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1
What is imagery?
The use of figurative language to create a false story
The use of figurative language to create an impression
The use of figurative language in teaching
The use of figurative language when completing word problems
2
A comparison expressed directly, without using like or as, is what?
A metaphor
onomatopoeia
A simile
A vowel
3
A narrative is a.....
Poem
Story
Song
Book
4
What is instructional reading level?
The level of reading material that can be read independently
The level of reading material used in social science
The level of reading material that can be read with support.
The level of reading material that cannot be read
5
A student struggles to explain what they read. What strategy could you use?
Rereading -after a child reads a story someone else reads it
Repeating -after a child reads a story the teacher repeats
Retelling -after a child reads a story they retell the story
Redoing - after a child reads a story they read it again
6
What strategy can you use to help a struggling reader with a learning disability in 6th grade?
Decrease the focus on reading and do more math
Phenomic awareness practice
Focus on blending and segmenting, reteach lacking skills
Cross circular studies
7
What is a suffix?
A word
A syllable added to the end of a word to change meaning
A syllable added to the start or end of a word
A syllable added to the start of a word to change meaning
8
What does the Yopp-Singer test determine?
A reader's ability to break a word apart into sounds
A reader's ability to break a word apart into letters
A reader's ability to write.
A reader's ability to read
9
What alternative assessments can be used in an IEP?
More time,smaller units,less practice, harder version
More time,smaller units,practice assessment,simpler version
Less time,smaller units,less practice,simpler version
More time,bigger units,practice assessment,harder version
10
What is shared reading?
The teacher reads a book with a group of children who follow
Students read a book to the teacher
Students read a book to other students
The teacher reads a book alone
11
Literal, inferential and evaluative are three levels of....
Clusters
Comprehension
Compound
Conductivity
12
What is the term for reading for information?
Effervescent reading
Homework
Fun
Efferent reading
13
A small-group or whole-class discussion about literature is called what?
A grand conversation
A Grand Canyon
A grand ole time
A grand communication
14
Phonics is
an outdated form of teaching reading
a method of teaching writing
the predictable relationships between phonemes and graphemes
a method of teaching spelling
15
A student struggles to answer inferential questions. What strategies would support this student
Collect evidence of students progress quarterly
Conference with the student on a yearly basis
Explicitly teach comprehension strategies
Ignore the struggles
16
A spiderlike diagram, called a map or web, used to collect and organize ideas after reading is
A cluster
A spider
A cloud
Not used in teaching
17
How do you help a student who has difficulty with d and b?
Have student write d and b 100 times each
Help student on directionality of each letter with tracing
Give student work that does not involve d and b
Send student to the learning center for help
18
What is the Goldilocks principle in reading?
Reading Goldilocks over and over.
A strategy to find a big that is just right
A strategy to find a big that is too small
A strategy to find a big that is too big
19
What are two standard assessment auality indicators?
Unreliability, invalidity
Reliability, invalidity
Reliability, validity
Unreliability, validity
20
Define high frequency words
A word that is not common
A word that is frequently pronounced wrong
A word that teachers use on tests often
A common word usually a word among the 100 most common words
21
To pronounce a word slowly, saying each sound distinctly is called what?
Segment
Segmental
Sectional
Section
22
Each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins is what?
heteronym
synonym
antonym
homonym
23
A stage of reading where readers reread the text and then learn strategies and skills
Excused
Exponential
Exploring
Expository
24
A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed is called what?
A syllable
A consonant
A vowel
A hard sound
25
What is a prefix?
A syllable that stands alone
A syllable added to the end of a word to change meaning
A syllable added to the start of a word to change meaning
A syllable added to the beginning and end of a word
26
Fluency is defined as....
reading smoothly, quickly and with expression
reading for speed
reading with help
A method of testing reading
27
Students working in small groups to read a text selected and introduced by the teacher is what?
A reading
A guided reading
An independent reading
Math
28
When you read a textbook leveled according to grade, it is called?
Beginning reading
Reading
Basal reading
Basic reading
29
What is an antonym?
A word that has no meaning
A word with the opposite meaning
A word with the same meaning
The same word twice
30
The 4th stage of the writing process involves correcting spelling and grammatical errors.
Post writing
Outlining
Drafting
Editing
31
The first stage of the writing process, in which writers gather and organize ideas for writing
pre-reading
pre-writing
proof reading
writing
32
Reading a writing to identify and correct spelling and other mechanical errors
reading
pre-reading
post-reading
proofreading
33
What are synonyms?
Words that mean nearly the same thing
Words that mean nearly the opposite
Two words that sound alike
Two words with nothing in common
34
A dipthong is a sound....
never produced
produced when the tongue does not move
produced when the tongue glides from one sound to another
produced once in a while accidentally
35
What is a student's background knowledge?
A student's knowledge overall
A student's knowledge about the present
A student's knowledge about the future
A student's knowledge about the past
36
What is a readability formula?
A method of estimating the difficulty level of a text
A method of estimating the difficulty of teaching a lesson
A method of estimating the reading level of a student
A method of estimating the writing level of a student
37
What are leveling books?
