TExES Science of Teaching Reading (293) Exam
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A first-grade teacher uses the D. The teacher was using technology to support
video/recording feature of an iPad students' motivation to read
device to record her students
retelling stories that they have read.
After the students retells the story,
the student and teacher listen to
the retelling and discuss the
content. Which of the following
best describes this practice?
A. The teacher was assessing
listening comprehension
B. The teacher was teaching the
story elements
C. The teacher was promoting
prosody
D. The teacher was using
technology to support students'
motivation to read
,Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
working on phonological
awareness. Which of the following
skills should she emphasize FIRST
with her students?
A. Recognizing and counting
syllables in a word
B. Recognizing the initial sound of a
spoken word
C. Making up a story while looking
at pictures
D. Learning that the English
language is read from left to right
A second grade teacher points to B. Alphabetic principle
the word "grain" on the board,
underlines the letters "ai" in the
middle of the word, and
pronounces the word /grraaan/,
emphasizing the long "a" sound. She
explains to the class that when two
vowels appear between two
consonants, readers should
pronounce the long vowel sound in
the first vowel. Then she repeats the
steps with other similar words
providing multiple opportunities for
students to practice. Which of the
following concepts is the teacher
primarily addressing?
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Alphabetic principle
C. Fluency
D. Schema
,Based on current research, which of D. Does the program limit the number of letter-
the following is NOT important in sound correspondences taught to one per week?
the selection of materials for
teaching the alphabetic principle?
A. Are more frequent used letter-
sound correspondences taught
before less frequently used letters?
B. Does the order of letter sound
introduction lead to the blending
and decoding of words quickly?
C. Are auditorily and visually similar
letter sounds introduced
separately?
D. Does the program limit the
number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per
week?
Being able to connect speech C. Phonics
sounds with the printed letters they
represent us a description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension
, Which of the following instructional C. Demonstrating the motions to the song
activities does NOT encourage "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
development of print awareness in
school children?
A. Teaching a lesson about the
parts of a book (cover, title page,
author, illustrator)
B. Using a "big book" to read a story
aloud
C. Demonstrating the motions to
the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star"
D. Helping a student write his name
A preschool teacher wants to D. Can you show me where to start reading?
assess a child's concept of print.
The teacher begins by allowing the
child to examine a children's book
and then asks the child some simple
questions. Which of the following
teacher questions would be MOST
appropriate in this context?
A. What do you think this book is
about?
B. Can you tell me what sound any
of these letters make?
C. What can you tell me about how
books work?
D. Can you show me where to start
reading?
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A first-grade teacher uses the D. The teacher was using technology to support
video/recording feature of an iPad students' motivation to read
device to record her students
retelling stories that they have read.
After the students retells the story,
the student and teacher listen to
the retelling and discuss the
content. Which of the following
best describes this practice?
A. The teacher was assessing
listening comprehension
B. The teacher was teaching the
story elements
C. The teacher was promoting
prosody
D. The teacher was using
technology to support students'
motivation to read
,Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
working on phonological
awareness. Which of the following
skills should she emphasize FIRST
with her students?
A. Recognizing and counting
syllables in a word
B. Recognizing the initial sound of a
spoken word
C. Making up a story while looking
at pictures
D. Learning that the English
language is read from left to right
A second grade teacher points to B. Alphabetic principle
the word "grain" on the board,
underlines the letters "ai" in the
middle of the word, and
pronounces the word /grraaan/,
emphasizing the long "a" sound. She
explains to the class that when two
vowels appear between two
consonants, readers should
pronounce the long vowel sound in
the first vowel. Then she repeats the
steps with other similar words
providing multiple opportunities for
students to practice. Which of the
following concepts is the teacher
primarily addressing?
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Alphabetic principle
C. Fluency
D. Schema
,Based on current research, which of D. Does the program limit the number of letter-
the following is NOT important in sound correspondences taught to one per week?
the selection of materials for
teaching the alphabetic principle?
A. Are more frequent used letter-
sound correspondences taught
before less frequently used letters?
B. Does the order of letter sound
introduction lead to the blending
and decoding of words quickly?
C. Are auditorily and visually similar
letter sounds introduced
separately?
D. Does the program limit the
number of letter-sound
correspondences taught to one per
week?
Being able to connect speech C. Phonics
sounds with the printed letters they
represent us a description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension
, Which of the following instructional C. Demonstrating the motions to the song
activities does NOT encourage "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
development of print awareness in
school children?
A. Teaching a lesson about the
parts of a book (cover, title page,
author, illustrator)
B. Using a "big book" to read a story
aloud
C. Demonstrating the motions to
the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star"
D. Helping a student write his name
A preschool teacher wants to D. Can you show me where to start reading?
assess a child's concept of print.
The teacher begins by allowing the
child to examine a children's book
and then asks the child some simple
questions. Which of the following
teacher questions would be MOST
appropriate in this context?
A. What do you think this book is
about?
B. Can you tell me what sound any
of these letters make?
C. What can you tell me about how
books work?
D. Can you show me where to start
reading?
