The parent of a third grade child proudly announced that she requires her son to find three new words in the dictionary each day and write their definitions. The child's teacher politely responded that research indicates that the best way to build vocabulary is by:
a) reading
b) watching television
c) finding words in the dictionary
d) participating in after-school activities
Ques. 2After she read a book aloud to the class, new teacher Grace Scott saw two students reading it together during a recess period. Of the following, the most effective action for this teacher to take would be to:
a) require the students to read independently
b) require the students to read a different book to broaden their reading interests
c) encourage the students to continue rereading so that they could make a deeper connection with the book
d) encourage the students to read the book orally to motivate their classmates
Ques. 3Third-grade teacher Dianna Sands believes that her students need more feedback to expand their ideas and add more details to their writing. The best way to help her students receive more feedback would be to:
a) encourage the students to form and participate in writing groups
b) encourage the students to work independently at their computers
c) circle spelling and punctuation errors and provide time for corrections
d) assign writing projects as homework assignments
Ques. 4Of the following, the most important reason for helping students use correct spelling and punctuation is that adherence to conventions will:
a) increase readability for the audience
b) help the students attain higher grades
c) make their writing more interesting
d) eliminate cultural differences
Ques. 5After Colin, a fifth-grade student, read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, he pretended that he was the giant and wrote a new ending from the giant's point of view. This activity helped the student understand the writing trait referred to as:
a) audience
b) voice
c) transformation
d) fluency
Ques. 6When he read drafts of their stories, third-grade teacher Richard McCall noticed that his students did not use quotation marks correctly. This teacher should:
a) conduct punctuation drills at the start of every writing period
b) make corrections on the students' drafts
c) teach use of quotation marks during the editing stage
d) overlook this error until the students are older
Ques. 7Effective teachers encourage students to edit their own work. Students usually find the most success with editing when they:
a) write and edit a composition during one class period
b) write a composition and wait a few days before editing it
c) edit all of their work at home
d) use a red or green pen to highlight errors
Ques. 8When the teacher helped her students correct errors in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, she was focusing upon:
a) semantics
b) mechanics
c) content
d) prosody
Ques. 9Students who are English learners:
a) cannot participate in the writing process
b) use the same writing process that native speakers use
c) should not be expected to communicate in writing
d) should always write in their native language
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