Deck 45: Reading LA

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Vaughn is reading a book to her first-grade class. While reading, she is trying to teach left-to-right directionality. What should she do while she is reading the book to her class?

A)Read the book with the pages facing her while calling on each child to turn one page.
B)Hold the book facing the class while pointing out the pictures while reading.
C)Hold the book facing the class while following the printed words with her fingers.
D)Show a picture book to the class that does not contain any printed words.
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During quiet reading time, Sid goes to the bookshelf, grabs a book about spiders, and starts reading aloud. Instead of readingthe printed information about spiders, he starts making up a story about the spiders in the book. This behavior means that Sid

A)Obviously does not know how to read; therefore, book reading should be discouraged until he knows how to do so.
B)Understands that there is a meaning to the printed words on the page, although he does not know how to read yet.
C)Should read a book without words.
D)Understands how to sound out words.
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Billy Madison is new to Ms. Vaughn's class this year and is not a native English speaker. To promote his phonological processing skills, she needs to incorporate an oral language activity into her curriculum. Which of the following activities would best help Billy with his phonological processing skills?

A)While reading, she should point out phonemes that are used by English speakers but not used in Billy's native language.
B)Call Billy to the front of the class and ask him to read one page of a book per day.
C)Point out every spoken error Billy makes.
D)Order a copy of every book in Billy's spoken language so that she does not have to spend extra time making adjustments for him.
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Vaughn's classroom has many items labeled including the clock, the door, the windows, and the students' desks. The items are labeled in an effort to

A)Help her teach spatial awareness.
B)Help the students recognize that words consist of sounds.
C)Help the students when those items are on spelling tests.
D)Help the students develop a sense of print awareness.
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Vaughn is reading Captain Underpants to her first-grade class, she points out the beginning, the middle, and the end of it. The reason for this is

A)To teach literal comprehension strategies.
B)To teach phonological processing skills.
C)To teach how to handle a book properly.
D)To teach left-to-right text directionality.
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Of the following students, which is showing phonemic awareness?

A)Snookie, who after hearing the wordcup, says that it ends with the /p/ sound
B)Pauly, who says that the word Jersey has two syllables
C)Vinnie, who can orally describe the sound that the letter v makes when pointing to the letter in the alphabet
D)Mike, who can identify that the word cat is different than the words hot, pot, and not
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Snookie's teacher asks her to listen to the word monkey and then to orally identify all of the sounds in the word. This activity is only appropriate if Snookie

A)Knows what a monkey is.
B)Has a high sense of phonemic awareness.
C)Has no sense of phonemic awareness.
D)Knows how to spell monkey.
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Mackey wants to encourage his students to divide words into onsets and rhymes in an effort to promote phonemic awareness. Which activity would be most appropriate?

A)Asking them to identify the vowels in the word zoo
B)Asking them to identify the consonants in the word zoo
C)Asking them to identify the number of syllables in the word zoo
D)Saying the word zoo and then pronouncing it as /z/and then /oo/with a pause between sounds
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Vinnie needs more help developing his phonemic awareness skills. Which activity should his teacher use to best help him?

A)Showing Vinnie familiar objects and then asking him to first name each object followed by isolating the final sound he hears when naming them
B)Asking Vinnie to read a sentence to himself and then recite the sentence orally
C)Showing Vinnie familiar objects and then asking him to clap for each syllable he hears
D)Asking Vinnie to point to various objects in the room and then spell each object correctly
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Mackey is trying to encourage the development of rapid automatic word recognition with his first-grade class. In order to do this effectively, he should first teach them

A)How to look up unknown words in a dictionary.
B)How to learn the meanings of words by using context cues.
C)To consider consistent phonics generalizations and apply those to common words.
D)To memorize the order of a series of words.
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In an effort to teach first- and second-graders how to decode words that have more than one syllable, which would be the most effective method?

A)Asking students to pronounce every phoneme in the word
B)Asking students to read a book that repeats certain words several times
C)Using flashcards to encourage them to recognize the word by memorization
D)Asking the students to break up the multisyllable words into smaller, familiar, one syllable words.
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Of the following statements, which best describes how the oral knowledge of vocabulary relates to the way we decode written vocabulary?

A)Our oral knowledge of vocabulary helps give meaning to written words as we decode them.
B)We use decoding skills with unfamiliar, written vocabulary so we can increase our oral vocabulary.
C)Our oral vocabulary is entirely dependent upon our ability to decode written words.
D)The only way we can decode written words is to have a vast oral vocabulary.
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Which of the following word pairs differ by one phoneme?

A)catch/caught
B)fly/flew
C)lap/nap
D)buy/bought
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Snookie is an English language learner. When reading the sentence"We brought three chairs to the beach,"she pronounces chairs aschair. Which of the following responses by her teacher would be most appropriate?

A)Give Snookie a list of singular nouns with their plural counterparts.
B)Line up three chairs and show her the visual difference between three chairs and one chair to make sure she understands that chairs means more than one chair.
C)Give Snookie a piece of paper with singular nouns listed on it and ask her to add an s to the end of each word.
D)Assume it was just a mistake and ignore it so she is not embarrassed.
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The words hatched, hated,and harmed best illustrate which principle?

A)A long vowel sound is usually used to pronounce open syllables.
B)The pronunciation of a suffix is not as reliable as its spelling.
C)All past tense words end in -ed.
D)A short vowel sound gives the past tense form of a word an extra syllable.
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The words changeable and convertible best exemplify which of the following principles?

A)Certain suffixes added to a word can shift the accent to a different syllable.
B)The spelling of root words changes when a suffix is added.
C)The way a suffix is spelled depends on its root word.
D)The way a suffix is pronounced depends on its root word.
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Schoolhouse needs to teach the concept of compound words to her second-grade class. The activity that best suits this concept is

A)Reciting a list of compound words, asking the students to spell each word on paper.
B)Asking the students to identify the number of syllables in particular compound words.
C)Giving the students noun flashcards and verb flashcards and ask them to combine one noun and one verb to make one word.
D)Put single syllable noun flashcards in a basket and ask each student to take two, put them together, and draw a picture of their result.
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The process of using familiar word parts to decode unfamiliar words is called ___________.

