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PRAXIS 5205 EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: 1. A kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students guided practice
in learning a phonological awareness skill. Having students participate in which of the following
activities best meets the teacher's goal?
a. Asking students to follow along as the teacher moves a finger from left to right while orally
reading a line of text in a picture book
b. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without
pronouncing "air"
c. Distributing a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the manipulatives to form
decodable words
d. Cutting a student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to put the letters
together to form the name - ANSWER-b. Having students say the word "airplane" and then
asking them to say it again without pronouncing "air"
QUESTION: 1. A first-grade teacher selects a picture book that retells the well-known fairy tale
Goldilocks and the Three Bears to read aloud to the class. Following the first oral reading of the
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text, the teacher distributes a graphic organizer with a set of questions for students to answer
as the text is read again. During the second reading, the teacher pauses at different parts of the
story and asks students to independently answer one of the questions related to that part of
the story on the work sheet. A portion of the graphic organizer the teacher uses is shown
below.
Question \ The Story Says \ I Say \ And So I Believe...
The teacher's instructional method best engages students in which of the following thinking
processes related to successful reading comprehension?
a. Making decisions about what is going to happen next in a story by connecting existing
knowledge to new information an author gives as a text is read - ANSWER-c. Searching a story
to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning
that goes beyond what is literally stated
1. A teacher reviews the following student scores on a standardized reading test with the goal
of determining the areas in which the student will require additional instruction.
· 75th percentile in vocabulary knowledge
· 85th percentile in decoding
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· 40th percentile in comprehension
· 70th percentile in fluency
Based on the data, which of the following activities best addresses the student's needs?
a. Reviewing high-frequency words
b. Identifying context clues in sentences
c. Listening to an audio version of the text
d. Using a plot chart to track the events in a story - ANSWER-d. Using a plot chart to track the
events in a story.
QUESTION: A first-grade teacher works with small groups of students to teach them how to
develop their writing skills. Which of the following methods best fosters the students' ability to
use correct mechanics, such as punctuation and capitalization, in their own writing?
a. Assigning work sheets from a workbook to complete
b. Having students copy rules in their copybooks for reference
c. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-alouds
d. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing - ANSWER-d. Using mentor
texts to encourage imitation of effective writing
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QUESTION: Which of the following phonemic manipulations is the most complex and is
generally developed last by most students?
a. Change the /m/ in "mouse" to /h/.
b. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/.
c. What word is made when "bl" and "oom" are combined?
d. Say "doughnut." Now say it again, but don't say "dough." - ANSWER-b. Say "frame." Say it
again without the /r/.
QUESTION: A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple content
areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a trade book about plants; the book
contains many new and difficult vocabulary words, such as "chlorophyll," "germinate," and
"photosynthesis." Which of the following teaching activities will best help the students develop
an understanding of the new words?
a. Making lists of words from the science book to post on a word wall in the classroom
b. Planning direct instruction using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts
c. Having students assume definitions for the new words and relate them to words they already
know
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PRAXIS 5205 EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: 1. A kindergarten teacher plans a lesson designed to give students guided practice
in learning a phonological awareness skill. Having students participate in which of the following
activities best meets the teacher's goal?
a. Asking students to follow along as the teacher moves a finger from left to right while orally
reading a line of text in a picture book
b. Having students say the word "airplane" and then asking them to say it again without
pronouncing "air"
c. Distributing a set of plastic letters to students and having them use the manipulatives to form
decodable words
d. Cutting a student's name card into individual letters and modeling how to put the letters
together to form the name - ANSWER-b. Having students say the word "airplane" and then
asking them to say it again without pronouncing "air"
QUESTION: 1. A first-grade teacher selects a picture book that retells the well-known fairy tale
Goldilocks and the Three Bears to read aloud to the class. Following the first oral reading of the
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text, the teacher distributes a graphic organizer with a set of questions for students to answer
as the text is read again. During the second reading, the teacher pauses at different parts of the
story and asks students to independently answer one of the questions related to that part of
the story on the work sheet. A portion of the graphic organizer the teacher uses is shown
below.
Question \ The Story Says \ I Say \ And So I Believe...
The teacher's instructional method best engages students in which of the following thinking
processes related to successful reading comprehension?
a. Making decisions about what is going to happen next in a story by connecting existing
knowledge to new information an author gives as a text is read - ANSWER-c. Searching a story
to reach a conclusion based on clues an author gives and prior knowledge to construct meaning
that goes beyond what is literally stated
1. A teacher reviews the following student scores on a standardized reading test with the goal
of determining the areas in which the student will require additional instruction.
· 75th percentile in vocabulary knowledge
· 85th percentile in decoding
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· 40th percentile in comprehension
· 70th percentile in fluency
Based on the data, which of the following activities best addresses the student's needs?
a. Reviewing high-frequency words
b. Identifying context clues in sentences
c. Listening to an audio version of the text
d. Using a plot chart to track the events in a story - ANSWER-d. Using a plot chart to track the
events in a story.
QUESTION: A first-grade teacher works with small groups of students to teach them how to
develop their writing skills. Which of the following methods best fosters the students' ability to
use correct mechanics, such as punctuation and capitalization, in their own writing?
a. Assigning work sheets from a workbook to complete
b. Having students copy rules in their copybooks for reference
c. Emphasizing pauses indicated by punctuation during read-alouds
d. Using mentor texts to encourage imitation of effective writing - ANSWER-d. Using mentor
texts to encourage imitation of effective writing
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QUESTION: Which of the following phonemic manipulations is the most complex and is
generally developed last by most students?
a. Change the /m/ in "mouse" to /h/.
b. Say "frame." Say it again without the /r/.
c. What word is made when "bl" and "oom" are combined?
d. Say "doughnut." Now say it again, but don't say "dough." - ANSWER-b. Say "frame." Say it
again without the /r/.
QUESTION: A third-grade teacher's reading instruction includes sources from multiple content
areas. During a science lesson, students are reading a trade book about plants; the book
contains many new and difficult vocabulary words, such as "chlorophyll," "germinate," and
"photosynthesis." Which of the following teaching activities will best help the students develop
an understanding of the new words?
a. Making lists of words from the science book to post on a word wall in the classroom
b. Planning direct instruction using multimedia methods to introduce words in rich contexts
c. Having students assume definitions for the new words and relate them to words they already
know
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