ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. If a teacher wanted to further enhance students' listening skills after this
title discussion, which activity would be most effective?
Conducting a group discussion where students summarize the
text's main ideas.
Assigning a written report on the text.
Having students read another text silently.
Playing an audio version of the text without discussion.
2. A teacher has provided his students with effective instructional delivery
for a reading lesson in cause and effect. How can he determine that his
students are able to complete a task on the concept independently and
apply what has been learned:
Provide a short informal quiz on the concept, while monitoring
the room to make observations and provide feedback.
Have students work in groups to complete a worksheet on cause
and effect.
Have students complete a journal entry on the meaning of cause
and effect and provide examples.
Meet with individual students and ask their interpretation of cause
and effect and how it is used in daily life.
3. If a teacher notices that students struggle with understanding the main
ideas in expository texts, which pre-reading strategy could be most
effective to implement in future lessons?
Encourage students to preview the text by discussing headings
and visuals before reading.
Assign them to write summaries of unrelated texts.
, Have them read the text silently without any prior discussion.
Ask them to memorize key vocabulary words from the text.
4. What is one activity that can enhance students' understanding of cultural
diversity according to the provided material?
Incorporating stories about different races and cultures
throughout the year in reading class.
Reading about Mexican History prior to Cinco de Mayo.
Allowing students to choose a book from the library that includes
cultural themes.
Having the students complete a research project about their own
heritage.
5. Which of the following would be an example of a cause-effect
arrangement in a presentation that a principal was giving to his staff in an
attempt to improve reading scores of the student body.
Giving the teachers a calendar of activities to follow in the coming
year in an effort to improve the student scores.
Introducing a new text book and explaining how to best use the
scope and sequence.
Discussing the reading scores from the prior year and reviewing
the current curriculum in place.
Displaying last years reading scores, identifying the target
scores for the coming year and asking for advice from the staff
on how to meet the goal.
6. A second-grade teacher wants to provide additional support to students
who are struggling to achieve automatically in reading grade-level sight
words. Which of the following activities would be most important for the
teacher to do FIRST?
, Assigning students prepared texts for silent independent reading
that include repeated instances of the target words
Asking students to look up the target words in a dictionary that
includes information about the word's parts of speech and
etymology
Having students practice reading aloud from prepared lists of
phrases that include repeated instances of the target words
Leading the students in an echo reading activity using text that
includes instances of the target words
7. Which of the following organizational patterns is typically ideal for
persuasive presentations?
Chronological
Topical
Causal
Problem/Solution
8. Emma is a beginning reader. She is reading a book and comes across a
new word. Once she decodes the word how is she able to succeed in
understanding the meaning of the word she just decoded?
The new word is easy to spell
The new word rhymes with some site words
The new word is inside a passage of text that is interesting to
Emma
The new word is already a part of Emma's oral vocabulary
9. How does discussing different title options after reading an informational
text help students develop their listening skills?
It encourages students to identify the main ideas and the
author's purpose through active engagement.