A)Phonics generalization
B)Content knowledge
C)Letter/sound correspondence
D)Structural analysis
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A second-grade teacher asks a student to read several written words and then to read a paragraph containing each word. While assessing the student's reading skills, she notices he does better reading the paragraph than he does reading the words individually. Which of the following best describes the student's reading abilities?

A)The student has poor individual word decoding skills.
B)The student does well recognizing context cues.
C)The student does not recognize semantic cues.
D)Both A and B
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A second-grade student can successfully sound out and pronounce words with one or two syllables but hehas difficulty with comprehension when reading sentences. In order to help develop the student's reading proficiency, the teacher should first

A)Determine the student's vocabulary development level.
B)Determine the student's level of phonological awareness.
C)Assign short paragraphs for the student to read and recite in their own words.
D)Take the sentences apart and ask the student to pronounce each word.
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Miyagi is about to teach his sixth-grade class a unit about earthquakes. What type of vocabulary words should he pre-teach?

A)High frequency words
B)Sight words
C)Conceptually challenging words
D)Compound words
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Miss Shields' third-grade class is about to read a short story about pets. She has a few English language learners in her class and needs to develop a strategy to promote their comprehension of the story. Which of the following strategies would work best?

A)Partnering the English language learners with other students in the class who are native English speakers so that the native English speakers can explain the story to them
B)Starting a discussion about pets in order to activate any prior knowledge of pets
C)Providing visual aids to accompany new vocabulary
D)Both B and C
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Shue has his seventh-grade class write in a response journal after every chapter in a novel they are reading. Which of the following journal prompts would most effectively help develop their literary response skills?

A)Relate particular events in the chapter to the theme of the novel.
B)Summarize what happened in the chapter.
C)List the important characters in the chapter.
D)Write down new vocabulary from the chapter.
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Sparklenose is reading a Junie B. Jones book to her second-grade class. Since this is a trade book, she wants to incorporate a lesson plan to make it somewhat educational. Which of the following activities would work best in order to enhance the students' literary analysis skills?

A)Before reading the story, ask the students to predict what will happen in the book based on the title.
B)After reading the story, ask the students to help you make a concept map to map the main events in the story.
C)After reading the story, ask the students to draw a picture about their favorite part of the story.
D)Arrange the students into small groups where they will each take turns reading a page of the story aloud.
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When Mrs. Sparklenose listens to Abby read aloud in her second-grade class, she notices that Abby lacks fluency, stopping often while reading. What is the very first thing that Mrs. Sparklenose should do in regard to Abby's fluency?

A)Assess whether Abby also has trouble with metacognition.
B)Assess whether Abby also has trouble with decoding.
C)Give Abby a book that is easier to read.
D)Read the words that she is having trouble with for her.
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A sixth-grade class was asked to independently read an informational article. The next day, they were asked to take a quiz on the material read. Their teacher noticed from assessing the quiz that several students seemed to have trouble both comprehending the article and with vocabulary from the article. What should the teacher consider for the next time she has to teach an informational article?

A)Choose an article that is more interesting.
B)Introduce a unit on test-taking techniques before the next quiz.
C)Instead of asking them to read instructional articles, ask them to read stories with dialogue.
D)Before asking them to read independently, spend some time discussing key vocabulary words in the article as well as discussing what to be looking for when reading.
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Which of the following statements is the best example of a simile?

A)The moon was a flashlight in the night sky.
B)The moon looked like a flashlight in the night sky.
C)The moon made much more mystery.
D)The moon looks very bright tonight.
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Which of the following statements is the best example of a metaphor?

A)The sun is a single rose setting in a garden of dusk.
B)The sun looks like a single rose in a dark garden.
C)The sun sets in the September sky.
D)The sun looks pink as it sets in the sky at dusk.
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Which of the following statements is the best example of alliteration?

A)We were wild with worry.
B)We were wild like wild animals.
C)We felt like we were wild animals.
D)We were wild animals in the wilderness.
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Patience has just read a story to his kindergarten class. Which of the following activities would best help him assess their literary response skills?

A)Ask a series of questions about the story and ask them to write the answers.
B)Ask them to tell you their favorite part of the story.
C)Ask them to write a book report about the story.q
D)Divide them into small groups, give them puppets and/or costumes, and ask them to act out the story.
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What does the strategy skimmingrefer to?

A)Memorizing specific facts for a test
B)Creating mnemonic devices
C)Previewing a unit in a textbook before reading it
D)Validating the accuracy of information on the internet
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A seventh-grade class is doing a research paper for which they can only gather information from the internet. What can the teacher do to encourage effective use of the internet for their project?

A)Give the students a list of a few preapproved websites.
B)Tell the students to stay away from websites that may look initially too difficult to navigate.
C)Nothing: let them find the information without your help.
D)Give the students a checklist of things to look for which will help them evaluate the validity and relevance of the information they find.
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Charlie is a sixth-grader doing a research project for which he has to use informational texts for his research. Which of the following parts of a book will be most useful to him when previewing books for his project?

A)The glossary
B)The table of contents
C)The appendix
D)The index
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A fifth-grade teacher is introducing a chapter about the atmosphere. Which of the following activities would be a beneficial way to connect their background knowledge about the atmosphere to what they will be learning in the chapter?

A)Ask them to write a report about the atmosphere.
B)Have them take the end-of-chapter quiz before they read the chapter so they can be prepared for what questions to look for.
C)Collectively create a KWL chart about the atmosphere.
D)Discuss vocabulary they will be learning in the chapter.
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When a first-grade teacher is reading a large-sized book to her class, she points to the ending letter of each word and emphasizes the sound it makes. What is the best answer to describe why she is doing this?

A)To promote the idea that words are made of individual sounds
B)To indicate that she has reached the end of a word
C)To keep the students' attention while she is reading
D)To improve their structural awareness skills
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A fifth-grade class is reading about the Civil War. Which of the following graphic organizers would best help them learn the timing of the series of events involved in the Civil War?

A)A Venn diagram
B)A concept map
C)A timeline
D)A semantic map
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A seventh-grade teacher wants her students to analyze points of view in written arguments. She has them read persuasive essays with varying points of view on a social topic that people tend to disagree upon. What questions should she ask her students about each of the essays?

