Chapter 1

Question 1 Educators who believe that learning is the result of stimulus and response actions subscribeto a theory known as:Answer

Correct Answer:

behaviorism

Question 2 Wendy’s mother taught her to knit and crochet and she knew many stitches. Because she hada great deal of experience, Wendy could now learn new stitches easily in a process of:Answer

Correct Answer:

 assimilation

Question 3 Ten year old Julie usually enjoyed reading books in the Magic Tree House series. Today,however, the teacher required Julie to complete a worksheet as she read. To complete theworksheet, Julie was forced to read:Answer

Correct Answer: efferentlyQuestion 4 Jason could not read the Harry Potter books independently but his reading tutor found that hecould easily discuss and enjoy these books if she helped him with the more difficultvocabulary and guided his comprehension. For Jason, the task of reading the Harry Potterbooks was:Answer

Correct Answer: within the zone of proximal developmentQuestion 5 In the English language, there are approximately:Answer

Correct Answer:

44 speech sounds

Question 6 The word bookcases contains:

Correct Answer: three morphemesQuestion 7 When he rides the schoolbus, Tommy engages in casual conversation with his friends. Heuses more formal language when he gives oral reports in the classroom. Tommy’s ability touse appropriate language in each situation shows his understanding of the:

Answer

Correct Answer: pragmatic systemQuestion 8 Six year old Carmen is learning to speak English and often makes statements such as “I havea pen blue” instead of “I have a blue pen”. That type of error shows that Carmen is havingdifficulty with the:Answer

Correct Answer: syntactic systemQuestion 9 Shared writing differs from modeling because in shared writing:Answer

Correct Answer:

 students contribute to the writing activity

Question 10 Texts used for guided reading instruction should be written at the students’:Answer

Correct Answer:

  instructional level

Question 11 During guided reading instruction, students usually work in:Answer

Correct Answer:

homogeneous ability groups

Question 12 Commercially produced reading programs which typically include a student’s textbook,accompanying workbook, supplemental instructional materials, and teacher’s guide areknown as:Answer

Correct Answer:

basal reading programs

Question 13 As a new sixth grade teacher was selecting books for his classroom library, an experiencedteacher correctly advised him that students within a typical classroom:Answer

Correct Answer: read at a wide range of levelsQuestion 14 Schools are designing family literacy programs for parents who are not fluent readers andwriters and for those who are learning English as an additional language. Family literacyprograms in which cultural differences in reading and writing development are regarded as

strengths rather than weaknesses reflect the:Answer

Correct Answer: wealth modelQuestion 15

Theorists such as Piaget explained that students’ knowledge is organized into cognitivestructures or files in mental filing cabinets known as:Answer

Correct Answer:  schemataQuestion 16 Theorists such as Louise Rosenblatt have explained that students don’t try to figure out theauthor’s meaning as they read; instead, they negotiate a meaning that makes sense to thembased on the words they are reading and their existing knowledge. The work of thesetheorists reflects:Answer

Correct Answer: reader response theoryQuestion 17 John McFadden has just graduated from college and will begin his first year as a teacher inSeptember. Experienced educators have correctly told him that teachers experience the mostsuccess when they:Answer

Correct Answer: take the first 2 weeks of the school year to establish the classroom

communityQuestion 18 Students usually feel comfortable, safe, and more willing to take risks when:Answer

Correct Answer: the classroom environment is predictable with familiar routinesQuestion 19 Teachers can serve as a model of fluent reading by:Answer

Correct Answer:

reading aloud to students

Question 20 After a visit to the zoo, first grade teacher Kate Sutton helped her students write about theirexperiences on large chart paper. The teacher wrote some words and the students took turnsadding words which they could write. This teacher and her students used a practice knownas:Answer

Correct Answer: Sharing the Pen

Question 21 Third grade teacher Gene Brady noticed that his students had difficulty using comprehensionstrategies. Of the following, the most effective way for this teacher to help his studentswould be to:Answer

Correct Answer:

provide minilessons and model comprehension strategies

Question 22 When a class is engaged in a literature focus unit:Answer

Correct Answer: every student reads the same bookQuestion 23 Students usually have more opportunities to work independently, select their readingmaterial, set personal schedules, and collaborate with classmates when they participate in:Answer

Correct Answer:

  reading workshop

Question 24 Effective teachers use formal and informal assessment measures primarily to:Answer

Correct Answer:

   modify their instruction and reteach when necessary

Question 25 A balanced literacy program integrating components such as reading, writing, oral language,and content-area study is recommended for:Answer

Correct Answer: all studentsQuestion 26

During a meeting with parents, first grade teacher Ryan Catania explained that theliteracy program would not be based solely on phonics instruction. Why do manyeducators feel that phonics is not a complete literacy program?Answer

Correct Answer:

Phonics, which describes the phoneme-grapheme correspondences and related spelling rules, isan important part of reading instruction. Students use phonics to decode words but it isn’t acomplete reading program because many common words can’t be decoded easily. English is nota purely phonetic language because there are 26 letters and 44 sounds and many

ways tocombine the letters to spell the sounds. Reading is more than just decoding and consequentlymany more components are needed to create a complete program of literacy instruction.

Question 27 Teachers use informal assessment tools to monitor daily progress. List three types ofinformal assessment tools that an elementary classroom teacher could use.Answer

Correct Answer:

Informal assessment tools used by elementary teachers include: Observation of students as they participate in instructional activities Running records of students’ oral reading to analyze their ability to solve readingproblems Examination of students’ work Conferences to talk with students about their reading and writing Checklists to monitor students’ learning Rubrics to assess students’ writing

Question 28 A fifth grade teacher would like to begin using Literature Circles in her classroom. Listthe steps the teacher should take to organize Literature Circles.Answer

Correct Answer:

When using Literature Circles, teachers should:1) Select five or six books at varying reading levels to meet the needs of all students in theclass.2) Give a book talk to motivate the students and to introduce the books.3) Provide time for each student to select the book which he/she would like to read.4) Help students form literature circles.5) Help students plan a reading and response schedule.6) Provide time for the literature circles to meet.

