PPR Exam (Mercedes Files)

Which of the following is the primary purpose of activating students' prior knowledge before they read a text?

Increasing student's reading comprehension level

Which of the following does not contribute to developing prosocial behaviors in early elementary students?

Independent Play

Which of the following is an instructional objective?

Students will use fractions to describe the results of an experiment

An elementary teacher uses a full inclusion model in which students with disabilities are fully integrated into a regular/ general education classroom. Compared with traditional approaches to educating students with special needs; Which of the following is most likely to be an important advantage of the model?

All students will have increased opportunities to develop an understanding and acceptance of diversity through increased interactions with one another

Which of the following teacher actions would best support middle school students as they each explore their own identity?

Providing a variety of learning experiences to give students an opportunity to determine their own strengths

An 8th grade team plans a thematic unit in which students learn about the concept of courage in all their subject areas. A primary advantage of implementing thematic instruction is to promote students..

Connections with the content in multiple areas

To best demonstrate for elementary students the appropriate note taking skills to use during research, a teacher should model which of the following?

Using a graphic organizer to record information

When creating a daily schedule for a kindergarten class, it is most important for the teacher to consider-

Instructional activities while including time for play

An eleventh-grade teacher with a class learner of diverse ability, including English language learners (ELLs), is planning a group project to investigate the causes of the World War. Which of the following represents the grouping method that will be most effective in supporting the majority?

Grouping the students heterogeneously by ability

When two elementary school students are having a disagreement, the primary goal of the teacher should be to-

Encourage both students to discuss the situation and resolve it in a mutually agreeable manner

A 2nd grade teacher is preparing for a new school year. Which of the following would be the most effective way for the teacher to establish expectations for students behavior in the classroom?

Involving the students in the process of creating the rules

Each week students compose, send and respond to emails pal from different communities. Which of the following is the most important benefit of the project?

Enriching students understanding of different cultures

A middle school science teacher requires students to keep a learning log to record their observation, identify concerns and summarize learning. The primary benefit of this practice is that it...

Encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning

A 9th grade world geography teacher is planning a unit on how geographic processes affect political situations in different areas of the world. To begin designing appropriate learning goals for the unit, the teacher should first..

Consult the statewide students' objectives for world geography

Mr. Tang has his mathematics students keep a learning log. At the end of the each class period, students are asked to record three sentences that paraphrases what they learned from the day's lesson. This strategy is beneficial for students learning primary because it asks them to..

Elaborate new ideas

Before beginning a science unit, a teacher has his students record the unit objective in their science journals. During the unit, students make daily journal entries recording what they have learned. At the end of the unit, the students revisit the journal entries and discuss how well they feel they have mastered each objective. The activity best exemplifies which of the following instructional goal?

Encouraging student self-assessment

A teacher introduces students to an interactive website. Before having students explore the site, it is most important that the teacher first emphasize which of the following in the acceptable use policy?

Net etiquette

A teacher is creating a introduction to a content-based unit presentation software. Which of the following guidelines should the teacher adopt when designing each slide?

Highlighting a single point

A middle school teacher integrates internet research skills into a project. Which of the following teacher actions best addresses the needs of students who have LIMITED experience with technology?

Offering specific strategies on how to use the internet

An economic teacher plans to assess a class' understanding of unit content by having students complete a performance assessment that is based on a case study. The case study describes problems facing a company and students will be asked to prepare a report that analyzes the company's situation and proposes short-term and long-term solutions The teacher can best help ensure that the assessment will yield fair and accurate results by taking which of the following steps before students begin their work?

Giving student information about the specific criteria and standards that will be used to evaluate their performance

A teacher reviews a list of discussion guidelines before students begin discussing a topic in small groups. The list includes guidelines such as "Be respectful of others" and "Don't speak out of turn". Practice best fosters which of the following for the students?

Safe environment for expression

When planning conferences with families a teacher can best demonstrate the value of parent-teacher interaction through which of the following strategies?

Rescheduling conferences times to accommodate families schedules

Mr. Dunn's discipline plan for his 4th grade classroom including calling the parents if a students break the rules three times in one day. Mr. Dunn often finds that warning a student that a parent will be called will serve to change the students behavior. Which of the following analyzes best describes the major problem with the discipline method?

A characteristics communication between parents and teachers as something students should fear

Which of the following is the most effective method a teacher assesses students use of higher order thinking skills as they complete a group project?

Observing the intellectual behaviors students exhibit

Under which of the following conditions can a teacher make multiple copies of an article for students prior to a class discussion without requesting copyright permission?

