Social Studies Flashcards

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A company owning and conducting business from a specific building is an example of

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Capital

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Identify instructional methods that would help children to recognize the relationship among the following words: alligator, frogs, crocodiles toads and salamanders

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Semantic Feature Analysis

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Which student assignment will be best accomplished analyzing advertisement for hidden messages?

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Studying an advertisement provided by the teacher and asking questions.

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If students want to correspond with their peers from another state on an assigned project on emergent technology , which method will me most expedient?

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Electronic Mail

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Students in a 6th grade class are encouraged to read the newspaper for a part of the class period 3 days a week. The teacher shoudl suggest to the students that the best approach for reading the newspaper is to

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skim the entire newspaper, then read closely the important and interesting articles.

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Using letter sound connections is an example of what type of cueing system?

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Graphophonemic

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Which strategy would be most useful for increasing a student understanding of the main idea

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Categorize phases in relation to the central idea

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To help students develop meanings for figurative language, a teacher should use which of the following strategies?

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Paraphrasing

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What shoud be done to assess after instruction in reading remediation?

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Diagnostic teacher made

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10
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Scoring with rating scale and detail expectations is which type of scoring method?

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Holistic teacher rubric

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What can be used to understand and personalize culture and global society?

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Pen Pals and museums

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The best strategy to prevent violence in schools is

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Peer Mediation

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What is the best way to assess if a student comprehends a story ready in 1st grade?

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Retell, draw picture to illustrate, multiple choice

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14
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Child writing letters and nonsense words is evidence of

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emergent writing

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After finishing a cooperative group Mrs. Jackson asked her students to write an evaluation of their work. This is an example of

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Expository

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16
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Story genre with conflicts, magical events is

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fantasy

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17
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Best way to assess if students were listening to story read is by

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retelling drawing

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18
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When writing more to an edited essay

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Revision

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A fifth grade class went on a field trip connected to the Egyptian culture. Upon returning to the school, the students worked in small groups to write their reactions to some of the Islamic art. This exercise is an example of

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Exposition

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The mode of writing that includes many details and often use adjectives and adverbs to evoke images ina reader’s mind is called

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Descriptive

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As Mrs. Taylor’s kindergarten class asked her to write their favorite books. She writes on chart paper each phrase of sentence the children dictate.She directs their attention to the beginning and ending of each line as she writes and orally repeats the dictation to reinforce

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left to right sequencing

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The following writing example is which type of writing: I grew up in a citrus grove in Florida. One of my chores was to help pick oranges.

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Autobiography

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23
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Administering a high frequency word list for students to read will be appropriate procedure for assessing

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word meaning knowledge

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At the beginning of the year, the teacher wanted to determine her students’ independent and instructional reading levels. Which assessment instrument is most appropriate?

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Informal reading inventory

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25
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The writing test is grades on a scale from

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1-6

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26
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Which of the following is used to grade hollistically

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rubric

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27
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A kindergarten teacher who is having students stretch their arms out wide while recorded music gets loud or bring their arms together when the music gets soft is assessing the children’s understanding of

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Pitch

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28
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Who composed the state song Old folks at home?

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Stephen Foster

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29
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Which concept is taught through the objective listed below: singing unisom songs by number or syllables, playing pitch patterns by letter names and listening and following scores

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Melodic notation

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30
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One of the best ways to help students learn to read graphs is to

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have students record their reading rates on a graph

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After asking 1st grade students to identify elements of arts, a teacher asked them how their elements make them feel? This would develop student’s thinking in which critical area

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evaluating a work of art

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32
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what are the names of the lines of the treble cells staff from low to high?

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EGBDF

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33
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When teaching the use of charcoal and pastels in teh classroom, what is the most important safety precaution for the teacher to take?

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Instruct the students to avoid smearing and smudging of their drawing to eliminate dust.

