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PECT Prek-4 MODULE 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- Which is most likely to disrupt a student's reading fluency? A. Text is too much to read in one sitting B. Student doesn't understand 15% of vowels C. Student doesn't know sight words or phonetic sounds D. Book that aren't on skill level. - ANSWER- C
- You ask a student to look at a book without words and verbally tell a story just by looking at the pictures. Which ability are you assessing? A. Concept of print B. Story structure C. Phonics D. Phonemic awareness - ANSWER- B
- A boy reads slowly but accurately. What is the appropriate intervention? A. Repeated reading on a text that is at his independent level B. Echo read of a text that is at his instructional level
C. Group reading D. Giving him a harder book to read. - ANSWER- A
- If a child struggles with fluency, what can you expect from them? A. The student will struggle with comprehension. B. The student will struggle with phonics. C. The student will struggle with vocabulary. D. The student won't ever learn to read. - ANSWER- A
- A teacher has her students crouch when the music is low and stand when the music is high. What musical concept is she reinforcing? A. Tempo B. Pitch C. Timbre D. Dynamics - ANSWER- B
- A class goes on a field trip to a supermarket. The produce manager tells the class that fruits are grown in other areas and then transported to the store. Which activity would further the student's knowledge of spatial interaction? A. Research the climates of the areas the fruits come from. B. Chart the different modes of transportation used to move the fruit. C. Study the food traditions in the different areas. D. Find the location of where different fruits are grown and map how they get to the store. - ANSWER- D
- A first grade class visits a pet store. Upon returning back to the classroom the students are broken up into various groups for different jobs (i.e., designing the pet
B. Print awareness C. Phonemic awareness D. Connecting print to letter sounds - ANSWER- C
- Sometimes parents are not up-to-date on current instructional practices. Which would be a good way to explain invented spelling to a parent of a kindergarten student? A. A system invented by teachers to help students learn to spell words correctly B. The ability to recognize and read words by translating the letters into speech sounds C. Vocabulary words which students should know by the end of the year D. The use of letter-sound relationship to attempt to write words - ANSWER- D
- There are yellow balloons that your students make into a sculpture. What concept is being taught? A. Line B. Form C. Shape D. None of the above - ANSWER- B
- You want to teach the concept of change over a period of time. What activity should you choose? A. Make a poster with a timeline of your birth to your kindergarten years. B. Have a discussion about the presidents of the U.S. C. Watch a video and answer questions about timelines. D. None of the above. - ANSWER- A
- Young children often begin to recognize words that they see like names of restaurants and toy stores or names of cereal on the boxes. This type of familiar print is referred to as: A. Visual literacy B. Frequency literacy C. Environmental print D. Morphemes - ANSWER- C
- Which of the following design elements would you teach in correlation with a math unit? A. Harmony B. Variety C. Rhythm D. Pattern - ANSWER- D
- A kindergarten teacher wants her students to understand that words are made up of smaller sound units or syllables. Which of the following questions should the teacher use to work on phonological awareness? A. Which of the following words rhymes with sunny? B. Can you give me another word that starts with the same sound as seven? C. First say older, now add sh. What is the new word? D. Say tiger. Now say "ti" and then say "ger." - ANSWER- D
- Which phonics unit should be taught last? A. Silent e combinations B. Silent consonants C. Consonant Digraphs
D. Habitat - ANSWER- C
- A teacher in a kindergarten classroom wants to take an initial assessment of the students in her class. She ask them individually to pick a book from the reading center and pretend to read it by flipping through the pages. What is she assessing? A. Book handling skills B. Text to print connection C. Fluency D. Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER- A
- What is the best way to develop children's prewriting skills? A. Write spontaneously for 5 minutes a day B. Discussing ideas with a partner before drafting C. Read examples of their work to the class D. Have a daily edit exercise - ANSWER- B
- In a 4th grade class you are learning about making a hypothesis for which candidate will win an election. Which activity would best support this learning goal? A. Watch a debate between the candidates B. Read candidate's websites C. Read through surveys of voters' opinions on candidates D. Read about past elections - ANSWER- C
- A music teacher wants to show young students how dance relates to feelings and ideas. What would be a good activity? A. Reenact a favorite story through dance.