The article is less than 2,500 words and includes notice of copyright

Ms. Murphy is concerned about a student's recent academic and behavioral performance. Mrs. Murphy can best prepare for a productive conference with the parents by-

Gathering the students various work samples and anecdotal records of the student's behavior

A kindergarten teacher notices that the same group of students regularly argue over materials at the art center. To most effectively help these students learn to resolve their differences, the teacher should-

have a class meeting to model various ways to solve differences in class

Which of the following student's activities is the most authentic assessment of student knowledge after a unit on Chemistry-

Design an experiment that could create a chemical reaction

6th grade students choose one threat from a list of environmental threats to research and present to the class. Which questions by the teacher can reach the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

What is the relevance of this threat to your community?

When introducing an author study to students, a 5th grade teacher shares information about and has his students authors writing. The students then work in pairs to discuss their reactions to the excerpt. The primary benefit of this it to-

Provide support for student interactions

What nonverbal behavior shows a teacher is engaged in what a student is saying?

Leaning forward and looking at the student and nodding when appropriate

A teacher frequently checks for understanding throughout instruction. A primary purpose is-

Increase student accountability

A high school biology teacher begins a lesson on mitosis by asking the class "What do you think when you hear the word?'' What is the primary purpose of this question?

Activating prior knowledge

A 6th grade language arts teacher is planning a unit on Greek mythology and creates the following timeline and planning questions. Propose unit timeline-

How do I ensure students are on task during group work?

Which of the following teacher actions is most appropriate for addressing the third unit planning question?

Requiring students to research various aspects of ancient Greece and share them in small groups

Which of the following is the primary purpose for performing the tasks scheduled for the first day of the unit? Teachers talks about the TEKS, materials the students may need, teacher told parents about the project-

Providing time for students to connect prior knowledge of myths with communicating expectations

Which of the following describes the best way for the teacher to address the first unit planning question? How do I keep all students' tasks?

Giving the students a focus by assigning each student to a specific role within the group

A teacher asks students to work in groups of four to create a model of a concept being studied. One group struggle. Which of the following strategies will best assist the group in meeting project timelines?

Ensuring that group interactions are based on mutual respect

Which of the following is the best way to promote student success during small group instructional activities?

Providing group member a list of expectations before conducting each activity

Which of the following strategies should a high school teacher implement to best improve students conflict resolution skills...

Applying consistent and appropriate behavioral expectations

During a lesson on telling time a teacher performs a quick assessment of the students' understanding by displaying a clock and having them write the correct time. The teachers observe that many students are confusing the hour and minutes. Which step for the teacher take?

Adjusting the lesson to correct students' misconceptions

Middle school teachers wanted to start a program. Each teacher will meet with small groups; How will this help adolescents needs:

Have a community, positive, making feel safe at school

ELL student came to the US for six months. Limited education setting in her homeland. What should you teach her first?

Read directionally print

Namrata, an English-language learner, writes in complete sentences, but she has difficulty with verb tenses and frequently uses the present tense when not appropriate to the context. She uses familiar words from the word wall in her writing, which still includes many spelling and grammatical errors. Which of the following is Namrata's language proficiency level in writing?

Intermediate

An elementary school uses a full inclusion model in which students with disabilities are fully integrated in the regular/general education classroom; Compared with traditional approaches to educating students with special needs. Which of the following is the most likely to be an important advantage of this model?

All students will have increased opportunities to develop an understanding and acceptance of diversity though increase interactions with olne another

An eighth-grade team plans a thematic unit in which students learn about the concept of courage in all their subject areas. A primary advantage of implementing thematic instruction is to promote students'...

Connections with the content in multiple areas

Which of the following would be the most effective way to help second-grade students understand the sun's apparent movement across the sky?

Observing and recording the length of an objects shadows at different times during the day with the class

Which of the following teacher actions is most appropriate for addressing the third unit planning question?

Requiring students to research various aspects of ancient Greece and share them in small groups

Which of the following describes the best way for the teacher to address the first unit planning question?

Giving the students a focus by assigning each student to a specific role within the group

-A 7th grade teacher is teaching a unit on American Investors. Each day the class reads a sketch to help intermediate ELL comprehend. The teacher should:

Provide students with a graphic organizer to record main ideas covered in the sketch

A high school teacher observes that English-language learners (ELLs) at the beginning level of language proficiency in speaking, DO NOT participate in classroom discussions. The most effective way to help the ELLs is to:

Provide short sentence stems and terms related to the discussion for the ELLs to practice before participating

After reading from a science textbook written in English, an English-language learner at the advanced-high level of proficiency completes the following activity card by listing a definition for precipitation, listing its part of speech, and listing an example.