A method of estimating the difficulty level of a text
A method of reading books aloud
A method of reading books with help
Books that level furniture
38
What is the definition of a consonant diagraph?
Two consonants that come together to make one sound
Two letters that come together to make one sound.
Two letters that are not used together to make a sound
Two vowels that come together to make one sound
39
What is independent reading level?
The level of reading material that is skipped
The level of reading material taught to a student
The level of reading material that can be read with help
The level of reading material that can be read independently
40
What is the term used for reading for pleasure?
Aesthetic reading
Reading for school
Fun
Homework
41
What is structural analysis?
A word is divided into letter parts
A word is divided into syllables
You analyze the structure of a composition
A word is divided into multi-letter parts
42
A writing activity in which students and the teacher write a text together is called what?
Active writing
Interactive writing
Independent writing
Dependent writing
43
A student struggles with content-specific vocabulary. What could the teacher do for support?
Use sheltered instruction to pre-teach vocabulary words
Send the student home with a packet of homework.
Have the student work on the unit with no struggles
Skip the unit for the entire class.
44
Two or more adjacent vowels in a syllable that represent a single sound is called?
A vowel
A consonant digraph
A repeating digraph
A vowel digraph
45
What is a literature circle?
An approach where students sit in circles in class
An approach in which students write a story in a group
An approach in which students meet in groups to read a book
An approach in which students meet in groups to read a book
46
What are the three key indicators of fluency that should be seen in 2nd grade students?
Accuracy, readability, prosody
Accuracy, rate, prosody
Accuracy, rate, parody
Availability, rate, prosody
47
The purpose of an entry-level assessment is to determine:
short term planning for cross-circular instruction
determine the selection of appropriate instructional tools
ignoring the CA state standards
giving grades to students
48
What term describes enlarged versions of picture books used in primary grades?
Picture books
Small books
Big books
Books
49
Incorporating writing skills into every subject matter is an example of what?
Cross cut
Circular
Cross stitch
Cross-circular
50
The second stage of the writing process is
drafting
editing
finished writing
pre-writing
51
Context clues are what?
A hint that the police use to solve a crime
Something you learn from playing Clue
A hint that an author gives to help define a difficult word
A hint that an author doesn't give you
52
What is listening capacity level?
Lowest level of a passage that is comprehended when read
Highest level of a passage that is comprehended when read
A passage that can not be comprehended at all
A capacity used to test one's hearing level
53
What are the 3 of the six categories of cognitive objections organized by complexity?
Knowledge, Compression, Application.
Knowledge, Comprehension, Attitude
Kinship, Comprehension, Application.
Knowledge, Comprehension, Application.
54
What are some strategies the teacher can use to support a student's challenge with CVC words?
Keep using the same methods that have been used so far
Stop testing the CVC words with this student.
Use letter tiles & blend the word by pointing to each letter
Use letter tiles to relearn the alphabet
55
There is a student with an IEP in a 2nd grade class. How should a teacher do entry-level plans
Plan as if every student on an IEP has the same requirements
Refer to the IEP to determine any specific accomodations
Refer to the IEP and then ignore it.
Plan as if the student does not have an IEP
56
What is the structural system of language or grammar?
disorder
speech
syntax
system
57
The the ability to read and write is called....
literacy
reading
education
teaching
58
What three strategies can you use to teach phenomic awareness to a lower grade student?
Sound isolation, sound identity, sound segmentation
Sound disisolation, sound desegmentation, talking
Sound repeating, sound loudness, sound methods
sound deletion, sound segmentation
59
Which of the following are stop consonant sounds?
f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z
y
a, e, i, o, u
b, c, d, g, j, k, p, qu, t
60
Predicting, monitoring, visualizing, and summarizing are all types of what?
mathematics
strategies
teaching
reading
61
What does the Lexile scale measure?
It measures a readers speed
It measures a text's complexity and a reader's skill level
It measures a text's skill level in being written
It measures the skill of a teacher
62
What are three ways you can teach concepts about print to a 1st grade student?
Reading quietly, ignoring print, speaking a lot
Reading aloud only
Reading aloud, shared book experience
Reading aloud,shared book experience, print rich environment
63
A writing workshop is which of the following?
An approach where students use writing process to write
An approach where students teach other students to write.
An approach where students use writing process to read
An approach where teachers use the writing process to teach
64
The words fan, am, and left all have closed syllables. What is a closed syllable?
A syllable that ends with a vowel
A syllable that ends with a consonant
Any syllable
A syllable that starts with a consonant
65
A fourth grade teacher has struggling readers. To develop their comprehension, she should:
ignore those readers and work with the higher readers
assign extra homework for these students
provide visual explanations of the comprehension strategies
provide independent reading time to these students
66
What is hyperbole?
A stylistic device involving rhymes
A stylistic device involving obvious exaggerations
A fast moving bowl
A reading style
67
What is the phonological and pragmatic information that students rely on as they read.
Cueing systems
Teaching systems
Cue balls
Reading systems
68
The tone of a story or poem is called what?
Allusion
Moody
A short story
Mood
69
Orthography is what system?
