Core Subjects EC-6 practice test with Rationale With Questions And 100% SURE ANSWERS
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A teacher notices that some students in the class Option B is correct because giving students a script provides them with a model of appropriate
have trouble interacting with peers during group interaction that they can imitate and recall during future group assignments.
assignments. Which of the following will best help
students learn more appropriate oral language
skills to use in group interactions?
A. Assigning students to play a game in groups
and then using a rubric to
evaluate their interactions
B. Rehearsing positive group collaboration by
using a script and having students analyze
productive conversations
C. Requiring students to practice effective social
interactions with their parents and siblings at home
D. Videotaping a group while the members work
together and allowing the class to view the video
and then make suggestions for improving
communication
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,Most students in a kindergarten class can identify Option A is correct because this is the next phase in phonemic awareness
two words that rhyme. Which of the following development.
phonemic skills is most appropriate for the
teacher to address next?
A. Naming the beginning sounds in words
B. Blending the initial consonant sounds in words
C. Pronouncing all the sounds in words with two
or three phonemes
D. Blending the final consonant sounds in words
Students in a kindergarten class are learning to Option C is correct because once students have learned the individual sounds made by letters
analyze and spell phonetically regular words. They and can blend the sounds at the beginnings and ends of words, they must be able to analyze the
have learned to identify individual phonemes and vowels within the word and determine whether the vowels are short or long so they can assign
to blend onsets and rimes. Which of the following meaning to the word as a whole.
is the most appropriate to teach next?
A. Vowel-consonant patterns
B. Types of syllables
C. Short and long vowels
D. Vowel diphthongs
Which of the following silent reading practices Option D is correct because students are receiving support through scaffolding.
provides the best conditions for students' This could be in the form of minilessons, conferencing, dialogue journaling or other supports.
individual reading improvement?
A. Engaging in sustained silent reading for an hour
once a week while the teacher reads a book to
model engaged reading behaviors
B. Dropping everything and reading several times
a week for 30 minutes while the teacher grades
papers or prepares instructional materials
C. Reading silently any time independent work has
been completed early while the teacher keeps
anecdotal records of student behaviors
D. Participating in scaffolded silent reading for 20
minutes every day while the teacher confers with
students individually about their reading
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During a unit on propaganda, a sixth-grade Option C is correct because evaluative comprehension includes the skill of detecting faulty
teacher asks students to evaluate short statements reasoning. Students must apply what they have read to their
made in advertising materials and to attempt to own lives and knowledge of the world to make judgments about text.
detect any faulty reasoning. Which of the
following levels of reading comprehension is
primarily being targeted in the lesson?
A. Literal
B. Inferential
C. Evaluative
D. Appreciative
When selecting vocabulary from magazine or Option B is correct because student selection of words for further study is the best way to ensure
newspaper articles used in instruction, which of that the class is studying words that students will find useful and memorable.
the following methods is most effective?
A. Selecting vocabulary based on the teacher's
experience from previous years of instruction
B. Asking students to identify words for further
study when they read an article for the first time
C. Using newspapers and magazines specifically
made for school use, with
bolded vocabulary terms
D. Cross-referencing articles taught in class with
district vocabulary lists to identify key words
Which of the following actions best represents the Option A is correct because this is the previewing phase. Before analyzing any of the numerical
first step in the process students should use to data, students must be familiar with the content of the graph or chart.
interpret graphs and charts containing numerical
information?
A. Looking at the title, axes, headings, and legends
to develop a sense of the content of the graph or
chart
B. Analyzing whether the type of graph or chart
used is the best method of presenting the
information given
C. Determining the largest and smallest values
represented on the graph or chart to get an
impression of the data
D. Comparing and contrasting the various areas of
the graph or chart to
determine high and low points of the data
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Which of the following stages of spelling Option B is correct because phonetic spelling, also known as invented spelling, requires students
development is primarily characterized by letter- to use their knowledge of sounds in words and then assign corresponding letters.
sound correspondence?
A. Semiphonetic
B. Phonetic
C. Transitional
D. Conventional
Third-grade students are assigned to write about Option C is correct because the expository essay is the only writing example given that is not
their city after reading various texts about it. Which creative in nature. It is nonfiction that easily lends itself to the inclusion of academic vocabulary
of the following types of writing will best allow words.
the students to include academic vocabulary they
learned from the reading?
A. Rhyming poetry
B. Autobiography
C. Expository essay
D. Fictional story
During a back-to-school night, an elementary Option A is correct because in this way, parents are helping their children develop their media
teacher discusses the use of media in the literacy skills instead of merely dictating what children may or may not watch or listen to.
classroom and at home. Which of the following
suggestions is best for the teacher to make to
parents regarding students' television viewing and
Internet use at home?
A. Viewing media with their children and
discussing what they see and hear
B. Preventing children from having any media
exposure at home, since most of it will be of little
academic value to children
C. Trusting children to make their own choices
about media but asking them to discuss these
choices with the parents
D. Requiring children to watch certain educational
programs recommended by the teacher before
they watch any other programs
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