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34
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When students dictate stories reread their stories then practice the words on flash cards , the teacher is using

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language experience approach

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35
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a classroom teacher reads numerous word play books to and with her students. THis acitivity primarily promotes

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the development of comprehension

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After his students read a detective story from a basal reader, Mr. Voran asked them to make a judgement about the guilt or the innocence of the main character. What type of is mr. Koran encouraging

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DIvergent

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37
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knowledge of vocabulary or word meaning correlates strongly with

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reading comprehension

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38
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When reading a paragraph in her social studies textbook, Mary has difficulty distinguishing the main idea from supportive points and details. An appropriate activity that will help her will be to

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skim an entire reading selection rapidly

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39
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Will thought he was a poor writer because he mispelled so many words even though his teacher found the story he wrote exciting. The best method to help Will with his spelling ability is to have him

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use a word wall for looking up words

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40
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Mr straton is beginning a new unit in his social studies textbook . He instructs the class to read the title, read the introduction, summary and question, rad the headings and sub headings, rad the print , study visual material such as pictures, maps and diagrams,. Which of the following study skills is he demonstrating

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Previewing

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41
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It is very difficult for students for students to accommodate that conflicts the previous information or beliefs. Which of the following explains this phenomenon

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metacognitive process

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42
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Which of the following words are spelled incorrectly

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separate

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43
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A teacher wants the students to become more skillful in composing sentences wich of the following activities would produce the best results

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writing and manipulating sentences

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A 4th grade student is given the writing prompt a magic box is found under a tree. In the third paragraph of the story the student strays from the prompt by writing about a grandparent’s fascination with magic. Which of the following traits of writing does thsi affect

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ideas

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45
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Several 4th grade teachers have expressed concern that the reading series they use is not meeting the needs of individual students. They have developed a more individualized reading program to teach comprehension skills. The teacher administers a pretest to determine skills strengths and weaknesses and instruction is based on the results of the pretest. They should administer a

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Criterion Reference Test

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46
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The assessment that best enables a teacher to determine reading comprehension is an

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informal reading inventory

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47
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The following information has been recorded about a . What instructional strategy would probably be most beneficial fo rthe student

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providing software that includes short passages questions and the performance score

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48
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The most appropriate use of a reading survey is to identify students

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attitudes and interests.

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49
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A kindergarten teacher is reading a book to her students. As she reads, she moves in the pointer under the words. Which concept did she focus on?

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Directionality

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50
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Jackson is a 1st grader who has transferred to a new school. His new teacher has discovered that he is weak in letter and letter sound recognition. To remedy this deficiency , one of the best pedogogical approaches would be

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phonics instruction

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51
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An effective technique that provides an assessment of a students ability to comprehend text is

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retelling

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52
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Ina heterogeneous 3rd grade class, what information is most useful for accurately forming reading groups

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instructional reading levels

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A 4th grade teacher is preparing to explain a student’s score in the 56th percentile on the vocabulary section of a standardized test to the student’s parents during a parent teacher conference. The best explanation of this score is that the student

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scored as well as or higher than 56% of the other students taking this section of the test.

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54
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Hand to eye coordination,fine motor skills and correct posture are all characteristics needed by students to

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produce legible handwriing

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55
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A second grade teacher reads a story to the class. To assess listening skills, the teacher should ask the students to

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retell the story.

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Students are to read one another’s composition in an initial peer editing exercise. The best approach for students to take when reading each other’s work is to

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Read the paper, a sentence at a time, noting errors in mechanics and sentence structure

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57
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At the beginning of the class, the teacher displays a chart listing all the 50 states along with their state trees, state flags, and state birds. The students discuss the states and their corresponding symbols, then the teacher writes the following on the board. Mocking Bird, Florida, Blue Jay
Florida is to orange Georgia Peaches

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analogies

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Which strategy would be most useful for increasing a student’s understanding of a main idea?

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Catergorize phrases in relation to a central idea

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A 4th grade teacher has a group of ten students at the 3rd grade istructional reading level . The teacher has determined through observation during the past month that the studetns are using graphophonemic skills, what other word should be used to attack the word Pizzas in the sentence below? Hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizzas were served at the party

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Contextual semantic

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One of the best ways to help students learn to read graphs is to

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Have the student record their reading rates for selected graphs

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Students need to further develop an original draft of writing as part of the

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Revision

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62
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Directions for characters is an example of an element most frequently found in

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drama

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63
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Identify the literary device used in the followin example: His nose was as red as a rose

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simile

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Mrs. Green realizes her classroom needs a wider selection of multiculture books. To help her choose a good selection, she should check

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The media center’s collection

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Students are working in several groups around the classroom after becoming familiar with the textbook of William Staige. Some are constructing murals. Others are dramatizing the story. The rest of the students constructed a large paper machie. Which grouping style is used in this situation?

