PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module
2
In keeping with Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning standards in language arts,
which
of the following writing skills would be most appropriate to include in
language arts
instruction at the first-grade level?
A. revising writing by adding details or missing information
B. focusing writing for a particular audience
C. revising writing by varying sentence length and structures
D. using transition words to clarify ideas in writing
8. - -A
-A teacher delivering standards-based literacy instruction grounded in
scientificbased
reading research is most likely to use the results of reading assessments
for which of the following purposes?
A. using formal and informal assessments to place students into the most
appropriate reading group for a given school year
B. using ongoing informal assessments to continually plan and modify
individual
students' reading goals and instruction
C. using formal standardized assessments to diagnose each student's
reading
difficulties at the beginning of the school year
D. using comprehensive summative reading achievement assessments on a
weekly to biweekly basis to monitor students' progress - -B
-Which of the following words contains a diphthong?
A. anchor
B. boiled
C. measure
D. truths - -B
-A kindergarten teacher reads aloud a poem that contains alliteration in
each line.
The teacher reads the poem twice, each time emphasizing the alliteration.
On the
third reading, the teacher invites the children to repeat each line exactly as
the
teacher recited it. This activity is most effective in promoting the children's
development in which of the following areas of emergent literacy?
A. alphabetic awareness
, B. letter-sound correspondence
C. letter recognition
D. phonological awareness - -D
-A second-grade teacher is planning reading instruction at the beginning of
the
school year and would like to determine the entry-level skills of individual
students
in key areas of reading. Which of the following types of assessments would
be
most appropriate for the teacher to use to assess entering students'
decoding
skills?
A. a norm-referenced reading achievement test
B. an informal phonics inventory
C. a summative curriculum-based measurement
D. an oral reading fluency test - -B
-A prekindergarten teacher helps students memorize a poem and recite it
chorally.
The teacher could best use this activity to build a foundation for which of the
following literacy skills?
A. prosodic reading
B. independent word-learning
C. strategic reading
D. responsive listening - -A
-A second-grade teacher is beginning an integrated content-area unit on
farming.
As an introduction to the unit, the teacher helps students brainstorm words
related
to the concept of farming and guides students in creating a semantic map
with the
words. This activity best illustrates a strategy targeting which of the
following
essential components of effective vocabulary instruction?
A. deepening and clarifying students' knowledge of known words
B. providing direct instruction in new content-specific words
C. promoting students' comprehension of academic language
D. fostering the use of independent word-learning strategies - -A
-A second-grade teacher is planning to read aloud a story to the class and
would
like to use this activity to reinforce and build on students' literary analysis
skills.
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