ILTS 305 (ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1-6) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST | GRADED

ILTS 305 (ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1-6) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST | GRADED. What is the Suzuki method? - ANSWER- The Suzuki method empathizes memorization and repeatedly playing the same music. It is based in the theory that kids learn to speak before they can read. What tool is most appropriate for a 4th grade music teacher to assess students playing ability? - ANSWER- Providing students with self assessment scoring rubric. What factors should a 4th grade teacher take into account when qualitatively measuring a text's complexity? - ANSWER- The literal and inferential levels of meaning of the text. In a phonemic awareness lesson, what question would help students practice segmenting phonemes? - ANSWER- How many sounds do you hear in the word crush? A blend (e.g., fr) counts as how many sounds? - ANSWER- Two A digraph (sh) counts as how many sounds? - ANSWER- One What is a VCV word? - ANSWER- The first syllable ends with a vowel. Se-cond, le-mon, de-mon. What is a CVC word? - ANSWER- Closes with consanant. Cat, gel, rim, hop, bud. What is a diphthong? - ANSWER- A diphthong is one vowel sound formed by the combination of two vowel sounds. example: oil, boy, out. Which exercise is best for teaching students automaticity when reading high frequency regular and irregular words? - ANSWER- Having students engage in repeated oral reading aloud with a recorded version of a text that includes targeted words. What are regular words? - ANSWER- Words in which the letters made their most common sound, such as kin. What are irregular words? - ANSWER- Words in which the letters make their least common sound, like in the word kind. What is word consciousness? - ANSWER- An awareness of and an interest in words, their meanings and their power; helps students develop vocabulary. How can a teacher encourage word consciousness? - ANSWER- Encourage students to discuss well-chosen language they notice in literature. ILTS 305 (ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1-6) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST | GRADED What is close reading? - ANSWER- Close reading means reading to uncover layers of meaning that lead to deep comprehension. If a 3rd grader is able to read accurately but cannot answer text-specific questions, what might be causing the problem? - ANSWER- The students lacks the necessary vocabulary and academic language. What is the method of counting on? - ANSWER- When a person begins at the value of one number and counts up the number of units until they get to the second number. How should you set up a problem where you are changing units? - ANSWER- 94 inches 1 foot 1 mile ---------- x ---------- x ----------- 1 revolution 12 inches 5,280 feet How do you read a box plot? - ANSWER- A box plot shows a 5 number summary in a data set. The line of a box plot begins at the minimum value and ends at the maximum value. The beginning of the box is the 1st quartile and the end of the box is the 3rd quartile. The line inside the box is the median. The stars on the outside of the graph are outliers. How do you find the missing value in a congruent triangle? - ANSWER- Set up an equivalent proportion to find the missing value. A square can also be classified as a... - ANSWER- Rectangle or rhombus. What part of a triangle changes if you move the third vertex? - ANSWER- The perimeter. When balancing, why does it help to bend the knees? - ANSWER- It lowers the center of gravity. What type of movement helps kids practice dressing, putting on shoes, reading and writing? - ANSWER- Crossing the body's midline (passing a ball, making a figure-8 shape with streamers). What strategy would be most helpful for teaching 1st graders catching and throwing a ball? - ANSWER- Offering a variety of balls for students to choose from, including textured or soft, or slightly deflated balls of different weights and sizes. Activities in weight-bearing such as jumping, skipping or climbing playground equipment benefits students' growth in what areas? - ANSWER- By stimulating calcium uptake and new bone cell information. What body system is most effected by vaping? - ANSWER- The circulatory system, plaque forms on artery walls and clotting tendency increases, as does the risk of harmful blood clots. What activity would best promote core strength in 1st and 2nd graders? - ANSWERPlayground activities, such as sliding down slides, balancing on wobble boards and crossing monkey bars. What strategy is most appropriate for elementary students to use to prepare the body for moderate to vigorous physical activity and minimize the risk of injury? - ANSWEREngaging in low intensity, large muscle warm up for about 5 minutes just before the activity. What scientific tool would be best used in a 6th grade experiment measuring density? - ANSWER- Meter stick How could a teacher enhance a science experiment (using the scientific method) where students measure the weight of a block using a lever? - ANSWER- Ask students to modify their levers to make lifting the original weight of the block easier. How do you correctly read the volume of a graduated cylinder? - ANSWER- The marked increment associated with the lowest point of the curved liquid must be used. This is known as the bottom of the meniscus. What is mechanical energy? - ANSWER- The total energy of motion and position of an object. What instrument is used to measure mechanical energy? - ANSWER- A spring scale, which can be used to measure the force (in newtons) of various objects. How many variables should students change at a time when modifying their science experiments? - ANSWER- One. What is aerobic respiration? - ANSWER- Occurs in the presence of oxygen so that glucose is broken down completely to produce energy that is stored in the form of ATP. What is a primary consumer? - ANSWER- The primary consumer eats the producer. For example, a mouse (primary consumer) eats wheat (producer). What is incomplete dominance? - ANSWER- When one allele is not completely dominant over the other. A bleeding of traits. Red + White = Pink What astronomical unit includes the Milky Way, Earth