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FTCE: Elementary K-6 > Reading & Language Arts > Flashcards

Reading & Language Arts Flashcards

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What is the best definition of phonemic awareness?

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Awareness of segmentation and blending of sounds.

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A first grade teacher is designing lessons to focus on the alphabetic principle for small group instruction. An effective lesson would be:

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The teacher segments a CVC word. For each sound in the word, the student places a corresponding letter card on the mat. After placing the letter cards on the mat, the student blends the sounds to say the word.

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Explicit phonics instruction consists of:

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Sound by sound decoding

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In order to develop the progression of her students in the area of fluency after a direct phonics lesson, a third grade teacher has students read a decodable text that highlights the focus sound from the lesson. This will primarily develop fluency in the area of:

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Accuracy

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What reading strategy calls for higher-order cognitive skills?

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Inferencing

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An example of something that is not a primary source is:

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A biography of President Barack Obama

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What would not necessarily be associated with a metacognitive reader?

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Highly developed word recognition ability

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What is a metacognitive reader?

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A reader who thinks about their thinking as they read, which helps them monitor their comprehension and fix it when it breaks down.

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When choosing multicultural text for the classroom, it is important to choose text that shows that specific culture:

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With precise historical details

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An effective assessment for ensuring that students are progressing in text-based discussions is:

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anecdotal notes

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What are anecdotal notes?

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brief, factual, written records of a child’s behavior and interactions that are taken while observing

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What are text-based discussions?

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A discussion using the text as evidence and that they saw the final learning target in the previous lesson.

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What kind of strategy is think-pair-share?

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A collaborative learning strategy where students work together to solve a problem or answer a question about an assigned reading.

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What are the stages of writing development in chronological order?

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Drawing, Scribbling, Producing letter-like forms, Writing letter sequences, Spelling phonetically, Spelling conventionally

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What is not considered a pre-writing strategy?

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copy editing

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During which phase of the writing process should a student examine the organizational structure of his essay?

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Editing

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An editorial in a newspaper is an example of which genre of writing?

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Persuasive

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Which assessment tool provides you with the best information about the student’s specific needs?

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Diagnostic evaluation

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What is a diagnostic evaluation?

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Assesses various areas of development to gain a “full picture” of a child’s development and learning style.

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A running record does not assess which fluency indicator:

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prosody

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What is a running record?

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A detailed, objective, and sequential observation of a child’s behavior or activity that is written while it is happening.

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What is prosody?

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The rhythm, melody, and intonation used in speech and language (i.e. pitch, tone, tempo, etc.).

23
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A monitoring assessment that can be used to assess students’ progress in reading comprehension is:

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A completed learning log

24
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An indicator that the teacher needs to decrease the pacing of instruction for her students in reading comprehension is:

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Data from a monitoring assessment

25
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What is a monitoring assessment?

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A type of assessment that helps teachers evaluate student learning and progress regularly (i.e. homework, quizzes, tests, projects, etc.)

26
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Which concept is a teacher most likely trying to develop in her students, if her lesson plan includes the following:
- Review phonics instruction
- Review sight word instruction
- Use texts at independent levels for reading instruction
- Use repeated reading

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Fluency Development

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A second grade student assessed below grade level for fluency, but is able to decode words in isolation and scores above grade level for reading comprehension. The student needs direct instruction in the area of:

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pacing during fluency instruction

28
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When evaluating media for academic purposes, which of the following questions best encapsulates the aim when investigating the authority of a resource?

A. How reliable and free from error is this information?
B. What are the author’s qualifications for writing on this subject?
C. Is the information presented with a minimum of bias?
D. Are the topics included explored in depth?

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What are the author’s qualifications for writing on this subject?

29
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Which of the following is not considered plagiarism?

A. Quoting another author word for word without a citation
B. Paraphrasing and mentioning the source
C. Unintentionally creating a work that is clearly similar to another author’s work
D. Copying someone else’s work but changing a few words

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Paraphrasing and mentioning the source

30
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When teachers do think-alouds, what do they always do?

A. Have students take notes
B. Say what they are thinking in their head as they read a passage
C. Ask the students questions about the story
D. Show pictures to teach students how to visualize.

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Say what they are thinking in their head as they read a passage

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A teacher works with a group of young students on the correct pronunciation of the words skill, still, spill, and swill. The small variations between these words provide an example of what linguistic concept?

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Phonemes

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What are phonemes?

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basic unit of sound; speech sounds within words (may cause a change of meaning)

EX: “remained” has 6 phonemes (/r/-/ee/-/m/-/ae/-/n/-/d/)

33
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What are morphemes?

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basic units of meaning within words

EX: re-main-ed

34
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What are graphemes?

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spellings of sounds (phonemes) within words

EX: r-e-m-ai-n-ed

35
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Which of the following can best be correlated to children with involvement in early reading activities?

