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1. Which of the following is most effective in helping young children develop phonological awareness?: Singing
songs with simple rhymes
2. A first-grade student, Kyle, has drawn an elaborate picture of a garden in his journal and has written: "I LK
RD FLRS." Kyle's sentence suggests that an appropriate next step in his development as a writer would be
learning to: use medial vowel sounds
3. Graphic novels are effective for third-grade students because they: allow development of visual and verbal
literacy
4. Which of the following best describes a student at the semiphonetic stage of spelling development?: Imitates
writing by copying random strings of letters
5. A kindergarten teacher opens a book to the middle of the story and asks a student, "Where on this page
should I begin reading?" It is most likely that the teacher is attempting to evaluate the student's: concepts about
print
6. A teacher gives each student in a class a list containing the words "whale," "three," "ship," and "chew." Then
the teacher says, "Circle the two letters in each word that go together to make the new sounds we have been
learning about." The exercise can most appropriately be used to assess the students' ability to recognize which of
the following?: Consonant digraphs
7. Learning to differentiate among words that have common roots by looking at the modifications that result
when prefixes or suffixes (such as "pre-," "un-," "dis-," "-tive," "-tion," and "-ment") are added to known roots
is accom- plished through the use of: morphological analysis
8. Which of the following students composes both sentences as simple sen- tences?: Jackson: He played at the
park. Mom went to the house.
9. Which of the following is the most appropriate time to encourage young children to start writing?: As soon
as they can hold a crayon or marker
10.A class is reading a story in which the main character is facing a dilemma. Which of the following activities is
most likely to encourage the students to think ahead and collaboratively generate solutions to the character's
dilem- ma?: Having students work in small groups to role-play possible solutions
11.A teacher notices that a student has written the words "goed" and "breaked" in a story. Which of
the following best describes the error the student is making?: Overapplying a recently learned rule
12.The "ake" in the words "bake" and "snake" is an example of which of the following?: A rime
13.Third-grade students are creating a story map as they read about the donkey Sylvester, who has turned
into a rock. The most important benefit of the story-mapping activity is that it will help the students:
improve their comprehension of the story by organizing and sequencing events
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14.Which of the following best explains why it is necessary to teach unfa- miliar, academic vocabulary to
students who are English-language learners before they are asked to read a passage in a nonfiction text: Such
vocabulary is not often used during informal conversations
15.Which THREE of the following classroom activities are effective for helping a student who is a slow and
nonfluent reader?: Reading along with a taped or recorded book
Repeated choral readings of the class's favorite poems and funny stories Listening to the teacher read with intonation
and stress
16.Jean is willing to hike in the snow, but Jim is reluctant and goes inside because of the frigid
temperatures.
Which type of context clue in the sentence helps decode the meaning of the underlined word?: Contrast
17.A teacher is informally assessing second-grade students' listening com- prehension skills after reading aloud
Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Mouse." Which of the following prompts requires the children to draw an
inference from the fable?: What lesson does the fable teach?
18.Month September November January Child's spelling
of "boat" bt bot bote
Based on the information in the chart above, it can be inferred that the child: is applying a growing knowledge of
the relationship between letters and sounds
19.After sharing a picture book about opposites with a class of 3-year-old children, a teacher talks with the
children about the concept of opposites. The teacher then asks them to use the pictures in the book to talk about
opposites with their peers. The lesson best encourages oral language development in young children by:
encouraging them to engage in conversation
20.Ms. Craig asks her students to write the word "sailboat". Levi spells the word "PKLLEEP". At which of the
following levels is Levi spelling?: Prephone- mic
21.Which of the following is the most appropriate introductory activity about syllables for a kindergarten
class?: Asking children to clap out and count each syllable in words as a class
22.Which of the following whole-group activities would best support kinder- gartners' understanding of a
story's setting after listening to the story read aloud?: Identifying words the author used to describe the story's
surroundings
23.At the end of a second-grade reading unit, a teacher reads the following sentences in a child's response
journal.: Homophones
24.Which of the following is an example of a Tier 2 vocabulary word?: Establish
, Praxis Early childhood 5025
25.Which of the following spelling patterns is found in the word "bone"?: -
CVCe
26.A third-grade teacher asks students to respond to the prompt shown. The prompt asks students to produce
which of the following types of writing?: - Narrative
27.Which of the following strategies is most beneficial for students to use during the publishing stage of the
writing process?: Typing the final copy on a computer
28.I enjoyed the trip to the museum. We rode there in the school bus. We also saw many displays and ate lunch.
