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The kindergarten team of teachers is planning a collaborative approach to reading for
the upcoming school year. They hope to give parents clear guidance on how to support
their children's reading fluency without creating tedious reading logs or complex nightly
assignments. A couple of their suggestions include prioritizing opportunities to read and
listening to their children reread familiar books. Which of the following guidelines would
be appropriate to add to this list to help develop a collaborative approach to promoting
fluency? Answer: Model fluent reading by reading aloud to their children often.
In order to accurately individualize instruction, a teacher should: Answer: frequently
assess students' strengths and adjust lesson plans to mirror students' knowledge.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to help students develop
literacy? Answer: -Provide flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition
between independent work and the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with
peers.
-Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers.
Which of the following are the best ways for a teacher to help students develop
independent reading skills? Answer: Facilitate peer conversations about their reading.
Provide in-class time for students to choose independent reading books and some time
for quiet reading.
A kindergarten teacher is providing the parents of her students with guidance on how to
best support their children's phonological awareness from home. Which of the following
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,would be the most impactful specifically for phonological awareness? Answer: singing
songs that contain rhymes and making up new rhymes
What impact should the results of ongoing assessments have on instructional plans?
Answer: They should change upcoming plans if goals are not met.
A third-grade teacher reads a fictional story to the class and bases activities on one
character of the story. The teacher assigns the same story to be read that night with
parents/guardians and provides questions based on another character. Which of the
following would this lesson best promote? Answer: reading for a purpose and fluency
A prekindergarten teacher is having a meeting with the parents of one of her students.
The parents are looking ahead to their child's upcoming kindergarten year and
wondering how to best support her development in order to ensure she has the skills
necessary to learn to read in kindergarten. Which of the following parental habits will
have the greatest impact on the student's reading development? Answer: reading to
their child everyday
A reading teacher has built 50 minutes into her weekly schedule each week for students
to read a book of their choice. What is the biggest benefit of using class time for
student-led independent reading? Answer: It promotes the idea that reading is
pleasurable and enjoyable.
A student who struggles with reading motivation would most benefit from: Answer:
student choice
Which of the following classroom scenarios would NOT be specifically benefited by the
use of small group instruction? Answer: a first-grade class that presents classroom
management challenges, such as struggling to remain on task
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,Which of the following is the primary benefit of requiring students to give oral book
reports? Answer: They encourage students to share reading experiences and model
how the book was enjoyable.
Ms. Lennox is previewing the vocabulary terms students will need to understand before
the day's reading. She has asked students to write the words in their vocabulary
notebooks as well as the definitions. While the students are copying the words, Ms.
Lennox notices that her new student, Ryan, has gotten up to sharpen his pencil more
times than she can count. She watches Ryan sit down and begin writing. He snaps his
lead after only one letter. Ms. Lennox offers to let Ryan write using her pen. While
looking over his paper. Ms. Lennox notices that Ryan has little sense of where the
letters belong relative to the lines, and many of the words are not copied correctly. Ms.
Lennox begins to wonder if Ryan has dysgraphia. Until she can confirm, what is the
best step Ms. Lennox can take now to ensure Ryan understands the lesson today?
Answer: Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the vocabulary terms.
Which would be the most important question for a teacher to consider while examining
the recent results of a student's reading assessment? Answer: Does this data provide
evidence of continued student progress on the standards assessed?
Systematic and explicit reading instruction is necessary because: Answer: reading
skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
Differentiation is important for children during alphabetic instruction. Which of the
following is a way that formal assessment could support differentiation? Answer:
determine student strengths
determine a need for intervention
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, When following the Response to Intervention (RtI) model, if a student doesn't respond
well to Tier 1 strategies, what should a teacher do? Answer: Introduce small groups a
couple of times each week to work on specific skills.
A prekindergarten class contains several students who have had very little exposure to
printed text. What strategies should the teacher implement to help this group of students
develop print and phonological awareness? Answer: conduct read aloud using
predictable texts and practice rhyming words using nursery rhymes and games
Based on the descriptions provided, which of the following students is most likely to be
in Tier 2 of the three-tier Response to Intervention (RtI) model? Answer: a student who
checks in and out every day with a mentor.
An elementary teacher could encourage and provide support for at-home reading by:
Answer: providing a list of popular children's books parents/guardians would enjoy
reading with their children.
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on the alphabet. She assigns each student a
letter and asks them to bring an item from home that begins with the letter they are
assigned. The students then recreate the alphabet using the items from the students'
homes. This activity promotes the development of alphabetic principle through:
Answer: collaboration with families
Mateo and his family moved to the United States from Colombia last year. Mr. Daniels,
Mateo's third-grade ESL teacher, is a bit worried about Mateo's reading comprehension
skills and thinks that he would benefit from additional practice at home with his family.
