Question 1
A teacher displays letter tiles and asks students to build the word 'sat' by choosing a letter for each sound they hear. This activity is BEST classified as:
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Correct answer: C - Phonics
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A teacher displays letter tiles and asks students to build the word 'sat' by choosing a letter for each sound they hear. This activity is BEST classified as:
Correct answer: C - Phonics
A kindergarten student can clap the syllables in spoken words and can tell whether two words rhyme, but cannot identify the first sound in a spoken word. Which activity is the MOST appropriate NEXT step?
Correct answer: A - Blending spoken onsets and rimes to make whole words
A first grader writes STOPT for the word stopped. This spelling BEST indicates that the student:
Correct answer: D - is representing the sounds she actually hears
A student reads 'blend' as 'bend' and reads 'stop' as 'sop.' These errors BEST indicate a need for instruction in:
Correct answer: B - consonant blends
A student reads the word 'begin' with a short e sound in the first syllable, saying it as 'beg-in.' This error BEST indicates a need for instruction in:
Correct answer: D - open and closed syllables
A sixth grader encounters the unfamiliar word 'inaudible' in a science passage that provides no context clues. Which strategy would BEST help her determine the word's meaning independently?
Correct answer: D - Analyzing the prefix, root, and suffix for meaning
A third grader reads a grade-level passage at 112 words correct per minute, which is within the expected range for her grade, with 98 percent accuracy. She reads in a flat tone, ignores commas and periods, and runs sentences together. Her PRIMARY area of need is:
Correct answer: A - prosody
A student reads accurately but very slowly, sounding out nearly every word. Which approach would be MOST effective for building automaticity?
Correct answer: C - Repeated reading of a familiar text
A Spanish-speaking fourth grader decodes English text accurately and reads it fluently, but understands very little of what she reads. Which instructional focus is MOST appropriate?
Correct answer: B - Vocabulary and language comprehension
Consider this sentence: 'Unlike her gregarious sister, Mia preferred quiet evenings alone.' Which type of context clue helps a reader infer the meaning of gregarious?
Correct answer: A - Contrast
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