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1
What does the Lexile scale measure?
It measures the skill of a teacher
It measures a text's complexity and a reader's skill level
It measures a text's skill level in being written
It measures a readers speed
2
What is a readability formula?
A method of estimating the writing level of a student
A method of estimating the reading level of a student
A method of estimating the difficulty of teaching a lesson
A method of estimating the difficulty level of a text
3
What is structural analysis?
A word is divided into multi-letter parts
A word is divided into letter parts
You analyze the structure of a composition
A word is divided into syllables
4
Phonics is
the predictable relationships between phonemes and graphemes
an outdated form of teaching reading
a method of teaching writing
a method of teaching spelling
5
Two or more adjacent vowels in a syllable that represent a single sound is called?
A vowel
A vowel digraph
A repeating digraph
A consonant digraph
6
What is the term for reading for information?
Efferent reading
Effervescent reading
Fun
Homework
7
What is the phonological and pragmatic information that students rely on as they read.
Reading systems
Cue balls
Teaching systems
Cueing systems
8
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 capacity used to test one's hearing level
A passage that can not be comprehended at all
9
A student struggles to answer inferential questions. What strategies would support this student
Explicitly teach comprehension strategies
Collect evidence of students progress quarterly
Ignore the struggles
Conference with the student on a yearly basis
10
A narrative is a.....
Book
Story
Song
Poem
11
A fourth grade teacher has struggling readers. To develop their comprehension, she should:
provide independent reading time to these students
assign extra homework for these students
ignore those readers and work with the higher readers
provide visual explanations of the comprehension strategies
12
What term describes enlarged versions of picture books used in primary grades?
Small books
Big books
Books
Picture books
13
What are the three key indicators of fluency that should be seen in 2nd grade students?
Accuracy, rate, prosody
Accuracy, rate, parody
Availability, rate, prosody
Accuracy, readability, prosody
14
When you read a textbook leveled according to grade, it is called?
Beginning reading
Basal reading
Reading
Basic reading
15
The ability to manipulate the sounds in words orally is....
personification
phoneme
phonemic awareness
poetry
16
How do you pronounce dipthong?
dipˌTHäNG
dipˌthank
dipthong
d THäNG
17
A comparison expressed directly, without using like or as, is what?
A vowel
A simile
onomatopoeia
A metaphor
18
What is a prefix?
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
A syllable that stands alone
19
Expository text is considered ......
None of the above
Fiction
Fiction-like
Nonfiction
20
What is a suffix?
A syllable added to the start of a word to change meaning
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
21
Which of the following are continuous consonant sounds?
f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z
a, e, i, o, u
b, c, d, g, j, k, p, qu, t
y
22
What are the 3 of the six categories of cognitive objections organized by complexity?
Knowledge, Compression, Application.
Kinship, Comprehension, Application.
Knowledge, Comprehension, Application.
Knowledge, Comprehension, Attitude
23
A small-group or whole-class discussion about literature is called what?
A Grand Canyon
A grand conversation
A grand ole time
A grand communication
24
What is the term used for reading for pleasure?
Fun
Reading for school
Homework
Aesthetic reading
25
Context clues are what?
A hint that the police use to solve a crime
A hint that an author gives to help define a difficult word
A hint that an author doesn't give you
Something you learn from playing Clue
26
Incorporating writing skills into every subject matter is an example of what?
Cross-circular
Cross cut
Circular
Cross stitch
27
The second stage of the writing process is
finished writing
drafting
editing
pre-writing
28
What is the structural system of language or grammar?
disorder
system
speech
syntax
29
What are minimal pairs?
A pair of words that are synonyms.
A pair of words that vary wildly.
A pair of words that vary by more than one phoneme.
A pair of words that vary by only one phoneme
30
What is a literature circle?
An approach in which students meet in groups to read a book
An approach in which students write a story in a group
An approach where students sit in circles in class
An approach in which students meet in groups to read a book
31
Name 3 independent reading strategies assessments to use with struggling 3rd grade students.
interest inventory, reading logs, observation
interest inventory, reading minutes, observation
There are no strategies to use with a 3rd grade student
interest ignorance, reading logs, observation
32
What is syllabication?
Using the word syllabus repeatedly while teaching
Syllabication is not a word
Clapping while speaking to determine syllables
Forming or dividing words into syllables
33
What is the definition of a consonant diagraph?
Two vowels that come together to make one sound
Two letters that are not used together to make a sound
Two consonants that come together to make one sound
Two letters that come together to make one sound.
34
Which of the following are stop consonant sounds?
b, c, d, g, j, k, p, qu, t
a, e, i, o, u
y
f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z
35
What three strategies can you use to teach phenomic awareness to a lower grade student?
