TExES 291: ELA |Questions and Answers
Terms in this set (65)
Which of the following D
activities is the best way for
elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic
language usage?
d) Role-playing a range of
sample conversations
Which of the following is the D
most appropriate way for a
teacher to help students
develop oral language skills?
d) Providing opportunities for
interactions between peers
A student whose oral B
reading is labored and
choppy struggles to
comprehend grade-level
texts independently. To
improve the student's
reading comprehension, the
teacher should provide
,additional instruction
primarily focused on
b) Sight-word automaticity and
fluency
,While reading aloud from a A
nonfiction text, a teacher
pauses and says, "I'm not
familiar with the word
'phenomenon'. I'm not sure
what it means, so I'm going
to look for some clues in the
surrounding sentences to help
me figure it out." Which of
the following vocabulary-
development strategies is
the teacher modeling?
a) Contextual analysis
Which two of the following B, C
statements best reflect the
relationship between oral-
language development and
reading comprehension?
b) Having multiple, varied
opportunities to interact with
oral language will positively
affect reading
comprehension.
c) Weakness in phonological
awareness is generally a
predictor of future weakness
, in reading comprehension
During an activity a first- B
grade teacher notices that
several students cannot
decode new words when an
onset is added to a rime such
as -at. The students would
most benefit from further
instruction in which of the
following literacy skills?
b) Blending phonemes
Which of the following teacher A
actions best supports the
development of students'
reading vocabulary?
a) Providing students with
opportunities to read
independently
A prekindergarten teacher D
creates a set of letter and
number cards for students to
sort. Which of the following
visual supports would best
enhance students' ability to
distinguish letter cards from
number cards?
Terms in this set (65)
Which of the following D
activities is the best way for
elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic
language usage?
d) Role-playing a range of
sample conversations
Which of the following is the D
most appropriate way for a
teacher to help students
develop oral language skills?
d) Providing opportunities for
interactions between peers
A student whose oral B
reading is labored and
choppy struggles to
comprehend grade-level
texts independently. To
improve the student's
reading comprehension, the
teacher should provide
,additional instruction
primarily focused on
b) Sight-word automaticity and
fluency
,While reading aloud from a A
nonfiction text, a teacher
pauses and says, "I'm not
familiar with the word
'phenomenon'. I'm not sure
what it means, so I'm going
to look for some clues in the
surrounding sentences to help
me figure it out." Which of
the following vocabulary-
development strategies is
the teacher modeling?
a) Contextual analysis
Which two of the following B, C
statements best reflect the
relationship between oral-
language development and
reading comprehension?
b) Having multiple, varied
opportunities to interact with
oral language will positively
affect reading
comprehension.
c) Weakness in phonological
awareness is generally a
predictor of future weakness
, in reading comprehension
During an activity a first- B
grade teacher notices that
several students cannot
decode new words when an
onset is added to a rime such
as -at. The students would
most benefit from further
instruction in which of the
following literacy skills?
b) Blending phonemes
Which of the following teacher A
actions best supports the
development of students'
reading vocabulary?
a) Providing students with
opportunities to read
independently
A prekindergarten teacher D
creates a set of letter and
number cards for students to
sort. Which of the following
visual supports would best
enhance students' ability to
distinguish letter cards from
number cards?
