Exam 7: Expanding Academic Vocabulary

When eight-year-old Kelly encountered a word that she didn't know, she used the surrounding words and sentences to determine its meaning. In that situation, Kelly used:

The term which refers to the history of a word is:

Fourth grade teacher Grace Scott was frustrated. The poorest readers in her class read very few books while the most capable readers read many books and enlarged their vocabularies. Another teacher wisely suggested that the best way to encourage everyone to read more would be to:

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

The best way to teach students to use context clues is to use:

While reading about the Olympic Games, a fourth grade class made a list of sports related words and then made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing characteristics. Those students participated in a(n):

Students who are English learners may have difficulty with idioms because they lack the necessary:

When introducing new words, sixth grade teacher Terri Crowley alerts her students if the new words were derived from the Spanish, French, or Latin languages. Effective teachers have found that knowing a word's history helps students to:

Teachers explicitly teach the most common affixes because such knowledge helps students:

Words that express opposite meanings are known as:

To use classroom word walls most effectively, teachers should:

While writing a poem, ten-year-old Krista thought carefully and selected words that matched the mood she tried to convey. She checked definitions in the dictionary as she worked. These actions show that Krista has developed:

Research suggests that:

Students often encounter words they don't recognize during independent reading periods. List three suggestions a teacher could offer to help her students determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. What should students do when they don't recognize a word in their texts?

Of the following, the best way to help students take responsibility and monitor their vocabulary growth would be to:

Because a group of third grade students have difficulty using dictionaries to find the definitions they need, their teacher should:

Nine-year-old Polina is an English learner who has enrolled in a third grade class in New York City. To help Polina acquire academic vocabulary, her teacher should provide:

The primary reason why teachers should devote instructional time to the study of similes and metaphors is to help students:

List and describe three ways in which teachers can assess students' vocabulary knowledge.

Of the following, the factor which research suggests has the strongest influence on children's language development is: