During writing workshop, students usually:
a) complete teacher-directed activities
b) select their own writing topics
c) complete all activities online
d) write informational texts
Ques. 2Teachers in the Schiffer School District are working together to integrate language arts instruction with science instruction. Of the following, the most appropriate and effective instructional pattern to accomplish this goal would be:
a) literature circles
b) literature focus units
c) reading and writing workshop
d) thematic units
Ques. 3There are four fifth-grade classrooms in the Brady School. To make the language arts assessment process more consistent, the principal and teachers worked together to develop:
a) portfolios
b) rubrics
c) miscue analyses
d) Literature Focus Units
Ques. 4To prepare for student and parent conferences, sixth-grade teacher Eileen Baker and her students compile folders with each student's writing samples and videos of presentations. This action shows that the teacher is monitoring her students' progress by using:
a) portfolios
b) anecdotal notes
c) miscue analyses
d) reading logs
Ques. 5Mrs. Marsico's third-grade class is reading a novel, The Trumpet of the Swan, and completing many related activities. Because the entire class is reading the same novel, they are participating in a:
a) Literature Circle
b) Literature Focus Unit
c) Reading Workshop
d) Repetend
Ques. 6A 3-tier process which many elementary schools use to identify students' needs and provide intervention is known as:
a) Headstart
b) Reading Recovery
c) Common Core Standards
d) Response to Intervention
Ques. 7Of the following, the most useful tool for engaging students in self-reflection and goal setting is the:
a) criterion-referenced test
b) norm-referenced test
c) anecdotal note
d) portfolio
Ques. 8Before reading aloud a text about marine life, the teacher asked her students to share their memories about a recent field trip to a New Jersey beach. This suggests that the teacher's goal was to:
a) conduct a semantic feature analysis
b) conduct a miscue analysis
c) activate background knowledge
d) develop phonemic awareness
Ques. 9Students who are English learners usually make more progress when the classroom environment is:
a) predictable
b) flipped
c) looped
d) changed frequently to increase motivation
Ques. 10Research suggests that students with less effective oral language abilities tend to:
a) have strong listening comprehension
b) have less effective written language abilities
c) struggle with handwriting
d) compensate with visual ability
Ques. 11Internet texts differ from print materials primarily because Internet texts:
a) are nonlinear
b) are written at lower levels
c) have larger fonts
d) are based on specific topics