PECT PREK-4 MODULE 2EXAM
1. A student is able to read quickly and above grade level. However, they make
careless mistakes such as saying "car" for "care" or replacing "me" with "my."
What reading strategy does this child need help with?
A. Phonics and word attack stills
B. Sight words
C. Fluency
D. Checking for understanding - ANSWERS-D
2. A student can spell vocabulary words, understand their usage, and put the
words into his or her own story, but when given a quiz, they cannot match the
words to the correct definition. Why?
A. They understand the denotative, but not connotative meaning.
B. They can use the words contextually, but do not understand the exact wording
of definitions.
C. They have receptive language skills, but not expressive. - ANSWERS-B
3. How does recognizing words with the same ending sounds help a child?
A. Helps gain concept of print
B. Strengthens vocabulary
C. Builds automaticity and fluency
,D. Helps comprehension - ANSWERS-C
4. A teacher gives her students cards with modes of transportation on them. She
wants the students to categorize them. What should she do first?
A. Give a worksheet to explain transportation
B. Use dictionaries to look up transportation words
C. Go over the criteria for sorting - ANSWERS-C
5. When is it appropriate to use decodable books with students?
A. When the students are fluent readers
B. When the students are good at phonics and sight words, but still working on
automaticity and decoding words
C. When the students are learning about story elements - ANSWERS-B
6. Which word has a consonant blend?
A. frog
B. can
C. boil
D. the - ANSWERS-A
7. A student is having trouble reading words that contain silent consonants
combinations, what would be a good approach to help the student?
, a. Provide students with graded wordlist that contains silent consonant
combinations words.
b. Compare and contrast between words that do and do not have silent
consonant combinations, like no and know.
c. Take out the silent consonant combination in the word and let the student read
it.
d. Read silent consonant combination letter in chunks. - ANSWERS-B
8. How do you teach 2nd graders to positively perceive and reflect on their
environment?
a. Proving ink activity.
b. Use imaginary image
c. Walk around the school and draw a favorite thing they see.
d. Draw the format of their classroom. - ANSWERS-C
9. Which is an example of active listening?
a. "You should have told me that a long time ago!"
b. "What happened to you also happened to me, only worse."
c. "Sorry, can you please repeat that?"
d. "So what I hear you say, is that you are upset about ...." - ANSWERS-D
10. How to help first graders learn about community?
1. A student is able to read quickly and above grade level. However, they make
careless mistakes such as saying "car" for "care" or replacing "me" with "my."
What reading strategy does this child need help with?
A. Phonics and word attack stills
B. Sight words
C. Fluency
D. Checking for understanding - ANSWERS-D
2. A student can spell vocabulary words, understand their usage, and put the
words into his or her own story, but when given a quiz, they cannot match the
words to the correct definition. Why?
A. They understand the denotative, but not connotative meaning.
B. They can use the words contextually, but do not understand the exact wording
of definitions.
C. They have receptive language skills, but not expressive. - ANSWERS-B
3. How does recognizing words with the same ending sounds help a child?
A. Helps gain concept of print
B. Strengthens vocabulary
C. Builds automaticity and fluency
,D. Helps comprehension - ANSWERS-C
4. A teacher gives her students cards with modes of transportation on them. She
wants the students to categorize them. What should she do first?
A. Give a worksheet to explain transportation
B. Use dictionaries to look up transportation words
C. Go over the criteria for sorting - ANSWERS-C
5. When is it appropriate to use decodable books with students?
A. When the students are fluent readers
B. When the students are good at phonics and sight words, but still working on
automaticity and decoding words
C. When the students are learning about story elements - ANSWERS-B
6. Which word has a consonant blend?
A. frog
B. can
C. boil
D. the - ANSWERS-A
7. A student is having trouble reading words that contain silent consonants
combinations, what would be a good approach to help the student?
, a. Provide students with graded wordlist that contains silent consonant
combinations words.
b. Compare and contrast between words that do and do not have silent
consonant combinations, like no and know.
c. Take out the silent consonant combination in the word and let the student read
it.
d. Read silent consonant combination letter in chunks. - ANSWERS-B
8. How do you teach 2nd graders to positively perceive and reflect on their
environment?
a. Proving ink activity.
b. Use imaginary image
c. Walk around the school and draw a favorite thing they see.
d. Draw the format of their classroom. - ANSWERS-C
9. Which is an example of active listening?
a. "You should have told me that a long time ago!"
b. "What happened to you also happened to me, only worse."
c. "Sorry, can you please repeat that?"
d. "So what I hear you say, is that you are upset about ...." - ANSWERS-D
10. How to help first graders learn about community?
