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2025-2026 ILTS 305 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXAM| ILTS 305 Set 2 EXAM|GRADED 1-6 |REAL 200QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
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Which of the following actions by an elementary school teacher best demonstrates an awareness of the interconnections among literacy skills across the curriculum? a. giving students time for rereading their content-area textbooks and discussing the material with their classmates b. setting aside a weekly time slot for students to visit the school library and check out content-area texts the teacher has put on hold for them c. providing students with opportunities to read and write about fiction and nonfiction texts related to concepts they are studying in content-area lessons d. obtaining multiple copies of each content-related classroom library book so that more students have access to grade-level informational texts c. providing students with opportunities to read and write about fiction and nonfiction texts related to concepts they are studying in content-area lessons An entering-level English language learner has acquired grade-level literacy skills in the home language. Which of the following features of the home language would be most likely to support the transfer of basic literacy skills from the student's home language to English? a. The home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English
b. The vocabulary of the home language shares some cognates with English c. The home language includes several phonemes found in English d. The syntax of the home language is similar to that of English a. The home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English A fifth-grade teacher regularly incorporates technology in instruction for various purposes. In an upcoming lesson, the teacher would like to promote a collaborative classroom environment by having students post a written response to an assigned text in which they reflect on connections they make to the text as they read. The teacher wants students to read and reply to their classmates' reflections but would like to be able to screen the responses before students post them. Which of the following forms of technology would best achieve the teacher's goal for this activity? a. a class Web site b. a group e-mail c. a social network d. a group blog d. a group blog A second-grade teacher is planning to read aloud a narrative text to students. Which of the following approaches to conducting the read-aloud would best strengthen students' oral language development, thereby promoting the developmental process of reading acquisition?
a. showing the student the class alphabet chart, pointing to each letter, and having the student trace the corresponding letter on a letter worksheet b. singing the traditional alphabet song to the student and inviting the student to point to each corresponding letter on an alphabet chart as the teacher sings d. linking letter-name and sound instruction for each unknown letter, and having the student practice forming each target letter while saying its name and sound d. linking letter-name and sound instruction for each unknown letter, and having the student practice forming each target letter while saying its name and sound According to research, students generally have the most difficulty learning sound-letter relationships for letters whose sounds are not part of the letter's name. For which of the following sets of letter-sound correspondences should a teacher allow more instructional time? a. m-/m/ and n-/n/ b. h-/h/ and w-/w/ c. b-/b/ and d-/d/ d. f-/f/ and s-/s/ b. h-/h/ and w-/w/ A first-grade teacher provides students with an activity sheet with pictures of common objects on it, along with write-on lines beneath each picture. The teacher displays a flash card with the letter d on it and says to the students, "Which object on your sheet begins with the letter d? Write the letter d under the picture
whose name begins with /d/'. Which of the following areas of early literacy is most directly support by this activity? a. invented spelling b. phonemic awareness c. basic concept of print d. letter-sound correspondence d. letter-sound correspondence Which of the following words would be most appropriate for a second grade teacher to use when providing instruction to students on the closed-syllable pattern VC/CV? a. howling b. brother c. flicker d. public d. public VC/CV close syllable pattern; two consonants between two vowels A third-grade teacher is working with a group of students who have achieved grade-level benchmarks for accuracy and rate but who need to improve their prosody. The teacher plans a sequence of fluency lessons designed to address the students' needs. Which of the following activities would be most effective for the teacher to use first in this sequence of instruction?
c. dot, pen, sum, rib d. bat, cat, mat, sat c. dot, pen, sum, rib According to current research in the field of reading, which of the following strategies would be most effective in developing students' academic language knowledge? a. limiting social language in the classroom and requiring students to use formal English b. promoting students' engagement in wide reading with opportunities to discuss and write about the texts c. providing students with opportunities to determine word meaning through contextual analysis d. diagramming complex sentences that exemplify various academic language structures b. promoting students' engagement in wide reading with opportunities to discuss and write about the texts Fourth-grade students have read an informational text about types of storms, and they are having a classroom discussion about extreme weather. During the discussion, they work together on the partially completed grid below as they decide which features are characteristic of the various storm types. This activity is most likely to promote students' vocabulary development by strengthening which of the following word-related skills?