Which of the following is a primary purpose of the activity?

Building academic vocabulary

An intermediate-level English-language learner (ELL) in middle school class is having difficulty with writing. When responding to short-answer questions, the student writes with little detail and with frequent errors. To best support the student, the teacher should:

Provide simple sentence stems

A third-grade teacher has several English-language learners (ELLs) at varying language proficiency levels in the class. Which of the following best ensures the ELLs will participate in whole-class discussions?

Increasing wait time to allow the ELLs the process information before contributing ideas

A teacher can best simplify language for an English Language Learner with which of the following strategies?

A. Eliminating nonverbal facial expressions and gestures

B. Avoiding the use of cognates while doing group work

C. Reducing the number of pronouns used in spoken instructions

D. Using slang commonly spoken by students of that age group

Reducing the number of pronouns used used in spoken instructions

Su-Mei, a high school English-language learner, is at an intermediate level of English-language proficiency. She can communicate and understand a wide range of everyday topics but has difficulty understanding complex content material in class lectures. Which of the following strategies is the most appropriate for her teachers to use to help her comprehend academic content?

A. Assigning supplemental homework based on content material

B. Discussing learning objectives at the beginning and end of class

C. Modeling the use of inferential skills to develop prediction skills

D. Monitoring progress through observation during group work

Discussing learning objectives at the beginning and end of class

Which of the following strategies is most appropriate for assisting English language learners (ELLs) at the beginning level of proficiency with reading content-specific material?

Providing instruction on text-based academic vocabulary prior to reading

An English-language learner (ELLs) who is at advanced-high level of language proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that is will include:

Grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors

A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities would best support the goal?

A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook

B. Modifying the textbook content according to the instructional level of the ELLs

C. Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs

D. Providing extra time for the ELLs to read each textbook assignment

Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs

Cynthia is an English-language learner who frequently makes errors when speaking. When Cynthia participates in small groups, the other students have difficulty understanding her pronunciation of English words, causing her to become frustrated and give up. Which of the following best describes Cynthia's proficiency level in spoken English?

Beginning

1. Which of the following comparisons about the social development of older and younger

teens in US society is generally true?

A. Older teens tend to be more interested in social interactions with their peers

B. Older teens tend to be quicker to make judgments about one another's appearance and behavior

C. Older teens tend to be more inclined to test rules and limits established by adults

D. Older teens tend to be more willing to act independently in ways that differ from the behavior of their peers

Older teens tend to be more willing to act independently in ways that differ from the behavior of their peers

Generally, older adolescents are more likely than early adolescents to be capable of

which of the following types of cognitive tasks?

A. Describing a possible cause for a given event.

B. Evaluating which hypothesis among many accurately explains an observed event.

C. Locating information to use to solve problems.

D. Accurately reporting a sequence of events and the conditions under which they occurred.

Evaluating which hypothesis among many accurately explains an observed event.

A first-grade teacher notices that one of her students is not able to write her name on her paper, cut with scissors, or color within a specific area. Those characteristics most likely demonstrate a potential in the students:

A. cognitive development

B. social development

C. gross motor development

D. fine motor development

FIne motor development

A high school social studies teacher arranges for students to read with elementary school students to promote literacy. Which of the following developmental needs of high school students does the activity best address?

A. Independence

B. Peer collaboration

C. Community respect

D. Abstract thinking

Peer collaboration

A teacher who is developing a unit about nutrition wishes to sequence instructional objectives to reflect progressively higher levels of cognitive skills. Which of the following objectives represents the highest level of cognitive skills?

A. Explain what is meant by a fad diet and give three examples of diets with proven health risks

B. Assess the role of societal and peer pressure in influencing students' selection of foods

C. Record and evaluate one day's food intake by

determining the presence or absence of given nutrients

D. Discuss the pros and cons of using diet aids as part of weight loss plan

Assess the role of societal and peer pressure in influencing students' selection of foods

A middle school English-language learner (ELL) can

read English texts with familiar topics, simple sentence structures, and high-frequency vocabulary but is unable to read the test with the appropriate rate and speed. Which of the following best describes the

reading proficiency level of the ELL?

A. Beginning

B. Intermediate

C. Advance

D. Advance-high

Intermediate

Cynthia is an English-language learner who frequently makes errors when speaking.

