Which of the following activities is the best way for elementary students to learn the tech-
niques of pragmatic language usage? - ANSWER Role-playing a range of sample conversa-
tions
Which of the following is the most appropriate way for a teacher to help students develop
oral language skills? - ANSWER Providing opportunities for interactions between peers
A student whose oral reading is labored and choppy struggles to comprehend grade-level
texts independently. To improve the student's reading comprehension, the teacher should
provide additional instruction primarily focused on? - ANSWER Sight-word automaticity
and fluency
While reading aloud from a nonfiction text, a teacher pauses and says, "I'm not familiar with
the word 'phenomenon'. I'm not sure what it means, so I'm going to look for some clues in
the surrounding sentences to help me figure it out." Which of the following vocabulary-de-
velopment strategies is the teacher modeling? - ANSWER Contextual analysis
Which two of the following statements best reflect the relationship between oral-language
development and reading comprehension? - ANSWER -Having multiple, varied opportu-
nities to interact with oral language will positively affect reading comprehension.
-Weakness in phonological awareness is generally a predictor of future weakness in reading
comprehension
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot decode new
words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students would most benefit from
further instruction in which of the following literacy skills? - ANSWER Blending phonemes
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, Which of the following teacher actions best supports the development of students' reading
vocabulary? - ANSWER Providing students with opportunities to read independently
A prekindergarten teacher creates a set of letter and number cards for students to sort.
Which of the following visual supports would best enhance students' ability to distinguish
letter cards from number cards? - ANSWER Making the number symbols a different color
than the letter symbols
Which of the following statements about vocabulary instruction is most closely aligned with
research-based best practice? - ANSWER Students should be exposed to carefully se-
lected words used to in multiple contexts
Which of the following phonemic-awareness skills will most students master first? - AN-
SWER Recognizing that the word "man" sounds like "can" and "ran"
While reading a text with a class, the teacher stops frequently to ask the students questions,
identify the main ideas, and clarify important details. Which of the following goals is the
teacher most likely trying to achieve? - ANSWER Monitoring students' comprehension of
the text
Which of the following strategies best provides scaffolding to students who are struggling
with phonemic awareness skills? - ANSWER Providing targeted phonemic instruction for
small groups of students
While reading realistic fiction, a teacher helps students make text-to-self connections to the
protagonist and antagonist. Which of the following best represents the targeted literary fea-
ture? - ANSWER Characterization elements
Ms. Ruiz incorporates a weekly guest reader program in her first-grade classroom by inviting
school leaders, community members, and parents to read a story to the class. Following the
story, the guest reader and Ms. Ruiz lead a discussion about the story and have students
draw a picture and write about the story. Which of the following is the primary goal of the
activity? - ANSWER Collaborating with others to improve students' comprehension skills
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niques of pragmatic language usage? - ANSWER Role-playing a range of sample conversa-
tions
Which of the following is the most appropriate way for a teacher to help students develop
oral language skills? - ANSWER Providing opportunities for interactions between peers
A student whose oral reading is labored and choppy struggles to comprehend grade-level
texts independently. To improve the student's reading comprehension, the teacher should
provide additional instruction primarily focused on? - ANSWER Sight-word automaticity
and fluency
While reading aloud from a nonfiction text, a teacher pauses and says, "I'm not familiar with
the word 'phenomenon'. I'm not sure what it means, so I'm going to look for some clues in
the surrounding sentences to help me figure it out." Which of the following vocabulary-de-
velopment strategies is the teacher modeling? - ANSWER Contextual analysis
Which two of the following statements best reflect the relationship between oral-language
development and reading comprehension? - ANSWER -Having multiple, varied opportu-
nities to interact with oral language will positively affect reading comprehension.
-Weakness in phonological awareness is generally a predictor of future weakness in reading
comprehension
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot decode new
words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students would most benefit from
further instruction in which of the following literacy skills? - ANSWER Blending phonemes
1
, Which of the following teacher actions best supports the development of students' reading
vocabulary? - ANSWER Providing students with opportunities to read independently
A prekindergarten teacher creates a set of letter and number cards for students to sort.
Which of the following visual supports would best enhance students' ability to distinguish
letter cards from number cards? - ANSWER Making the number symbols a different color
than the letter symbols
Which of the following statements about vocabulary instruction is most closely aligned with
research-based best practice? - ANSWER Students should be exposed to carefully se-
lected words used to in multiple contexts
Which of the following phonemic-awareness skills will most students master first? - AN-
SWER Recognizing that the word "man" sounds like "can" and "ran"
While reading a text with a class, the teacher stops frequently to ask the students questions,
identify the main ideas, and clarify important details. Which of the following goals is the
teacher most likely trying to achieve? - ANSWER Monitoring students' comprehension of
the text
Which of the following strategies best provides scaffolding to students who are struggling
with phonemic awareness skills? - ANSWER Providing targeted phonemic instruction for
small groups of students
While reading realistic fiction, a teacher helps students make text-to-self connections to the
protagonist and antagonist. Which of the following best represents the targeted literary fea-
ture? - ANSWER Characterization elements
Ms. Ruiz incorporates a weekly guest reader program in her first-grade classroom by inviting
school leaders, community members, and parents to read a story to the class. Following the
story, the guest reader and Ms. Ruiz lead a discussion about the story and have students
draw a picture and write about the story. Which of the following is the primary goal of the
activity? - ANSWER Collaborating with others to improve students' comprehension skills
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