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Chapter 2

Question 1 The second grade class read a book about games usually played at children’s birthday parties.Juan, who had recently moved to the United States, became very confused and asked why

anyone would pin a tale on a donkey. The teacher then realized that Juan would havedifficulty reading the birthday text primarily because he lacked the necessary:Answer

Correct Answer:

background knowledge

Question 2 When children participate in literature circles:Answer

Correct Answer:  students set their own purposes for readingQuestion 3 During guided reading, students should read books at their:Answer

Correct Answer: instructional levelQuestion 4 Shared reading differs from reading aloud to students primarily because during sharedreading:Answer

Correct Answer:

students see the text as the teacher reads aloud

Question 5 The primary purpose of a Grand Conversation is to:Answer

Correct Answer: clarify and deepen students’ understanding of a textQuestion 6 Six year old Danny proudly read a list of words with no hesitation. Danny’s automaticresponse indicated that in this situation, he was most likely using a:Answer

Correct Answer:

decoding skill

Question 7 Of the following, the best way for teachers to help their students understand and usecomprehension strategies is for the teacher to:Answer

Correct Answer: model comprehension strategies as they read aloud to the classQuestion 8 New teacher Tara Holds attended a workshop on the Writing Process in which she wascorrectly told that:Answer

Correct Answer: the process involves recurring cycles

Question 9 When engaged in the writing process, students focus upon mechanics such as capitalization,punctuation, and spelling when they reach the:Answer

Correct Answer:

editing stage

Question 10 Of the following, the best way to assess the quality of students’ writing is to use a:Answer

Correct Answer:

rubric

Question 11 Third grade teacher Eileen Baker relies upon research findings to guide her instruction.Research suggests that students’ reading and writing ability shows the most improvementwhen:Answer

Correct Answer: reading and writing instruction are integratedQuestion 12 A second grade student wrote a paragraph in which she varied the length of her sentences toexpress action. Her classmates applauded the flow of her writing when she read the storyaloud. The work of this young writer showed that she:Answer

Correct Answer:

has developed sentence fluency

Question 13 Every day first grade teacher Mary Tomlin works with a small group of students who arereading at the same level. She selects a book at their instructional level and helps thechildren apply strategies as they read. This teacher is using the instructional techniqueknown as:Answer

Correct Answer: guided readingQuestion 14 Sixth grade teacher Kate Kane finds that the struggling readers in her class don’t understandthe ways in which more capable readers apply reading strategies. The principal wiselyadvised that the best way to help the students become more thoughtful, strategic readerswould be for the teacher to:Answer

Correct Answer: use a think-aloud to demonstrate the thought processes that more capable

readers use

Question 15 Problem-solving tactics that students apply as they read are known as:Answer

Correct Answer: strategiesQuestion 16 When her students are engaged in the prewriting stage, fifth grade teacher Betty McIntyreencourages them to draw because drawing often:Answer

Correct Answer: helps students organize their ideasQuestion 17 It is most appropriate for students to seek and receive feedback on their writing during the:Answer

Correct Answer:

revising stage

Question 18 Proofreading should be taught:Answer

Correct Answer: as early as first gradeQuestion 19 To help students focus upon particular types of errors in their writing, many teachers provide:Answer

Correct Answer: editing checklistsQuestion 20 Students most often set their own purposes for reading when they are given time for:Answer

Correct Answer: independent readingQuestion 21

The most authentic type of reading is:Answer

Correct Answer: independent readingQuestion 22 During shared reading, children should:Answer

Correct Answer: be invited to join in the reading of predictable refrains and rhyming words

Question 23 Of the following, the best way to help students understand a comprehension strategy wouldbe to:

Answer

Correct Answer: teach a minilesson on strategy useQuestion 24 When students engage in grand conversations, the teacher should:Answer

Correct Answer: act as a participant rather than the leaderQuestion 25 During periods of shared reading, teachers should:Answer

Correct Answer: encourage students to join in the reading when they feel comfortableQuestion 26

Although the teacher felt that Susan would enjoy discussing the novel, Esperanza Rising,with her classmates, the student was not able to read that chapter book independently.What steps could the teacher take to enable Susan to enjoy this novel with herclassmates?Answer

Correct Answer:

The teacher could suggest that Susan and another classmate engage in Buddy Reading. Buddyreading is an enjoyable social activity that enables students to discuss books that they may not beable to read independently. Buddy reading is a good alternative to independent reading, and byworking together, students are often able to figure out unfamiliar words and confusing situations.

Question 27 When a parent asked why the teacher conducted daily read alouds in a fourth gradeclassroom, the principal responded that reading aloud is beneficial for students of allages. What are the benefits of reading aloud to older students?Answer

Correct Answer:

Read-alouds are an important component of literacy instruction at all grade levels, not just foryoung children who can’t read many books on their own. There are many benefits of readingaloud: introducing vocabulary, modeling comprehension strategies, and increasing students’motivation. As they read aloud, teachers engage students in activities rather than postponing

student-involvement until after reading. When teachers read aloud, they model what goodreaders do and how good readers use reading strategies.

Question 28 A group of second grade students have been engaged in the writing process and they havereached the publishing stage. List three ways in which students could share their writingwith a larger audience.Answer

Correct Answer:

Students can share their writing by: Making books Constructing mobiles Reading aloud to classmates, family members, and members of the community Making an audiotape for the school or community library Contributing to a class anthology Submitting to a newspaper Displaying their writing in community areas such as a library, municipal hall orrecreation center

Chapter 3

Question 1 How might teachers assess students' phonemic awareness?Answer

Correct Answer: Teachers monitor students' learning as they participate in phonemic

awareness activities in the classroomQuestion 2 In K-2, teachers regularly evaluate all but which of the following?Answer

Correct Answer:

letter formation

question 3 When teachers use average numbers of syllables per 100 words to figure out the reading level of a text, they are most likely usingAnswer

Correct Answer: the Fry Readability Formula

Question 4

Which of the following is not a criteria used for leveling books according to the Fountas and Pinnell method?Answer

Correct Answer:

word count

Question 5 An approach to matching students' reading levels to appropriate book levels is done by administering the Scholastic Reading Inventory-a computerized reading test. What is this method called?Answer

Correct Answer:

Lexile Framework

Question 6 Which of the following are two effective comprehension informal reading assessments?Answer

Correct Answer: story retelling and cloze procedureQuestion 7 Rubrics are used to assess students'

Correct Answer: writing.Question 8 Teachers monitor students' progress on a daily basis in all but which of the following ways?Answer

Correct Answer:

All of these are part of an effective monitoring system.

Question 9 The purpose of assessment isAnswer

Correct Answer:

to inform and influence instruction.

Question 10 Running records assessAnswer

Correct Answer: fluency and word identification.Question 11 Who developed the CAP (Concepts About Print) test?

Answer

Correct Answer: Marie ClayQuestion 12 Which items are assessed in a CAP text?Answer

Correct Answer: book-orientation, directionality, and letter and word conceptsQuestion 13 What kind of conference occurs when a student and teacher discuss possible writing topics?Answer

Correct Answer: prewritingQuestion 14

Ms. Nethaway listens to a student read aloud. The student is fairly fluent. However, during an informal reading inventory, Ms. Nethaway notes that the student demonstrates syntactic errors. Ms. Nethaway realizes that this student will likely have problemsAnswer

Correct Answer:

comprehending.

Question 15 Miss Warbington takes observational notes and keeps checklists of what her students say during grand and instructional conversations. She knows that this information can help her assess her students'Answer

Correct Answer:

comprehension.

Question 16 Mr. Oppenheim writes brief notes as he observes his sixth-grade students. He describes specific events and notes the questions students ask and the strategies and skills they are applying. This type of assessment is calledAnswer

Correct Answer: anecdotal notesQuestion 17 Which of the following is NOT a useful guideline for assessment?

Correct Answer: Pick one type of assessment and stick with it.Question 18 Which of the following is NOT an effective assessment tool for EL students?