When Cynthia participates in small groups, the other students have difficulty understanding her pronunciation of English words, causing her to become frustrated and give up. Which of the following best describes Cynthia's proficiency level in spoken

English?

A. Beginning

B. Intermediate

C. Advance

D. Advance-high

Beginning

Kim, an English-language learner, speaks English with single words and short phrases.

She makes communication that prevents others from understanding her speech. During small-group instruction speaks to her peers in her native language. Which of the following levels of English-language profile describes Kim's speaking ability.

A. Beginner

B. Intermediate

C. Advance

D. Advance-high

Beginner

A middle school reading teacher is assessing the reading proficiency of a new student

who is an English Language learner by asking the student to read several short texts of varying difficulty. The student recognizes some high-frequency words that coordinate with visual cues but reads few other words in the texts. Which of the following language-proficiency levels characterizes the student in the domain of reading?

A. Beginning

B. Intermediate

C. Advanced

D. Advanced-high

Beginning

A middle school English-language learner who is writing at the intermediate level of English-language proficiency is most likely to demonstrate writing that includes

A. lists of memorized phrases

B. use of native language

C. repetition of ideas

D. abstract content

Repetition of ideas

A United States history class consists of a diverse group of students, including students with learning disabilities and English-language learners. The teacher assigns a project in which students will wou cooperative groups to create a biographical presentation about a Revolutionary War hero. Given the diversity, which of the following approaches will most likely result in equitable cooperative group-

A. Teacher-planned heterogeneous groups

B. Teacher-planned homogeneous groups

C. Student-selected groups

D. Student-selected partners

Teacher-planned heterogeneous groups

An English-language learner (ELL) at the advanced-high level of English proficiency in writing is preparing a written report to discuss the results of a science experiment. To best support the ELL with the assignment, the teacher should provide instruction in which of the following areas?

A. Applying complex verb tenses.

B. Elaborating on ideas in detail

C. Including low-frequency vocabulary

D. Using a variety of cohesive devices

Elaborating on ideas in detail

Which of the following activities is most beneficial in helping intermediate-level English-language learners (ELLS) expand their content-area vocabulary in English?

A. Encouraging students to speak to a partner about the topic

B. Assigning related text for students to read in their native language

C. Providing students an outline for note-taking in lessons

D. Working with students to create pictorial flashcards

Working with students to create pictorial flashcards

A sixth-grade teacher wants to ensure that beginning-level English-language learners (ELLS) are actively involved in classroom writing activities. To best meet the goal during a lesson, the teacher should provide the ELLS with-

A. a rubric explaining the elements of an exemplar writing piece

B. a checklist as a guide in writing simple sentences

C. an example writing piece describing a personal experience

D. a set of sentence stems containing commonly used phrases

A set of sentence stems containing commonly used phrases

Mr. Colby, a middle school mathematics teacher, notices that when he explains some of the steps in a mathematics problem, his beginning-and intermediate-level English-language learners do not understand some of the basic directions and explanations. The most appropriate accommodation for the students would be

A. visuals for common content-based terms

B. word banks that contain low-frequency terms

C. dictation using only English present tense

D. reference material that includes sentence stems

Visuals for common content-based terms

Ms. Hawkins teaches a high school humanities class with students at various levels of

English-language proficiency. She teaches students at the intermediate level of

English-language proficiency the following sentence stems

(1) What do you think...?

(2) Is there another...?

(3) Tell me more about

The sentence stems that Ms. Hawkins has taught her students will be most

effective in which of the following?

(a) Developing students' summarization skills

(b) Determining students' prior knowledge

(c) Promoting students' elaboration skills.

(d) Reinforcing students' ability to draw conclusions

Promoting students' elaboration skills

When providing vocabulary instruction to students who are at the beginning level of

English-language proficiency, which of the following is most appropriate for the teacher to

include?

A. Pictures that illustrate the words.

B. Lists that define the words

C. Dictionaries that include the words

D. Grade-level texts that exemplify the words

Pictures that illustrate the words

When discussing poetry with English-language learners, a teacher should be

particularly careful to address such learners.

A. Inability to concentrate on abstract ideas

B. Inability to read challenging material

C. Ability to comprehend idiomatic expressions.

D. Ability to understand the context of the poem

Ability to comprehend idiomatic expressions

Placing students from diverse populations in collaborative groups best promotes which

of the following?