and Solar System? - ANSWER- A galactic cluster. What excerpt from The U.S Constitution could a teacher best use to explain the small number of amendments added to the constitution since 1787? - ANSWER- Article I, Section 8, clause 18, also known as the "elastic clause," grants congress broad and flexible power to enact laws that are deemed "necessary and proper." What is one of the major constitutional powers of the presidency in the U.S? - ANSWER- Negotiating treaties. What factor best explains the rising population and importance of New Orleans during the 1800s? - ANSWER- An oceanside location near the mouth of a large river system. What was the Green Revolution? - ANSWER- An attempt in the 1960s and 1970s to increase food resources worldwide, involving the use of fertilizers and pesticides and the development of disease-resistant crops. This made undernourishment around the world drop to new lows. What is acid rain? - ANSWER- Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes. Where is acid rain most likely to occur? - ANSWER- Downwind of areas with high concentrations of power plants and factories. From 1865 to 1924, the influx of new immigrants from diverse nations contributed most to the economic growth of which part of the United States? - ANSWER- Industrial cities near the Great Lakes. What is a phoneme? - ANSWER- A unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another in a particular language. For example, S in Sat, CH in CHin, and IGH in lIGHt. What are the steps of the scientific method? - ANSWER- Observation, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, scientific theory. What are the 3 components of MLA format? - ANSWER- 1. Works Cited 2. Parenthetical Citations 3. Explanatory Notes (end notes or footnotes at bottom of page) According to MLA guidelines, what is true about Web sources? - ANSWER- The author's name is listed on the site, just not easy to find at first. What is phonology? - ANSWER- Involves production of speech and phonemes, including segmentation and blending. What is syntax? - ANSWER- The arrangement of words and phrases to create wellformed sentences in a language. What is semantics? - ANSWER- Involves the meaning of words. What is pragmatics? - ANSWER- Social use of language A student says, "We learned that knowledge and understanding of language is important." What type of error is this? - ANSWER- Syntax What is the purpose of corrective feedback in reading? - ANSWER- To EXPLAIN an error a student has made in reading, specifically clarifying where and how the error was made so the student can avoid this type of mistake in the future. What is a consonant digraph? - ANSWER- A group of consonants in which all letters represent a single sound. Church, school, phone, shoe. What is a consonant blend? - ANSWER- When two or more consonants are blended together, but each sound may be heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends include: block, break, clamp, crust, drop, frisk, train, flax, glitter, grow, play, price, slice, smart, spunk and stab When teaching students relationships between sounds and letters, and between letters and words, what practices should teachers best follow? - ANSWER- Incorporate multisensory modalities with a variety of instructional strategies and materials to help students with different strengths, needs and learning styles. What is NOT a common academic standard for kindergarten students in decoding and identifying words? - ANSWER- Decoding monosyllabic words by referring to the initial and final consonant, short vowel and long vowel sounds. This is a standard for 1st grade. What are common academic standards for kindergarten students in decoding and identifying words? - ANSWER- -Showing knowledge that letter sequences correspond to phoneme sequences. -Understanding that word sounds and meaning change along with word letters. -Matching letters to consonant sounds; reading simple, monosyllabic site words. What strategies are helpful in building word identification skills of emergent readers? - ANSWER- -Reinforcing phonemic awareness when reading aloud. -Using dictionaries to look up unfamiliar words. -Studying and reviewing commonly used sight words at the students' ability level. What strategy is NOT helpful in teaching emergent reading word identification skills? - ANSWER- Allowing for invented spelling in written asssignments or in-class work. According to English Language Arts and Reading, what are students in 1-3 grades expected to do? - ANSWER- Select texts independently using author knowledge, difficulty estimation and personal interest. A student is able to apply strategies to comprehend the meaning of unfamiliar words; can supply definitions for several meanings; and is able to reflect on her background knowledge in order to decipher a word's meaning. These features of effective reading belong to which category? - ANSWER- Vocabulary Who wrote Pilgrim's Progress? - ANSWER- John Bunyan What is a fallacy? - ANSWER- An error in reasoning. What is a fallacy of inconsistency? - ANSWER- A statement that contradicts itself, "There are exceptions to all general statements." A student encounters a multisyllabic word. What should she do first? What should she do next? - ANSWER- Locate the vowels, then locate familiar word parts. What is the Three Cueing Systems model? - ANSWER- 1. Gather meaning drawn from context or pictures 2.Syntax (arrangement of words) 3. Visual information, meaning letters or parts of word. In the Three Cueing Systems, what relates most to how sounds are used to communicate meaning? - ANSWER- Phonological awareness. How do you achieve a balanced language program? - ANSWER- Spend time on many different skills, such as listening, speaking, writing, viewing, responding, synthesizing information and reading for a variety of purposes. Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a teaching technique that depends on... - ANSWER- Cooperative Leaning and Reading Comprehension. Dialects are often characterized as... - ANSWER- Less socially acceptable. How should a reading specialist help a teacher who feels his strategies aren't effective? - ANSWER- Meet to discuss areas the teacher is most concerned about and decide on the teacher's goals. What is round-robin reading? - ANSWER- The practice of allowing children to take turns reading portions of a text aloud to the rest of the group during class. What are the critiques of round-robin reading? - ANSWER- Creates a boring atmosphere, since only one student is actively engaged at a time. The words chow, whoosh and stalk all contain... - ANSWER- Digraphs (letter combinations where a completely new sound is formed). How many diagonals are in a dodecagon? - ANSWER- 54 What is a learning goal that is most appropriate for 4th graders learning geometry and measurement? - ANSWER- The student will be able to use a protractor to determine the approximate measures of angles in degrees to the nearest whole number. What is the associative property of multiplication? - ANSWER- When threeor more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the way in which the numbers are grouped. (2x3)x4=2x(3x4) What is an isosceles triangle? - ANSWER- Two sides are equal in length Two angles are equal What is a scalene triangle? - ANSWER- No equal side measurement, no equal angles. What is an equilateral triangle? - ANSWER- All three sides are equal in length Each angle is 60° What is a histogram? - ANSWER- A diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval. What are compatible numbers? - ANSWER- Pairs of numbers that are easy to add, subtract, multiply, or divide mentally. When using estimation to approximate a calculation, replace actual numbers with compatible numbers. How do you find the volume of a cylinder? - ANSWER- pi(radius)^squared x height How do you find the volume of a rectangle? - ANSWER- length x width x height How do you find the volume of a sphere? - ANSWER- 4/3(pi)radius^3 How do you find the volume of a pyramid? - ANSWER- 1/3 x area of base x height How do you find the area of a circle? - ANSWER- Area = πr2 How do you find the area of a triangle? - ANSWER- A = ½ bh How do you find the area of a rectangle? - ANSWER- Length x Width What is true about English expansionism in the 16th century? - ANSWER- -King Henry's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon strengthened English expansionism. -Queen Elizabeth's support for the Protestant Reformation strengthened English expansionism. -Sir Francis Drake and other sea captains plundered the Spaniard's plunders of Indians What was the Gilded Age? - ANSWER- The Gilded Age (c.) was a period of intense economic development and wealth transfer in the United States. Following the generation of the American Civil War and Reconstruction of the South, this period corresponded with the Second Industrial Revolution and the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion in American history. What is the multiplier effect? - ANSWER- Driven primarily by market forces. An increase (or decrease) of one type of economic activity in a given city or region prompts an increase (or decrease) in demand for goods and services, which then triggers the development of other types of economic activity in the same region or city. What is an example of the multiplier effect of large cities? - ANSWER- The presence of specialized industry attracts even more business. Criminal cases are tried under... - ANSWER- Both state and federal law. How must inferior courts interpret the law? - ANSWER- According to the Supreme Court's interpretation Federalism - ANSWER- Power divided between local and central branches of government. Where can a filibuster occur? - ANSWER- only the senate Who is most likely to benefit from inflation? - ANSWER- A person who has taken out a fixed-loan rate. What is mercantilism? - ANSWER- belief in the benefits of profitable trading Which scientist first proposed the heliocentric universe instead of a geocentric one? - ANSWER- Copernicus House representative elections occur every... - ANSWER- 2 years Which Italian Renaissance figure was best known as a political philosopher? - ANSWER- Niccolò Machiavelli What will happen to light waves as they hit a convex lens? - ANSWER- They will be refracted and converge. How are elements arranged on the periodic table? - ANSWER- -Atomic number -reactivity -number of protons Laccolith - ANSWER- form when magma is intruded between sedimentary layers close to the surface Sill - ANSWER- a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock Dike - ANSWER- large bank of earth and stone that holds back water Caldera - ANSWER- The large hole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a volcano's magma chamber collapses. What is needed for an experiment to be considered successful? - ANSWER- Data that others can reproduce. Where are the most recently formed parts of earth's crust? - ANSWER- Mid-ocean ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise). Fission - ANSWER- A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy Ionization - ANSWER- the process of adding or removing electrons from an atom or molecule, which gives the atom or molecule a net charge How does adding a solute to a liquid solvent affect the vapor pressure of the liquid? - ANSWER- The vapor pressure decreases by an amount proportional to the amount of solute. What drives weather systems to move west to east in the mid-latitudes? - ANSWER- The prevailing westerlies. What is the definition of work (in science)? - ANSWER- The force used to move a mass over a distance. (e.g, moving a book from the floor to the top shelf, a book falls to the floor, pushing a box of books across the room). What would be examples of evolution? - ANSWER- -Fossils -DNA sequences -Anatomical structures Glass is a non-renewable resource. - ANSWER- True solar wind - ANSWER- A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona. Ohm's Law - ANSWER- voltage and current in an electrical ciruit are directly proportional to one another (V=Current x Resistance). What are the reproductive organs of a plant? - ANSWER- flowers Organelle - ANSWER- A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell Golgi Bodies - ANSWER- organelles that package cellular materials and transport them within the cell or out of the cell Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum - ANSWER- transport and storage Secretory Vesicles - ANSWER- "Cargo Trucks" of the cell. Small membrane-bound structures that function to move molecules from place to place in cell.