STR EXAM TEACHERS OF TOMORROW EXAM WITH
90 QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
01. According to findings in the Report of the National Literacy Panel on
Language-Minority Children and Youth which of the following curricular
adjustments would most effectively support the literacy development of English
learners with respect to text comprehension? - ANSWER-integrating
comprehensive oral language instruction with literacy instruction
02. Which of the following actions by elementary school teachers in the early
grades would best demonstrate understanding that decoding and encoding are
reciprocal skills that develop synchronously during the early stages of reading
development? - ANSWER-creating regular opportunities for students to apply new
syllable patterns in their daily writings that have been explicitly taught during
phonics instruction.
03. A teacher would like to help students identify their literacy skills and strengths
as part of an assets-based approach to literacy instruction. Which of the following
teacher actions is consistent with this type of approach? - ANSWER-Providing
students with explicit feedback about what they already know and are able to do
well and helping them use this information to establish realistic yet challenging
learning goals.
04. A school district in Texas has adopted the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
(MTSS) model of instruction in their K-3 literacy program which includes a core
reading program (Tier 1) supplemental instruction (Tier 2) and intensive
instruction (Tier 3) Instructional grouping in Tier 2 is restricted to five or fewer
students. This limitation enhances the effectiveness of literacy instruction for the
students primarily by: - ANSWER-Providing students with increased opportunities
to practice developing skills with teacher feedback.
,05. A second-grade student has been identified with dysgraphia but does not have
difficulty with decoding or encoding. Which of the following approaches to
instruction would be most effective in promoting the student's development with
respect to the identified area of need? - ANSWER-Providing the student with
explicit instruction in letter formation and frequent, short, guided-practice sessions
to build the student's handwriting fluency and automaticity in letter memory and
formation.
06. In which line in the table below is the underlined portion of the example word
accurately matched to the phonics term that is used to describe that phonics
element?
Line Phonics Term Example word
1 blend they
2 digraph factor
3 diphthong power
4 trigraph scrap - ANSWER-Line 3
07. Use the information below to answer the two questions that follow. Students in
a third-grade class have been studying ways in which Earth's surface is always
changing. As the culminating project students choose a topic that they would like
to learn more about (e.g. volcanic eruptions earthquakes landslides floods) and
establish a research group focused on that topic. The students in each group
generate questions to focus their research read a variety of texts to gather
information related to their questions and engage in focused discussions of the
texts based on their questions. The teacher's role is to support the groups by
helping them gather a range of print and digital informational texts related to their
chosen topic modeling norms for equitable discussions and monitoring each
group's task progress to ensure group members stay focused.
, In which of the following ways can the teacher best foster the students -
ANSWER-by providing students' with a rubric with which they can self-evaluate
their text analysis
08. Several research groups include students with a diverse range of reading skills.
The teacher wants to differentiate instruction for students in a way that will also
strengthen their capacity for reading more complex text. Which of the following
approaches best aligns with research-based best practices to accomplish this
purpose? - ANSWER-providing a set of texts representing a range of text-
complexity levels and interactive formats, and allowing student to work
collaboratively to read the texts.
09. A kindergarten teacher regularly has students write and draw in their journals
in response to an open-ended prompt. During these writing sessions the teacher
circulates among students asks them to read aloud what they have written and
documents their performance with anecdotal notes in a teacher record.
This type of informal assessment strategy would be most appropriate to use for
which of the following instructional purposes? - ANSWER-observing individual
student's development in various dimensions of literacy over time.
10. Which of the following writing samples provides evidence that the student is
beginning to develop understanding of the alphabetic principle?
KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
ABCDEF
"Those are letters"
90 QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
01. According to findings in the Report of the National Literacy Panel on
Language-Minority Children and Youth which of the following curricular
adjustments would most effectively support the literacy development of English
learners with respect to text comprehension? - ANSWER-integrating
comprehensive oral language instruction with literacy instruction
02. Which of the following actions by elementary school teachers in the early
grades would best demonstrate understanding that decoding and encoding are
reciprocal skills that develop synchronously during the early stages of reading
development? - ANSWER-creating regular opportunities for students to apply new
syllable patterns in their daily writings that have been explicitly taught during
phonics instruction.
03. A teacher would like to help students identify their literacy skills and strengths
as part of an assets-based approach to literacy instruction. Which of the following
teacher actions is consistent with this type of approach? - ANSWER-Providing
students with explicit feedback about what they already know and are able to do
well and helping them use this information to establish realistic yet challenging
learning goals.
04. A school district in Texas has adopted the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
(MTSS) model of instruction in their K-3 literacy program which includes a core
reading program (Tier 1) supplemental instruction (Tier 2) and intensive
instruction (Tier 3) Instructional grouping in Tier 2 is restricted to five or fewer
students. This limitation enhances the effectiveness of literacy instruction for the
students primarily by: - ANSWER-Providing students with increased opportunities
to practice developing skills with teacher feedback.
,05. A second-grade student has been identified with dysgraphia but does not have
difficulty with decoding or encoding. Which of the following approaches to
instruction would be most effective in promoting the student's development with
respect to the identified area of need? - ANSWER-Providing the student with
explicit instruction in letter formation and frequent, short, guided-practice sessions
to build the student's handwriting fluency and automaticity in letter memory and
formation.
06. In which line in the table below is the underlined portion of the example word
accurately matched to the phonics term that is used to describe that phonics
element?
Line Phonics Term Example word
1 blend they
2 digraph factor
3 diphthong power
4 trigraph scrap - ANSWER-Line 3
07. Use the information below to answer the two questions that follow. Students in
a third-grade class have been studying ways in which Earth's surface is always
changing. As the culminating project students choose a topic that they would like
to learn more about (e.g. volcanic eruptions earthquakes landslides floods) and
establish a research group focused on that topic. The students in each group
generate questions to focus their research read a variety of texts to gather
information related to their questions and engage in focused discussions of the
texts based on their questions. The teacher's role is to support the groups by
helping them gather a range of print and digital informational texts related to their
chosen topic modeling norms for equitable discussions and monitoring each
group's task progress to ensure group members stay focused.
, In which of the following ways can the teacher best foster the students -
ANSWER-by providing students' with a rubric with which they can self-evaluate
their text analysis
08. Several research groups include students with a diverse range of reading skills.
The teacher wants to differentiate instruction for students in a way that will also
strengthen their capacity for reading more complex text. Which of the following
approaches best aligns with research-based best practices to accomplish this
purpose? - ANSWER-providing a set of texts representing a range of text-
complexity levels and interactive formats, and allowing student to work
collaboratively to read the texts.
09. A kindergarten teacher regularly has students write and draw in their journals
in response to an open-ended prompt. During these writing sessions the teacher
circulates among students asks them to read aloud what they have written and
documents their performance with anecdotal notes in a teacher record.
This type of informal assessment strategy would be most appropriate to use for
which of the following instructional purposes? - ANSWER-observing individual
student's development in various dimensions of literacy over time.
10. Which of the following writing samples provides evidence that the student is
beginning to develop understanding of the alphabetic principle?
KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
ABCDEF
"Those are letters"
