KPEERI 2026 CORE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Comprehension can be: - ✔✔Improved with instruction.
✔✔Graphic organizers: - ✔✔Help students focus on text structure as they read.
✔✔Which is not a comprehension strategy: - ✔✔Morphology
✔✔Comprehension instruction should begin: - ✔✔In primary grades.
✔✔Teaching story structure to aid in comprehension would be appropriate when using
the following: - ✔✔A story
✔✔Cooperative learning involves students working together: - ✔✔As partners, in small
groups, and on defined tasks.
✔✔Metacognition is: - ✔✔"Thinking about thinking"
✔✔A student who identifies where their difficulty occurred may be using which
comprehension strategy? - ✔✔Metacognition
✔✔Explicitly teaching text features helps students to: - ✔✔Find information quickly
when answering questions after reading, mentally organize new information, and
understand the hierarchy of information from most important to least important.
✔✔Which of the following is a comprehension strategy? - ✔✔Story map
✔✔Cooperative learning: - ✔✔Allows students to work together, allows students to help
each other learn, and allows for effective comprehension strategy instruction.
✔✔Text comprehension strategies should be taught to students: - ✔✔Once reading
instruction begins.
✔✔The purpose of activating students' prior knowledge is to: - ✔✔Enable students to
draw from their own experiences.
✔✔Effective comprehension instruction requires: - ✔✔A direct explanation of strategy,
modeling of strategy, and application of a strategy.
✔✔Which activity could be used in activating a students' prior knowledge? -
✔✔Previewing a text with your students and asking them what they already know about
the topic.
, ✔✔Which of the following is true? - ✔✔Writing and reading development parallel each
other.
✔✔As writers, children learn that: - ✔✔Print carries meaning, print is purposeful, and
print gives us meaning.
✔✔Brainstorming: - ✔✔Is part of the writing process.
✔✔A goal for kindergarten instruction should be: - ✔✔Capitalization, punctuation, and
using letter pattern to spell words.
✔✔Which is not part of the writing process? - ✔✔Retelling
✔✔A writing lesson may include instruction on : - ✔✔Capitalization, punctuation, and
organization.
✔✔A child's scribbling should be seen as: - ✔✔An attempt to write meaningful text.
✔✔Children's drawings: - ✔✔Are important in a child's writing, will appear throughout
the different stages, and contain ideas and messages they want to convey.
✔✔Children begin learning to write in _____________________. - ✔✔Early childhood.
✔✔Writing ins a skill that improves when a student: - ✔✔Becomes a better reader,
gains additional writing practice, and revises the first draft.
✔✔"Rough drafts" are important because they allow students to: - ✔✔Proofread work
for errors, replace overused words, and reflect and make changes.
✔✔Writing should be: - ✔✔Modeled by teachers and parents.
✔✔Struggling writers may benefit from: - ✔✔Talking about a writing assignment, being
given extra time to complete writing assignments, and getting feedback that lets them
know that their writing is valued.
✔✔Teachers should take class time to explicitly teach ________________: -
✔✔Changing slang to standard English.
✔✔How can teachers support struggling writers? - ✔✔Providing scaffolding and
frequent check-ins to ensure the student is not stuck.
✔✔Writing should be a part of the instructional day in which of the following grades? -
✔✔Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Comprehension can be: - ✔✔Improved with instruction.
✔✔Graphic organizers: - ✔✔Help students focus on text structure as they read.
✔✔Which is not a comprehension strategy: - ✔✔Morphology
✔✔Comprehension instruction should begin: - ✔✔In primary grades.
✔✔Teaching story structure to aid in comprehension would be appropriate when using
the following: - ✔✔A story
✔✔Cooperative learning involves students working together: - ✔✔As partners, in small
groups, and on defined tasks.
✔✔Metacognition is: - ✔✔"Thinking about thinking"
✔✔A student who identifies where their difficulty occurred may be using which
comprehension strategy? - ✔✔Metacognition
✔✔Explicitly teaching text features helps students to: - ✔✔Find information quickly
when answering questions after reading, mentally organize new information, and
understand the hierarchy of information from most important to least important.
✔✔Which of the following is a comprehension strategy? - ✔✔Story map
✔✔Cooperative learning: - ✔✔Allows students to work together, allows students to help
each other learn, and allows for effective comprehension strategy instruction.
✔✔Text comprehension strategies should be taught to students: - ✔✔Once reading
instruction begins.
✔✔The purpose of activating students' prior knowledge is to: - ✔✔Enable students to
draw from their own experiences.
✔✔Effective comprehension instruction requires: - ✔✔A direct explanation of strategy,
modeling of strategy, and application of a strategy.
✔✔Which activity could be used in activating a students' prior knowledge? -
✔✔Previewing a text with your students and asking them what they already know about
the topic.
, ✔✔Which of the following is true? - ✔✔Writing and reading development parallel each
other.
✔✔As writers, children learn that: - ✔✔Print carries meaning, print is purposeful, and
print gives us meaning.
✔✔Brainstorming: - ✔✔Is part of the writing process.
✔✔A goal for kindergarten instruction should be: - ✔✔Capitalization, punctuation, and
using letter pattern to spell words.
✔✔Which is not part of the writing process? - ✔✔Retelling
✔✔A writing lesson may include instruction on : - ✔✔Capitalization, punctuation, and
organization.
✔✔A child's scribbling should be seen as: - ✔✔An attempt to write meaningful text.
✔✔Children's drawings: - ✔✔Are important in a child's writing, will appear throughout
the different stages, and contain ideas and messages they want to convey.
✔✔Children begin learning to write in _____________________. - ✔✔Early childhood.
✔✔Writing ins a skill that improves when a student: - ✔✔Becomes a better reader,
gains additional writing practice, and revises the first draft.
✔✔"Rough drafts" are important because they allow students to: - ✔✔Proofread work
for errors, replace overused words, and reflect and make changes.
✔✔Writing should be: - ✔✔Modeled by teachers and parents.
✔✔Struggling writers may benefit from: - ✔✔Talking about a writing assignment, being
given extra time to complete writing assignments, and getting feedback that lets them
know that their writing is valued.
✔✔Teachers should take class time to explicitly teach ________________: -
✔✔Changing slang to standard English.
✔✔How can teachers support struggling writers? - ✔✔Providing scaffolding and
frequent check-ins to ensure the student is not stuck.
✔✔Writing should be a part of the instructional day in which of the following grades? -
✔✔Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade
