guidance in phonics instruction

14.

A third grade teacher is working with a small group of phonics issues.  They were working on a previous lesson.  The teacher is also working on a new one for the whole class.  What is the purpose of this?

a)

as they are using writing strategies on top of the new phonics lesson

b)

as they are using writing strategies on top of the new phonics lesson

c)

as they are using writing strategies on top of the new phonics lesson

15.

Prosodic features question

a)

The answer is reading for enjoyment

b)

The answer is reading for enjoyment

c)

The answer is reading for enjoyment

d)

The answer is reading for enjoyment

16.

 A pre teaching  lesson with -ight words like tonight, bright, height, etc.

a)

the better choice is to chunk the lesson for students to understand

b)

the better choice is to chunk the lesson for students to understand

c)

the better choice is to chunk the lesson for students to understand

d)

the better choice is to chunk the lesson for students to understand

17.

 a student who knew their letter sounds but could not decode a word. The question asked you what strategy you would use to help the student decode.

a)

(they need to stretch the sound together  ,

b)

(they need to stretch the sound together 

c)

(they need to stretch the sound together 

d)

(they need to stretch the sound together 

18.

changing the letter M from Mack to J and for Jack. The teacher would write this on the board and the students had to figure out the new word of the day. So the teacher deleted the initial sound and added a new consonant. What this activity is preparing the students for

a)

sound deletion activity,

b)

Phoneme substitution

c)

onsets and rime

19.

A kinder teacher is reading off a big book and points to the words. What is the purpose of this?

-something about concepts of print

a)

Showing that print has meaning

b)

Showing that print has meaning

c)

Showing that print has meaning

20.

There was one about a third class was working on how take off the “y” and add inflectionally. Ending and ask how will this improve students

a)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

b)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

c)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

d)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

21.

Spelling assessments for higher grades something like A 5th grade teacher is studying the history of the United States during the colonial period the teacher wants students to calculate correctly when they engage in writing activities associated with b unit. Which strategy something is likely to be students spelling of unit related vocabulary

a)

Preparing a list of key words on the unit and give the students a spelling test.

b)

Preparing a list of key words on the unit and give the students a spelling test.

22.

 A question about a 2nd grade that came to the class in October and how struggling with Phonimic Awareness. What would you do FIRST?

a)

DO ASSESSMENTS and then plan

b)

DO ASSESSMENTS and then plan

c)

DO ASSESSMENTS and then plan

d)

DO ASSESSMENTS and then plan

23.

teaching a lesson with endings with igh, such as sight, light, right, and what is the teacher using this lesson to support?

a)

I chose ryming/alliteration

b)

I chose ryming/alliteration

c)

I chose ryming/alliteration

d)

I chose ryming/alliteration

24.

A kindergarten teacher plays the following game with students. The teacher says, “Guess whose name I’m going to say now?” The teacher then says that initial sound of a student’s name 9e.g., /m/ for mariko), and the children try to guess the name.  This activity is likely to promote the reading development of students primarily by helping them:

a)

Blend separate sounds in words.

b)

Recognize that a spoken word is made up of sounds

c)

Understand the principles of phonics

d)

Learn how to spell their own names.

25.

 A first-grade teacher provides students with explicit, systematic phonics instruction to promote their reading development.  When designing activities to teach letter-sound correspondences, the teacher should:

a)

Provide reading opportunities for students to practice sounds in context after studying the sounds in isolation

b)

Make certain that students have mastered vowel sounds before focusing on consonants.

c)

Ensure that students master the spelling of practice words using the target sound before teaching a new sound.

26.

What is the purpose of prosodic reading?

a)

Reading for enjoyment <~ no, to sound natural while reading. (Increases comprehension)

b)

Reading for enjoyment <~ no, to sound natural while reading. (Increases comprehension)

c)

Reading for enjoyment <~ no, to sound natural while reading. (Increases comprehension)

27.

Long sound

a)

CVCe

b)

CVCe

28.

A math/science question about a triangle

a)

Greek and latin roots..Morphology

b)

Greek and latin roots..Morphology

c)

Greek and latin roots..Morphology

29.

A kindergarten student wrote “ILVMIBBSISR” What doesn’t he understand

a)

Writing consists of discrete words

b)

Writing consists of discrete words

30.

Spelling assessments for higher grades something like A 5th grade teacher is studying the history of the United States during the colonial period the teacher wants students to calculate correctly when they engage in writing activities associated with b unit. Which strategy something is likely to be students spelling of unit related vocabulary

a)

For this one, I picked the one about learning the origin of the word. (I think i  picked this one as well) Etymology

b)

For this one, I picked the one about learning the origin of the word. (I think i  picked this one as well) Etymology

c)

Preparing a list of key words on the unit and give the students a spelling test.

d)

Etymology

31.

An oral language assessment in January where the teacher records a student’s performance on separate copy of a text noting the student’s writing time and they’re calculating a student’s oral reading fluency score. The teacher annotates the passage appears below based on the student’s results of reading performance during the assessment instruction for the student should focus primarily on

a)

 encouraging the student to use context strategies

b)

 encouraging the student to use context strategies

c)

 encouraging the student to use context strategies

32.

Something about patterns and errors regarding fluency… and in it had an assessment that the student does not recognize all scores automatically and needs to apply

a)

Relies heavily on context clues

b)

Relies heavily on context clues

c)

Relies heavily on context clues

33.

A teacher is helping students learn the orthographic generation for adding suffixes to words ending in “Y” in addition to promoting their spelling development thi type of lesson is likely to promote student’s reading development by enhancing?

a)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

b)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

c)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

d)

Developing vocabulary knowledge

34.