Correct vocabulary tests

Answer:Question 19 Running records are considered to be an authentic assessment because:Answer

Correct Answer:

 they use a student’s normal reading materials

Question 20 The Concepts About Print Test (CAP Test) was developed by:

Correct Answer:   Marie Clay

Question 21 Traditional readability formulas usually determine the difficulty of a text based on:

Correct Answer:

 word and sentence length

Question 22 A second grade teacher keeps folders with samples of her students’ writing and tapes of their oral reading.  This teacher is developing:Answer

Correct Answer:

   portfolios

Question 23 Of the following, the best way to determine a student’s comprehension level is a(n):Answer

Correct Answer:     informal reading inventoryQuestion 24 Textbooks and trade books used in class with teacher guidance should be written at a student’s:Answer

Correct Answer: instructional level

Question 25 Six-year-old George read a page orally as his teacher listened and made check marks to indicate the words he read correctly.  George’s teacher was conducting a:Answer

Correct Answer:    running recordQuestion 26 Teachers often assess students’ comprehension by asking students to repeat a story in their

own words.  This technique is known as:Answer

Correct Answer:

retelling

Question 27 Running records are best used to assess students’:Answer

Correct Answer: reading fluency

Question 28 Students reflect on their progress in reading and writing by using:

Correct Answer: portfoliosQuestion 29 A kindergarten student has enrolled in a new school in the middle of the academic year.  Her behavior during read aloud sessions and independent reading periods suggests that she has had very little experience with books.  Which of the following would be the most appropriate measure to determine this student’s understanding and experience with books?Answer

Correct Answer:  Concepts About Print Test (CAP)Question 30

Students often make many errors as they read aloud.  The most serious errors are the errors that:Answer

Correct Answer:

interfere with meaning

Question 31 To test his students’ comprehension, a fourth grade teacher photocopied a selection from the basal reader and deleted every 5th word from the passage.  He then asked his students to read the passage aloud to determine their ability to supply appropriate words for the blanks.  This technique is known as:Answer

Correct Answer:

cloze

Question 32 The Motivation to Read Profile and the Reader Self-Perception Scale are two instruments that enable teachers to measure a student’s:Answer

Correct Answer: attitude toward readingQuestion 33

Most teachers are required to assign grades for report cards.  Grades should be used to:Answer

Correct Answer: encourage students

Question 34 Unit assignment sheets help students:

Correct Answer:  understand expectations

Question 35 Phonics instruction is usually:

Correct Answer:

completed in the primary grades

Question 36

Ten-year-old Nicole selected books to enjoy during her summer vacation at the beach.  Books for recreational reading should be written at a child’s:

Correct Answer:

independent level

Question 37 Teachers gain the most useful diagnostic information by:Answer

Correct Answer:

listening to individual students read

Question 38 Students who read fluently are better able to comprehend what they read primarily because:Answer

Correct Answer:    they have more mental energy to focus on what they are reading

Question 39 An informal reading inventory usually consists of:

Correct Answer:

graded word lists, graded passages, and comprehension questions

Question 40 Teachers take running records and categorize miscues according to:Answer

Correct Answer: semantic, graphophonic, and syntactic cues

Chapter 4

Question 1 The concept of literacy incorporates all but which of the following ideas?

Correct Answer:

children's readiness level

Question 2

Children learn concepts of print by

Correct Answer: bothQuestion 3

When children recognize the golden arches of "McDonald's" and they say "McDonald's," they are becoming aware of

Correct Answer: environmental print.Question 4 During which stage of literacy development do young children read with expression and prefer to read silently?

Correct Answer: fluentQuestion 5 Which of the following is NOT a benefit of morning messages?

Correct Answer: Children become fluent readers.Question 6 Which of the following happens during the beginning reading and writing stage?Answer

Correct Answer:

Students make reasonable predictions.

Question 7 Second-grade students are usually in what phase of reading and writing?Answer

Correct beginning

Answer:Question 8 Teachers use shared writing to take students' words and experiences to create and read text. This is calledAnswer

Correct Answer: language experience approachQuestion 9 Your principal asks why you have included a play area that looks like a store in your room. You tell her that playing in that center allows children toAnswer

Correct Answer:

rehearse uses of reading and writing as they act out familiar events.

Question 10 A parent of an infant asks you how to best prepare his child to learn to read. You recommend heAnswer

Correct Answer: sing and play rhyming games with his child.Question 11 According to research, which of the following is the single most important home-based activity for preschool children in building the knowledge required for children's eventual success in reading?Answer

Correct Answer:

parents' reading aloud to children

Question 12 Young children are literacy learners with all but which of the following characteristics?Answer

Correct Answer: Young children do not learn to read until they enter school.Question 13 Students at which stage of development usually participate in literature circles?Answer

Correct Answer: fluentQuestion 14 A kindergarten teacher provides opportunities for her students to exchange messages with classmates, to draw and write in journals, to write to parents, and to read and write stories. She is helping students gain an understanding ofAnswer

Correct Answer: concepts of print.Question 15

Miss Gould talks to her first graders about how letters represent sounds and how letters combine to spell words. She asks students to write capital and lowercase letters. She is helping her students learnAnswer

Correct Answer:

alphabetic principles.

Question 16 All but which of the following are examples of literacy play centers?Answer

Correct Answer:

restroom

Question 17 All but which of the following are useful routines for teaching the letters of the alphabet?Answer

Correct Answer:

paper and pencil

Question 18 Which of the following is NOT a type of predictable book?Answer

Correct Answer: poetryQuestion 19 The 3 stages of literacy learning are:

Correct Answer:

 emergent, beginning, fluent

Question 20  As she rides on the bus with her parents, four-year-old Lindsey proudly reads aloud the names of her favorite fast food restaurants and toy stores. This act shows that Lindsey is developing an awareness of:Answer

Correct Answer:               environmental printQuestion 21  The goal for most educators is to help all students become fluent readers and writers by:Answer

Correct Answer:

              the end of third grade

Question 22 Mrs. Siddel’s students love to read their favorite book, The Big Race, with their teacher because on every page they can join in reading the phrase, “I can run, run, run as fast as your

son.” This is an example of:Answer

Correct Answer:

predictable text

Question 23 The term emergent literacy is most closely associated with:Answer

Correct Answer:

               Marie Clay

Question 24  Every day, kindergarten teacher Doris Flack models the formation of manuscript letters on the chalkboard. She does this because:Answer

Correct Answer:               moving models are more effective than still modelsQuestion 25 Researchers believe that when children become fluent readers their comprehension improves primarily because:Answer

Correct Answer:

they recognize more words automatically and have greater cognitive energy available for comprehension

Question 26 When planning a shared reading lesson, teachers most often select books that:Answer

Correct Answer: are at the children’s interest level but too difficult for independent readingQuestion 27

Five year-old Natalie wrote, “The littel babe bird sid helo.” Natalie’s sentence contained examples of:

Correct Answer:  invented spellingsQuestion 28 An instructional practice in which student's dictate sentences to the teacher is:Answer

Correct Answer:  Language Experience ApproachQuestion 29  First grade teacher David Scott put an enlarged picture book on an easel and pointed to each word as he read aloud to his students. Mr. Scott was using:Answer