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Interest

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66
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A student in the beginning stages of writing development will be most likely to

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Develop sentence writing

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67
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The 6th grade course guide requires students to revise all parts of the wring process prewriting, drafting, revising and editing. What will be the most effective approach at the beginning of the school year?

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Explain all phases of the writing proces provide visual stimuli, and brainstorm ideas on the topic to be assigned.

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68
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Choose the sentence that contains no errors

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Geneses Laboratory is ready for production as its cancer detection compound gets approval for clinical trials.

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In their writing tasks ,Mrs. Charles has asked her students to write a selection that will include characters’ actions relative to a problem and its solutions. This is an example of which writing mode?

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Expository

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70
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What wriing format should be used when writing a friend or relative?

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Letter

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After a unit on bookreports the teacher receives the following response from the writing assignment. I grew up in citrus grove in Central Florida. One of my duties was to pick oranges. This is an example of what type of writing

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Reflection

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72
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An effective way to determine students’ ability to recall information is

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Summarizing

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73
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Simon scored at the 80th percentile on a standardized reading achievement test. This indicates that Simon scored

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As well or better than 80 % of the norming group

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74
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A rubric will be best used to assess students’ performance

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in writing an essay

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75
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Mrs. Jackson has retrieved the following assessment data for Erica, one of her 6th grade students reading SSS 297 High end of level 2 and Reading NRT 30th percentile
Using this data, which conclusion can be made

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Ericka is performing at levels that are well below her peers on both the SSs and NRT reading assessment

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The teacher and her class write a language experience about their trip to the zoo. The class reads their stories together while the teacher sweeps her hands alond the text. This is a good practice activity to develop

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Print concept

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Third graders have listened to their teacher read the humorous patterned book Just for You They have written an original sentence patterned after the book. The teacher intends to collet the work in a book to be loaned out in the media center. The children are now in the process of illustrating their own sentences. For which of the following are the children preparing

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Publishing

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In March, a first grade student is able to decode words in a primer but is struggling to master context knowledge in the class. He is having trouble with characteristics of emergent literature?

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Comprehension

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In a 4th grade classroom, children of high, middle and low ability are mixed together in 3-4 member groups. They are assigned tasks to be completed as a group while the teacher circulates while the group helps as requested. This grouping style is an example of

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Cooperative Groups

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80
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Mrs. Desmond’s class has written a paragraph about some applications. She has asked that they reread and check carefully for mechanical errors. Ms. Desmond is teaching her class to

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Edit

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Amy is a 4th grade student obtained a language art grade equivalent score of 7.6 on a standardized test. What is the best explanation to give the parent about the score?

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Since she scored this high on the test, she has some mastery of specific skills for 7th grade.

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82
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A teacher who focuses students’ attention on enjoyable reading material by allowing students to after reading is using a technique known as

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book _____

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A child entering kindergarten loves to write using scribbles, mock letters and pictures. These skills indicate that the student is in which of the following stages of writing development

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emerging

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Students need to further develop an original draft of writing as part of

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revision

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85
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A story that involves a quest, a battle between the the powers of good and evil, and some element of is most likely an example of

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fantasy

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86
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A third grade class is going to read a tall tale. Which of the following is the best choice for this genre?

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Pecos Bill

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One of the best methods for improving a reader’s attitude toward reading is to

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place students in books at the appropriate reading level

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After 6th grade students listen to a story, it would be most appropriate for them to respond to what they have heard by

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writing in a journal

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89
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According to the reader response theory, the role of the reader is to

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participate in constructing from the text

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90
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Which of these approaches is most effective in teaching students to decode the following words: gramp, whack, squall and bleat

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phonic analysis

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A teacher has a small group of 1st grade students who have very limited sight word vocabularies and few decoding skills. Select the most effective strategies the teacher can use to develop their word recognition skills.

