QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) A GRADE
During a unit on the early United States government, students should explore the role of
the Articles of Confederation in which TWO historical developments?
-The establishment of the Plymouth colony
-The American Revolution
-Shays' Rebellion
-The Northwest Ordinance
-The French and Indian War
-Beacon's Rebellion - Answer ✔ Shays' Rebellion and the Northwest Ordinance
Which of the following social studies learning objectives is best supported by assigning
students to read secondary source documents?
-Exploring and comparing multiple points of view about a historical event
-Developing knowledge about a historical event before completing a critical thinking
activity
-Developing an understanding of how to read and interpret timelines
-Completing authentic learning experiences to exercise problem-solving skills - Answer
✔ Developing knowledge about a historical event before completing a critical thinking
activity
The ability to identify four distinct sounds in the word "clap" demonstrates competence
in which of the following phonemic awareness skills?
-phonemic identification
-phonemic categorization
-phonemic blending
-phonemic segmentation - Answer ✔ phonemic segmentation
The Articles of Confederation - Answer ✔ 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Shay's Rebellion - Answer ✔ A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers
attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes.
*Articles of Confederation were unable to finance a military force to address a violent
insurrection*
, Northwest Ordinance - Answer ✔ Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most
significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for
setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union
on an equal footing with the original 13 states
Which of the following words would a student working on short vowel sounds most likely
decode easily?
-Farm
-Was
-Pig
-The - Answer ✔ Pig
A teacher shows the word "chip" along with a picture of a potato chip. Teacher: if we
want to sound out the word "chip" we would say /k/ /h/ /i/ /p/. Student: No, that doesn't
sound right. Teacher: you are correct. Instead of saying the /k/ and /h/ sounds we say
the special sound /ch/ at the beginning of the word.
What skill is being introduced?
-Consonant diagraph
-Consonant blend
-Vowel diagraph
-Vowel diphtong - Answer ✔ Consonant diagraph
Which of the following words contains a vowel, consonant, e syllabication pattern?
-whale
-pumpkin
-title
-puzzle - Answer ✔ Whale
In the word "restructure" the word part "struct" is the:
-suffix
-prefix
-root
-rime - Answer ✔ Root
Which TWO of the following are functions of a suffix when it is added to a verb?
-To alter the tense of the verb
-To give the verb an opposite meaning
-To change the verb to a different part of speech
-To change the emphasis of the verb's pronunciation