Correct   a big book

Answer:Question 30 Children and their teacher create a text together and “share the pen” as they write the text on chart paper when they are engaged in:Answer

Correct Answer:

interactive writing

Question 31

Young children often dictate sentences for their teachers to write on chart paper. When transcribing a young child’s sentences, reading theorists advise teachers to:Answer

Correct Answer: keep editing to a minimum to validate the child’s language

Question 32 Researchers now believe that:Answer

Correct Answer:

children’s reading and writing abilities develop concurrently

Question 33 Literacy teachers place their instructional emphasis on decoding and recognizing words when students are in the:

Correct Answer:

 beginning stage of reading and writing

Question 34   Fluent readers usually have a reading rate of :

Correct Answer: 100 words or more per minuteQuestion 35 During the emergent stage of literacy acquisition, children usually:Answer

Correct Answer:    acquire concepts about print

Question 36 Researchers have found that young emergent readers:Answer

Correct Answer:

depend on context to read familiar words

Question 37 It is most effective for educators to begin teaching letters of the alphabet by using:

Correct Answer:

  children’s own names and environmental print

Question 38 A good predictor of future reading success is the ability to:

Correct Answer:              identify letters of the alphabetQuestion 39  Of the following, the strongest reason for engaging young children in shared reading experiences is to help them develop:

Correct Answer:

concepts about words

Question 40 Children first gain an understanding of the communicative purpose of print during the:

Correct Answer:

emergent stage

Question 41  First grade teacher Mary Kay would like to explain her program of traveling bags of books to her students’ parents. The most effective way to explain the program to parents would be to:

Correct Answer:

explain the program at a parent-teacher meeting

Chapter 5

Question 1 When children are able to convert letters into sounds and blend them to recognize words, this is calledAnswer

Correct Answer: phonics.Question 2 A phoneme isAnswer

Correct Answer:

the smallest unit of speech.

Question 3 All but which of the following are appropriate criteria for phonemic awareness instruction?

Answer

Correct Answer: They should occur once each week.Question 4

All but which of the following are reasons why similar sounds have different spellings?Answer

Correct Answer:

   Graphemes have various rules and generalizations.

Question 5 Students learn long-vowel spelling patterns, r-controlled vowels, and diphthongs and other less common vowel patterns in which stage of spelling development?Answer

Correct Answer:   within-wordQuestion 6 Effective teachers teach children to use phonics generalizationsAnswer

Correct Answer:  selectively, to help them remember some spelling patterns.Question 7 Meaningful phonics instructionAnswer

Correct Answer:

All of the above are true.

Question 8 A complete spelling programAnswer

Correct Answer:

teaches spelling strategies.

Question 9 Students explore, compare, and contrast word features with a set of words the teacher has prepared. The students are engaged in aAnswer

Correct Answer:word sort.

Question 10 When children learn to recognize the "odd" word in a set of three words, the child isAnswer

Correct Answer:

 categorizing sounds in words.

Question 11

How do children learn the alphabetic code?

Correct Answer:

by learning phonemes, graphemes, and graphophonemic relationships

Question 12 Components of phonemic awareness include all but which of the following?Answer

Correct Answer: Children write the sounds they hear.Question 13 When young children blend sounds together in order to combine them to form a word, they are engaged inAnswer

Correct Answer: sound-blending activities.Question 14 Elkonin boxes can be used in all but which of the following ways?Answer

Correct Answer: practicing manuscript writingQuestion 15 Mr. Morrow helps his first grade EL students see that the letter 'a' can be pronounced differently by showing them the words apron, at, want, laugh, chalk, play, what, game, chart, saw, and peach. He does this because he knows that

Correct Answer: vowel sounds are difficult for students acquiring English.Question 16 All but which of the following is an one of the 37 most common rimes?

Correct Answer:ilt

Question 17 All but which of the following is one of the most useful phonics generalizations?Answer

Correct Answer: Q is always followed by uQuestion 18 Researchers have found that, of the following, the most powerful predictor of later reading achievement is:Answer

Correct Answer: phonemic awareness

Question 19

Each second grade student was given 15 word cards and 2 envelopes. The children were told to place all of the words with the long a sound in one envelope and all of the words with the short a sound in another envelope. These children were participating in a:

Correct Answer: word sorts activityQuestion 20  The term used to describe the smallest units of speech is:

Correct Answer: phonemeQuestion 21 When young children begin to write, they often create unique spellings called:Answer

Correct Answer: invented spellingsQuestion 22 In the word slate, the rime is:Answer

Correct Answer:

    ate

Question 23  For most students, phonics instruction should be completed by the end of:Answer

Correct Answer: third gradeQuestion 24 In the English language there are approximately:

Correct Answer: 44 phonemesQuestion 25 A first grade teacher showed his students a picture and then he drew a row of boxes. He explained that each box represented one sound in the name of the picture. The teacher moved a marker into each box as he pronounced the name of the picture. In this lesson, the teacher was using:

Correct Answer:

     Elkonin boxes

Question 26 Every morning a group of kindergarten students participate in a phonemic awareness activity in which they isolate and draw out the beginning sounds in words.  The children enjoy exaggerating the initial sounds in their own names and other familiar words. This is an example of a:

Correct Answer: a)      segmenting activity

Question 27 The term used to describe the spelling patterns of written language is:Answer

Correct Answer:  orthography

Question 28 Although phonemic awareness has many components, the two most important components are:

Correct Answer:                       blending and segmenting

Question 29 When attempting to decode words, struggling readers usually have the most difficulty with:

Correct Answer: vowels

Question 30 Of the following, the most appropriate technique to help students who are English Learners (EL) develop phonemic awareness is:

Correct Answer:a)      Elkonin boxes

Question 31 Phonemic awareness is best taught:

Correct Answer: in the context of authentic literacy activities

Question 32 The word slipper contains an example of a:Answer

Correct Answer:consonant blend

Question 33

When teaching phonics generalizations, teachers should be aware that:Answer

Correct Answer: a)      only a few generalizations have a high degree of usefulness for

readers

Question 34 Researchers suggest that the ratio of instructional time spent on real reading and writing to time spent on phonics instruction should be:Answer

Correct Answer:   3 to 1

Question 35

10.    An  example of a word that follows the CVCe generalization is:Answer

Correct Answer: a)      cake

Question 36 In the word think, the onset is:

Correct Answer:  th

d)Question 37 The alphabetic principle refers to the understanding that:Answer

Correct Answer: a link exists between letters and sounds

Question 38 Phonemes are represented in written language as:Answer

Correct Answer:  Graphemes

Question 39 Phonemic awareness instruction should be:

Correct Answer:planned and purposefuld)

Question 40 A term that refers to the origin of words is:

Correct Answer: etymology

Question 41 Which of the following is an example of a word family:Answer

Correct Answer: run, fun, sun

Question 42   A  term that is used to explain the relationships between phonemes and graphemes is:

Correct Answer: phonics

Chapter 6

Question 1 Fluency is

Correct Answer: the ability to read quickly and with expression.Question 2 When students break multisyllabic words into syllables and then use phonics and analogies to decode an unknown word, they are using which word-identification strategy?