Which of the following instructional strategies will be most useful in helping the student improve the writing piece
shown?: Asking the student questions about the trip
29.Which of the following activities will best foster the development of stu- dents' listening skills?: Asking
students to summarize a short paragraph that the teacher read aloud
30.Which of the following terms best describes the ability to read with expres- sion and appropriate phrasing?:
Prosody
31.Which of the following activities will best help students understand the structure of a science text?:
Reviewing the subtitles
32.Third-grade students are writing reports on a science topic. Which of the following tools will best help
students with the assignment by initiating written discussion of their report?: Blogging programs
33.A teacher provides students with a list of words that include "precede," "project," "illegal," and
"disappear." The students are most likely learning about which of the following concepts?: Prefixes
34.Which of the following are sight words?: They, said, does
35.After reading two texts about the first Thanksgiving, a third-grade teacher asks students to compare the
events in both texts. Which of the following graphic organizers is best for the students to use?: Venn diagram
36.Which of the following strategies will best help students create engaging oral presentations?: Writing key
words and terms on note cards to refer to during the presentation
37.Four students are given a set of twenty-five blocks and asked to represent the blocks using a base-ten
method. Which of the following representations best shows a fully developed understanding of base-ten
representations?: - B.two 10-block rods and 5 units
1. Which of the following is most effective in helping young children develop phonological awareness?: Singing
songs with simple rhymes
2. A first-grade student, Kyle, has drawn an elaborate picture of a garden in his journal and has written: "I LK
RD FLRS." Kyle's sentence suggests that an appropriate next step in his development as a writer would be
learning to: use medial vowel sounds
3. Graphic novels are effective for third-grade students because they: allow development of visual and verbal
literacy
4. Which of the following best describes a student at the semiphonetic stage of spelling development?: Imitates
writing by copying random strings of letters
5. A kindergarten teacher opens a book to the middle of the story and asks a student, "Where on this page
should I begin reading?" It is most likely that the teacher is attempting to evaluate the student's: concepts about
6. A teacher gives each student in a class a list containing the words "whale," "three," "ship," and "chew." Then
the teacher says, "Circle the two letters in each word that go together to make the new sounds we have been
learning about." The exercise can most appropriately be used to assess the students' ability to recognize which of
the following?: Consonant digraphs
7. Learning to differentiate among words that have common roots by looking at the modifications that result
when prefixes or suffixes (such as "pre-," "un-," "dis-," "-tive," "-tion," and "-ment") are added to known roots
is accom- plished through the use of: morphological analysis
8. Which of the following students composes both sentences as simple sen- tences?: Jackson: He played at the
park. Mom went to the house.
