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PEARSON Foundations of Reading 090 NC
and MTEL. Exam Questions And Answers
(Guaranteed A+)
C. Encourage students and parents to
read books together on a regular
basis, either silently or aloud, and
discuss their personal responses to
each chapter or key event. - Answer✔99. Which of the following strategies is likely
to be most effective in promoting reluctant
readers' interest in independent reading
outside of school?
A. scaffolds learning by providing a
high level of interactivity. - Answer✔100. Electronic reading books are advantageous
for beginning or struggling readers
primarily because this type of computer
software:
C. a student who, after hearing the
word hat, can orally identify that it
ends with the sound /t/ - Answer✔1. Which of the following students is
demonstrating the specific type of
phonological awareness known as
phonemic awareness?
B. say the word cat, then say the first
sound the child hears in the word. - Answer✔2. A kindergarten teacher could best
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determine if a child has begun to develop
phonemic awareness by asking the
child to:
B. use knowledge of letter-sound
correspondence to decode words. - Answer✔3. As students begin to read, the ability to
blend phonemes orally contributes to their
reading development primarily because it
helps students:
A. needs help developing phonemic
segmentation skills. - Answer✔4. A teacher holds up a series of familiar
objects, asking students to name each
object and isolate the final sound they
hear. This type of activity would be most
appropriate for a student who:
C. identify in spoken language separate
sounds that can be mapped to
letters. - Answer✔5. Phonemic awareness contributes most
to the development of phonics skills in
beginning readers by helping them:
A. a student who, after hearing the
word hot and the sound /ĭ/, can
substitute /ĭ/ for /ŏ/ to make the
word hit - Answer✔6. Which of the following first-grade
students has attained the highest level
of phonemic awareness?
C. have a relatively high level of
phonemic awareness. - Answer✔7. Asking students to listen to a word
(e.g., same) and then tell the teacher
all the sounds in the word is an exercise
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that would be most appropriate for
students who:
B. encouraging them to divide words
into onsets and rimes. - Answer✔8. A kindergarten teacher asks a small group
of students to repeat after her. First, she
says the word grape and then pronounces
it as gr and ape. Next, she says the
word take and then pronounces it as t
and ake. This activity is likely to promote
the students' phonemic awareness
primarily by:
B. phonemic awareness skills - Answer✔9. A teacher shows a student pictures of
familiar objects. As the teacher points to
the first picture, she asks the student to
name the object in the picture. Next, she
asks the student to count on his fingers the
number of sounds he makes as he says the
word again. This activity is most likely to
promote which of the following?
B. Does the student's primary language
have consonant blends? - Answer✔10. A beginning-level English Language
Learner can consistently blend individual
phonemes to make simple English words
composed of two or three phonemes but is
having difficulty blending the sounds of
familiar single-syllable words composed
of four phonemes (e.g., clip, trap, spin).
Which of the following questions would
be most important for the first-grade
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teacher to consider when addressing the
needs of this student?
D. segmenting and sequencing
phonemes in words - Answer✔11. A fourth-grade student reads on grade
level and consistently scores very high on
spelling tests that are part of weekly word
study activities. However, the student
often misspells the same words, and other
familiar words, in everyday writings. The
following table shows examples of typical
errors the student makes on class writing
assignments and in informal notes to
friends.
Target Word Student Spelling
girl gril
instead intead
decided decideded
independent indepednent
interrupted interruted
The student's overall spelling performance
suggests that the student most likely has a
weakness in which of the following
foundational skills?
C. has developed an understanding that
print carries meaning. - Answer✔12. A preschool child picks up an unfamiliar
book, opens it to the end, points to the
text, and begins to "pretend read" the
story. These behaviors suggest that the
child most likely:
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PEARSON Foundations of Reading 090 NC
and MTEL. Exam Questions And Answers
(Guaranteed A+)
C. Encourage students and parents to
read books together on a regular
basis, either silently or aloud, and
discuss their personal responses to
each chapter or key event. - Answer✔99. Which of the following strategies is likely
to be most effective in promoting reluctant
readers' interest in independent reading
outside of school?
A. scaffolds learning by providing a
high level of interactivity. - Answer✔100. Electronic reading books are advantageous
for beginning or struggling readers
primarily because this type of computer
software:
C. a student who, after hearing the
word hat, can orally identify that it
ends with the sound /t/ - Answer✔1. Which of the following students is
demonstrating the specific type of
phonological awareness known as
phonemic awareness?
B. say the word cat, then say the first
sound the child hears in the word. - Answer✔2. A kindergarten teacher could best
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determine if a child has begun to develop
phonemic awareness by asking the
child to:
B. use knowledge of letter-sound
correspondence to decode words. - Answer✔3. As students begin to read, the ability to
blend phonemes orally contributes to their
reading development primarily because it
helps students:
A. needs help developing phonemic
segmentation skills. - Answer✔4. A teacher holds up a series of familiar
objects, asking students to name each
object and isolate the final sound they
hear. This type of activity would be most
appropriate for a student who:
C. identify in spoken language separate
sounds that can be mapped to
letters. - Answer✔5. Phonemic awareness contributes most
to the development of phonics skills in
beginning readers by helping them:
A. a student who, after hearing the
word hot and the sound /ĭ/, can
substitute /ĭ/ for /ŏ/ to make the
word hit - Answer✔6. Which of the following first-grade
students has attained the highest level
of phonemic awareness?
C. have a relatively high level of
phonemic awareness. - Answer✔7. Asking students to listen to a word
(e.g., same) and then tell the teacher
all the sounds in the word is an exercise
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that would be most appropriate for
students who:
B. encouraging them to divide words
into onsets and rimes. - Answer✔8. A kindergarten teacher asks a small group
of students to repeat after her. First, she
says the word grape and then pronounces
it as gr and ape. Next, she says the
word take and then pronounces it as t
and ake. This activity is likely to promote
the students' phonemic awareness
primarily by:
B. phonemic awareness skills - Answer✔9. A teacher shows a student pictures of
familiar objects. As the teacher points to
the first picture, she asks the student to
name the object in the picture. Next, she
asks the student to count on his fingers the
number of sounds he makes as he says the
word again. This activity is most likely to
promote which of the following?
B. Does the student's primary language
have consonant blends? - Answer✔10. A beginning-level English Language
Learner can consistently blend individual
phonemes to make simple English words
composed of two or three phonemes but is
having difficulty blending the sounds of
familiar single-syllable words composed
of four phonemes (e.g., clip, trap, spin).
Which of the following questions would
be most important for the first-grade
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teacher to consider when addressing the
needs of this student?
D. segmenting and sequencing
phonemes in words - Answer✔11. A fourth-grade student reads on grade
level and consistently scores very high on
spelling tests that are part of weekly word
study activities. However, the student
often misspells the same words, and other
familiar words, in everyday writings. The
following table shows examples of typical
errors the student makes on class writing
assignments and in informal notes to
friends.
Target Word Student Spelling
girl gril
instead intead
decided decideded
independent indepednent
interrupted interruted
The student's overall spelling performance
suggests that the student most likely has a
weakness in which of the following
foundational skills?
C. has developed an understanding that
print carries meaning. - Answer✔12. A preschool child picks up an unfamiliar
book, opens it to the end, points to the
text, and begins to "pretend read" the
story. These behaviors suggest that the
child most likely:
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