Sound disisolation, sound desegmentation, talking
sound deletion, sound segmentation
Sound repeating, sound loudness, sound methods
Sound isolation, sound identity, sound segmentation
36
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
37
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 and then ignore it.
Plan as if the student does not have an IEP
Refer to the IEP to determine any specific accomodations
38
What are two standard assessment auality indicators?
Unreliability, validity
Reliability, validity
Reliability, invalidity
Unreliability, invalidity
39
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
40
The first stage of the writing process, in which writers gather and organize ideas for writing
pre-writing
pre-reading
writing
proof reading
41
When the teacher reads a sentence and a group of students reread what was read, this is called
echo reading
bad reading
echolocation
re-reading
42
Orthography is what system?
Spelling
Writing
Reading
Math
43
How do you help a student who has difficulty with d and b?
Help student on directionality of each letter with tracing
Give student work that does not involve d and b
Have student write d and b 100 times each
Send student to the learning center for help
44
Define high frequency words
A word that teachers use on tests often
A word that is frequently pronounced wrong
A common word usually a word among the 100 most common words
A word that is not common
45
What is an antonym?
A word with the opposite meaning
A word with the same meaning
A word that has no meaning
The same word twice
46
What is independent reading level?
The level of reading material that can be read independently
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
47
A writing activity in which students and the teacher write a text together is called what?
Active writing
Independent writing
Dependent writing
Interactive writing
48
Predicting, monitoring, visualizing, and summarizing are all types of what?
teaching
mathematics
reading
strategies
49
What are leveling books?
A method of estimating the difficulty level of a text
A method of reading books with help
Books that level furniture
A method of reading books aloud
50
A student reads at a very slow rate but with strong comprehension. What strategy could be used?
reading alone in the corner with no support
reading in front of the whole class
reading at home with his parents.
choral reading in a small group until student matches pace
51
A strategy in which students predict what will happen in a story and read to verify is called?
Phonology
Predilection
Phonics
Prediction
52
A spiderlike diagram, called a map or web, used to collect and organize ideas after reading is
A cluster
Not used in teaching
A cloud
A spider
53
A student struggles with content-specific vocabulary. What could the teacher do for support?
Use sheltered instruction to pre-teach vocabulary words
Have the student work on the unit with no struggles
Skip the unit for the entire class.
Send the student home with a packet of homework.
54
What does the Yopp-Singer test determine?
A reader's ability to write.
A reader's ability to break a word apart into sounds
A reader's ability to read
A reader's ability to break a word apart into letters
55
What are some strategies the teacher can use to support a student's challenge with CVC words?
Use letter tiles to relearn the alphabet
Stop testing the CVC words with this student.
Keep using the same methods that have been used so far
Use letter tiles & blend the word by pointing to each letter
56
What is a child's word bank?
A personal collection of words he knows in group settings.
A personal collection of words he is learning in isolation.
A personal collection of words he knows when asked.
A personal collection of words he knows in isolation.
57
The ability to apply knowledge of letter-sounds to correctly pronounce written words is....
Coding
Recoding
Decoding
Decomposition
58
What is a word wall?
An alphabetized chart listing words students will not learn
A teaching method using bricks to teach reading
An alphabetized chart listing words students are learning
A wall made out of words
59
What is imagery?
The use of figurative language to create an impression
The use of figurative language when completing word problems
The use of figurative language in teaching
The use of figurative language to create a false story
60
What alternative assessments can be used in an IEP?
More time,bigger units,practice assessment,harder version
More time,smaller units,less practice, harder version
Less time,smaller units,less practice,simpler version
More time,smaller units,practice assessment,simpler version
61
What is a comparison expressed using like or as?
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
comparison
62
A reading process in which readers activate background knowledge and make plans for reading
proof reading
pre-reading
pre-writing
reading
63
What is a reading workshop?
An approach in which students read in groups quietly
An approach in which students write texts for others to read
An approach in which students read texts independently
An approach in which the teacher reads texts to the students
64
A stage of reading where readers reread the text and then learn strategies and skills
Exploring
Excused
Expository
Exponential
65
The 4th stage of the writing process involves correcting spelling and grammatical errors.
Post writing
Drafting
Editing
Outlining
66
A level of reading material that is too difficult for a student to read successfully.
Frustration level
Success level
Freedom level
Fluency level
67
What is a word family?
A group of words that are synonyms
A group of words that rhyme
A group of words that have nothing in common
A group of words that start with the same letter
68
What is shared reading?
The teacher reads a book alone
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
69
A voiced speech sound made without friction or stoppage of the airflow is called?