A. An increase in higher-level thinking skills

B. An awareness of cross-cultural values

C. An appreciation of multiple intelligences

D. An improvement in social interactions

An awareness of cross-cultural values

Which of the following describes the best reason for a teacher to use a listening center with beginning English language learners (ELLs)?

A. Using a recording made by the teacher will help the ELLs recognize the teacher's voice

B. Providing the ELLs with an appropriate leveled book without disrupting the rest of class

C. Allowing the ELLs to connect the new language with the print on the page

D. Listening to a book repeatedly will help the ELLs memorize the material

Allowing the ELLs to connect the new language with the print on the page

Mr.Dosa, a history teacher, asks students to summarize a chapter. He provides struggling readers with sentence starters and a word bank with important content

vocabulary to include in their summary scenario, Mr. Dosa is meeting students' needs by?

A. Integrating students' background knowledge with instruction.

B. Designing instruction with scaffolds for various levels.

C. Incorporating graphic organizers with visual emphasis

D. Including activities geared toward various learning styles.

Designing instruction with scaffolds for various levels

A preschool teacher organizes an area of the classroom in such a way the children can engage in solitary play from time to time. Which of the following is a primary benefit of supporting solitary play in the preschool environment.

A. It supports the developing imagination of the children.

B. It is the first step in building language in the school environment.

C. It is a way to help children resolve conflicts with one another.

D. It is a means of teaching children how to share toys with one another.

It supports the developing imagination of the children

A first-grade teacher is teaching her students the /ar/ sound during a whole-group lesson. After teaching the sound, the teacher gives each student two small pieces of paper, one red and one green, and asks them to hold up the green paper when they hear a word with the lar/ sound and the red one if they do not hear the /ar/ sound in the word. The teacher is most likely using this activity to-

A. scaffold student learning of the skill being taught.

B. reteach all students the skill being taught.

C. assess student understanding of the skill being taught.

D.provide an extension activity for the skill being taught.

assess student understanding of the skill being taught

On the first day of school, a class of students and their teacher creates a collage that depicts activities. The college will remain on display in the classroom to be used in future discussions! lessons.

Which of the following is a primary benefit of the activity?

A. Setting high academic expectations

B. Helping students become farníliar with classroom procedures

C. Assessing students' basic skills

D. Establishing a supportive classroom climate

Establishing a supportive classroom culture

Mr. Trang has his mathematics students keep a learning log. At the end of each class period, students are to record three sentences that paraphrase what they learned from the day's lesson. This strategy is beneficial for students' learning primarily because it asks them to

A. practice setting goals.

B. develop communication skills,

C. elaborate on new ideas.

D. activate prior knowledge.

Elaborate on new ideas

An elementary teacher wants to promote students' use of higher-level thinking skills during a unit on insects. Which of the following activities will be most effective in achieving the goal?

A. Writing a summary to describe the feeding habits of various types of butterflies

B. Creating a graphic organizer to evaluate how butterflies are different from other insects

C. Labeling a diagram of a butterfly to identify the main body parts

D. Drawing pictures to show how butterflies change during their life cycle

Creating a graphic organizer to evaluate how butterflies are different from other insects

In a conference with a high school student who is currently failing math class, the student asks

the teacher "Why should I spend time doing work when I am going to fail anyway?" Which of the following

would be the teacher's most appropriate response?

A. "You need to ask for help to be successful in this class."

B. "Let's develop a long-range plan to help you be successful in this class."

C. "I will drop your two lowest grades to boost your ability to be successful."

D. "You may retake your most recent test to help you become more successful."

"Let's develop a long-range plan to help you be successful in this class."

The teacher is beginning a content-based unit and wants to ensure that the instructional activities are appropriate for all students. Which of the following strategies will best achieve the goal?

A. Allocating time at the end of each lesson in the unit for students to ask questions about newly introduced concepts

B. Identifying struggling students through an end-of-unit assessment and creating student groups on the students' levels of understanding

C. Administering assessments during the unit to determine students' levels of understanding and planning instruction accordingly

D. Providing multiple examples of how to apply new skills for students to refer to when completir independent assignments during the unit

Administering assessments during the unit to determine students' level of understanding and planning instruction accordingly

A first grade class completes a lesson on a particular grammar skill. Which of the following students would best demonstrate for the teacher that the grammar lesson was effective?