Correct Answer: syllable analysisQuestion 3 By third grade, only a few students will not read fluently. All but which of the following is a characteristic of a nonfluent student?Answer

Correct Answer: They read with expressionQuestion 4 Which of the following is NOT a component of reading fluency?Answer

Correct Answer:

 retelling

Question 5 Chunking is a strategy designed to help childrenAnswer

Correct Answer: read with expression.Question 6 All but which of the following will support fifth-grade readers who do not read fluently?Answer

Correct Answer: Let them listen to texts on audio tapes.Question 7 Students write rapidly and without stopping as they explore an idea. This is calledAnswer

Correct Answer:

quickwriting.

Question 8 Ms. Williams used which center as a place for students to use magnetic letters to spell high-frequency words?Answer

Correct Answer: word workQuestion 9 Which of the following is not one of the 24 words that kindergartners need to recognize?Answer

Correct Answer:

where

Question 10

The syllabication rule that states "when there are more than two consonants together in a word, divide syllables keeping the blends together" helps children decode which word?Answer

Correct Answer:

monster

Question 11 Which word identification strategy is best for most fifth-grade students?Answer

Correct Answer: syllabic analysisQuestion 12 Most children are usually fluent readers by which grade?Answer

Correct Answer: 3rdQuestion 13 When Ms. Jones asks her sixth-grade students to read independently for longer periods of time each day, she is helping them developAnswer

Correct Answer:

reading stamina

Question 14 The biggest benefit for asking students to reread is so they will

Correct Answer:

increase their reading speeds.

Question 15 Miss Barton asks her second-grade students to learn five high frequency words each week. She does this because she knows that

Correct Answer: high frequency words are not phonetically regular and cannot be sounded

out.Question 16 All but which of the following is a Greek prefix?Answer

Correct Answer:

quad-

Question 17 All but which of the following words can be decoded by using the same syllabication rule?Answer

Correct Answer:

quiet

Question 18 The primary reason fluent readers are usually more successful than less fluent readers is that fluent readers:

Correct Answer:

have more cognitive resources available for comprehension

Question 19 Researchers have found that the best way to improve students’ reading speed is to use:

Correct Answer:

   repeated readings

Question 20 In the word rewrite, re is an example of a:

Correct Answer:     bound morpheme

Question 21 The ability to quickly recognize words and know how to spell basic words is referred to as:

Correct Answer:

a)      Automaticity

Question 22 Six-year-old Gloria was able to read the new word den because she compared it to the word pen that she already knew.  Gloria used the word identification strategy of:

Correct Answer:   analogyQuestion 23 It is helpful for students to understand syllabication and syllable boundaries because:

Correct Answer: syllable boundaries affect the pronunciation of vowel sounds

Question 24 Bound morphemes that are added to words and root words are:Answer

Correct Answer:   affixes

Question 25 The ability to read quickly and with expression is:Answer

Correct Answer:a)      fluency

Question 26 When students break words into root words and affixes, they are participating in:Answer

Correct Answer: a)      morphemic analysis

Question 27  Students must develop a large stock of words that they recognize instantly. These words are called:AnswerCorrect Answers:

sight words

Question 28 A term that refers to a root word is:Answer

Correct Answer: morpheme

Question 29 The strength to read silently for increasingly longer periods of time is referred to as:Answer

Correct Answer:a)      reading stamina

Question 30 1.      After watching a film abut horses, ten-year-old Ryan quickly began writing.  He explored ideas without stopping.  Ryan was doing a:Answer

Correct Answer: quickwrite

d)Question 31

1.      When asked to read orally, eight-year-old Nicole reads with expression in a manner that approximates talking.  This behavior indicates that Nicole has achieved:Answer

Correct Answer: prosodyQuestion 32

A group of fourth grade students has been asked to read a chapter in a science textbook.  When reading a content-area textbook, students should focus primarily on:Answer

Correct Answer:remembering main ideas

Question 33 A first grade teacher displays high-frequency words on a bulletin board in his classroom. Each week he adds new words. This teacher has created:Answer

Correct Answer: a word wall

Question 34  A group of words such as fish, dish, wish, constitutes:Answer

Correct Answer: a word family

Question 35 The two types of suffixes are:Answer

Correct Answer:  inflectional and derivational

Question 36 An effective way to help students become fluent writers is to encourage the students to:Answer

Correct Answer:write sentences to express their ideas

Question 37 When implementing fluency-building activities, teachers should help children select books that are written:Answer

Correct Answer: just below their instructional level

Question 38 A child’s reading rate is significant primarily because:Answer

Selected Answer: children must read quickly enough to understand what they are reading

Correct Answer: children must read quickly enough to understand what they are reading

Question 39 A reading instructional technique that is a form of assisted practice is:Answer

Selected Answer: readers theatre

Correct Answer: readers theatre

Question 40 To become a fluent reader, a student must:

Answer

Selected Answer:automatically recognize high-frequency words

Correct Answer:automatically recognize high-frequency words

Chapter 7

Question 1 Children best learn vocabulary byAnswer

Correct Answer: being immersed in words.Question 2

Which of the following is not a level of word knowledge?Answer

Correct Answer: new wordQuestion 3

When students have a concept related to a word but are not familiar with the word, either in oral or written form, they are in which situation for unfamiliar words?Answer

Correct Answer: new wordQuestion 4

Incidental word learning happens through independent reading and which instructional models?Answer

Correct Answer:reading workshop and literature circles

Question 5 Which of the following is NOT a word-learning strategy?Answer

Correct Answer: Make up a plausible meaning.Question 6

All but which of the following is a characteristic of effective vocabulary instruction?Answer

Correct Answer: testingQuestion 7

Which of the following is a component of word study?Answer

Correct Answer:synonyms

Question 8 The phrase "in hot water," when it refers to someone who is in trouble, is an example of a(n)Answer

Correct Answer: idiom.Question 9

 Students choose a word from the word wall and then identify three or four words to sequence before or after the word. This is called aAnswer

Correct Answer: word chain.Question 10

When a reader thinks about the rest of the sentence to understand an unknown word, they are using what kind of context clues?Answer

Correct Answer: logicQuestion 11

According to research, effective vocabulary instruction integrates new information with the familiar. Students are most likely to achieve that integration byAnswer

Correct Answer: developing a semantic mapQuestion 12

Syntactic clues can be a useful strategy to identify an unfamiliar word in context because these cuesAnswer

Correct Answer: use the structure of language to provide meaningQuestion 13

All but which of the following is an example of a word study strategy?Answer

Correct Answer: repetitionQuestion 14

A student knows that omni means "all" and that vorous means "to swallow up." She therefore can determine that omnivorous means animals that eat both meat and plants. She is applying what word study strategy?Answer

Correct Answer:morphemic analysis

Question 15 In the sentence, "People who are terrified of spiders have arachnophobia," students can determine the meaning of arachnophobia by using which type of context clue?Answer

Correct Answer: root word and affixesQuestion 16

Fifth-grade students can demonstrate their understanding of homophones byAnswer

Correct Answer: All of the above are true.Question 17

  For vocabulary instruction to be effective, students must:Answer

Correct Answer: relate new words to their background knowledge

Question 18 After third grade, the single largest source of vocabulary growth for students is:Answer

