Certify Teacher – Reading Revision
Exam And Already Passed Answers.
The use of repetitive, rhyming texts for kindergarten read-allouds is likely to promote the reading
development of kindergarten students primarily by- - Answer Fostering their phonemic awareness
Students in a kindergarten class are learning to blend word parts. Which of the following phonemic skills
is most appropriate for the teacher to work on next? - Answer Blending individual phonemes in words
A kindergarten teacher slowly says a child's name. The teacher then claps once for each syllable as she
repeats the child's name (e.g., "lor-na"). The teacher repeats these steps for several other names.
Students then join the teacher in clapping the syllables for every child's name. This activity is likely to
promote literacy development for the students primarily by- - Answer Enhancing the students
phonological awareness.
The father of a preschool child asks the teacher how he can help develop the child's phonemic
awareness. The teacher could best respond by- - Answer suggesting some rhyming games and other
types of simple word play for the parent and child.
Which of the following statements best defines the role of phonemic awareness in emergent literacy? -
Answer Learning to distinguish the separate sounds in spoken words prepares students to match
speech sounds with letters in written words
A pre-kindergarten teacher is teaching children to clap the rhythms of their names. This music activity
would most directly promote the children's development of prerequisite skills for understanding which
of the following concepts related to literacy? - Answer Syllabication
A kindergarten teacher could informally assess a students phonemic awareness by asking the student to
- Answer identify the sound he/she hears at the beginning, middle, or end of a spoken word
A kindergarten teacher plays the following game with students. She says, "Guess whose name I'm going
to say now?" She then says the initial sound of a student's name (e.g., /m/ for Mary), and the children
try to guess the name.This activity is likely to promote the reading development of students primarily by
helping them- - Answer recognize that a spoken words is made up of sounds.
,Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is working on phonological awareness. Which of the following skills
should she emphasize first with her students? - Answer Recognizing and counting syllables in a word.
A kindergarten teacher asks a student to say the word make without the /m/. The student responds by
saying "ake." The teacher then asks, "what's coat without the /c/?" The student responds by saying
"oat." As an informal assessment strategy, this activity would be most effective in evaluating the
student's: - Answer ability to delete phonemes in a word
A first-grade teacher uses the video/recording feature of iPads to record her students retelling stories.
After the student retells the story, the student and teacher listen to the retelling and discuss the content.
Which of the following best describes this practice? - Answer The teacher was using technology to
support students' motivation to read.
At the beginning of the school year, Ms. Ignacio, a 5th grade teacher, designs the following activity in
which students interview one another.1. The teacher guides students to brainstorm interview
questions.2. The teacher types the questions and makes copies of the "questionnaire."3. Students
interview one another in pairs with each students reading the questions and writing his/her partner's
answers.4. Students discuss their findings in a whole-class discussion and then give their completed
questionnaires to the teacher.As an informal assessment strategy, the interview activity designed by Ms.
Ignacio is likely to be most useful in helping the teacher evaluate students' - Answer Oral and written
language proficiency.
Mr. Kelly conducts daily read-alouds in her first-grade classroom. She engages her students throughout a
book by asking questions and discussing events. Which of the following teacher questions is least likely
to promote oral language. - Answer Do you like the story?
A teacher is developing instructional activities to promote the literacy development of a small group of
young children who are English Learners. The teacher plans an activity in which the students tell stories
in English while the teacher writes what the students say. Which of the following guidelines would be
most important for the teacher to follow when writing the stories told by the English Learners? - Answer
Reinforce the students' understanding of the relationship between written and oral language by making
sure that students see the teacher writing down their exact words.
Mrs. Tokko has several students with learning disabilities who have difficulty with oral language,
particularly in pragmatics. Which of the following strategies can help Mrs. Tokko best determine the
, types of problems the students are having? - Answer observing the students during social interactions
with other students and assessing both their oral language and their nonverbal behavior
A third-grade teacher has access to a computer program that translates spoken words into written text.
In the context of language arts instruction, this voice-recognition technology would be especially useful
for which of the following purposes? - Answer promoting the literacy development of a student who
has strong oral language skills but severe writing and spelling difficulties
During a unit on poetry, a fifth-grade teacher wants to plan an activity that incorporates oral language
skills as a means for understanding poetry. Which of the following instructional activities would be most
appropriate for this purpose? - Answer The teacher gives a dramatic reading of the poem then
students meet in small groups to discuss the ways the poet uses sound effects to contribute to the
meaning of the poem.
At the beginning of the year, a kindergarten teacher notices most students in the class lack an
understanding of ways oral language connects to print. Which of the following activities will best help
students understand this connection? - Answer using the language experience approach
Mrs. Salazar, a kindergarten teacher on your campus, is concerned about a student's oral language
development. Mrs. Salazar is concerned because her student, Trevor, uses "baby talk", uses statements
such as "me have juice", and tends to speak in sentences of 3 to 5 words. Additionally, Trevor seems to
have limited interaction with peers but answers correctly and appropriately when asked a direct
question. Based on the observations of Mrs. Salazar, which of the following oral language deficits
warrants further evaluation of Trevor's oral language? - Answer deficits in syntactical structure
During story time, Mr. Boss prompted discussion and asked questions while he read a book aloud for his
kindergarten class. Which of the following best describes Mr. Boss's instruction? - Answer Mr. Boss
used an interactive read aloud to engage his students in the story.
A kindergarten class is learning about the letter M. The teacher plans homework around this focus.
Which of the following activities best reinforces student knowledge of the alphabetic principle? - Answer
The teacher has students cut out and label objects which begin with the letter M.
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent is a description of — -
Answer Phonics
Exam And Already Passed Answers.
