Reading and writing are
a) similar processes.
b) opposite processes.
c) unrelated skills.
d) unrelated strategies.
Ques. 2The goal of both reading and writing is to
a) decode words.
b) develop fluency.
c) construct meaning.
d) please an audience.
Ques. 3Children are ready to share their writing with classmates, parents, and other members of the community when they reach the
a) prewriting stage.
b) revising stage.
c) clustering stage.
d) publishing stage.
Ques. 4The principal gave new teacher Bill Brown a set of dictionaries for his fourth grade classroom and correctly advised him that he should
a) model techniques for selecting the most appropriate definitions.
b) require students to locate and write definitions for new words.
c) give the dictionaries to only the most capable readers.
d) tell children that they can usually use the first definition they find for each word.
Ques. 5The commonly accepted conventions of written Standard English are referred to as
a) punctuation.
b) spelling.
c) miscues.
d) mechanics.
Ques. 6Children select a topic, consider purpose, audience, and form and gather and organize ideas for writing during stage of the writing process known as the
a) prewriting stage.
b) drafting stage.
c) revising stage.
d) editing stage.
Ques. 7Because several of the English learners in Mr. Sullivan's classroom had lived in fishing villages, this teacher thought they would be able to comprehend a book about fishing. As he read aloud, however, the students seemed confused. The most likely explanation is that
a) the students lacked the phonemic awareness needed to understand the text.
b) the students did not understand the vocabulary used in the text.
c) the students had had negative experiences with fishing.
d) the students lacked the reading stamina needed to read the material independently.
Ques. 8When a new teacher announced that she would be using the Reading Workshop approach, experienced teachers correctly advised her that she should
a) distribute basal readers at the beginning of each class.
b) begin by teaching children how to select and respond to books.
c) require all students to read the same book.
d) require children to read orally every day.
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