Correct Answer:reading

Question 19 The best way to teach students to use context clues is by:Answer

Correct Answer:  modelingQuestion 20

Similar words in two languages that have descended from the same language are known as:Answer

Correct Answer: cognates

Question 21 Expressions such as “raining cats and dogs” and “in hot water” are examples of:Answer

Correct Answer: idioms

Question 22 When eleven-year-old Madison comes to an unfamiliar word, she uses the surrounding words to figure out the unknown word’s meaning. This is an example of using:Answer

Correct Answer: context cluesQuestion 23 Of the following, the most effective way for students to learn a new group of words is to:Answer

Correct Answer: relate the words to a concept

Question 24 When students learn the origin of a new word, the students are learning that word’s:Answer

Correct Answer: etymologyQuestion 25

The words dear and deer are examples of:Answer

Correct Answer:homonyms

Question 26 A teacher selected words used in a thematic unit and he made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing characteristics. He then asked his students to analyze each word, characteristic by characteristic, and indicate their results on the grid. His class participated in an activity called:Answer

Correct Answer:semantic feature analysis

Question 27 Words that have nearly the same meaning as other words are:Answer

Correct Answer:synonyms

Question 28 When teaching students to find the meaning of a word in a dictionary, instructors should:Answer

Correct Answer:compare the word to related words and opposites

Question 29 While giving a class presentation, a sixth grade student explained the meaning of the word telephone by saying that, “Tele means distance and phon means sound. A telephone enables someone to hear sound across a distance.” This student was using a technique known as:Answer

Correct Answer:morphemic analysis

Question 30 Explicit dictionary meanings are known as:Answer

Correct Answer: literal meaningsQuestion 31 A student selected the word snowstorm from the word wall and then wrote related words including snow, snowman, and blizzard. This student made a(n):Answer

Correct Answer:                  word chain

Question 32 When implementing vocabulary instruction, a teacher should focus on helping his students:Answer

Correct Answer: learn strategiesQuestion 33

Words have entered the English language from many sources. The three main sources have been:Answer

Correct Answer: English, Latin, and GreekQuestion 34

To read and comprehend a book, research suggests that students must:Answer

Correct Answer:know 85% of the words in the book

Question 35 After presenting a lesson on Alaska, a teacher added the words tundra, Arctic, oil, and resources to the word wall. Those words are examples of:Answer

Correct Answer: content-related wordsQuestion 36

Research suggests that the best predictor of vocabulary growth in students between second grade and fifth grade is:Answer

Correct Answer: the amount of time children spend reading independentlyQuestion 37

Words that express opposite meanings are:Answer

Correct Answer:antonyms

Question 38 Two types of figurative language are:Answer

Correct Answer: idioms and metaphorsQuestion 39

The sentence, “Michelle was as graceful as a bird as she skated across the ice,” contains an example of a(n):Answer

Correct Answer: simileQuestion 40

Words should be added to a word wall:Answer

Correct Answer: by the classroom teacher and studentsQuestion 41

Two of the best ways to provide opportunities for independent reading are:

Answer

Correct Answer:literature circles and reading workshop

Monday, April 30, 2012 7:42:32 PM CDTOK

Chapter 8

Question 1 When students are actively involved in their reading process and direct their attention to the big ideas in the text, they areAnswer

Correct Answer:reading with a purpose.

Question 2 In which comprehension strategy to readers think about what they are reading as they read, and apply fix-up strategies if meaning has broken down?Answer

Correct Answer:monitoring

Question 3 Which of the following is NOT an important factor of teachers' abilities to motivate their students?Answer

Correct Answer: expectationsQuestion 4

When teachers use incentives, such as free time or food, they are engaging inAnswer

Correct Answer:rewards.

Question 5 Which of the following teacher moves is NOT likely to create an expectation of comprehension for his/her students?Answer

Correct Answer:Provide students with books at his/her level only.

Question 6 Which of the following is a prerequisite for comprehension?

Answer

Correct Answer:having and activating prior knowledge

Question 7 When readers personalize what they are reading by thinking of similar experiences in their lives or in books they have read, they areAnswer

Correct Answer: connecting.Question 8

When students read between the lines, they areAnswer

Correct Answer:making inferences.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a factor of students' motivation?Answer

Correct Answer:understanding the task

Question 10 When a reader knows what a strategy does to aid comprehension, they have what kind of knowledge?Answer

Correct Answer: declarativeQuestion 11

Which of the following is NOT true of capable readers and writers?Answer

Correct Answer:They decode word by word.

Question 12 Talking about books and sharing opinions and ideas can help childrenAnswer

Correct Answer: increase their motivation to read.Question 13

As they read, students ask themselves questions to be sure they understand what they are reading. This is a characteristic of

Answer

Correct Answer:monitoring.

Question 14 Miss Bannigan helps her fourth graders set a purpose for reading by asking them tAnswer

Correct Answer:predict

Question 15 Students can demonstrate their comprehension by engaging in which of the following activitiesAnswer

Correct Answer: All of the above are true.Question 16

Teachers teach students to do all but which of the following as they strive to facilitate students' comprehension?Answer

Correct Answer: Complete word journalsQuestion 17

Comprehension depends on two factors:Answer

Correct Answer: the reader and the textQuestion 18

Research has suggested that comprehension is enhanced when students:Answer

Correct Answer:read for a single purpose

Question 19 Fluent readers have better comprehension primarily because:Answer

Correct Answer:their cognitive resources are not consumed by decoding

Question 20 English Language Learners often have difficulty comprehending text primarily because they lack:Answer

Correct Answer: background knowledgeQuestion 21 Thoughtful behaviors that students use to facilitate their understanding as they read are:Answer

Correct Answer: comprehension strategiesQuestion 22

Learners store background knowledge in:Answer

Correct Answer: schemataQuestion 23

Of the following, the most effective technique that teachers can use to help their students make predictions is:Answer

Correct Answer:Directed Reading Thinking Activities

Question 24 Stephen, a fifth grade student, enjoyed silently reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen because it reminded him of his recent trip to the Florida Everglades. As he was reading, Stephen made:Answer

Correct Answer:text-to-self connections

Question 25 A fifth grade class read and compared two books by Jerry Spinelli, Crash and Maniac Magee. This class made:Answer

Correct Answer:text-to-text connections

Question 26 Motivation and interest for reading seems to increase when students participate in:Answer

Correct Answer:student-controlled open-ended activities and projects

Question 27 The best way for students to develop their comprehension is to:Answer

Correct Answer:

read authentic texts independently at their reading levelQuestion 28

A strategy that helps students categorize questions and ask higher-level questions is:Answer

Correct Answer:                        question-answer relationshipsQuestion 29

1.      Research suggests that the strongest, most capable readers view reading as a process of:Answer

Correct Answer: b)      comprehensionQuestion 30

1.      Teachers model the thought processes they go through as they read when they use:Answer

Correct Answer:b)      think alouds

Question 31

1.      Capable readers usually:Answer

Correct Answer: c)      use many reading strategies simultaneouslyQuestion 32

1.      When eight-year-old George read The Polar Express, he created mental images and placed himself in the story.  George was:Answer