A word
A consonant
Writing
A vowel
70
The the ability to read and write is called....
literacy
teaching
reading
education
71
What is a student's background knowledge?
A student's knowledge about the past
A student's knowledge overall
A student's knowledge about the present
A student's knowledge about the future
72
Students working in small groups to read a text selected and introduced by the teacher is what?
A reading
An independent reading
Math
A guided reading
73
What is reading that a student needs to complete and understand in a particular subject area?
Content area reading
Reading in general
Reading is fundamental
Complex reading
74
What is literal comprehension?
The lack of understanding of what is stated in a text
The understanding of what is implicitly stated in a text
The understanding of what is explicitly stated in a text
The complete understanding of a text
75
Reading a writing to identify and correct spelling and other mechanical errors
reading
pre-reading
post-reading
proofreading
76
What is instructional reading level?
The level of reading material that can be read with support.
The level of reading material used in social science
The level of reading material that cannot be read
The level of reading material that can be read independently
77
What are three ways you can teach concepts about print to a 1st grade student?
Reading quietly, ignoring print, speaking a lot
Reading aloud,shared book experience, print rich environment
Reading aloud only
Reading aloud, shared book experience
78
What are the 5 steps of the writing process in order.
Writing, drafting, editing, revising and publishing.
Prewriting, drafting, publishing, revising and editing.
Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
Prewriting, revising, drafting, publishing, and editing.
79
Fluency is defined as....
reading with help
reading for speed
A method of testing reading
reading smoothly, quickly and with expression
80
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 word all by itself
A syllable added to the end or beginning of a word
81
What are three comprehension skills?
literal, bilateral, and evaluative
literal, inferential, and evaluative
phonetic, inferential, and evaluative
literal, inferential, and teaching
82
What are synonyms?
Two words that sound alike
Words that mean nearly the opposite
Two words with nothing in common
Words that mean nearly the same thing
83
The tone of a story or poem is called what?
Allusion
Moody
Mood
A short story
84
Literal, inferential and evaluative are three levels of....
Compound
Clusters
Conductivity
Comprehension
85
A writing workshop is which of the following?
An approach where students use writing process to read
An approach where teachers use the writing process to teach
An approach where students teach other students to write.
An approach where students use writing process to write
86
What is hyperbole?
A fast moving bowl
A stylistic device involving obvious exaggerations
A reading style
A stylistic device involving rhymes
87
In teaching reading, what is scaffolding?
The support students provide to a teacher during reading
The support a teacher provides to students as they read
The support a teacher provides to students as they play
The support students provide to each other during reading
88
To pronounce a word slowly, saying each sound distinctly is called what?
Segment
Sectional
Segmental
Section
89
A monitoring assessment that can be used to assess progress in reading comprehension is:
a list of vocabulary words learned so far
a completed learning log
a parent teacher conference
an interest inventory
90
The purpose of an entry-level assessment is to determine:
determine the selection of appropriate instructional tools
short term planning for cross-circular instruction
ignoring the CA state standards
giving grades to students
91
Each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins is what?
antonym
synonym
heteronym
homonym
92
What are the four stages of spelling?
pre-phonetic, phonetic, transitional and conventional
pre-phonetic, onomatopoeia, transitional and conventional
pre-phonetic, phonetic, transitional and unconventional
teaching, phonetic, transitional and conventional
93
A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed is called what?
A hard sound
A syllable
A vowel
A consonant
94
Why is structural analysis used?
It is used for reading complex words in upper grades.
It is used for reading simple words in lower grades.
It is used for reading all words in all grades.
It is used for writing
95
How do you teach phonological awareness to a lower grade student?
Word awareness only
Word blending and syllable blending only
Word and syllable awareness,word blending,syllable blending
There is no way to teach phonological awareness
96
What is the Goldilocks principle in reading?
A strategy to find a big that is just right
A strategy to find a big that is too big
Reading Goldilocks over and over.
A strategy to find a big that is too small
97
What is the pre-communicative phase?
Using letters from alphabet but no knowledge of letter-sound
Using letters from alphabet with full understanding
Making sounds by looking at words
Communicating with grunts and groans.
98
Long vowels are what type of vowels?
The vowel sounds that are also consonants
The vowel sounds that are also names of the alphabet letters
None of the above
The opposite of consonants.
99
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
Cross circular studies
Focus on blending and segmenting, reteach lacking skills
Phenomic awareness practice
100
How can you teach letter recognition to a kindergarten student who has no preschool background?
have them stare at the alphabet on the board
Recommend IEP for a student who does not understand letters
Sing songs and play with puppets
singing the alphabet, ABC books, practice writing letters
101
A student struggles to explain what they read. What strategy could you use?
Redoing - after a child reads a story they read it again
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