A)What is the author's opinion?
B)Do you think that the author's background influenceshis/her opinion and how?
C)Does the author provide you with evidence to support his/her opinion and to encourage you to agree with them?
D)All of the above
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An English language learner in second-grade is writing a sentence about a picture with a boy giving a book to another boy. The English language learner writes"Him is giving the boy a book."This sentence would indicate that the child is having problems with which of the following components of language?

A)Possessive nouns
B)Spelling
C)Contractions
D)Grammatical word structure
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A first-grader tells her teacher, "I slepted overnight at my friend's house." Which of the following would be the teacher's best response to address this incorrect use of tense?

A)Do nothing. You do not want to embarrass her and discourage her from talking.
B)Simply tell her that slepted is not a word.
C)Respond, "You slept at your friend's house? Did you have fun?"
D)Respond, "You slepted at your friend's house? Did you have fun?"
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A second-grader is writing in his journal about what he did over the weekend. When writing about a bike race between him and his brother, he writes"I beat my brother. Can I ride fast!" The fact that he meant to write"I can ride fast!" indicates that he may have trouble with which of the following?

A)Punctuation
B)Syntax
C)Tone
D)Adjective use
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A kindergarten teacher writes a sentence on the board that states, "The dog has a bone." Instead of writing the word dog, she draws a picture of a dog. This is an example of what?

A)A rebus
B)Alliteration
C)Personification
D)A scribble
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A fifth-grade teacher tells his students that their homework is to write a rough-draft report about their favorite historical figure. Betty Brownnose comes to school the next day with a final draft to turn in without an initial rough draft. Which of the following describes the most appropriate response by the teacher?

A)Commend Betty for being such an overachiever and accept the paper as a final draft.
B)Acknowledge Betty's desire to finish the report but stress the importance of following the proper stages of the writing process.
C)Treat the paper as a rough draft, making corrections and suggestions for improvement.
D)Both B and C
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The phrase "Watch out!" is what sentence type?

A)Declarative
B)Interrogative
C)Imperative
D)Inquisitive
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"I ordered pizza, my brother ordered tacos."
This statement displays which of the following errors in sentence structure?

A)Run-on sentence
B)Fused sentence
C)Comma splice
D)Dependent clause
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Which of the following eighth-grade students is displaying a lack of knowledge regarding sentence fluency as a writing trait?

A)The student who forgets periods at the end of several sentences
B)The student who does not use a thesaurus
C)The student who appears unknowledgeable about their topic
D)The student whose writing lacks passion
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A fourth-grader writes a story with information that is scattered and irrelevant. Of the six writing traits, which of the following does this student need more help with?

A)Voice
B)Organization
C)Sentence fluency
D)Word choice
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Which of the following is the best example of an excerpt from a comparison/contrast paper?

A)"You need to neuter your cat because it prevents strays."
B)"The battle cries were heard through the thick forestry like injured wolves in the night."
C)"The Civil War began in 1861."
D)"While the Civil War began in 1861, the Revolutionary War began in 1775."
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Which of the following shows correct sentence structure?

A)She forgot to iron her skirt therefore she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
B)She forgot to iron her skirt; therefore, she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
C)She forgot to iron her skirt therefore-she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
D)She forgot to iron her skirt; therefore: she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
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Robbie writes"I didn't feel good"in his journal to describe having the flu last week. Did he use correct grammar and why/why not?

A)No, he should have avoided the contraction.
B)No, you should not end a sentence with an adjective.
C)No, an adjective should not describe a verb.
D)Yes, there is no error.
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For developing readers in first-grade, which of the following would be the best type of daily activity for the teacher to use when planning reading instruction?

A)Reciting the alphabet
B)Reading them stories with alliteration and rhyme
C)Activities that involve decoding and word analysis
D)Journaling
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Heart asks his students to write a declarative sentence about what they did over summer vacation. One student writes"I went to visit my grandma, which everyone should do!"In what area does this student need more practice?

A)None. There is no error in the student's response.
B)Using proper syntax
C)Correct grammar usage
D)Comprehension
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He set up his tent and waited for the bear.
Which of the following is the correct response?

A)They set up their tent and waited for the bear.
B)They set up there tent and waited for the bear.
C)They set up they're tent and waited for the bears.
D)They set up their tents and waited for the bears.
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"It had been agreed by most of the group that the Green Bay Packers had been believed to be the best team of the season."
Which of the following revisions should he recommend to the student in order to make the statement stronger?

A)The statementindicates excessive use of passive voice. Consider restructuring the sentence.
B)The statement is an opinion, which should always be avoided in reports.
C)The statement contains spelling errors that need to be corrected.
D)There is nothing wrong with the sentence.
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Which of the following is the best example of decoding?

A)A student looks up a vocabulary word in the dictionary.
B)A student uses context clues to learn new vocabulary.
C)A student dissects a word into smaller parts to make it easier to read the entire word.
D)A student applies prior knowledge to new vocabulary.
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Which of the following statements is the best example of a complex sentence?

A)I would not leave the park, so I was pepper-sprayed.
B)After I refused to leave the park, I was pepper-sprayed.
C)I was pepper-sprayed.
D)The pepper-spray burned like fire.
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Which word is the subordinator in the following complex sentence?
After I refused to leave the park, I was pepper-sprayed.

A)Leave
B)After
C)Pepper
D)Sprayed
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Which of the following sentences indicates incorrect pronoun usage?

A)Mr. Obama and I went to Hawaii.
B)Mr. Obama and he went to Hawaii.
C)Mr. Obama and me went to Hawaii.
D)I went to Hawaii with Mr. Obama.
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A kindergarten teacher, fresh out of college, has decided to have her kindergarteners do some journaling. She notices many made-up words and scribbles in her students' journals. Which of the following statements best describes what she should do about their entries?

A)Cease the journaling activities since they are too young to write if they cannot spell words.
B)From now on, monitor the students while journaling so they can correct their mistakes and prevent scribbling.
C)From now on, write on the board exactly what she wants the students to write in their journals.
D)She should not do anything different.
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A fifth-grade teacher is having problems motivating her students to write in their journals. Which of the following options should she try in order to help them with the writing process?

A)Give them a writing prompt.q
B)Put them into groups.
C)Play music during journal time.
D)Give them extra writing homework.
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Which of the following writing steps involves using graphic organizers, brainstorming, and designing a structure for the final paper?

