5205 Praxis study guide

Question 1

A st. in the partial-alphabetic phase says the word sun and identifies the /s/ and /n/ sounds. Best next step?

Accepted Answer

identify medial sounds in words

Question 2

draws a stick fig & scribbles above the picture. The stu says "this says, sara is my best friend" What can you determine

Accepted Answer

The student can distinguish between pictures and print

Question 3

Which of the following students would benefit most from explicit phonics instruction?

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1st G st. has memzd 100 sight words but cant decode med-freq words in text

Question 4

A student is identifying words with free and bound morphemes. Which words should the student be identifying?

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lonely, cautiously, heavenly

Question 5

Which method would be most appropriate for a teacher to measure students mastery of vocabulary words

Accepted Answer

have students apply the vocabulary in a writing assignment

Question 6

Which of the following represents an error in decoding vowel teams?

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During a fluency read, the student reads cone when the word is coin

Question 7

teacher asks stud. to think of & write down 5 words that contain the prefix in. Which skill is the teacher reinforc

Accepted Answer

structural analysis and morphology

Question 8

Sts. in a 3rd grade class are learning the diff between opinion and fact. Which would be most effective?

Accepted Answer

discuss why some ads use fact and why some use opinion

Question 9

If a teacher wants students to focus on accuracy in the reading, what should the teacher do?

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have students read the passage slowly

Question 10

Which type of vocabulary do students acquire first?

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listening

Question 11

Which of the following is a criterion-referenced exam?

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standards assessment

Question 12

When a student is substituting different sounds in words, the student is using:

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phonological working memory

Question 13

Which is NOT a best practice for vocabulary instruction?

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explicit instruction using a dictionary

Question 14

Structural analysis is beneficial for students in the upper elementary grades because the skill:

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help students use strategies to break down multi-syllable words

Question 15

teacher is walking around the room observing students reading. This is considered a:

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formative assessment

Question 16

Which exercise would demonstrate students are beginning to understand the alphabetic principle?

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students can spell phonetically using their letter-sound correspondence

Question 17

Which of the following would be most appropriate for a 6th grade class that is working on prosody?

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readers theater

Question 18

Initial sounds: the teacher says pet and asks st. to replace the initial consonant to make other words, what is this?

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substitution

Question 19

students are using a timeline to organize events in a history passage. What benefit does the timeline provide?

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it allows students to organize ideas based on evidence in the passage

Question 20

Phonemic awareness includes the ability to:

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pronounce individual sounds in words

Question 21

Which word would be considered a Tier 1 word?

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See

Question 22

Which would negatively impact a student's ability to quickly decode a word during a fluency read?

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a lack of phonics skills

Question 23

Which is the most effective way to use a norm-referenced assessment?

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make instructional decisions in the classroom

Question 24

Which of the following would be most effective when helping english language learners understand multi morphemic words?

Accepted Answer

Focus on the common latin roots in the words

Question 25

Which of the following would be most appropriate to strengthen automatic word recognition skills?

Accepted Answer

memorize high frequency words

Question 26

How would a teacher measure a student's fluency rate?

Accepted Answer

determining how many words correct per minute (WCPM) the student read

Question 27

Which is most useful when learning compound words?

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have students use structural analysis to break the words apart

Question 28

A child with book handling skills will:

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Turn an upside-down book right side up before opening

Question 29

A reading teacher wants to help with students with segmentation. What is the most appropriate instructional approach?

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Have students break apart words by separate phonemes

Question 30

Which would be the most effective intervention for a group of students at the instructional level of grade-level text

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use a small group echo reading activity with grade level text

Question 31

If a student is reading with automaticity, the student is:

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reading effortlessly through the text at at least 95% accuracy

Question 32

Which of the following sets of letters would a teacher use when helping students with their diphthongs?

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oi, ai, ei

Question 33

Which of the following activities would be appropriate in devloping metacognition in students?

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read aloud/ think aloud

Question 34

Which word is correctly broken up by onset and rime?

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/t/ - /ap/

Question 35

Which would NOT be a systemic instructional strategy used in phonemic awareness?

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clapping syllables in words

Question 36

Which is most important for students to consider when they are writing?

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adapt communication in relation to audience, task, purpose, discipline

Question 37

What would be the most effective way to engage learners in conversational and general academic words?

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roleplay

Question 38

When a student has phonological awareness in words, syllables, onset-rime segments, and spelling, they r demonstrating:

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Phonological Awareness

Question 39

Which would be most aligned to a second grade meaning based assessment?

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listen to students as they retell the sequence of a story

Question 40

Which would be a sign of early print awareness?

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knows that in english we read from L to R, top to bottom, front to back, teacher holds the book ups down, the stud tells the teacher to turn it up

Question 41

Which of the following is the most effective way to use formative assessments?

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monitor progress and guide instruction

Question 42

Which of the following sets of words would be appropriate when teaching structural analysis?

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Impossible, Unbelievable, incapable

Question 43

Which of the following students is demonstrating the highest level of phonemic awareness?

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subs the beg /p/ sound in the word pass w a /g/ sound making the word gas

Question 44

Which is the most effective way to use assessments in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

to make instruction decisions moving forward

Question 45

has posted words next to everyday objects in the room- door, pencils, library, sink. The teacher is developing:

Accepted Answer

The students environmental print

5205 Praxis study guide

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5205 Praxis study guide

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