Language Arts and Reading Diagnostic Test

Question 1

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

Answer 1

child-centered

Question 2

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?

Answer 2

Try to distract the toddler by drawing her attention to a structure she is building.

Question 3

In second grade, developmentally appropriate ways of teaching writing to children include

Answer 3

modeling, frequent writing to communicate, and an emphasis on the process.

Question 4

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?

Answer 4

Model the proper pronunciation of the word to the child, including repeating the word back.

Question 5

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?

Answer 5

Use strategies that include realia.

Question 6

Joe has a scripted reading program for his students. This is sometimes called a(n)

Answer 6

didactic curriculum.

Question 7

For toddlers, the main feature of the curriculum should be which of the following?

Answer 7

A didactic curriculum

Question 8

During writer’s workshop, Mrs. Smith’s mini-lesson deals with text features such as diagrams. These are typically found in what genre?

Answer 8

Expository

Question 9

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”?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

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?

Answer 10

K-W-L chart

Question 11

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?

Answer 11

Do a running record to determine if the level of the text is the best one.

Question 12

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”?

Answer 12

Four

Question 13

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 ?

Answer 13

Alphabetic principle

Question 14

David is setting up a center for students to build words using “-ick” and “-out.” These are called

Answer 14

rimes.

Question 15

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?

Answer 15

Tier 2 vocabulary

Question 16

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?

Answer 16

Logographic-visual

Question 17

Tonya is selecting books with text features such as diagrams and tables. What genre best describes this type of book?

Answer 17

Informational

Question 18

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

Answer 18

turn and talk.

Question 19

Abigail is reviewing idioms with her students who are English language learners. Which cueing system is she reviewing?

Answer 19

Semantic

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

Directionality

Question 21

Jordan has brought in weather books to teach writing. What type of writing is she likely introducing?

Answer 21

Expository

Question 22

Alexis is reading aloud accurately, with good inflection and intonation, and decoding easily. She is likely demonstrating which of the following?

Answer 22

Fluency

Question 23

Mr. Davis is selecting assessments for his third graders’ writer’s workshop. Which would be most appropriate?

Answer 23

A Rubric

Question 24

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?

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That she is demonstrating the principle that writing is recursive.

Question 25

Ms. Cairo is creating activities to help her first graders learn the alphabet. What would be the best tools for a teacher-led Tier 2 group?

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Magnetic letters and pictures or objects of things that start with each letter of the alphabet

Question 26

Ms. Josie is teaching the ?”s” suffix to her third graders. She has them make the word “rabbits.” “Rabbits” contains how many phonemes?

Answer 26

Six

Question 27

Shauna writes “alligators,” “snakes,” and “lizards” on the board. In each word, the “s” is referred to as which of the following?

Answer 27

Bound morpheme

Question 28

Mark is a first-year kindergarten teacher and is working on his phonemic awareness activities. According to research, about how many hours should he plan to include for phonemic awareness instruction during the year?

Answer 28

20

Question 29

Stella is teaching her students the concept of syllables. How many syllables do the words “trouble,” “sincerely,” and “marsupial” contain?

Answer 29

2, 3, 4

Question 30

Mr. Roberts is working on his small group activities. Teaching children graphemes will be part of what type of instruction?

Answer 30

Phonics.