EXAM: Elementary Education MTTC Exam; Questions and Answers
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MTTC
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MTTC
EXAM: Elementary Education MTTC Exam;
Questions and Answers
playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution Correct AnswerDuring world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meanin...
EXAM: Elementary Education MTTC Exam;
Questions and Answers
playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution Correct Answer-
During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
using phonetic spelling Correct Answer-Which of the following characteristics of literacy
development best illustrates the relationship between speaking and writing?
syntactic Correct Answer-A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly
place adjectives after nouns in their writing and speaking. These students most likely require
explicit instruction related to which of the following English language systems?
interconnections between language, literacy, and culture. Correct Answer-At the beginning
of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with students' families about the
kinds of prior experiences their children have had, especially those related to learning and
literacy. The teacher uses this information to help plan dramatic play and literacy centers that
reflect familiar settings, tasks, and experiences. These actions most clearly demonstrate the
teacher's awareness of the:
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Questions and Answers
by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, and writing
for academic purposes Correct Answer-As a regular component of whole-group
mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides students in closely reading key pages
from the grade-level textbook. Afterward, in addition to guiding students in applying the new
material presented in the text to sample exercises, the teacher also helps the students
summarize the text's main ideas orally. Finally, students draft their own written summaries of
the new concepts, processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics journals. This
approach to content-area instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily in
which of the following ways?
"Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing other daily
activities." Correct Answer-A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping
students develop oral language skills that support literacy development. Which of the
following teacher recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in addressing this
goal?
a, m, t, s, f, d Correct Answer-A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching
letter recognition skills to emergent readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be
most appropriate for a teacher to include in the first lessons?
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Questions and Answers
Letters correspond to phonemes. Correct Answer-An English Language Learner in a fourth-
grade class can read fluently in a language that is written using a nonalphabetic script. Which
of the following concepts is likely to be most difficult for this student to grasp when learning
to read in English?
understanding of the relationship of speech to print Correct Answer-A kindergarten
teacher regularly reads aloud "big books" to her students. As she reads she points to each
word, and during successive readings she encourages students to join in the reading as she
points. Which of the following emergent literacy skills is this activity most likely to promote?
the role of activating background knowledge related to a text Correct Answer-A
kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom discussions before beginning a new read-
aloud of informational texts. For example, he may conduct a book walk of the pictures, point
out some key vocabulary, and then ask students to share what they already know about the
subject of the book. This practice most clearly demonstrates the teacher's understanding of
which of the following factors that influence emergent readers' construction of meaning?
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Questions and Answers
make Correct Answer-Which of the following words would be most appropriate to include
in phonics instruction designed to promote beginning readers' ability to decode regular CVCe
words?
structural analysis Correct Answer-A fifth-grade student who is having difficulty reading
the word instinctively in a science text would be best advised to apply which of the following
skills?
leading students in an echo reading of a short story Correct Answer-A second-grade
teacher would like to improve students' ability to read narrative texts with appropriate
expression. Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in addressing this
goal?
word recognition Correct Answer-As part of an informal reading assessment, a teacher
asks a first-grade student to read a grade-level passage aloud. As the student reads, the
teacher marks the student's errors on a copy of the passage, indicating errors of substitution,
insertion, omission, and reversal. The teacher also notes any repetitions or self-corrections.
This assessment is likely to provide the most useful information about the student's skills in
which of the following areas of reading development?
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