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‘drawing objects in the classroom, making books that have controlled vocabularies and providing explicit phonics instruction

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92
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A teacher develops a set of word cards emphasizing the at sound. He identifies the first work as bat. Each of the next few words contain the at sound but has a different begining letter. The teacher asks students to read each work. If a student cannot read the word, the teacher points out the letter differences and how the pronunciation of each word changes owhen the beginning consonant letter is changed

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graphophonemic cues

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A student in the beginning stages of writing development would be most likely to

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develop sentence writing

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94
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Mrs. MIller’s 3rd grade class is writing paragraphs about reptiles. She has directed the class in brainstorming for ideas. The next step in the writing process is

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composing

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Mrs. Graves encourages his students to turn their stories into books and incorporates these child authored books into his reading program. What is the most important purpose of this activity

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The students are proud of their own and fellow students’ work, therefore, would be motivated to read and write more.

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Which genre of literature is characterized by heroes or heroine who are very young or poor and by swift moving events, magic and happy endings?

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fairy tales

97
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A classroom teacher uses repeated reading for the purpose of

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improving reading fluency

98
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Mr. Jones notices that Jerry, a 4th grader has difficulty following written directions. Which strategy would be most appropriate to assist jerry

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Ask Jerry questions that focus on the unique characteristics of directions and provide information that facilitates comprehension.

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The most important strategy for increasing student reading fluency is

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Repeated reading

100
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Mr. Smith has a culturally diverse class of 6th grade at risk readers. When selecting reading materials for this class, Mr. Smith should select books

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representative of students’ cultures and supportive of students’ varied reading levels

101
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For 1st grade students, the best strategy to encourage vocabulary development through writing is to have students

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incorporate words from a list into their writing

102
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The local newspaper contains two news articles in an editiorial on the same subject. The two articles could be used in teh language arts class to teach

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facts and opinions

103
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Which of the following is an essential element of a narrative text?

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Setting

104
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A 5th grade class visits a museum exhibit on artifacts from Egyptian culture. Upon returning to school, the students work in small groups to write their understanding of a taped explanation of the exhibit. This language ares exercise is an example of

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exposition

105
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A 6th grade teacher asked her students to write a selection of prose in which they analyze the positivve and negative aspects of a recent story. The best mode of writing for students to use for this assignment would be

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reflective

106
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Which of the following is an essential element of a narrative text?

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Setting

107
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Mrs. Bancrott wants her students to write an essay that would cause them to consider the way they have acquired and currently use language.What kind of essay would be most effective for this purpose?

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Literacy Biography

108
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Rubrics are strongly recommended for the assessment of writing products primarily because a rubric provides for

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subjective evaluation

109
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In the late 1780’s the settlement of Australia appealed to the British because

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They wanted to colonize the land to keep it from Dutch possession

110
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What was the primary objective of the farmers of teh US Constitution when they established the system of checks and balances?

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To prevent one branch of the government from dominating another

111
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Which of the following provided the greatest stimulus for the ideas which formed the American two party system>

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Differing points of view of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

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The study of which discipline necessitates research into documents such as primary sources, narratives and biographies

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History

113
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Though Sioux finally agreed to resettlement to the black hills of South Dakota in 1868, this land would again be encroached upon because

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The government broke the treaty to take back the land when gold was found.

114
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Nelson Mandela , Desmond Tutu, Sharpsville, and Soweto are all associated with

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Aparteid

115
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Brazil has South Americas largest population of people of African descent because African slaves were brought to work on plantations because

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The indigenous laborers lacked the skills and stamina to farm the crops

116
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One current effect of fencing free range in western US is

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Fewer accidents caused by roaming cattle into highways.

117
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The process of dividing a state into equa population areas fro each seat the state has in the US House of Representatives is called

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Districting

118
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Which Native Americans developed accurate calendars and inventors of astronomical studies in the years prior to European discovery

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Maya, Aztec and Incas

119
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If the supply of radios is increased and people want to buy T.V. What happens to the price of radios?