A)Drafting
B)Publishing
C)Prewriting
D)Editing
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A seventh-grade teacher has asked her class to write a paper about their favorite celebrities. She notices that many of the students failed to take note of the areas onwhich she told them to focus. They also avoided using proper formatting. Which of the following teaching tools could she have used to help her students understand the project requirements?

A)She could have taken them to the library.
B)She could have allowed peer review.
C)She could have chosen a person for them to write about.
D)She could have given them a rubric.
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Which of the following is an aspect of speaking?

A)Purpose
B)Audience
C)Tone
D)All of the above
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Bryce is a sixth-grader who has beenassigned to give a formal speech about President Obama. He speaks informally, as if he is talking to his friends. His teacher evaluates his speech and says he has a problem with which of the following?

A)Purpose
B)Audience
C)Tone
D)Both audience and tone.
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An eighth-grade teacher is teaching speaking skills by assigning his class a project in which they have to conduct a practice job interview. The student is the applicant and the teacher is the person hiring. When presenting his qualifications, one of the students says,
"I ain't too good at spelling, but I got mad rap skills."
With which of the following does the student need more practice?

A)Spelling
B)Adjective use
C)Confidence
D)Tone
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"The movie is 90 minutes long. The movie has two main characters. There is a good guy and a bad guy. At the end, the bad guy gets punished. I liked the movie."
Judging by the above statements, is there anything wrong with the student's persuasive speech?

A)Yes. The student listed mostly facts, avoiding elements of persuasion.
B)No. You should avoid descriptive elements in a persuasive speech.
C)Yes. The student gave away too much information about the movie.
D)No. The student's opinion about the movie will help persuade the audience to watch it.
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Which of the following is the best example of teaching listening skills to kindergarteners?

A)Showing the students a picture book and asking them to write about it in their journals
B)Reading a Dr. Seuss book and asking them to recite it back
C)Playing "Simon Says"
D)Showing them a two-hour movie about the climate and orally quizzing them afterward
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While playing "Simon Says," a kindergarten teacher avoids saying aloud what she wants the students to do. For example, she might say, "Simon Says," and then put her hands on her head WITHOUT saying, "Put your hands on your head." Which of the following describes her approach for teaching communication skills?

A)She is playing the game incorrectly. You must use words to play "Simon Says."
B)There are better approaches than hers to teach communication skills. She should reevaluate.
C)She is teaching prediction skills.
D)She is teaching how to focus on the speaker.
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A first-grade teacher is reading a book to his class during circle time. What can he do to monitor and encourage listening skills?

A)Pay close attention to any students that are misbehaving and constantly stop to reprimand them before going forward.
B)Occasionally stop before going forward to ask what they think will happen next.
C)Ask ten questions for each page he reads before going on to the next page.
D)Encourage silent listening while he reads and then assign a quiz about the book after he is finished reading it.
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At a school assembly, a third-grade teacher's class is behaving poorly, talking amongst themselves and misbehaving while they are supposed to be listening quietly. She notices that the second-graders are behaving better than her third-graders. Which of the following best describes what the third-grade teacher should have done to make her students listen at the assembly?

A)There is nothing she could have done. Sometimes you get a bad batch of students.
B)Threaten to take away one of their privileges if they fail to listen.
C)Remove her students from the situation so they do not distract the rest of the school.
D)Tell them what the assembly is about before going and discuss the who, what, and why of the assembly.
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A sixth-grader turns in a report about the solar system, stating that there are aliens that live on Mars. When you confront him with this claim, he says he found it on the internet. Which of the following is true about his evaluation of media techniques when conducting his research?

A)He failed to check the accuracy of the web resource.
B)He failed to check the authority of the web resource.
C)There is nothing wrong with his statement as long as he provides the website from which he obtained the information.
D)Both A and B
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A second-grade teacher shows a book, The Tortoise and the Hare,to his class. The book has no words, only pictures. In the fable, the tortoise moves slowly and steadily while the hare runs very fast but is so confident that he will win the race that he stops to take a nap, thus losing the race to the tortoise. When asking his students what the story means, one of the students says, "It means that tortoises are slow and the hare should have won." Which of the following best describes the area with which this student needs further practice?

A)Understanding the message
B)Learning morals
C)Imagination
D)Figurative vs. literal communication
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An eighth-grade teacher is inviting a guest speaker to class to give a presentation about hisjob as a veterinarian. There are several second-language learners in the class. What could the teacher do in order to prepare them how to effectively listen to and learn from the presentation?

A)Discuss the role of a veterinarian with the students before the speaker comes, in order to connect prior knowledge to the presentation.
B)Take the students out of the class for the presentation and assign them an alternate activity.
C)Treat the second-language learners the same as the other students.
D)Have a veterinarian native to their language come to class as well for their own presentation.
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In teaching a unit about poetry, a sixth-grade teacher assigns a report about the students' favorite poet or type of poetry. Instead of assigning the report to the class's second-language learners as well, she assigns them a different project. The second-language learners will have to learn a poem and recite it to the teacher privately, using proper inflection, rhythm,and rhyme. Which of the following describes the teacher's understanding of teaching communication skills to second-language learners?

A)The teacher does NOT understand the role that speaking plays in language acquisition for second-language learners.
B)The teacher DOES understand the role that speaking plays in language acquisition for second-language learners.
C)The teacher is singling out the students instead of letting them be part of the class.
D)Both A and C
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Which of the following instructional materials can teachers use as visual aids to encourage language acquisition for second-language learners?

A)Bilingual dictionaries
B)Board games
C)Computer games
D)All of the above
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A teacher is giving an oral assessmentinwhich the students have to write down answers to her oral prompts. Which accommodations, if any, should be made for the second-language learners in the class?

A)No accommodations should be made, since all students need to learn the exact same way.
B)The teacher can allow extra time for the second-language learners.
C)The teacher can give the second-language learners the answers to the questions.
D)The teacher can partner the second-language learners with each other for test-taking.
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Deck 45: Reading LA
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Vaughn is reading a book to her first-grade class. While reading, she is trying to teach left-to-right directionality. What should she do while she is reading the book to her class?