Something about patterns and errors regarding fluency… and in it had an assessment that the student does not recognize all scores automatically and needs to apply

a)

Relies heavily on context clues

b)

Relies heavily on context clues

35.

A teacher is helping students learn the orthographic generation for adding suffixes to words ending in “Y” in addition to promoting their spelling development thi type of lesson is likely to promote student’s reading development by enhancing?

a)

Developing vocabulary knowledge 

b)

Developing vocabulary knowledge 

36.

There was one about a third grade  class was working on how to take off the “y” and add inflectionally. Ending and ask how will this improve students.

a)

Developing  vocabulary knowledge

b)

Developing  vocabulary knowledge

37.

There was one about new vocabulary for a science and what strategy would help students understand where they come from.

a)

teacher and students discuss the MORPHOLOGY of each word

b)

teacher and students discuss the MORPHOLOGY of each word

38.

A teacher writes a sentence on the board and draws a square around each word.  What is the teacher doing or showing? (Along those lines

a)

the book says she is showing word boundaries.

b)

the book says she is showing word boundaries.

39.

The teacher is reading/teaching a few words like sight-site what skill is she teaching?

a)

homophones

b)

homophones

c)

homophones

40.

The student is writing/or reading a few words and he made mistakes with “ch” and “sh” which skill is the student needing help with:

a)

consonant digraphs

b)

consonant digraphs

41.

First grade teacher trying to teach her students decoding. Students know individual letter sounds but cannot blend. She started by writing the word SAT on the board and according to the reading. What is the next step she should take in the lesson?

a)

Teacher should show them to blend sounds continuously

b)

stretching the sounds together

42.

First grade teacher trying to teach her students decoding. Students know individual letter sounds but cannot blend. She started by writing the word SAT on the board and according to the reading. What is the next step she should take in the lesson?

the teacher says the sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ And the children do it to teach them blending words

a)

stretching the sounds together

b)

Teacher should show them to blend sounds continuously

43.

Automaticity helps/prepare students to (something along those lines)

a)

Phonic Instruction

b)

Phonic Instruction

44.

I also got a question on a characteristic of consonant blends/What is a characteristic of consonant blends. What is a characteristic of consonant blends: and I put that

a)

 they retain their own sound

b)

 they retain their own sound

45.

Automaticity in phonemic awareness is a skill required to obtain for what type of instruction?

a)

Answer- Phonic skills

b)

Answer- Phonic skills

46.

The teacher is teaching a lesson with endings with igh, such as sight, light, right, and what is the teacher using this lesson to support?

a)

to chunk it

b)

rhyming/alliteration

47.

What is a consonant blend?

a)

Two consonants blended to retain its original sound

b)

Two consonants blended to retain its original sound

48.

5th grade teacher helping a student in affix and syllable stages of spelling

a)

Inflectional endings

b)

Inflectional endings

49.

Teacher arranges words in alphabetical order on the wall students put letters under the words

a)

words on wall

b)

words on wall

50.

Something about fables, reader’s theater teacher gathering data about gathering data about something

a)

reciting lines with fluency expression

b)

reciting lines with fluency expression

51.

Competency 9 - Understand how to promote students’ fluency development.

 Based on the student’s reading performance on this assessment instruction to increase the  fluency should focus primarily on

a)

Enhancing the student’s contextual analysis skills.

b)

Promoting the student’s automatic word recognition

c)

Improving the student’s academic-language skills.

52.

Early in the school year, a first-grade teacher wants to conduct an assessment of students’ ability to read grade-appropriate words, including phonetically regular words and high-frequency irregular sight words.  Which of the following informal assessments would be most appropriate and effective for this purpose?

a)

The teacher pairs each student with a partner for shared oral reading of simple texts and makes anecdotal notes on their performance.

b)

The teacher meets individually with students and asks each student to write a list of words the student knows how to read.

c)

The teacher allows each student to select a grade-appropriate text from the classroom library and asks each student to try reading the text aloud.

d)

The teacher prepares a list of grade-appropriate words asks each student to try reading the words aloud, and records the results.

53.

Which of the following approaches would be most effective in helping first -grade students who have the prerequisite decoding skills learn to decode words that end in the inflectional morpheme -ing

a)

Explicitly teaching the students to read the unit -ing in isolation before teaching them to decode familiar words that end in the inflection

b)

Using think-aloud during a guided reading to model how to use contextual analysis as a strategy for recognizing words ending in -ing

c)

Having students practice reading word lists that include words ending in both the more familiar rime -ing as well as the inflection -ing

d)

Teaching the inflectional ending ing in the context of an instructional unit on identifying open and closed syllables in multisyllabic words

54.

In the word chimpanzee, which of the following pairs of letters is a diagraph?

a)

ch

b)

mp

c)

an

d)

ee

55.

A first-grade teacher provides students with explicit, systematic phonics instruction to promote their reading development.  When designing activities to teach letter-sound correspondences, the teacher should:

a)

Provide reading opportunities for students to practice sounds in context after studying the sounds in isolation

b)

Make certain that students have mastered vowel sounds before focusing on consonants.

c)

Ensure that students master the spelling of practice words using the target sound before teaching a new sound.

56.

The teacher says the following words, pig, pt, doll and asks the student to choose the one that sounds odd.  The student says “doll”. The teacher says, cat, can, ball, and asks the student to again choose the word that sounds odd.  The student says, “ball” What does this activity demonstrate?

a)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

b)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

c)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds

d)

Phonemic awareness based on beginning sounds