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Reading (293) Exam EXAM
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A first-grade teacher uses the video/recording feature of an iPad 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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. The teacher was using technology to support
students' motivation to read
Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is 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 - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
A second grade teacher points to 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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Alphabetic principle
Based on current research, which of the following is NOT important in 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?
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, 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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Does the program limit the
number of letter-sound correspondences taught to one per week?
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent
us a description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Phonics
Which of the following instructional activities does NOT encourage
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
Reading (293) Exam EXAM
Questions Answered MULTIPLE
CHOICES | 2026 Verified Graded
A+ Already Passed!
A first-grade teacher uses the video/recording feature of an iPad 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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. The teacher was using technology to support
students' motivation to read
Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is 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 - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A. Recognizing and counting syllables in a word
A second grade teacher points to 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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Alphabetic principle
Based on current research, which of the following is NOT important in 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?
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Does the program limit the
number of letter-sound correspondences taught to one per week?
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent
us a description of -
A. Phonemic awareness
B. Structural analysis
C. Phonics
D. Comprehension - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Phonics
Which of the following instructional activities does NOT encourage
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