Correct Answer:d)     visualizing

Question 33 d)   Students take responsibility and select their own books when they participate in:Answer

Correct Answer:c)      reading workshop

Question 34 1.      Several factors affect reading comprehension.  Background knowledge and purpose are considered:Answer

Correct Answer:reader factors

Question 35 1.      Teachers encourage students to make predictions as they are reading.  Predictions give students:Answer

Correct Answer: b)      a purpose for readingQuestion 36

1.      A technique that teachers use to help students form summaries is:Answer

Correct Answer: b)      GISTQuestion 37

1.      Metacognitive strategies enable students to:Answer

Correct Answer: a)      reflect on their thinkingQuestion 38

1.      When students read, they always need:Answer

Correct Answer:d)     a purpose

Question 39 1.      The goal of reading instruction is:Answer

Correct Answer: c)      comprehension

Monday, April 30, 2012 7:43:20 PM CDTOK

Chapter 9

Question 1 The way authors organize ideas in stories, informational books, and poems is referred to asAnswerCorrect Answers:

text structure.

Question 2 How do graphic organizers help students learn about text structure?AnswerCorrect Answers: Students can visualize the big ideas and see the connections between ideas

and vocabulary.

Question 3 Which of the following is NOT a narrative text genre?AnswerCorrect Answers: cause and effect

Question 4 A story that focuses on the conflict between good and evil and often involves quests is calledAnswerCorrect Answers:

high fantasy

Question 5 The perspective that a story is told from is which story element?AnswerCorrect Answers: point of view

Question 6 Which of the following is NOT a common literacy device?AnswerCorrect Answers: problem and solution

Question 7 When authors use descriptive or sensory words and phrases to convey a certain picture in the reader's mind or a certain sense of smell or taste, it is calledAnswer

Correct Answers:using imagery.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the most common expository text structures?AnswerCorrect Answers:

contemporary fiction

Question 9 An author lists items or events in numerical or chronological order. What type of text structure is this?AnswerCorrect Answers:

sequence

Question 10 Information books have all but which of the following text features?AnswerCorrect Answers:

detailed illustrations to support the text's content

Question 11

The most common type of poetry isAnswerCorrect Answers: rhymed verse.

Question 12 When students create poems by cutting words from various sources and then manipulating the words into poems, they are creatingAnswerCorrect Answers: found poems.

Question 13 The conflict of a story isAnswerCorrect Answers: the main problem.

Question 14 Expository text can also be calledAnswerCorrect Answers: nonfiction.

Question 15 What is the best reason explaining why teachers need to know about story elements?AnswerCorrect Answers: to understand how authors craft a story

Question 16 Mrs. Cartelli listens as two children in her class animatedly and excitedly discuss a story about a boy who travels in the future. She begins to think of other stories they might like. What aspect of story will she most likely focus on?AnswerCorrect Answers: setting

Question 17 Ms. Plante asks her students to use a graphic organizer to determine the beginning, middle, and end of a story. She is helping her students focus onAnswerCorrect Answers:

plot.

Question 18 Mr. Fair tells his fifth graders that sometimes authors attribute human characteristics to animals and objects. He gives the example of "the moss crept across the sidewalk." He is teaching his students aboutAnswer

Correct Answers:personification.

Question 19 Which of the following does NOT represent how children learn story structure?AnswerCorrect Answers:

by making KWL charts

Question 20 Which of the following poetic forms is NOT concerned with syllables and line patterns?AnswerCorrect Answers: acrostic

Question 21 The term used to describe the way in which authors organize ideas in stories, informational books, and poems is:Answer

Correct Answer: text structureQuestion 22

Longer stories written in a chapter format are referred to as:Answer

Correct Answer:novels

Question 23 A novel began with the sentences, “I knew sixth grade would be hard when we got lots of homework on the first day. I would no longer have time to play basketball after school.” Those sentences show that the novel was written in:Answer

Correct Answer:first-person viewpoint

Question 24 When children write poetry, they should be:Answer

Correct Answer:free to experiment with many forms

Question 25 Themes that are stated openly and clearly in a story are:Answer

Correct Answer: explicit themesQuestion 26

A term used to describe brief narratives designed to teach a moral is:Answer

Correct Answer: fableQuestion 27

Nicole and Madison wanted to read a poem together. They found a poem that was written in two columns and each student practiced reading a column. These students performed a:Answer

Correct Answer:poem for two voices

Question 28 Informational books are organized in:Answer

Correct Answer:narrative text structures

Question 29 A third grade class read a story about a girl who had the power to make rain or snow fall from the sky whenever she wished. That story is an example of a(n):Answer

Correct Answer: fantasy textQuestion 30 1. When categorizing books, biographies can be considered:Answer

Correct Answer: informational booksQuestion 31

When students understand the unique characteristics of genres, they are better able to:Answer

Correct Answer:anticipate the structure of text

Question 32 Myths about heroes and heroines who have done something important enough to be

remembered in a story form are referred to as:Answer

Correct Answer:legends

Question 33 Good novels have fully developed main characters. One way in which characters can be developed is through:Answer

Correct Answer:Dialogue

Question 34 To complete a homework assignment, Richard searched several books and found the names of historic battlefields in Pennsylvania. In this situation, Richard took an:Answer

Correct Answer:efferent stance

Question 35 The underlying meaning of a story that embodies general truths about human nature is referred to as the story’s:Answer

Correct Answer: themeQuestion 36

Authors use many literary devices to make their writing more vivid and memorable. When authors overstate or stretch the truth to make obvious and intentional exaggerations for a special effect, those authors are using:Answer

Correct Answer: hyperboleQuestion 37

In many folktales, the story’s setting is relatively unimportant. Settings with little elaboration are considered:Answer

Correct Answer:backdrop settings

Question 38 A group of third-grade students read a novel in which the theme was not stated clearly in the story. As they were reading, these students uncovered the theme by making inferences as they read. Themes that must be inferred from the story are considered:

Answer

Correct Answer:implicit themes

Question 39

Many children’s books, such as Charlotte’s Web, contain animals that speak and show other human characteristics. A technique in which authors attribute human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects is known as:Answer

Correct Answer:personification

Question 40 After reading the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, a group of fifth-grade students collected their favorite words and sentences from the novel and composed a poem. Poems that are made by culling words and sentences from various sources are referred to as:Answer

Correct Answer:found poems

Monday, April 30, 2012 7:44:04 PM CDT

Chapter 10

Question 1 In October, the fifth grade students in Brady School formed literature circles. Throughoutthe school year, these students should:Answer

Correct Answer:occasionally form new groups that meet their needs and interests

Question 2 Basal readers usually:Answer

Correct Answer:contain a strong skills component

Question 3 When participating in literature circles, effective teachers encourage students to read:Answer

