STR Practice Test Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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STR Practice Test Actual Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Why should teachers review multicultural books and see if the author is of the same cultural
background as the characters? - CORRECT ANSWER- C. to see if the author has
connections to the culture or knows the culture
The National Re...
STR Practice Test Actual Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Why should teachers review multicultural books and see if the author is of the same cultural
background as the characters? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. to see if the author has
connections to the culture or knows the culture
The National Reading Panel states that there are five essential components of reading
including text comprehension, phonics, and... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. vocabulary,
fluency, and phonemic awareness
What activity would best develop a young reader's understanding of the alphabetic principle?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. Reading a short story that involves exposure to the newly
learned sound and matching pictures
Which is an example of a homograph? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. Ed played the bass
while I fished for bass.
Why are Universal Screeners given? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. They can identify
students who may be at risk of reading failure.
A fifth grade teacher knows that a literary text is supposed to entertain. While reading a
poem, she has students highlight the figurative language the author used in the poem. Why
does she use this strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. She knows that a literary text
entertains but that its focus is in the purposeful arrangement and use of words.
When using a code-based approach to teaching reading, the teacher: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔B. uses phonemic awareness
Reading aloud at any grade level beneficial for all of the following reasons except...? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. It singles out emergent bilingual students
Mr. Penn has put up a word wall that all students can see. He uses the word wall daily to
practice words and to introduce content specific vocabulary. Mr. Penn adds new information
and words to the wall on a regular basis and refers to the word wall so that students can
,understand and see the relevance of the words. Why does Mr. Penn use this type of
instruction? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. Mr. Penn is promoting word consciousness in
his students.
_____________ are words that have been proven in research to appear most often in a
majority of texts. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. High-frequency words
What is the root word in "misunderstanding"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. understand
A fifth grade science teacher has an emergent bilingual student who is in the Intermediate
Fluency Stage of language acquisition. She knows that he can read text and understand most
of what is read but differentiates by putting him in a group where he is comfortable using his
second language. What other type of differentiation would be beneficial for this student? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. Provide student-friendly definitions of content words.
Which of the following words is an example of an open syllable? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔C. Tea
Why are formative assessments important? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. They monitor
student progress throughout a lesson and unit in order to provide feedback, support, or
information on how to adjust instruction.
Why might a student need language support in phonemic instruction? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔C. Because the student's home language may not include the sound used in
standard English.
Which of the following are some oral language practices? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B.
Reading aloud, play rhyming games, model correct speech
A third grade teacher is having students highlight a word they don't know from the text and
place the word in the center of a semantic map. Next the student reads around the word for
related words that can be added to the map. The student then uses an online dictionary to look
up the word to find its meaning and synonyms of the word. The student adds these words to
the map. Next the students select pictures or draw pictures to fit the meaning of the word.
How does using semantic mapping help students learn vocabulary? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔B. It helps students develop connections between words.
, All of the following are examples of morphology except: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B.
Irregular words
Mrs. Young is teaching vocabulary by having students create a word web starting with a
common base word and connecting it to other words. What type of morphology strategy is
she using? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. Analogy
Mr. Rogers assigned a project-based assignment to his 6th-grade class. The students are
presenting the assignment to school administrators using technology. What type of
assessment is Mr. Rogers is using? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. summative assessment
A fourth grade teachers has an extensive library that students can check books and magazines
from. She also provides insights, lists, and information about different books for students to
read during and outside of school. She sets aside time each day for students to read
independently along with sharing the books that she is reading with students. What is the
teacher encouraging? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. wide reading
Why should fluency instruction be with a text at the student's independent reading level? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. So that students can practice on speed and expression.
A fourth-grade teacher is previewing the book Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen to teach
point of view. Each chapter of the book is told by either Julianna Baker or Bryce Lowski
alternating through the chapters and through their relationship which begins in second grade
when Bryce and his family move across the street from Julianna. The relationship between
Julianna and Bryce is chronicled and changes from second grade to middle school. The novel
is told from each character's point of view, contains flashbacks, and figurative language. The
teacher knows that the text complexity of the book is difficult and differentiates the learning
by: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. Read the novel aloud to the students.
A teacher asks her students, "Why do you think the author used that alliteration on page 17?"
This level of question would fall under which level of Bloom's Taxonomy? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔B. Evaluating
A pre-k teacher makes sure that her students know what directionality of print concept is.
Why? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. Because being able to handle books appropriately and
maneuver through text shows understanding that text is organized in a sequential order.
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