9. Which of the following is the most appropriate time to encourage young children to start writing?: As soon
as they can hold a crayon or marker
10.A class is reading a story in which the main character is facing a dilemma. Which of the following activities is
most likely to encourage the students to think ahead and collaboratively generate solutions to the character's
dilem- ma?: Having students work in small groups to role-play possible solutions
11.A teacher notices that a student has written the words "goed" and "breaked" in a story. Which of
the following best describes the error the student is making?: Overapplying a recently learned rule
12.The "ake" in the words "bake" and "snake" is an example of which of the following?: A rime
13.Third-grade students are creating a story map as they read about the donkey Sylvester, who has turned
into a rock. The most important benefit of the story-mapping activity is that it will help the students:
improve their comprehension of the story by organizing and sequencing events
, Praxis Early childhood 5025
14.Which of the following best explains why it is necessary to teach unfa- miliar, academic vocabulary to
students who are English-language learners before they are asked to read a passage in a nonfiction text: Such
vocabulary is not often used during informal conversations
15.Which THREE of the following classroom activities are effective for helping a student who is a slow and
nonfluent reader?: Reading along with a taped or recorded book
Repeated choral readings of the class's favorite poems and funny stories Listening to the teacher read with intonation
and stress
16.Jean is willing to hike in the snow, but Jim is reluctant and goes inside because of the frigid
temperatures.
Which type of context clue in the sentence helps decode the meaning of the underlined word?: Contrast
17.A teacher is informally assessing second-grade students' listening com- prehension skills after reading aloud
Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Mouse." Which of the following prompts requires the children to draw an
inference from the fable?: What lesson does the fable teach?
18.Month September November January Child's spelling
of "boat" bt bot bote
Based on the information in the chart above, it can be inferred that the child: is applying a growing knowledge of
the relationship between letters and sounds
19.After sharing a picture book about opposites with a class of 3-year-old children, a teacher talks with the
children about the concept of opposites. The teacher then asks them to use the pictures in the book to talk about
opposites with their peers. The lesson best encourages oral language development in young children by:
encouraging them to engage in conversation
20.Ms. Craig asks her students to write the word "sailboat". Levi spells the word "PKLLEEP". At which of the
following levels is Levi spelling?: Prephone- mic
21.Which of the following is the most appropriate introductory activity about syllables for a kindergarten
class?: Asking children to clap out and count each syllable in words as a class
22.Which of the following whole-group activities would best support kinder- gartners' understanding of a
story's setting after listening to the story read aloud?: Identifying words the author used to describe the story's
surroundings
23.At the end of a second-grade reading unit, a teacher reads the following sentences in a child's response
journal.: Homophones
24.Which of the following is an example of a Tier 2 vocabulary word?: Establish
, Praxis Early childhood 5025
25.Which of the following spelling patterns is found in the word "bone"?: -
CVCe
26.A third-grade teacher asks students to respond to the prompt shown. The prompt asks students to produce
which of the following types of writing?: - Narrative
27.Which of the following strategies is most beneficial for students to use during the publishing stage of the
writing process?: Typing the final copy on a computer
28.I enjoyed the trip to the museum. We rode there in the school bus. We also saw many displays and ate lunch.
Which of the following instructional strategies will be most useful in helping the student improve the writing piece
shown?: Asking the student questions about the trip
29.Which of the following activities will best foster the development of stu- dents' listening skills?: Asking
students to summarize a short paragraph that the teacher read aloud
30.Which of the following terms best describes the ability to read with expres- sion and appropriate phrasing?:
Prosody
31.Which of the following activities will best help students understand the structure of a science text?:
Reviewing the subtitles
32.Third-grade students are writing reports on a science topic. Which of the following tools will best help
students with the assignment by initiating written discussion of their report?: Blogging programs
33.A teacher provides students with a list of words that include "precede," "project," "illegal," and
"disappear." The students are most likely learning about which of the following concepts?: Prefixes
34.Which of the following are sight words?: They, said, does
35.After reading two texts about the first Thanksgiving, a third-grade teacher asks students to compare the
events in both texts. Which of the following graphic organizers is best for the students to use?: Venn diagram
36.Which of the following strategies will best help students create engaging oral presentations?: Writing key
words and terms on note cards to refer to during the presentation
37.Four students are given a set of twenty-five blocks and asked to represent the blocks using a base-ten
method. Which of the following representations best shows a fully developed understanding of base-ten
representations?: - B.two 10-block rods and 5 units