A. Completing an extension worksheet involving the grammar skill

B. Writing sentences correctly on a topic of the students' choice involving the skill

C. Completing successfully a unit test in which students identify correct and incorrect grammatical usage.

D. Applying the skill correctly in future creative writing assignments

Writing sentences on a topic of the students' choice involving the skill

For a teacher to develop an effective lesson, the most important element for the teacher to include is:

A. Plenty of group time and limited direct instruction

B. A formal assessment to evaluate students' learning

C. An opportunity for students to move around the room

D. A clear objective based on the state standards

A clear objective based on the state standards

A ninth-grade world geography teacher is planning aunty on how geographic processes affect political situations in different areas of the world. To begin designing appropriate learning goals for the unit,

the teacher should first-

A. Review the information presented in the geography textbook

B. Conference with the team of world geography teachers

C. Consult the statewide student objectives for world geography

D. Create an assignment timeline for this geography unit.

Consult the statewide student objective for world geography

Which of the following strategies will most likely motivate first graders to practice spelling high-frequency sight words?

A. Tracing the letters of the spelling words in a sandbox

B. Memorizing word spellings from a teacher-developed list

C. Identifying the Latin and Greek roots of the spellings words

D. Writing a story utilizing most of the spelling word.

Tracing the letters of the spelling words in a sandbox

A fourth-grade teacher assigns a project on the early history of Texas. After the projects are

completed, the teacher asks students to answer the following questions.

(1) How much effort did you put into the project?

(2) What parts of the project were easy for you?

(3) What parts of the project were difficult for you?

(4) What did you learn about your ability to complete a project?

Which of the following is the teacher's primary goal in asking students to respond to the questions?

A. Setting high expectations for the outcome of the

students' projects

B. Encouraging the students to assess their own work

C. Providing the students with meaningful feedback

D. Grading the students' project effectively

Encouraging the students to assess their own work

Which of the following teaching strategies will best support fourth-grade students' understanding of how to solve two-digit multiplication problems?

A. Reviewing multiplication facts at the beginning of each math lesson to reinforce memorization

B. Teaching students a memorization tool to help them in solving multiplication problems

C. Providing students with a numbers chart and allowing them to use counting blocks to support their ability to be accurate

D. Engaging students in a discussion of different ways to solve multiplication problems, and modeling each method

Engaging students in a discussion of different ways to solve multiplication problems, and modeling each method

Which of the following is the best example of vertical alignment?

A. English teachers deciding which novels to teach at each grade level

B. History teachers discussing the interrelated aspect of multiple historical periods

C. Science teachers establishing ways to improve budget efficiency across each grade level

D. Mathematics teacher evaluating the appropriateness of manipulative for learning mathematical concepts

English teachers deciding which novels to teach at each grade level

Test administrators are asked to actively monitor students while they are taking statewide student assessments. To best ensure test administrators adhere to this requirement, they should

A. Watch students from the front of the room to minimize distractions during testing

B. Move around the room to ensure that students complete the appropriate test section

C. Perform other duties at their desk to model active engagement during testing

D. Read over students' shoulders to ensure that students demonstrate content understanding of test material

Move around the room to ensure that students complete the appropriate test section

A fourth-grade teacher would like to learn more about literature circles. Which of the following would be most valid and reliable reading material on the topic?

A. A teacher blog on literature circles

B. An opinion column in a teacher magazine

C. An abstract of a conference presentation

D. A peer-reviewed, research journal article

A peer-reviewed, research journal article

Which of the following instructional strategies best supports student understanding of

persuasive writing?

A. Providing a variety of student exemples for review and discussion

B. Distributing a list of relevant conventions of grammar and punctuation

C. Limiting instruction to allow time for individual writing practice

D. Supplying a writing prompt that requires a decisive viewpoint response

Providing a variety of student examples for review and discussion

When creating lessons to develop English-language learners writing skills, the teacher should

first ensure that the lessons include?

A. Content that is meaningful to the students.

B. Strategies that facilitate direct error correction by the teacher.

C. Varying assignments to develop students' receptive language skills.

D. Assessments that are aligned with grade-level end-of-year goal

Assessments that are aligned with grade-level end-of- year goal

A Third-grade teacher reads a short story to the class about a boy who decides not to rent one of his classmates to his birthday party. As an extension to the reading, which of the following, assignments pro the highest level of student thinking?

A. Writing a persuasive letter to the main character corwincing the character to make a different choice

B. Completing a research report on the author covering the author's early lite, accomplishments, historical background

C. Constructing a three-dimensional map that traces the various locations and events that occurred during the story

D. Creating a diagram of the story's literary elements, including plot,characters, setting, and tone

Writing a persuasive letter to the main character corwincing the character to make a different decision