Certify Teacher ELAR UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mr. Batista's sixth grade class has been studying volcanoes. He designs the following activity
for the class, which includes a number of English learners.
The paragraph-building activity designed by Mr. Batista is likely to promote English learners'
reading development primarily by helping them -- - CORRECT ANSWER- B. transfer skills
from oral language to written language.
Mr. Batista's sixth grade class has been studying volcanoes. He designs the following activity
for the class, which includes a number of English learners.
Which of the following best describes one important way in which this activity is likely to
benefit English learners? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Discussing and writing about a content-
area topic supports English learners' reading of related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary,
language structures, and schemata.
syllables? - CORRECT ANSWER- individual- 5
crocodile- 3
disturbances- 4
correctness-3
phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- fox-4
plan-4
sight-3
shin-3
bent-4
phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- watch-3
play-3
, see-2
knight-3
Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing phonemes. She is
presenting them with various words and asking them to count the phonemes in them. Of the
following words, which one has four phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. little
Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing phonemes. She is
presenting them with various words and asking them to count the phonemes in them.
Which end-result will this activity most likely assist Mrs. Clarinton to measure for her
students? - CORRECT ANSWER- D. phonics skills
This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's ability to perform which of
the following phonemic awareness tasks? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Recognizing how
many phonemes are contained in a word
A kindergarten teacher has several students who need to improve basic phonemic awareness
skills. The teacher conferences with parents on ways to help these students at home. Which
one of the following activities would the teacher mist likely recommend - CORRECT
ANSWER- B. play rhyming and sound games.
Phonemic awareness is a predictor for success in reading. Which of the following is NOT a
true statement about phonemic awareness skills? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Phonemic
awareness involves the relationship between phonemes and graphemes in words.
A first grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty applying the alphabetic
principle.
What further assessment would you suggest the teacher give to pinpoint the nature of the
students' difficulties? - CORRECT ANSWER- A. an informal assessment of the students'
phonemic awareness
A first grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty applying the alphabetic
principle.
Based on the scenario above in which of the following areas would the students most likely
benefit from explicit instruction? - CORRECT ANSWER- D. blending strategies
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mr. Batista's sixth grade class has been studying volcanoes. He designs the following activity
for the class, which includes a number of English learners.
The paragraph-building activity designed by Mr. Batista is likely to promote English learners'
reading development primarily by helping them -- - CORRECT ANSWER- B. transfer skills
from oral language to written language.
Mr. Batista's sixth grade class has been studying volcanoes. He designs the following activity
for the class, which includes a number of English learners.
Which of the following best describes one important way in which this activity is likely to
benefit English learners? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Discussing and writing about a content-
area topic supports English learners' reading of related texts by reinforcing key vocabulary,
language structures, and schemata.
syllables? - CORRECT ANSWER- individual- 5
crocodile- 3
disturbances- 4
correctness-3
phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- fox-4
plan-4
sight-3
shin-3
bent-4
phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- watch-3
play-3
, see-2
knight-3
Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing phonemes. She is
presenting them with various words and asking them to count the phonemes in them. Of the
following words, which one has four phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. little
Mrs. Clarinton is working with her first-grade students on recognizing phonemes. She is
presenting them with various words and asking them to count the phonemes in them.
Which end-result will this activity most likely assist Mrs. Clarinton to measure for her
students? - CORRECT ANSWER- D. phonics skills
This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's ability to perform which of
the following phonemic awareness tasks? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Recognizing how
many phonemes are contained in a word
A kindergarten teacher has several students who need to improve basic phonemic awareness
skills. The teacher conferences with parents on ways to help these students at home. Which
one of the following activities would the teacher mist likely recommend - CORRECT
ANSWER- B. play rhyming and sound games.
Phonemic awareness is a predictor for success in reading. Which of the following is NOT a
true statement about phonemic awareness skills? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Phonemic
awareness involves the relationship between phonemes and graphemes in words.
A first grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty applying the alphabetic
principle.
What further assessment would you suggest the teacher give to pinpoint the nature of the
students' difficulties? - CORRECT ANSWER- A. an informal assessment of the students'
phonemic awareness
A first grade teacher has several students who are having difficulty applying the alphabetic
principle.
Based on the scenario above in which of the following areas would the students most likely
benefit from explicit instruction? - CORRECT ANSWER- D. blending strategies