The use of repetitive, rhyming texts for kindergarten read-allouds is likely to promote the reading
development of kindergarten students primarily by- - Answer Fostering their phonemic awareness
Students in a kindergarten class are learning to blend word parts. Which of the following phonemic skills
is most appropriate for the teacher to work on next? - Answer Blending individual phonemes in words
A kindergarten teacher slowly says a child's name. The teacher then claps once for each syllable as she
repeats the child's name (e.g., "lor-na"). The teacher repeats these steps for several other names.
Students then join the teacher in clapping the syllables for every child's name. This activity is likely to
promote literacy development for the students primarily by- - Answer Enhancing the students
phonological awareness.
The father of a preschool child asks the teacher how he can help develop the child's phonemic
awareness. The teacher could best respond by- - Answer suggesting some rhyming games and other
types of simple word play for the parent and child.
Which of the following statements best defines the role of phonemic awareness in emergent literacy? -
Answer Learning to distinguish the separate sounds in spoken words prepares students to match
speech sounds with letters in written words
A pre-kindergarten teacher is teaching children to clap the rhythms of their names. This music activity
would most directly promote the children's development of prerequisite skills for understanding which
of the following concepts related to literacy? - Answer Syllabication
A kindergarten teacher could informally assess a students phonemic awareness by asking the student to
- Answer identify the sound he/she hears at the beginning, middle, or end of a spoken word
A kindergarten teacher plays the following game with students. She says, "Guess whose name I'm going
to say now?" She then says the initial sound of a student's name (e.g., /m/ for Mary), and the children
try to guess the name.This activity is likely to promote the reading development of students primarily by
helping them- - Answer recognize that a spoken words is made up of sounds.
,Mrs. Smythe's kindergarten class is working on phonological awareness. Which of the following skills
should she emphasize first with her students? - Answer Recognizing and counting syllables in a word.
A kindergarten teacher asks a student to say the word make without the /m/. The student responds by
saying "ake." The teacher then asks, "what's coat without the /c/?" The student responds by saying
"oat." As an informal assessment strategy, this activity would be most effective in evaluating the
student's: - Answer ability to delete phonemes in a word
A first-grade teacher uses the video/recording feature of iPads to record her students retelling stories.
After the student retells the story, the student and teacher listen to the retelling and discuss the content.
Which of the following best describes this practice? - Answer The teacher was using technology to
support students' motivation to read.
At the beginning of the school year, Ms. Ignacio, a 5th grade teacher, designs the following activity in
which students interview one another.1. The teacher guides students to brainstorm interview
questions.2. The teacher types the questions and makes copies of the "questionnaire."3. Students
interview one another in pairs with each students reading the questions and writing his/her partner's
answers.4. Students discuss their findings in a whole-class discussion and then give their completed
questionnaires to the teacher.As an informal assessment strategy, the interview activity designed by Ms.
Ignacio is likely to be most useful in helping the teacher evaluate students' - Answer Oral and written
language proficiency.
Mr. Kelly conducts daily read-alouds in her first-grade classroom. She engages her students throughout a
book by asking questions and discussing events. Which of the following teacher questions is least likely
to promote oral language. - Answer Do you like the story?
A teacher is developing instructional activities to promote the literacy development of a small group of
young children who are English Learners. The teacher plans an activity in which the students tell stories
in English while the teacher writes what the students say. Which of the following guidelines would be
most important for the teacher to follow when writing the stories told by the English Learners? - Answer
Reinforce the students' understanding of the relationship between written and oral language by making
sure that students see the teacher writing down their exact words.
Mrs. Tokko has several students with learning disabilities who have difficulty with oral language,
particularly in pragmatics. Which of the following strategies can help Mrs. Tokko best determine the
, types of problems the students are having? - Answer observing the students during social interactions
with other students and assessing both their oral language and their nonverbal behavior
A third-grade teacher has access to a computer program that translates spoken words into written text.
In the context of language arts instruction, this voice-recognition technology would be especially useful
for which of the following purposes? - Answer promoting the literacy development of a student who
has strong oral language skills but severe writing and spelling difficulties
During a unit on poetry, a fifth-grade teacher wants to plan an activity that incorporates oral language
skills as a means for understanding poetry. Which of the following instructional activities would be most
appropriate for this purpose? - Answer The teacher gives a dramatic reading of the poem then
students meet in small groups to discuss the ways the poet uses sound effects to contribute to the
meaning of the poem.
At the beginning of the year, a kindergarten teacher notices most students in the class lack an
understanding of ways oral language connects to print. Which of the following activities will best help
students understand this connection? - Answer using the language experience approach
Mrs. Salazar, a kindergarten teacher on your campus, is concerned about a student's oral language
development. Mrs. Salazar is concerned because her student, Trevor, uses "baby talk", uses statements
such as "me have juice", and tends to speak in sentences of 3 to 5 words. Additionally, Trevor seems to
have limited interaction with peers but answers correctly and appropriately when asked a direct
question. Based on the observations of Mrs. Salazar, which of the following oral language deficits
warrants further evaluation of Trevor's oral language? - Answer deficits in syntactical structure
During story time, Mr. Boss prompted discussion and asked questions while he read a book aloud for his
kindergarten class. Which of the following best describes Mr. Boss's instruction? - Answer Mr. Boss
used an interactive read aloud to engage his students in the story.
A kindergarten class is learning about the letter M. The teacher plans homework around this focus.
Which of the following activities best reinforces student knowledge of the alphabetic principle? - Answer
The teacher has students cut out and label objects which begin with the letter M.
Being able to connect speech sounds with the printed letters they represent is a description of — -
Answer Phonics