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Prices go down

120
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Which primary sources would provide the most authentic resources for students to develop oral and visual presentations of the Loss and Dark Expedition?

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A diary kept during that period, a map of that period, and an autobiography of a participant

121
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Which of the following strategies best provides a nonthreatening environment for assessing students’ physical activity?

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Skills Testing using a teacher made check list

122
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The heat transfer process of conduction is defined as the

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transfer of energy from atom to atom in a substance through collusion.

123
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Transpiration, evaporation, precipitation, condensation, run-off, and infiltration are associated with the process of

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Hydrolic cycle

124
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In most eco systems, bacteria and fungi play an important role as

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decomposers

125
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A chemical reaction involves

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both the release and absorption of energy

126
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A research project involves gathering information on living and extinct primates. As the information becomes more complicated the type of organizational software is

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data based software

127
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A student performed the following experiment and the results were begining temp 30 ending temp 25
Which of the following is the inference that can be drawn from this experiment

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A chemical reaction took place

128
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Air movement in which warm, less dense air raises and cooler, denser air replaces it are called

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Conventional currents

129
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Which portion of the atom hs the greatest density

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Nucleus

130
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A 3rd grade teacher is exploring the concept of control and variables in Science experiment. The class decides to grow plants as a part of this unit. Which set of variables is the most realistic to controll in the classroom?

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Light Soil Water

131
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A science fair project has generated extensive numberical data. Which kind of computer software would keep track of figures and help work out all the calculations?

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Electronic spreadsheet software

132
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Which of the statements appropriately describe the conditions of science and technology in our society today?

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I and II

133
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What is the length of the block to the nearest 10th of a centimeter

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4.6

134
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After a light bulb is placed in the center of a 3rd grade classroom Ms. Smith slowly circles the room with a globe. She is most likely demonstrating which experiment?

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Rotation

135
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Several bulbs are lit in an electrical circuit. One bulb is removed and all the light bulbs go out. What type of circuit is this?

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Series

136
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Many municipalities prohibit disposal of batteries in trash that would be burned in the land field because

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some of the battery acids and heavy metals may seep through the soil and contaminate the ground water supply.

137
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Two objects with opposite electrostatic charge will

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attract one another

138
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Waning moon as it appears to

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become smaller

139
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An example of a compound maching is a

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a can opener

140
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Which is a safe storage technique?

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Store no chemical above eye level

141
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A crystal is considered a non living organism because

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It does not respond to stimuli

142
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VIceroy, King and Monarch resemble each other. Although the monarch is the one poisonous, most birds avoid all three species. This represents which type of adaptation

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avoidance

143
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A second grade student receives an interactive computer game that helped her dramatically improve her mathematics skills and understanding. For a teacher to ethically incorporate these games into lessons for all his students, he should:

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purchase a side license for his class so that the game can be loaded on several computers for all students to use.

144
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Compare an examinee’s performance to that of other examinees. Standardized examinations such as the SAT are these type tests. The goal is to rank the set of examinees so that decisions about their opportunity for success (e.g. college entrance) can be made.

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Norm Referenced Test

145
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Compare an examinee’s performance to that of other examinees. Standardized examinations such as the SAT are these type tests. The goal is to rank the set of examinees so that decisions about their opportunity for success (e.g. college entrance) can be made.

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Norm Referenced Test

146
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differ in that each examinee’s performance is compared to a pre-defined set of guidelines or a standard. The goal with these tests is to determine whether or not the candidate has the demonstrated mastery of a certain skill or set of skills. These results are usually “pass” or “fail” and are used in making decisions about job entry, certification, or licensure. A national board medical exam is an example.

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Criterion Referenced Tests

147
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This type motor skill involves the use of large muscle groups.

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Gross Motor Skills

148
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This type skill involves running, walking and jumping

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Locomotor Skills

149
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These motor skills involves twisting and turning

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nonlocomotor skills

150
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These motor skills involve more detailed which include holding a pencil, using scissors or coloring

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Fine motor skills

151
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A cognitive aspect of self and generally refers to the system of beliefs, attitudes and opinions learned and that each person determines to be true

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self concept

152
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How one feels about himself

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self esteem

153
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offsprings come from one parent and are an identical copy of the parent.