The problem is that he doesn't think that Mateo's parents speak any English. What
should Mr. Daniels do? Answer: Speak with Mateo's parents about the importance of
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The kindergarten team of teachers is planning a collaborative approach to reading for
the upcoming school year. They hope to give parents clear guidance on how to support
their children's reading fluency without creating tedious reading logs or complex nightly
assignments. A couple of their suggestions include prioritizing opportunities to read and
listening to their children reread familiar books. Which of the following guidelines would
be appropriate to add to this list to help develop a collaborative approach to promoting
fluency? Answer: Model fluent reading by reading aloud to their children often.
In order to accurately individualize instruction, a teacher should: Answer: frequently
assess students' strengths and adjust lesson plans to mirror students' knowledge.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for a teacher to help students develop
literacy? Answer: -Provide flexible classroom seating to facilitate an easy transition
between independent work and the opportunity to discuss their reading and writing with
peers.
-Expect students to provide text evidence for their answers.
Which of the following are the best ways for a teacher to help students develop
independent reading skills? Answer: Facilitate peer conversations about their reading.
Provide in-class time for students to choose independent reading books and some time
for quiet reading.
A kindergarten teacher is providing the parents of her students with guidance on how to
best support their children's phonological awareness from home. Which of the following
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,would be the most impactful specifically for phonological awareness? Answer: singing
songs that contain rhymes and making up new rhymes
What impact should the results of ongoing assessments have on instructional plans?
Answer: They should change upcoming plans if goals are not met.
A third-grade teacher reads a fictional story to the class and bases activities on one
character of the story. The teacher assigns the same story to be read that night with
parents/guardians and provides questions based on another character. Which of the
following would this lesson best promote? Answer: reading for a purpose and fluency
A prekindergarten teacher is having a meeting with the parents of one of her students.
The parents are looking ahead to their child's upcoming kindergarten year and
wondering how to best support her development in order to ensure she has the skills
necessary to learn to read in kindergarten. Which of the following parental habits will
have the greatest impact on the student's reading development? Answer: reading to
their child everyday
A reading teacher has built 50 minutes into her weekly schedule each week for students
to read a book of their choice. What is the biggest benefit of using class time for
student-led independent reading? Answer: It promotes the idea that reading is
pleasurable and enjoyable.
A student who struggles with reading motivation would most benefit from: Answer:
student choice
Which of the following classroom scenarios would NOT be specifically benefited by the
use of small group instruction? Answer: a first-grade class that presents classroom
management challenges, such as struggling to remain on task
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,Which of the following is the primary benefit of requiring students to give oral book
reports? Answer: They encourage students to share reading experiences and model
how the book was enjoyable.
Ms. Lennox is previewing the vocabulary terms students will need to understand before
the day's reading. She has asked students to write the words in their vocabulary
notebooks as well as the definitions. While the students are copying the words, Ms.
Lennox notices that her new student, Ryan, has gotten up to sharpen his pencil more
times than she can count. She watches Ryan sit down and begin writing. He snaps his
lead after only one letter. Ms. Lennox offers to let Ryan write using her pen. While
looking over his paper. Ms. Lennox notices that Ryan has little sense of where the
letters belong relative to the lines, and many of the words are not copied correctly. Ms.
Lennox begins to wonder if Ryan has dysgraphia. Until she can confirm, what is the
best step Ms. Lennox can take now to ensure Ryan understands the lesson today?
Answer: Provide Ryan with a printed copy of the vocabulary terms.
Which would be the most important question for a teacher to consider while examining
the recent results of a student's reading assessment? Answer: Does this data provide
evidence of continued student progress on the standards assessed?
Systematic and explicit reading instruction is necessary because: Answer: reading
skills are scaffolded, build in complexity, and rely on mastery of earlier skills.
Differentiation is important for children during alphabetic instruction. Which of the
following is a way that formal assessment could support differentiation? Answer:
determine student strengths
determine a need for intervention
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, When following the Response to Intervention (RtI) model, if a student doesn't respond
well to Tier 1 strategies, what should a teacher do? Answer: Introduce small groups a
couple of times each week to work on specific skills.
A prekindergarten class contains several students who have had very little exposure to
printed text. What strategies should the teacher implement to help this group of students
develop print and phonological awareness? Answer: conduct read aloud using
predictable texts and practice rhyming words using nursery rhymes and games
Based on the descriptions provided, which of the following students is most likely to be
in Tier 2 of the three-tier Response to Intervention (RtI) model? Answer: a student who
checks in and out every day with a mentor.
An elementary teacher could encourage and provide support for at-home reading by:
Answer: providing a list of popular children's books parents/guardians would enjoy
reading with their children.
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on the alphabet. She assigns each student a
letter and asks them to bring an item from home that begins with the letter they are
assigned. The students then recreate the alphabet using the items from the students'
homes. This activity promotes the development of alphabetic principle through:
Answer: collaboration with families
Mateo and his family moved to the United States from Colombia last year. Mr. Daniels,
Mateo's third-grade ESL teacher, is a bit worried about Mateo's reading comprehension
skills and thinks that he would benefit from additional practice at home with his family.
The problem is that he doesn't think that Mateo's parents speak any English. What
should Mr. Daniels do? Answer: Speak with Mateo's parents about the importance of
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