A)Read the book with the pages facing her while calling on each child to turn one page.
B)Hold the book facing the class while pointing out the pictures while reading.
C)Hold the book facing the class while following the printed words with her fingers.
D)Show a picture book to the class that does not contain any printed words.
Hold the book facing the class while following the printed words with her fingers.
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During quiet reading time, Sid goes to the bookshelf, grabs a book about spiders, and starts reading aloud. Instead of readingthe printed information about spiders, he starts making up a story about the spiders in the book. This behavior means that Sid

A)Obviously does not know how to read; therefore, book reading should be discouraged until he knows how to do so.
B)Understands that there is a meaning to the printed words on the page, although he does not know how to read yet.
C)Should read a book without words.
D)Understands how to sound out words.
Understands that there is a meaning to the printed words on the page, although he does not know how to read yet.
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Billy Madison is new to Ms. Vaughn's class this year and is not a native English speaker. To promote his phonological processing skills, she needs to incorporate an oral language activity into her curriculum. Which of the following activities would best help Billy with his phonological processing skills?

A)While reading, she should point out phonemes that are used by English speakers but not used in Billy's native language.
B)Call Billy to the front of the class and ask him to read one page of a book per day.
C)Point out every spoken error Billy makes.
D)Order a copy of every book in Billy's spoken language so that she does not have to spend extra time making adjustments for him.
While reading, she should point out phonemes that are used by English speakers but not used in Billy's native language.
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Vaughn's classroom has many items labeled including the clock, the door, the windows, and the students' desks. The items are labeled in an effort to

A)Help her teach spatial awareness.
B)Help the students recognize that words consist of sounds.
C)Help the students when those items are on spelling tests.
D)Help the students develop a sense of print awareness.
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Vaughn is reading Captain Underpants to her first-grade class, she points out the beginning, the middle, and the end of it. The reason for this is

A)To teach literal comprehension strategies.
B)To teach phonological processing skills.
C)To teach how to handle a book properly.
D)To teach left-to-right text directionality.
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Of the following students, which is showing phonemic awareness?

A)Snookie, who after hearing the wordcup, says that it ends with the /p/ sound
B)Pauly, who says that the word Jersey has two syllables
C)Vinnie, who can orally describe the sound that the letter v makes when pointing to the letter in the alphabet
D)Mike, who can identify that the word cat is different than the words hot, pot, and not
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Snookie's teacher asks her to listen to the word monkey and then to orally identify all of the sounds in the word. This activity is only appropriate if Snookie

A)Knows what a monkey is.
B)Has a high sense of phonemic awareness.
C)Has no sense of phonemic awareness.
D)Knows how to spell monkey.
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8
Mackey wants to encourage his students to divide words into onsets and rhymes in an effort to promote phonemic awareness. Which activity would be most appropriate?

A)Asking them to identify the vowels in the word zoo
B)Asking them to identify the consonants in the word zoo
C)Asking them to identify the number of syllables in the word zoo
D)Saying the word zoo and then pronouncing it as /z/and then /oo/with a pause between sounds
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9
Vinnie needs more help developing his phonemic awareness skills. Which activity should his teacher use to best help him?

A)Showing Vinnie familiar objects and then asking him to first name each object followed by isolating the final sound he hears when naming them
B)Asking Vinnie to read a sentence to himself and then recite the sentence orally
C)Showing Vinnie familiar objects and then asking him to clap for each syllable he hears
D)Asking Vinnie to point to various objects in the room and then spell each object correctly
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Mackey is trying to encourage the development of rapid automatic word recognition with his first-grade class. In order to do this effectively, he should first teach them

A)How to look up unknown words in a dictionary.
B)How to learn the meanings of words by using context cues.
C)To consider consistent phonics generalizations and apply those to common words.
D)To memorize the order of a series of words.
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11
In an effort to teach first- and second-graders how to decode words that have more than one syllable, which would be the most effective method?

A)Asking students to pronounce every phoneme in the word
B)Asking students to read a book that repeats certain words several times
C)Using flashcards to encourage them to recognize the word by memorization
D)Asking the students to break up the multisyllable words into smaller, familiar, one syllable words.
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Of the following statements, which best describes how the oral knowledge of vocabulary relates to the way we decode written vocabulary?

A)Our oral knowledge of vocabulary helps give meaning to written words as we decode them.
B)We use decoding skills with unfamiliar, written vocabulary so we can increase our oral vocabulary.
C)Our oral vocabulary is entirely dependent upon our ability to decode written words.
D)The only way we can decode written words is to have a vast oral vocabulary.
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13
Which of the following word pairs differ by one phoneme?

A)catch/caught
B)fly/flew
C)lap/nap
D)buy/bought
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14
Snookie is an English language learner. When reading the sentence"We brought three chairs to the beach,"she pronounces chairs aschair. Which of the following responses by her teacher would be most appropriate?

A)Give Snookie a list of singular nouns with their plural counterparts.
B)Line up three chairs and show her the visual difference between three chairs and one chair to make sure she understands that chairs means more than one chair.
C)Give Snookie a piece of paper with singular nouns listed on it and ask her to add an s to the end of each word.
D)Assume it was just a mistake and ignore it so she is not embarrassed.
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15
The words hatched, hated,and harmed best illustrate which principle?

A)A long vowel sound is usually used to pronounce open syllables.
B)The pronunciation of a suffix is not as reliable as its spelling.
C)All past tense words end in -ed.
D)A short vowel sound gives the past tense form of a word an extra syllable.
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The words changeable and convertible best exemplify which of the following principles?

A)Certain suffixes added to a word can shift the accent to a different syllable.
B)The spelling of root words changes when a suffix is added.
C)The way a suffix is spelled depends on its root word.
D)The way a suffix is pronounced depends on its root word.
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17
Schoolhouse needs to teach the concept of compound words to her second-grade class. The activity that best suits this concept is

A)Reciting a list of compound words, asking the students to spell each word on paper.
B)Asking the students to identify the number of syllables in particular compound words.
C)Giving the students noun flashcards and verb flashcards and ask them to combine one noun and one verb to make one word.
D)Put single syllable noun flashcards in a basket and ask each student to take two, put them together, and draw a picture of their result.
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18
The process of using familiar word parts to decode unfamiliar words is called ___________.