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Asexual Reproduction

154
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Requires two parents and often involves the process of conjugation in which two individuals join together and exchange genetic material using a second nucleus.

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Sexual Reproduction

155
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They live entirely on earth and breathe air, and have thick dry skin.

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Reptiles

156
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Gloria has 120 basketballs. She wants to put 30 basketballs into each box. How many boxes does she need?

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120 divided by 30 equal 4

157
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An obvious and intentional exageration: I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse. He got tons of money. He is old as the hills.

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Hyperbole

158
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This occurs when a series of words in a row have the same first consonant sounds: 6.Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.

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Alliteration

159
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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

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Satire

160
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There are how many critcical components for reading success

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5

161
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This European Seven Year war

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French and Indian war of 1754-1763

162
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what year?

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1776

163
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This period was characterized by the transition from manual labor to the use of machines, specifically machines used in teh creation of textiles iron and steam

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Industrial Revolution of 1830

164
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1 mile is equivalent to how many yards

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1760 yards

165
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I pint is equivalent to how many cups

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2 cups

166
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1 pound is equal to how many ounces

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16 ounces

167
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1 mile is equal to how many feet

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5280 feet

168
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1 tablespoon is equal to how many teaspoons

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3 teaspoons

169
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A third grade student excited about learning new words, wanted to practice writing some words at home. Even though there was no homework assigned, he wanted to share his word list with the teacher. Based on this list that he created, what stage of spelling development is he in

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phonetic

170
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Form the 1840’s to the 1870’s the majority of immigrants who built homesteads and farms as part of western expansion of the US came from

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China, Korea and Japan

171
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Who was a prominent leader in the women’s suffrage movement?

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

172
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Humans modify their physical environment to meet the need for food, clothing and shelter. This is known as what

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Adaptation

173
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Which factor would influence a king in selecting a castle location

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Natural barrier

174
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in a republican government the people elect representatives to

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make and enforce laws

175
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Who can remove Barack from office

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Congress

176
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To appoint the secretary of education, who does Barack have to have approval of

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Senate

177
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What is the primary duty of the judicial branch or supreme court

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Deciding if laws and case are constituional

178
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A state legislature debates a bill on an important issue for two sessions without teaching consensus. Which process lets the voters decide

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Referendum

179
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The role of the nominating convention is

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Narrow it down to three people

180
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This document stated in 1823 that US is not to be considered subjects in future colonization by European Powers

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Montoe doctrine

181
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Why was the oil embargo in1973 significant when the us decided to aid isreal

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The us realized their resources were limited and they needed fuel

182
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What does the federal reserve bank do

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Serves as a fiscal agrnt for the us government

183
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Which would be the best investment of a 25g inheritance

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Treasury bills

184
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The area in a free market relying more heavily on human resources and less on natural resources

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Service sector

185
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The area in a free market that relies more heavily on human resources and less heavily on natural resources is the

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service sector

186
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The principal contribution of Lorenzo de Idedicit to the Italian Reneassance

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Patron of the Arts

187
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The search for new markets and land for colonization is most characteristic of

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Imperialism

188
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which of the following involves a description of standard and performance and a scale of values

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selected response test

189
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the teacher want students to become more skillful in composing sentences. Which of the following activities would produce the best results

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writing and manipulating sentences

190
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The best way to obtain essential acids for daily use is to plan meals with

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proteins

191
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Which of the following nutrients repair the body cells and helps the body grow?

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proteins

192
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Which of the following steps in the decision making process assists a person in determining if a decision was the correct one

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examining the consequences

193
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Which of the following is most characteristic of a stye

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crusted pimple on the eyelid

194
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which of the following is the most developmentally complex movement

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gallop

195
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The typical progression of locomotor skills development begins with walking and

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then running and jumping

196
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Typical means of communicating messages mean all but the following

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restrained

197
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Which of the following best describes the body’s immediate response to physiological stress

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adrenaline is produced to get the body in a state of readiness.