Correct Answer: stories and/or informational booksQuestion 4

Mrs. Lewis went to a thrift store and bought a bag of children’s books for her eight year olddaughter, Alexis. When Alexis sorted the books into the categories of “too easy”, “too hard”, and “just right”, she was using the:Answer

Correct Answer: Goldilocks StrategyQuestion 5

When sixth grade teacher Donna Collingdale collected her students’ reading logs, a veteran teacher correctly advised her that reading the logs would:Answer

Correct Answer: help her monitor the ways in which her students use reading strategiesQuestion 6

When discussing reading and writing workshop, the principal correctly advised that reading and writing workshop:Answer

Correct Answer: could be used as the primary instructional approach in a classroom or as a

complement to other instructional approachesQuestion 7 During Writing Workshop, it is most appropriate for students to work on projects:Answer

Correct Answer:they’ve chosen themselves

Question 8 When students participate in literature focus units, the books they read are usually selected by:Answer

Correct Answer:the teacher

Question 9 Of the following, the most individualized instructional approach is the:Answer

Correct Answer:reading workshop

Question 10 The school librarian has correctly advised a fourth grade teacher that his classroom library should contain:Answer

Correct Answer:books written at a range of reading levels

Question 11 Of the following, the instructional method that relies most heavily upon teacher direction isthe:Answer

Correct Answer: basal reading programQuestion 12

Because the students in Mary Pat’s second grade class complete workbook pages every day, they are most likely participating in:Answer

Correct Answer:a basal reading program

Question 13 Basal reading programs provide a wide variety of materials to support student learning. The essential component of a basal reading program is:Answer

Correct Answer: a student textbook or anthologyQuestion 14

A fifth grade teacher began an author study by introducing several books written by LoisLowry. Of the following, the primary reason for implementing author studies withelementary students is to:Answer

Correct Answer: provide role models to inspire their writingQuestion 15

All of the students in Al Gallo’s class are reading the novel, Maniac Magee, by JerrySpinelli. They have grand conversations about each chapter, respond in reading logs, andadd important words from the chapters to the class word wall. These students areparticipating in a:Answer

Correct Answer:literature focus unit

Question 16 When third grade teacher Anne Shirley developed a poetry unit, experienced teacherscorrectly advised that she should monitor and document her students’ work by using a(n):Answer

Correct

Answer: assignment checklistQuestion 17

Students are most likely to engage in authentic writing activities when they participate in:Answer

Correct Answer: Writing workshopQuestion 18

One advantage to using basal reading programs is that these programs:Answer

Correct Answer: expose students to many genresQuestion 19

When students are participating in a Literature Focus Unit they should:Answer

Correct Answer: sometimes work independently and sometimes work in small groups or as a

whole classQuestion 20

1 out of 1 pointsBecause teacher Marie Nercoff wanted to share her love of science fiction, she developed a unit using science fiction texts written by Jules Verne, Madeleine L’Engle, and other authors. This teacher developed a (n):Answer

Correct Answer: genre unitQuestion 21

Students often assume roles such as the Discussion Director or Word Wizard when theyparticipate in:Answer

Correct Answer: Literature CirclesQuestion 22

Most basal reading programs end in:Answer

Correct Answer: sixth gradeQuestion 23

When they met in literature circles, some second grade students used inappropriate language and did not discuss the selected books. After observing this behavior, the principal correctly advised their teacher to:

Answer

Correct Answer:join the literature circle to model appropriate conversation

Monday, April 30, 2012 7:44:40 PM CDTOK

Chapter 11

Question 1 The most effective way to help students who struggle with writing is to provide:Answer

Correct Answer:more opportunities for authentic writing

Question 2 Several fifth grade students have been having difficulty reading an assigned novel and they need teacher support to comprehend the text. Of the following, the most appropriate instructional technique to use with these students would be:Answer

Correct Answer:Guided Reading

Question 3 Reading Recovery is an intervention program that was designed to address the needs of:Answer

Correct Answer: first grade studentsQuestion 4 The child who is most likely to have difficulty learning to read is the child who has:Answer

Correct Answer:difficulty developing phonemic awareness

Question 5 According to the program's design, Reading Recovery instruction should be delivered by:Answer

Correct Answer:a specially trained teacher

Question 6 An early intervention program which helps young children develop concepts of print and an understanding of literacy behaviors is:Answer

Correct Answer:Head Start

Question 7 To increase the likelihood that all students will be successful, teachers should:Answer

Selected Answer:create tiered lessons

Correct Answer:create tiered lessons

Question 8 Before planning instruction, it is essential for teachers to:Answer

Correct Answer: use assessment procedures to determine students' strengths and needsQuestion 9

Two teachers are working together to plan a unit on space exploration. These teachers should design activities:Answer

Correct Answer:with multiple options to address students' strengths and needs

Question 10 Many students in Kathy Sites' class are advanced readers who can apply comprehension strategies and discuss challenging books with minimal teacher guidance. The most appropriate activity for these students would be:Answer

Correct Answer: Literature CirclesQuestion 11

Second grade teacher Mabel Frisby never asks all of her students to complete the same assignment because some students are working below grade level and some exceed grade level expectations. When this teacher varies and adjusts instruction and assignments to address individual differences, she is practicing:Answer

Correct Answer:differentiated instruction

Question 12 Teacher Steve Doran would like all of his students to discuss the novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, but some of the students are unable to read the text independently. This teacher should:Answer

Correct Answer:read the text aloud to the students

Question 13 When teachers create tiered activities, they should:Answer

Correct Answer: strive to make the differences among assignments unnoticeableQuestion 14

In the most effective intervention programs, students are instructed by:Answer

Correct Answer: certified teachersQuestion 15 A group of sixth grade students read independently and take computer-generated comprehension quizzes on their reading. These students are participating in a(n):Answer

Correct Answer: Accelerated Reader ProgramQuestion 16

Of the following, the most effective way to help students improve their reading is to:Answer

Correct Answer: provide time for them to read books at their own reading levelQuestion 17

Of the following, the most appropriate role for a school literacy coach is to:Answer

Correct Answer: collaborate with teachers to design instructionQuestion 18

Literacy Centers:Answer

Correct Answer:can be used at any grade level

Question 19 To help students monitor their progress and develop responsibility for completing their assignments, teachers should:Answer

Correct Answer: provide checklists for students to track their progress

Question 20 A Response to Intervention (RTI) program involves 3 tiers. During the first tier, students:Answer

Correct Answer: are screened to identify academic difficultiesQuestion 21 When his class was studying the Olympics, the teacher gathered multiple copies of related fiction and nonfiction books that varied in difficulty. This teacher compiled a:Answer

Correct Answer:text set

Question 22

When students participate in guided reading sessions, they should read texts written at their:Answer

Correct Answer:instructional level

Question 23 When a teacher practices differentiated instruction, he should:Answer

Correct Answer: place students in flexible groups which will change according to needQuestion 24 When the new school year began, new teacher Mary Kay planned many reading activities for her class. Veteran teachers correctly advised that she should use a single text:Answer

Correct Answer:only 25% of the time so that she could differentiate instruction

Question 25 Classrooms in which differentiated instruction is practiced are appropriate:Answer

Correct Answer:for all students