A)Phonics generalization
B)Content knowledge
C)Letter/sound correspondence
D)Structural analysis
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19
A second-grade teacher asks a student to read several written words and then to read a paragraph containing each word. While assessing the student's reading skills, she notices he does better reading the paragraph than he does reading the words individually. Which of the following best describes the student's reading abilities?

A)The student has poor individual word decoding skills.
B)The student does well recognizing context cues.
C)The student does not recognize semantic cues.
D)Both A and B
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20
A second-grade student can successfully sound out and pronounce words with one or two syllables but hehas difficulty with comprehension when reading sentences. In order to help develop the student's reading proficiency, the teacher should first

A)Determine the student's vocabulary development level.
B)Determine the student's level of phonological awareness.
C)Assign short paragraphs for the student to read and recite in their own words.
D)Take the sentences apart and ask the student to pronounce each word.
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21
Miyagi is about to teach his sixth-grade class a unit about earthquakes. What type of vocabulary words should he pre-teach?

A)High frequency words
B)Sight words
C)Conceptually challenging words
D)Compound words
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22
Miss Shields' third-grade class is about to read a short story about pets. She has a few English language learners in her class and needs to develop a strategy to promote their comprehension of the story. Which of the following strategies would work best?

A)Partnering the English language learners with other students in the class who are native English speakers so that the native English speakers can explain the story to them
B)Starting a discussion about pets in order to activate any prior knowledge of pets
C)Providing visual aids to accompany new vocabulary
D)Both B and C
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23
Shue has his seventh-grade class write in a response journal after every chapter in a novel they are reading. Which of the following journal prompts would most effectively help develop their literary response skills?

A)Relate particular events in the chapter to the theme of the novel.
B)Summarize what happened in the chapter.
C)List the important characters in the chapter.
D)Write down new vocabulary from the chapter.
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24
Sparklenose is reading a Junie B. Jones book to her second-grade class. Since this is a trade book, she wants to incorporate a lesson plan to make it somewhat educational. Which of the following activities would work best in order to enhance the students' literary analysis skills?

A)Before reading the story, ask the students to predict what will happen in the book based on the title.
B)After reading the story, ask the students to help you make a concept map to map the main events in the story.
C)After reading the story, ask the students to draw a picture about their favorite part of the story.
D)Arrange the students into small groups where they will each take turns reading a page of the story aloud.
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25
When Mrs. Sparklenose listens to Abby read aloud in her second-grade class, she notices that Abby lacks fluency, stopping often while reading. What is the very first thing that Mrs. Sparklenose should do in regard to Abby's fluency?

A)Assess whether Abby also has trouble with metacognition.
B)Assess whether Abby also has trouble with decoding.
C)Give Abby a book that is easier to read.
D)Read the words that she is having trouble with for her.
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26
A sixth-grade class was asked to independently read an informational article. The next day, they were asked to take a quiz on the material read. Their teacher noticed from assessing the quiz that several students seemed to have trouble both comprehending the article and with vocabulary from the article. What should the teacher consider for the next time she has to teach an informational article?

A)Choose an article that is more interesting.
B)Introduce a unit on test-taking techniques before the next quiz.
C)Instead of asking them to read instructional articles, ask them to read stories with dialogue.
D)Before asking them to read independently, spend some time discussing key vocabulary words in the article as well as discussing what to be looking for when reading.
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27
Which of the following statements is the best example of a simile?

A)The moon was a flashlight in the night sky.
B)The moon looked like a flashlight in the night sky.
C)The moon made much more mystery.
D)The moon looks very bright tonight.
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28
Which of the following statements is the best example of a metaphor?

A)The sun is a single rose setting in a garden of dusk.
B)The sun looks like a single rose in a dark garden.
C)The sun sets in the September sky.
D)The sun looks pink as it sets in the sky at dusk.
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29
Which of the following statements is the best example of alliteration?

A)We were wild with worry.
B)We were wild like wild animals.
C)We felt like we were wild animals.
D)We were wild animals in the wilderness.
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30
Patience has just read a story to his kindergarten class. Which of the following activities would best help him assess their literary response skills?

A)Ask a series of questions about the story and ask them to write the answers.
B)Ask them to tell you their favorite part of the story.
C)Ask them to write a book report about the story.q
D)Divide them into small groups, give them puppets and/or costumes, and ask them to act out the story.
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31
What does the strategy skimmingrefer to?

A)Memorizing specific facts for a test
B)Creating mnemonic devices
C)Previewing a unit in a textbook before reading it
D)Validating the accuracy of information on the internet
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32
A seventh-grade class is doing a research paper for which they can only gather information from the internet. What can the teacher do to encourage effective use of the internet for their project?

A)Give the students a list of a few preapproved websites.
B)Tell the students to stay away from websites that may look initially too difficult to navigate.
C)Nothing: let them find the information without your help.
D)Give the students a checklist of things to look for which will help them evaluate the validity and relevance of the information they find.
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33
Charlie is a sixth-grader doing a research project for which he has to use informational texts for his research. Which of the following parts of a book will be most useful to him when previewing books for his project?

A)The glossary
B)The table of contents
C)The appendix
D)The index
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34
A fifth-grade teacher is introducing a chapter about the atmosphere. Which of the following activities would be a beneficial way to connect their background knowledge about the atmosphere to what they will be learning in the chapter?

A)Ask them to write a report about the atmosphere.
B)Have them take the end-of-chapter quiz before they read the chapter so they can be prepared for what questions to look for.
C)Collectively create a KWL chart about the atmosphere.
D)Discuss vocabulary they will be learning in the chapter.
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35
When a first-grade teacher is reading a large-sized book to her class, she points to the ending letter of each word and emphasizes the sound it makes. What is the best answer to describe why she is doing this?

A)To promote the idea that words are made of individual sounds
B)To indicate that she has reached the end of a word
C)To keep the students' attention while she is reading
D)To improve their structural awareness skills
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36
A fifth-grade class is reading about the Civil War. Which of the following graphic organizers would best help them learn the timing of the series of events involved in the Civil War?

A)A Venn diagram
B)A concept map
C)A timeline
D)A semantic map
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37
A seventh-grade teacher wants her students to analyze points of view in written arguments. She has them read persuasive essays with varying points of view on a social topic that people tend to disagree upon. What questions should she ask her students about each of the essays?