A. Concepts of Print
B. Spelling Fluency
C. Listening Comprehension
D. Attentiveness

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Concepts of Print

36
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A “vowel team” in syllabication rules can be defined as:

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a syllable with a vowel sound that uses a vowel combination

37
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According to the list of words below, which word should not be identified as a consonant blend?

 - black, belt, past, whale
 - thump, spring, class, glare
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whale

38
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What is a consonant word blend?

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also referred to as consonant clusters, are a set of two or three consonant letters that when pronounced, retain their sound

39
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While reading a science passage, a fourth grade students asks, “What does erupt mean?” The teacher responds, “The root – rupt means to break or burst so erupt means to burst forth.” In order to extend the opportunity for more analysis of the root – rupt, the teacher should:

A. have students conduct a word search looking for words with the root – rupt

B. have students look up words with the root – rupt in the dictionary

C. have students develop a morpheme web organizer that lists prefixes used with the root – rupt and list as many words and meanings as they can, combining word parts

D. provide students with a word list with all grade appropriate words with the root - rupt

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have students develop a morpheme web organizer that lists prefixes used with the root – rupt and list as many words and meanings as they can, combining word parts

40
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Primary source documents can be found in:

A. Newspaper editorials
B. Journal entries
C. Science text books
D. Online book reviews

A

Journal entries

41
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What should you say the purpose of a diagram in reading comprehension is?

A. It shows you detailed parts of something.
B. It shows you the location in the world of where an event happened.
C. It shows you detailed events in sequence or time order.
D. It gives you a visual of what an event actually looked like.

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It shows you detailed parts of something.

42
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A teacher desires to evaluate a student’s ability to apply concepts that have been presented in class. Which of the following test items would best accomplish this purpose?

A. List the attributes of the concept
B. Use the concept in a novel situation
C. Identify examples of the concept
D. Recognize the definition of the concept

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Use the concept in a novel situation

43
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During which of the following phases of the writing process, should a student examine the organizational structure of his essay?

A. Editing
B. Proofreading
C. Brainstorming
D. All of the above

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Editing

44
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Which of the following is the best example of a student revising (as opposed to editing) a paper during the writing process?

A. A student spell checks her first draft, then double checks for grammar and consistent verb tense.

B. After reading several encyclopedia articles, a student sharpens her topic from “Bears” to “North American Grizzly Bears”.

C. A student writing about the human brain cuts her two paragraphs on chimp brains and adds a section on the four brain lobes.

D. A student reconsiders the breadth of her paper, and then changes the title from “Karate Icons” to “Martial Arts Icons”.

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A student writing about the human brain cuts her two paragraphs on chimp brains and adds a section on the four brain lobes.

45
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Which of the following would typically occur first in a child’s development of writing skills?

A. Producing letter like forms
B. Drawing
C. Writing letter sequences or strings
D. Scribbling

A

Drawing

Explain: ‘scribble’ relates to ‘writing’ (script) while ‘drawing’ relates to pictorial recognition

46
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The assessment that is used in order to determine accurate reading levels for expository text is:

A. CLOZE tests
B. data retrieval charts
C. reading logs
D. read alouds

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CLOZE tests

47
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What is a CLOZE test?

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a reading comprehension activity that assesses a student’s ability to understand a text by asking them to fill in missing words

48
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What is a QAR strategy?

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Question-Answer-Relationship: develops meta-cognition; helps students identify, craft and answer literal (“in the book”) and inferential (“in my head”) questions

49
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What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?

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a hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can help teachers and students in the classroom; used to assess learning on a variety of cognitive levels

50
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In order to assess literal comprehension, inferential comprehension, and evaluative comprehension skills, a teacher should format an effective quiz that incorporates:

A. QAR strategies and Bloom’s taxonomy
B. Note taking and outlining
C. Oral retelling and summarizing
D. Learning logs and response journals

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QAR strategies and Bloom’s taxonomy

51
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What is differentiation as it relates to data analysis?

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when discrepancies in a student’s mastery of content becomes evident and requires teacher intervention

52
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In order for administrators and/or reading coaches to determine the focus for professional development, they need to:

A. Summarize and analyze data.
B. Analyze past agendas to see what has not been covered during the current year.
C. Send out a survey asking teacher to rank their favorite to least favorite professional developments.
D. Ask the school district.

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Summarize and analyze data

53
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After a recent reading assessment, Miss Marleeno has determined that there’s a slight risk that one of her students won’t master the material required of their grade level. Which tier of intervention would this student be categorized as?

A. Differentiated
B. Benchmark
C. Strategic
D. Intensive

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Strategic: focuses on both process and content

54
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Which of the following is the least universally important characteristic of an effective public speech?

A. Integration of non-verbal components
B. Good prosody and pace
C. Use of academic vocabulary
D. Variation in volume and pitch

A

Use of academic vocabulary

FTCE: Elementary K-6 (4 decks)

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