198
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Which is an identified risk factor for anorexia

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period problems

199
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To keep from gaining weight after eating binges, adolescents will use laxatives or dieuretics. This is a sign of what

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bulimia

200
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potential risk of suicide

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suicide of a family member or friend

201
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Which would cause a precursor for post traumatic stress disorder

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a physical assault

202
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In planning lessons on human sexuality, a teacher should consider that students are most influenced by parent’s

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socioeconomic status

203
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one sign to identify an adolescent under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug is

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dilated pupils

204
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what can impair judgement, lead cirhossis, be a depressant

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alcohol

205
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A student is researching information about eating healthy. Resources from which of the following would provide the most complete information

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American Heart Association

206
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While on the highway during a trip, a bus driver sees an approaching tornado, what should the driver do after parking the bus

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direct the students to exit the vehicle and lie in low spot or ditch

207
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In human sexuality lesson on child sexual abuse for elementary students, which is the least appropriate topic

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details of the way a child could be sexually abused

208
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Most students performed below average in a 9 minute walk run test. A unit should be planned which includes which of the following

A

Relay games and activities

209
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women’s right to vote

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susan b anthony

210
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Which of the following was a result of Dred Scott and his family’s lawsuit

A

Missouri compromise was ruled unconstitutional

211
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The search for new markets and land for colonization is more characteristic of

A

imperialism

212
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After listening to the story Brown Bear, the teacher asked the students to recite the words to the story as the teacher reads aloud

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Shared reading

213
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a student creates a book containing pictures and names of chain restaurants, labels from food containers and household products, this is what phase of word recognition

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pre alphabetic

214
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He walked down the trail with difficulty. Being confined during the winter caused his legs to grow stiff. This question checks which type of comprehension

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interpretive

215
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The most helpful strategy for students learning to write a persuasive essay is to

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role play the intended audience prior to writing

216
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Mr. Jamison has a culturally diverse class of 6th grade at risk readers. When selecting reading materials for the class, she should select books

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representative of students’ cultures in supporting their varied reading levels

217
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Administering a high frequency word list for students to read normally would be an appropriate procedure for processing

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sight word knowledge

218
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a teacher would like to help students use more creative language by emphasizing the use of vivid verbs. The best active learning activity is to

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show students examples of vivid verbs in sentences selected from a novel they are reading

219
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study guides for a content text should be written in such a way that it ensures that the students

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become aware of the worker’s organizational structure

220
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In a first grade class, 3 students are unable to blend sounds to help them decode words. What should be used to teach the skill

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phonics

221
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Settling legal disputes between the state and the federal government is the duty of

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state supreme court

222
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according to the constitution, which of the following has the power to remove the president

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congress

223
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Which of the following statements best describes the effect of WWII on race relations in the US

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The federal govt was firm on its policy on segregation both enlisted men and African American officers

224
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When a teacher reads a book, he reads the title, and author’s name, emphasizing the words title and author to

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stress parts of a book

225
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Gemma, a potential at risk emergent learner who lacks exposure to literature . The most effective activity for her is

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selecting books from the classroom library

226
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the concept of reading depends on more than letter cues can be developed through the use of

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explicit graphophonemic analysis

227
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Which vocabulary skill would a student use to do the exercise presented. The boy hit the tall ball with a bat

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context clues

228
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The term flexibility refers to which reading strategy

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ability to read different material at appropriate levels

229
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the largest vocabulary for a second grader

A

speaking

230
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a teacher used repeated listening and repeated writing of a popular book curious George. Tis instruction is appropriate because

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students can gain fluency

231
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Johnatha a 6th grader did not read a short passage and subsequently could not answer the teacher’s question. Which corrective strategy would be most appropriate

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direct him to read the key portion of the text silently

232
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A teacher wants to improve students meta cognition as they read. The most effective method is

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question the class

233
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While reading aloud dto her students, Mrs. Walker stops to share questions, personal connections and inferences she made about the story, and verbalized what she thinks will happen next.

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Think Aloud