Spelling
Reading
Writing
Math
70
Expository text is considered ......
Fiction-like
None of the above
Fiction
Nonfiction
71
When the teacher reads a sentence and a group of students reread what was read, this is called
echo reading
echolocation
re-reading
bad reading
72
What is a word family?
A group of words that rhyme
A group of words that have nothing in common
A group of words that are synonyms
A group of words that start with the same letter
73
How can you teach letter recognition to a kindergarten student who has no preschool background?
Recommend IEP for a student who does not understand letters
have them stare at the alphabet on the board
singing the alphabet, ABC books, practice writing letters
Sing songs and play with puppets
74
What are the four stages of spelling?
pre-phonetic, phonetic, transitional and conventional
teaching, phonetic, transitional and conventional
pre-phonetic, onomatopoeia, transitional and conventional
pre-phonetic, phonetic, transitional and unconventional
75
What is syllabication?
Clapping while speaking to determine syllables
Using the word syllabus repeatedly while teaching
Syllabication is not a word
Forming or dividing words into syllables
76
What does affix mean?
A syllable added to the beginning of a word only
A syllable added to the end of a word only
A syllable added to the end or beginning of a word
A word all by itself
77
Long vowels are what type of vowels?
None of the above
The opposite of consonants.
The vowel sounds that are also names of the alphabet letters
The vowel sounds that are also consonants
78
What is reading that a student needs to complete and understand in a particular subject area?
Reading is fundamental
Content area reading
Complex reading
Reading in general
79
What are minimal pairs?
A pair of words that are synonyms.
A pair of words that vary by more than one phoneme.
A pair of words that vary by only one phoneme
A pair of words that vary wildly.
80
What is a comparison expressed using like or as?
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
comparison
81
Which of the following are continuous consonant sounds?
f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z
b, c, d, g, j, k, p, qu, t
a, e, i, o, u
y
82
How do you teach phonological awareness to a lower grade student?
Word blending and syllable blending only
There is no way to teach phonological awareness
Word awareness only
Word and syllable awareness,word blending,syllable blending
83
What is the pre-communicative phase?
Making sounds by looking at words
Using letters from alphabet with full understanding
Using letters from alphabet but no knowledge of letter-sound
Communicating with grunts and groans.
84
Name 3 independent reading strategies assessments to use with struggling 3rd grade students.
interest ignorance, reading logs, observation
interest inventory, reading logs, observation
There are no strategies to use with a 3rd grade student
interest inventory, reading minutes, observation
85
In teaching reading, what is scaffolding?
The support a teacher provides to students as they play
The support students provide to a teacher during reading
The support a teacher provides to students as they read
The support students provide to each other during reading
86
What is a child's word bank?
A personal collection of words he knows in isolation.
A personal collection of words he knows when asked.
A personal collection of words he is learning in isolation.
A personal collection of words he knows in group settings.
87
A strategy in which students predict what will happen in a story and read to verify is called?
Phonics
Prediction
Phonology
Predilection
88
A level of reading material that is too difficult for a student to read successfully.
Frustration level
Freedom level
Success level
Fluency level
89
The ability to apply knowledge of letter-sounds to correctly pronounce written words is....
Decoding
Coding
Recoding
Decomposition
90
A voiced speech sound made without friction or stoppage of the airflow is called?
A word
A consonant
A vowel
Writing
91
A monitoring assessment that can be used to assess progress in reading comprehension is:
a list of vocabulary words learned so far
a parent teacher conference
an interest inventory
a completed learning log
92
What is a word wall?
An alphabetized chart listing words students are learning
A wall made out of words
A teaching method using bricks to teach reading
An alphabetized chart listing words students will not learn
93
What is literal comprehension?
The lack of understanding of what is stated in a text
The complete understanding of a text
The understanding of what is implicitly stated in a text
The understanding of what is explicitly stated in a text
94
How do you pronounce dipthong?
dipthong
dipˌTHäNG
d THäNG
dipˌthank
95
What are the 5 steps of the writing process in order.
Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
Prewriting, drafting, publishing, revising and editing.
Writing, drafting, editing, revising and publishing.
Prewriting, revising, drafting, publishing, and editing.
96
The ability to manipulate the sounds in words orally is....
poetry
phoneme
personification
phonemic awareness
97
What are three comprehension skills?
literal, bilateral, and evaluative
literal, inferential, and teaching
phonetic, inferential, and evaluative
literal, inferential, and evaluative
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What is a reading workshop?
An approach in which students write texts for others to read
An approach in which students read in groups quietly
An approach in which students read texts independently
An approach in which the teacher reads texts to the students
99
A reading process in which readers activate background knowledge and make plans for reading
pre-writing
proof reading
pre-reading
reading
100
A student reads at a very slow rate but with strong comprehension. What strategy could be used?
reading at home with his parents.
choral reading in a small group until student matches pace
reading alone in the corner with no support
reading in front of the whole class
101
Why is structural analysis used?
It is used for reading simple words in lower grades.
It is used for writing
It is used for reading complex words in upper grades.
It is used for reading all words in all grades.