A)What is the author's opinion?
B)Do you think that the author's background influenceshis/her opinion and how?
C)Does the author provide you with evidence to support his/her opinion and to encourage you to agree with them?
D)All of the above
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38
An English language learner in second-grade is writing a sentence about a picture with a boy giving a book to another boy. The English language learner writes"Him is giving the boy a book."This sentence would indicate that the child is having problems with which of the following components of language?

A)Possessive nouns
B)Spelling
C)Contractions
D)Grammatical word structure
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39
A first-grader tells her teacher, "I slepted overnight at my friend's house." Which of the following would be the teacher's best response to address this incorrect use of tense?

A)Do nothing. You do not want to embarrass her and discourage her from talking.
B)Simply tell her that slepted is not a word.
C)Respond, "You slept at your friend's house? Did you have fun?"
D)Respond, "You slepted at your friend's house? Did you have fun?"
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40
A second-grader is writing in his journal about what he did over the weekend. When writing about a bike race between him and his brother, he writes"I beat my brother. Can I ride fast!" The fact that he meant to write"I can ride fast!" indicates that he may have trouble with which of the following?

A)Punctuation
B)Syntax
C)Tone
D)Adjective use
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41
A kindergarten teacher writes a sentence on the board that states, "The dog has a bone." Instead of writing the word dog, she draws a picture of a dog. This is an example of what?

A)A rebus
B)Alliteration
C)Personification
D)A scribble
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42
A fifth-grade teacher tells his students that their homework is to write a rough-draft report about their favorite historical figure. Betty Brownnose comes to school the next day with a final draft to turn in without an initial rough draft. Which of the following describes the most appropriate response by the teacher?

A)Commend Betty for being such an overachiever and accept the paper as a final draft.
B)Acknowledge Betty's desire to finish the report but stress the importance of following the proper stages of the writing process.
C)Treat the paper as a rough draft, making corrections and suggestions for improvement.
D)Both B and C
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43
The phrase "Watch out!" is what sentence type?

A)Declarative
B)Interrogative
C)Imperative
D)Inquisitive
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44
"I ordered pizza, my brother ordered tacos."
This statement displays which of the following errors in sentence structure?

A)Run-on sentence
B)Fused sentence
C)Comma splice
D)Dependent clause
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45
Which of the following eighth-grade students is displaying a lack of knowledge regarding sentence fluency as a writing trait?

A)The student who forgets periods at the end of several sentences
B)The student who does not use a thesaurus
C)The student who appears unknowledgeable about their topic
D)The student whose writing lacks passion
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46
A fourth-grader writes a story with information that is scattered and irrelevant. Of the six writing traits, which of the following does this student need more help with?

A)Voice
B)Organization
C)Sentence fluency
D)Word choice
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47
Which of the following is the best example of an excerpt from a comparison/contrast paper?

A)"You need to neuter your cat because it prevents strays."
B)"The battle cries were heard through the thick forestry like injured wolves in the night."
C)"The Civil War began in 1861."
D)"While the Civil War began in 1861, the Revolutionary War began in 1775."
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48
Which of the following shows correct sentence structure?

A)She forgot to iron her skirt therefore she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
B)She forgot to iron her skirt; therefore, she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
C)She forgot to iron her skirt therefore-she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
D)She forgot to iron her skirt; therefore: she looked like a crumpled piece of paper.
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49
Robbie writes"I didn't feel good"in his journal to describe having the flu last week. Did he use correct grammar and why/why not?

A)No, he should have avoided the contraction.
B)No, you should not end a sentence with an adjective.
C)No, an adjective should not describe a verb.
D)Yes, there is no error.
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50
For developing readers in first-grade, which of the following would be the best type of daily activity for the teacher to use when planning reading instruction?

A)Reciting the alphabet
B)Reading them stories with alliteration and rhyme
C)Activities that involve decoding and word analysis
D)Journaling
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51
Heart asks his students to write a declarative sentence about what they did over summer vacation. One student writes"I went to visit my grandma, which everyone should do!"In what area does this student need more practice?

A)None. There is no error in the student's response.
B)Using proper syntax
C)Correct grammar usage
D)Comprehension
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52
He set up his tent and waited for the bear.
Which of the following is the correct response?

A)They set up their tent and waited for the bear.
B)They set up there tent and waited for the bear.
C)They set up they're tent and waited for the bears.
D)They set up their tents and waited for the bears.
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53
"It had been agreed by most of the group that the Green Bay Packers had been believed to be the best team of the season."
Which of the following revisions should he recommend to the student in order to make the statement stronger?

A)The statementindicates excessive use of passive voice. Consider restructuring the sentence.
B)The statement is an opinion, which should always be avoided in reports.
C)The statement contains spelling errors that need to be corrected.
D)There is nothing wrong with the sentence.
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54
Which of the following is the best example of decoding?

A)A student looks up a vocabulary word in the dictionary.
B)A student uses context clues to learn new vocabulary.
C)A student dissects a word into smaller parts to make it easier to read the entire word.
D)A student applies prior knowledge to new vocabulary.
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55
Which of the following statements is the best example of a complex sentence?

A)I would not leave the park, so I was pepper-sprayed.
B)After I refused to leave the park, I was pepper-sprayed.
C)I was pepper-sprayed.
D)The pepper-spray burned like fire.
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56
Which word is the subordinator in the following complex sentence?
After I refused to leave the park, I was pepper-sprayed.

A)Leave
B)After
C)Pepper
D)Sprayed
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57
Which of the following sentences indicates incorrect pronoun usage?

A)Mr. Obama and I went to Hawaii.
B)Mr. Obama and he went to Hawaii.
C)Mr. Obama and me went to Hawaii.
D)I went to Hawaii with Mr. Obama.
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58
A kindergarten teacher, fresh out of college, has decided to have her kindergarteners do some journaling. She notices many made-up words and scribbles in her students' journals. Which of the following statements best describes what she should do about their entries?

A)Cease the journaling activities since they are too young to write if they cannot spell words.
B)From now on, monitor the students while journaling so they can correct their mistakes and prevent scribbling.
C)From now on, write on the board exactly what she wants the students to write in their journals.
D)She should not do anything different.
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59
A fifth-grade teacher is having problems motivating her students to write in their journals. Which of the following options should she try in order to help them with the writing process?

