ELAR Portion: Content Exam/Practice Test Questions and
Answers 2023 with complete solution
Which of the following examples will influence the development of oral language
skills?
Students choose a favorite book and retell the story to a small group or in front of the
class.
Which of the following examples would NOT represent a speech delay?
A student that does not like to speak in front of the class.
Which of the following describe the relationship between oral language and
literacy development?
Oral language is a foundation for literacy development. Oral language provides
development of vocabulary and learning the structure of language which provides a
foundation for children when learning to read.
Which instructional strategy would help students connect written and oral
language?
During a shared reading, a teacher points to each word as it is read.
A teacher would like to help her students improve their listening skills. Which of
the following activities would NOT help achieve that objective?
Having students memorize a selection from an audio clip.
Which component of language involves the smallest unit of sound?
Phoneme
Which of the following statements explains the difference between phonological
awareness and phonemic awareness?
Phonemic awareness is the knowledge that phonemes form sounds that forms words
and that phonemic awareness is just one aspect of phonological awareness.
Phonological awareness is the foundation for learning to read.
Which of the following activities would help improve phonological awareness?
Helping students segment a word, for example breaking the word cat by sound into c-a-
t.
A kindergarten student is having difficulty with identifying rhyming words. Which
activity would help improve this skill?
Having the student create a rhyming book.
Fluency is the ability to read text accurately and quickly. Which statement
correctly identifies how poor fluency skills affect comprehension?
Readers who are weak in fluency read slowly, word by word, focusing on decoding
words instead of understanding the meaning of what they read.
The alphabetic principle states.
The ideas that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
English Learners (EL's) have greater success when their first language (L1) is
proficient. However, when an EL student comes from a country where the
language is not alphabetic they have greater difficulty with phonological
awareness in English. Which of the following languages is not an alphabetic
language?
Chinese
, Which of the following is NOT an instructional strategy to promote the alphabetic
principle?
Clapping out the syllables in words.
A Kindergarten teacher is teaching a lesson on story elements, which of the
following activities would be most appropriate to teach these skills?
Have students participate in a lesson that focuses on the ingredients in a story. After
explaining the recipe for a story, use a big book, and point out the ingredients of the
story as it is read.
A fifth grade ELAR teacher is teaching a lesson on the theme of a story. Which of
following choices would be the best way to explain theme?
In the book The Mighty Miss Malone, the theme is that Deza experiences many trials
and troubles she must overcome with her family during The Depression. The theme is
the universal idea or message in the book.
Which of the following statements describes a student that is in the Transitional
Stage of literacy?
Reading for meaning.
A teacher asks students to identify the following genre:
• Characters have special powers.
• Animals act like people (Anamorphs).
• Place is another world, universe, or imaginary.
• Use magic or other ideas to achieve extreme impossibilities.
Fantasy Fiction
Which two statements describe how a student responding to literature help them
develop literacy skills?
I Reading response encourage readers to actively create their own meaning from
texts and express their individual responses.
II Responding to texts help to increase fluency in reading.
III Reader responses help students to develop phonological awareness.
IV Readers response encourages students to analyze and connect with what they
are reading.
I & IV
Which of the following examples would be most effective in teaching author's
purpose?
Students will classify texts according to author's purpose and justify their responses
during a class discussion at the end of the lesson.
Balanced literacy included explicit instruction of reading and language skills, as
well as allowing for students to explore reading and writing independently. Which
best describes a balanced literacy program?
Mr. Ruiz includes small group reading instruction, Reading Workshop, Writer's
Workshop, and Word Study as components of his instruction.
Ian, a fourth grader, reads at 90 words per minute. Most 4th graders read at 118
words per minute. He also has difficulty recalling what he has read. He is having
difficulty with which of the following skills?
Fluency
Answers 2023 with complete solution
Which of the following examples will influence the development of oral language
skills?
Students choose a favorite book and retell the story to a small group or in front of the
class.
Which of the following examples would NOT represent a speech delay?
A student that does not like to speak in front of the class.
Which of the following describe the relationship between oral language and
literacy development?
Oral language is a foundation for literacy development. Oral language provides
development of vocabulary and learning the structure of language which provides a
foundation for children when learning to read.
Which instructional strategy would help students connect written and oral
language?
During a shared reading, a teacher points to each word as it is read.
A teacher would like to help her students improve their listening skills. Which of
the following activities would NOT help achieve that objective?
Having students memorize a selection from an audio clip.
Which component of language involves the smallest unit of sound?
Phoneme
Which of the following statements explains the difference between phonological
awareness and phonemic awareness?
Phonemic awareness is the knowledge that phonemes form sounds that forms words
and that phonemic awareness is just one aspect of phonological awareness.
Phonological awareness is the foundation for learning to read.
Which of the following activities would help improve phonological awareness?
Helping students segment a word, for example breaking the word cat by sound into c-a-
t.
A kindergarten student is having difficulty with identifying rhyming words. Which
activity would help improve this skill?
Having the student create a rhyming book.
Fluency is the ability to read text accurately and quickly. Which statement
correctly identifies how poor fluency skills affect comprehension?
Readers who are weak in fluency read slowly, word by word, focusing on decoding
words instead of understanding the meaning of what they read.
The alphabetic principle states.
The ideas that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
English Learners (EL's) have greater success when their first language (L1) is
proficient. However, when an EL student comes from a country where the
language is not alphabetic they have greater difficulty with phonological
awareness in English. Which of the following languages is not an alphabetic
language?
Chinese
, Which of the following is NOT an instructional strategy to promote the alphabetic
principle?
Clapping out the syllables in words.
A Kindergarten teacher is teaching a lesson on story elements, which of the
following activities would be most appropriate to teach these skills?
Have students participate in a lesson that focuses on the ingredients in a story. After
explaining the recipe for a story, use a big book, and point out the ingredients of the
story as it is read.
A fifth grade ELAR teacher is teaching a lesson on the theme of a story. Which of
following choices would be the best way to explain theme?
In the book The Mighty Miss Malone, the theme is that Deza experiences many trials
and troubles she must overcome with her family during The Depression. The theme is
the universal idea or message in the book.
Which of the following statements describes a student that is in the Transitional
Stage of literacy?
Reading for meaning.
A teacher asks students to identify the following genre:
• Characters have special powers.
• Animals act like people (Anamorphs).
• Place is another world, universe, or imaginary.
• Use magic or other ideas to achieve extreme impossibilities.
Fantasy Fiction
Which two statements describe how a student responding to literature help them
develop literacy skills?
I Reading response encourage readers to actively create their own meaning from
texts and express their individual responses.
II Responding to texts help to increase fluency in reading.
III Reader responses help students to develop phonological awareness.
IV Readers response encourages students to analyze and connect with what they
are reading.
I & IV
Which of the following examples would be most effective in teaching author's
purpose?
Students will classify texts according to author's purpose and justify their responses
during a class discussion at the end of the lesson.
Balanced literacy included explicit instruction of reading and language skills, as
well as allowing for students to explore reading and writing independently. Which
best describes a balanced literacy program?
Mr. Ruiz includes small group reading instruction, Reading Workshop, Writer's
Workshop, and Word Study as components of his instruction.
Ian, a fourth grader, reads at 90 words per minute. Most 4th graders read at 118
words per minute. He also has difficulty recalling what he has read. He is having
difficulty with which of the following skills?
Fluency