a. demonstrating understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms b. defining words in relation to the content-area texts they are reading c. analyzing the nuances of meaning between related words d. identifying meaningful examples of new concepts b. defining words in relation to the content-area texts they are reading Which of the following word lists could be used to provide upper elementary school students with practice in analyzing words with a common Latin root? a. chronic, synchronize, anachronism b. democracy, demography, pandemic c. headquarters, forehead, heady d. audible, audience, auditorium d. audible, audience, auditorium Latin root aud = hear Reading research conducted using scientific-based research methods has identified which of the following areas as one of the five essential components of an effective reading instruction program? a. vocabulary development b. letter formation c. book-handling skills d. spelling skills
b. assessing understanding of the passage through text-dependent questions a. providing guided practice of the skill with a different text A third-grade teaching is planning to conduct a close reading of a nonfiction historical narrative. The teacher is selecting general-academic and content- specific words from the text to teach explicitly to the class during the reading. Which of the following prereading strategies would best address the linguistic needs of an emerging-level English language learner in the class? a. selecting Tier One words from the text to preteach to the student explicitly b. providing the student with a vocabulary notebook for writing down unknown words c. having the student look through the text and identify unfamiliar words by circling them d. giving instruction in dictionary usage and letting the student practice looking up words from the text a. selecting Tier One words from the text to preteach to the student explicitly Which of the following sentences exemplifies the literary device of foreshadowing? a. "Aren't you quick as a bunny!" exclaimed the father as he chased after his son, who had toddled onto the soccer field and was being heartily applauded by spectators. b. One summer nights, the family gathered on the lawn to listen to the steady chirping of crickets and the calls of night birds emerging from deep in the moonlit forest.
c. As they ate the last of the sandwiches their Aunt Grace had packed for them that morning, they never guessed that their lives were about to change forever. d. "I can't possibly take another step!" exclaimed Lydia as she collapsed onto the overstuffed sofa after a morning run with her faster and younger brother. c. As they ate the last of the sandwiches their Aunt Grace had packed for them that morning, they never guessed that their lives were about to change forever. Which of the following elements would most likely be found in a work of science fiction? a. a first-person narration that focuses on thoughts and feelings b. a humorous parody of contemporary social codes of behavior c. a nonlinear plot that unfolds in flashback and flash-forward d. a moral conflict between human and nonhuman characters d. a moral conflict between human and nonhuman characters A first-grade teacher plans to use a graphic organizer to guide students in identifying and analyzing key ideas and details in an informational text. Which of the following types of graphic organizers would be most appropriate for the teacher to use for this purpose? a. Venn diagram b. KWL chart c. flowchart d. semantic map c. flowchart
A fourth-grade teacher is conducting a writing conference with a student about a draft in progress. The teacher recognizes that one paragraph lacks focus and does not connect to the rest of the draft. Which of the following approaches by the teacher would most effectively guide the student in revising the draft? a. suggesting transitional words or phrases to link the paragraph to the rest of the draft b. providing the student with several exemplary drafts to use as models for revision c. asking the student to state the draft's main idea and the paragraph's main idea d. having the student create several new drafts by changing the paragraph order c. asking the student to state the draft's main idea and the paragraph's main idea Fourth-grade students are working in small groups to research and write informative essays on related topics. While gathering information from teacher- selected texts, students write down relevant key words and their definitions. The students then post these words on a chart displayed in the front of the classroom. Students can refer to the chart when drafting their essays. This activity will benefit students' writing development primarily by: a. scaffolding students' academic vocabulary growth b. providing opportunities to use research techniques c. promoting essential note-taking skills d. helping students narrow broad topics a. scaffolding students' academic vocabulary growth