A)Give them a writing prompt.q
B)Put them into groups.
C)Play music during journal time.
D)Give them extra writing homework.
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60
Which of the following writing steps involves using graphic organizers, brainstorming, and designing a structure for the final paper?

A)Drafting
B)Publishing
C)Prewriting
D)Editing
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61
A seventh-grade teacher has asked her class to write a paper about their favorite celebrities. She notices that many of the students failed to take note of the areas onwhich she told them to focus. They also avoided using proper formatting. Which of the following teaching tools could she have used to help her students understand the project requirements?

A)She could have taken them to the library.
B)She could have allowed peer review.
C)She could have chosen a person for them to write about.
D)She could have given them a rubric.
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62
Which of the following is an aspect of speaking?

A)Purpose
B)Audience
C)Tone
D)All of the above
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63
Bryce is a sixth-grader who has beenassigned to give a formal speech about President Obama. He speaks informally, as if he is talking to his friends. His teacher evaluates his speech and says he has a problem with which of the following?

A)Purpose
B)Audience
C)Tone
D)Both audience and tone.
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64
An eighth-grade teacher is teaching speaking skills by assigning his class a project in which they have to conduct a practice job interview. The student is the applicant and the teacher is the person hiring. When presenting his qualifications, one of the students says,
"I ain't too good at spelling, but I got mad rap skills."
With which of the following does the student need more practice?

A)Spelling
B)Adjective use
C)Confidence
D)Tone
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65
"The movie is 90 minutes long. The movie has two main characters. There is a good guy and a bad guy. At the end, the bad guy gets punished. I liked the movie."
Judging by the above statements, is there anything wrong with the student's persuasive speech?

A)Yes. The student listed mostly facts, avoiding elements of persuasion.
B)No. You should avoid descriptive elements in a persuasive speech.
C)Yes. The student gave away too much information about the movie.
D)No. The student's opinion about the movie will help persuade the audience to watch it.
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66
Which of the following is the best example of teaching listening skills to kindergarteners?

A)Showing the students a picture book and asking them to write about it in their journals
B)Reading a Dr. Seuss book and asking them to recite it back
C)Playing "Simon Says"
D)Showing them a two-hour movie about the climate and orally quizzing them afterward
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67
While playing "Simon Says," a kindergarten teacher avoids saying aloud what she wants the students to do. For example, she might say, "Simon Says," and then put her hands on her head WITHOUT saying, "Put your hands on your head." Which of the following describes her approach for teaching communication skills?

A)She is playing the game incorrectly. You must use words to play "Simon Says."
B)There are better approaches than hers to teach communication skills. She should reevaluate.
C)She is teaching prediction skills.
D)She is teaching how to focus on the speaker.
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68
A first-grade teacher is reading a book to his class during circle time. What can he do to monitor and encourage listening skills?

A)Pay close attention to any students that are misbehaving and constantly stop to reprimand them before going forward.
B)Occasionally stop before going forward to ask what they think will happen next.
C)Ask ten questions for each page he reads before going on to the next page.
D)Encourage silent listening while he reads and then assign a quiz about the book after he is finished reading it.
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69
At a school assembly, a third-grade teacher's class is behaving poorly, talking amongst themselves and misbehaving while they are supposed to be listening quietly. She notices that the second-graders are behaving better than her third-graders. Which of the following best describes what the third-grade teacher should have done to make her students listen at the assembly?

A)There is nothing she could have done. Sometimes you get a bad batch of students.
B)Threaten to take away one of their privileges if they fail to listen.
C)Remove her students from the situation so they do not distract the rest of the school.
D)Tell them what the assembly is about before going and discuss the who, what, and why of the assembly.
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70
A sixth-grader turns in a report about the solar system, stating that there are aliens that live on Mars. When you confront him with this claim, he says he found it on the internet. Which of the following is true about his evaluation of media techniques when conducting his research?

A)He failed to check the accuracy of the web resource.
B)He failed to check the authority of the web resource.
C)There is nothing wrong with his statement as long as he provides the website from which he obtained the information.
D)Both A and B
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71
A second-grade teacher shows a book, The Tortoise and the Hare,to his class. The book has no words, only pictures. In the fable, the tortoise moves slowly and steadily while the hare runs very fast but is so confident that he will win the race that he stops to take a nap, thus losing the race to the tortoise. When asking his students what the story means, one of the students says, "It means that tortoises are slow and the hare should have won." Which of the following best describes the area with which this student needs further practice?

A)Understanding the message
B)Learning morals
C)Imagination
D)Figurative vs. literal communication
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72
An eighth-grade teacher is inviting a guest speaker to class to give a presentation about hisjob as a veterinarian. There are several second-language learners in the class. What could the teacher do in order to prepare them how to effectively listen to and learn from the presentation?

A)Discuss the role of a veterinarian with the students before the speaker comes, in order to connect prior knowledge to the presentation.
B)Take the students out of the class for the presentation and assign them an alternate activity.
C)Treat the second-language learners the same as the other students.
D)Have a veterinarian native to their language come to class as well for their own presentation.
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73
In teaching a unit about poetry, a sixth-grade teacher assigns a report about the students' favorite poet or type of poetry. Instead of assigning the report to the class's second-language learners as well, she assigns them a different project. The second-language learners will have to learn a poem and recite it to the teacher privately, using proper inflection, rhythm,and rhyme. Which of the following describes the teacher's understanding of teaching communication skills to second-language learners?

A)The teacher does NOT understand the role that speaking plays in language acquisition for second-language learners.
B)The teacher DOES understand the role that speaking plays in language acquisition for second-language learners.
C)The teacher is singling out the students instead of letting them be part of the class.
D)Both A and C
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74
Which of the following instructional materials can teachers use as visual aids to encourage language acquisition for second-language learners?

A)Bilingual dictionaries
B)Board games
C)Computer games
D)All of the above
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75
A teacher is giving an oral assessmentinwhich the students have to write down answers to her oral prompts. Which accommodations, if any, should be made for the second-language learners in the class?

A)No accommodations should be made, since all students need to learn the exact same way.
B)The teacher can allow extra time for the second-language learners.
C)The teacher can give the second-language learners the answers to the questions.
D)The teacher can partner the second-language learners with each other for test-taking.
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