Language Arts and Reading Diagnostic Test Flashcards
The idea that teachers understand that children are motivated to find ways to represent their experiences through play, action, and communication, and create experiences to support that is called
child-centered
Mark is working in the block group with toddlers. One toddler keeps picking up the blocks and throwing them at the other toddler. What should Mark try?
Try to distract the toddler by drawing her attention to a structure she is building.
In second grade, developmentally appropriate ways of teaching writing to children include
modeling, frequent writing to communicate, and an emphasis on the process.
William is working with a 5 year-old child who seems to be doing over-regularizations. He notices that the child overuses adding “-ed” to the past tense, i.e., “I run-ded- to the door.” What should he do first?
Model the proper pronunciation of the word to the child, including repeating the word back.
Ms. Jeanie is a kindergarten teacher who has a number of children whose first language is Spanish. Which decision is most aligned with research and evidence-based practice?
Use strategies that include realia.
Joe has a scripted reading program for his students. This is sometimes called a(n)
didactic curriculum.
For toddlers, the main feature of the curriculum should be which of the following?
A didactic curriculum
During writer’s workshop, Mrs. Smith’s mini-lesson deals with text features such as diagrams. These are typically found in what genre?
Expository
Mr. Taylor is working in small groups adding /s/ to words to make them plural. He lays out the word “cat” and then puts the word part “s” at the end to make “cats.” How many morphemes are in the word “cats”?
2
Robin is planning a unit of study on the history of technology. What graphic organizer would be best to use with her students, many of whom are English language learners?
K-W-L chart
Mr. Smith notices that one of his second graders in his guided reading groups seems to be reading the text with ease. He asks a few comprehension questions and the student answers them completely. What should he do to be sure he is teaching at the student’s instructional level?
Do a running record to determine if the level of the text is the best one.
Jimmy is working in a literacy center using coins to represent sounds in words. How many coins does he need to represent the sounds in the word “tackle”?
Four
Emma is in the dramatic play center pretending to take a friend’s food order. She writes the letters “H” and “B” to represent the word “hamburger.” What is she demonstrating an understanding of ?
Alphabetic principle
David is setting up a center for students to build words using “-ick” and “-out.” These are called
rimes.
Michaela is teaching vocabulary to her students in whose homes Spanish is the primary language. What type of vocabulary would you recommend that she focus on?
Tier 2 vocabulary
Michael is in kindergarten and his mother has arrived for a conference. She proudly tells you that Michael can read the Walmart, Winn-Dixie and Publix signs. You wonder if Michael is in which stage of word recognition?
Logographic-visual
Tonya is selecting books with text features such as diagrams and tables. What genre best describes this type of book?
Informational
Crystal is planning a whole group lesson and wants to include opportunities for talk. She chooses the strategy in which children are encouraged to share their ideas with someone sitting next to them. This is called
turn and talk.
Abigail is reviewing idioms with her students who are English language learners. Which cueing system is she reviewing?
Semantic
Tommy is observing his 4-year-olds during book time. He notices that Martin is moving his finger under the words from left to right, stopping to turn the pages as he pretends to read aloud. What is he demonstrating knowledge of?
Directionality
Jordan has brought in weather books to teach writing. What type of writing is she likely introducing?
Expository
Alexis is reading aloud accurately, with good inflection and intonation, and decoding easily. She is likely demonstrating which of the following?
Fluency
Mr. Davis is selecting assessments for his third graders’ writer’s workshop. Which would be most appropriate?
A Rubric
Six-year-old Jenae is copying her friends’ names from their nametags in their cubbies as she walks around the room with a clipboard. Her teacher notices that after each name, she has scribbled in a way that looks like cursive. What does this suggest?
That she is demonstrating the principle that writing is recursive.
