12&3
A second-grade teacher uses evidence-based flexible grouping and selects different types of
texts (e.g., decodable texts, leveled texts, chapter books) for different reading groups. These
practices best demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the importance of which of the following
principles of effective beginning reading instruction?
A) exposing students to a variety of text genres
B) accommodating students' diverse linguistic backgrounds and approaches to learning
C) aligning students' reading goals with state standards
C) transitioning students to more challenging texts as they progress in their reading skills -
ANSD
A first-grade student who demonstrates mastery of phonemic blending is having difficulty
sounding out and blending VC and CVC words in printed word lists and connected text. Based
on this information, the student would probably benefit most from an intervention designed to
improve the student's:
A) development of oral reading fluency.
B) awareness of key concepts of print.
C) letter-sound correspondence skills.
D) knowledge of high-frequency sight words. - ANSC
In a fourth-grade class, providing explicit instruction focused on which of the following reading
skills would most directly promote students' evaluative reading comprehension skills?
A) summarizing the main idea of an extended text
B) retrieving information from a text to answer comprehension questions
C) applying background knowledge to visualize processes described in a text
D) distinguishing between fact and opinion in a text - ANSD
4. A kindergarten student writes "tdirdmibk" in her journal and tells the teacher she wrote "Today
I rode my bike." The student's writing sample most clearly demonstrates which of the following
milestones essential to spelling development in English?
A) awareness of the alphabetic principle
B) knowledge of print conventions for representing words
C) awareness of morphological structure within words
D) knowledge of syllable juncture - ANSA