ELAR PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
During the revising stage of the writing process, which of the following would be most
beneficial for students? - Correct Answers -holding peer conferences
After giving a lesson on simple sentences, Mr. Hummel posts a single review question
and he asks the students to answer this question on an exit slip before heading off to
lunch. What form of assessment is Mr. Hummel using? - Correct Answers -formative
A teacher says the word fit aloud. Next, the teacher asks the students to practice
switching the initial, medial and final sounds with new ones. How does this activity
promote the student's phonemic awareness? - Correct Answers -by promoting their
understanding of phoneme manipulation
Which of the following strategies would be most effective in helping students in the
emergent literacy stage of development? - Correct Answers -phonological awareness
skills
A teacher is asking students to evaluate an argument in a persuasive text. Which of the
following sentence stems would best support this goal? - Correct Answers -In my
opinion...
A teacher noticed that a number of her new kindergarten students are struggling with
the difference between a letter, a word, and a sentence. Which of the following
strategies would be best to improve the students' understanding of print concepts? -
Correct Answers -Point to and orally read words on signs, posters, calendars, etc.
Read oversized books so students can watch the teacher point out the words.
Sometimes reading difficulties are known not to be the outcome of lack of opportunities
in education or limited intellect. Recent educational research has found that these
difficulties are most often the result of what instead? - Correct Answers -lack of skills in
phonological processing
Each week, Mr. Rivera has his students read books assigned to them in their book
boxes. After reading, they rate the books on a scale of 1-5 and write down one topic that
they liked and one topic that they did not like. What can Mr. Rivera do with the
information he is collecting? - Correct Answers -He can use this information to select
future independent reading books for his students.
, In order to improve reading comprehension, Mr. Parks should encourage his students to
do which of the following before reading a narrative text? - Correct Answers -Read the
"About the Author" section.
Fill out a plot diagram.
When teaching a lesson on including direct quotes in student writing, Mr. Keating
reminds students to include a dialogue tag when incorporating direct quotes. Which of
the following describes a dialogue tag? - Correct Answers -a phrase, like he said or she
said
Mrs. Carter wants to assess her first-grade class's ability to identify individual
phonemes. Which type of assessment would allow her to compare her students' skills to
the grade level expectations? - Correct Answers -criterion-referenced
How does oral language development affect reading comprehension? - Correct
Answers -Reading comprehension is enhanced by promoting oral language.
Which of the following would most likely enhance the delivery of an oral presentation? -
Correct Answers -Vary the rate of speaking, the pitch of your voice, the tone/quality of
your voice, and the volume of your voice.
Which of the following is an example of personification? - Correct Answers -The tree
scratched at my window every time the wind blew.
A first-grade teacher reads a Dr. Seuss book aloud and asks students to show a thumb
up when they hear words that sound the same at the end. This activity best reinforces
which of the following? - Correct Answers -phonological awareness
A teacher is creating a reading fluency handout for parents so that parents can support
the students' reading development at home. Which of the following suggestions would
be the most valuable to include in the handout? - Correct Answers -Have your child
read aloud the same book multiple times while listening to them.
An elementary teacher should teach students to determine the functions and purposes
of media. These include which of the following? - Correct Answers -education,
information, and persuasion
Which of the following will best support early elementary students in the prewriting stage
of the writing process? - Correct Answers -allowing students to use verbal
communication to plan their writing by talking through their ideas
Differentiation is important for children during alphabetic instruction. Which of the
following is a way that formal assessment could support differentiation? - Correct
Answers -determine a need for intervention
determine student strengths
ANSWERS
During the revising stage of the writing process, which of the following would be most
beneficial for students? - Correct Answers -holding peer conferences
After giving a lesson on simple sentences, Mr. Hummel posts a single review question
and he asks the students to answer this question on an exit slip before heading off to
lunch. What form of assessment is Mr. Hummel using? - Correct Answers -formative
A teacher says the word fit aloud. Next, the teacher asks the students to practice
switching the initial, medial and final sounds with new ones. How does this activity
promote the student's phonemic awareness? - Correct Answers -by promoting their
understanding of phoneme manipulation
Which of the following strategies would be most effective in helping students in the
emergent literacy stage of development? - Correct Answers -phonological awareness
skills
A teacher is asking students to evaluate an argument in a persuasive text. Which of the
following sentence stems would best support this goal? - Correct Answers -In my
opinion...
A teacher noticed that a number of her new kindergarten students are struggling with
the difference between a letter, a word, and a sentence. Which of the following
strategies would be best to improve the students' understanding of print concepts? -
Correct Answers -Point to and orally read words on signs, posters, calendars, etc.
Read oversized books so students can watch the teacher point out the words.
Sometimes reading difficulties are known not to be the outcome of lack of opportunities
in education or limited intellect. Recent educational research has found that these
difficulties are most often the result of what instead? - Correct Answers -lack of skills in
phonological processing
Each week, Mr. Rivera has his students read books assigned to them in their book
boxes. After reading, they rate the books on a scale of 1-5 and write down one topic that
they liked and one topic that they did not like. What can Mr. Rivera do with the
information he is collecting? - Correct Answers -He can use this information to select
future independent reading books for his students.
, In order to improve reading comprehension, Mr. Parks should encourage his students to
do which of the following before reading a narrative text? - Correct Answers -Read the
"About the Author" section.
Fill out a plot diagram.
When teaching a lesson on including direct quotes in student writing, Mr. Keating
reminds students to include a dialogue tag when incorporating direct quotes. Which of
the following describes a dialogue tag? - Correct Answers -a phrase, like he said or she
said
Mrs. Carter wants to assess her first-grade class's ability to identify individual
phonemes. Which type of assessment would allow her to compare her students' skills to
the grade level expectations? - Correct Answers -criterion-referenced
How does oral language development affect reading comprehension? - Correct
Answers -Reading comprehension is enhanced by promoting oral language.
Which of the following would most likely enhance the delivery of an oral presentation? -
Correct Answers -Vary the rate of speaking, the pitch of your voice, the tone/quality of
your voice, and the volume of your voice.
Which of the following is an example of personification? - Correct Answers -The tree
scratched at my window every time the wind blew.
A first-grade teacher reads a Dr. Seuss book aloud and asks students to show a thumb
up when they hear words that sound the same at the end. This activity best reinforces
which of the following? - Correct Answers -phonological awareness
A teacher is creating a reading fluency handout for parents so that parents can support
the students' reading development at home. Which of the following suggestions would
be the most valuable to include in the handout? - Correct Answers -Have your child
read aloud the same book multiple times while listening to them.
An elementary teacher should teach students to determine the functions and purposes
of media. These include which of the following? - Correct Answers -education,
information, and persuasion
Which of the following will best support early elementary students in the prewriting stage
of the writing process? - Correct Answers -allowing students to use verbal
communication to plan their writing by talking through their ideas
Differentiation is important for children during alphabetic instruction. Which of the
following is a way that formal assessment could support differentiation? - Correct
Answers -determine a need for intervention
determine student strengths