Which of the following graphic organizers would be most helpful in supporting second-grade students as they write a narrative? a. semantic map b. flowchart c. tree diagram d. storyboard d. storyboard A sixth-grade teacher asks students to prepare a written response to the prompt below. Develop an argument for or against requiring school buses to be equipped with seat belts. In the argument, you must clearly state your claim and provide at least three pieces of evidence to support your claim, including one from a credible source. Conclude with a summary of your claim and a call to action. To guide students in planning their response, the teacher asks them to read the prompt carefully, highlight the main verbs, and underline the specific components they should include in their argument. To further promote students' ability to write an effective response, which of the following tasks should the teacher ask students to complete next? a. outlining points to include in their argument b. drafting a strong position statement
a. Include reproductions of photographs or illustrations from a website As the concluding activity for a unit on tall tales, a third-grade teacher plans to have students compose original tall tales and post them on the class blog. Students will then read their classmates' tall tales and post comments. To ensure that students' comments are constructive, the teacher should engage students in which of the following activities? a. Reviewing the common elements of traditional tall tales b. Creating a five-point scale students can use to rate the tall tales c. Rereading the tall tales that students read during the unit d. Working with students to develop guidelines for providing feedback d. Working with students to develop guidelines for providing feedback Read the transcript below of a conversation between a teacher and a first-grade student; then answer the question that follows. Student: The wind blew my hat off! Teacher: There's a very strong breeze today. Student: I had to run to get it. Teacher: Yes! I saw you race across the school yard. Student: Every time I got near my hat, the breeze blew it away again. Teacher: Well, you're a fast runner and you finally caught it.
Student: I can race as fast as the breeze! Given the evidence in the transcript, the teacher is primarily using the conversation as an opportunity to: a. Introduce the student to concepts related to weather b. Build the student's self-confidence c. Determine the student's interests outside of school d. Expand the student's vocabulary d. Expand the student's vocabulary A sixth-grade teacher is planning to show students several video clips of inaugural addresses delivered by past U.S. presidents. The teacher wants to promote students' active listening skills, as well as facilitating students' ability to understand the video clips. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for the teacher to use for this purpose? a. introducing the video clips with an overview of the history and purpose of presidential inaugural addresses b. providing for students a reference list of unfamiliar words from the speeches, along with their definitions c. pausing the video clips at predetermined intervals for students to talk to a partner about what they heard
c. Giving students bonus points for participation in dicussions d. Having the students write down responses for a classmate to read aloud b. Increasing the amount of time the teacher waits for students' responses A fifth-grade teacher wants to promote students' use of Standard American English grammar during formal presentations. Which of the following initial approaches would be most effective for the teacher to use for this purpose? a. ensuring that students' independent reading materials model correct use of Standard American English grammar b. administering quizzes to assess students' understanding of components of Standard American English grammar c. providing students with links to websites that demonstrate how to apply the rules of Standard American English grammar d. using authentic oral exchanges as opportunities to gently correct students' misuse of Standard American English grammar d. using authentic oral exchanges as opportunities to gently correct students' misuse of Standard American English grammar During morning meeting in a first-grade class, students and their teacher discuss the day's posted schedule, and the teacher tells students that they should check the schedule periodically during the day. As the day progresses, several students who have listening challenges appear to be unaware of upcoming transitions. Despite the teacher's verbal reminders, the students have difficulty beginning
transitions in a timely manner. To help the students better anticipate the teacher's verbal reminders and transition successfully to new activities, the teacher should implement which of the following strategies? a. adding clear visual prompts to the posted schedule b. having class buddies guide the students through transitions c. providing copies of the schedule to the students d. reviewing the schedule with all students throughout the day a. adding clear visual prompts to the posted schedule Which of the following is a step in solving the system of equations using the method of adding/subtracting equations?