B. Move with different levels and rhythms C. Watch videos of other cultures dancing D. Talk about dancers in history - ANSWER- A
- What is the purpose in teaching students civic education? A. To show students that laws are created by members of society and are constantly changing. B. To show that laws are a specific set of rules by which a society operates C. To review important historical events. - ANSWER- A
- Which activity boosts child's vocabulary development? A. Flipping through a picture book and making up a story B. Playing and interacting with other students - social stories/play C. Talking with adults - ANSWER- B
- What marked the change from 18th century farm workers in Western PA to 19th century steel workers? A. Technological advances B. Cultural infusion C. Loss of resources - ANSWER- A
- A fourth grade teacher is moving her students from learning to read to reading to learn. She wants them to read a passage independently to themselves. What should she do to scaffold this activity? A. Have students raise their hand when they need help. B. Provide an outline that details the main ideas of each section
B. Strengthens vocabulary C. Builds automaticity and fluency D. Helps comprehension - ANSWER- C
- A teacher gives her students cards with modes of transportation on them. She wants the students to categorize them. What should she do first? A. Give a worksheet to explain transportation B. Use dictionaries to look up transportation words C. Go over the criteria for sorting - ANSWER- C
- When is it appropriate to use decodable books with students? A. When the students are fluent readers B. When the students are good at phonics and sight words, but still working on automaticity and decoding words C. When the students are learning about story elements - ANSWER- B
- Which word has a consonant blend? A. frog B. can C. boil D. the - ANSWER- A
- A student is having trouble reading words that contain silent consonants combinations, what would be a good approach to help the student? a. Provide students with graded wordlist that contains silent consonant combinations words.
b. Compare and contrast between words that do and do not have silent consonant combinations, like no and know. c. Take out the silent consonant combination in the word and let the student read it. d. Read silent consonant combination letter in chunks. - ANSWER- B
- How do you teach 2nd graders to positively perceive and reflect on their environment? a. Proving ink activity. b. Use imaginary image c. Walk around the school and draw a favorite thing they see. d. Draw the format of their classroom. - ANSWER- C
- Which is an example of active listening? a. "You should have told me that a long time ago!" b. "What happened to you also happened to me, only worse." c. "Sorry, can you please repeat that?" d. "So what I hear you say, is that you are upset about ...." - ANSWER- D
- How to help first graders learn about community? a. Invite a guest speaker to come in and speak about their roles shared in the community. b. Create a list of responsibilities shared with adults at home. c. Discuss the community roles within the school between upper grades. - ANSWER- A A teacher reads through a big book and then reads through it again because students enjoy it so much. What follow up activity would best promote oral
A teacher in a PreK environment has books and materials out about gardening for students to explore. She suggests they build a garden and talks with them about how they could build an imaginary garden inside. What is she demonstrating? - ANSWER- She is encouraging discussion and how to solve problems creatively. Why use nonsense words when teaching phonics? - ANSWER- When a teacher has students read nonsense words such as "ib" or "dright," as if they are real words they can determine a student's phonological skills. What is the /fr/ sound in frog? - ANSWER- consonant blend How does spelling help with reading comprehension? - ANSWER- automaticity and fluency. What are sight words important to know? - ANSWER- They help build reading fluency. What is connected text? - ANSWER- Words that are linked (as opposed to words in a list), as in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs. Why Use Decodable Books and Phonics Lessons? - ANSWER- Students who learn phonics master the sound/symbol code that enables them to read and spell. Decoding helps with recognition of sight words, phonemic awareness, word families, automaticity, and fluency. Which design element would you teach in correlation with a math unit? Harmony, variety, rhythm, or pattern. - ANSWER- pattern What can a teacher do with kindergarteners to develop a positive attitude towards art? - ANSWER- Allow them to trust and express their own feelings.
What is a creative movement to teach children how to express ideas and feelings? - ANSWER- Have them act out a story. What is an activity that a teacher can do with students to teach them about their perceived environment? - ANSWER- Take a walk around then school and talk about what they saw. What can you teach a student to use in order to predict the results of an election - ANSWER- Voter opinion surveys. Why would a teacher ask students to look at various websites and books before they write a research paper? - ANSWER- It helps them develop a thesis statement and gather background information. As a teacher in first grade, you talk with students about what is close to their house (like a library or gas station). What concept are you teaching? - ANSWER- community A teacher in first grade is talking about police officers, mailmen, firefighters, and their roles in our community. What is she emphasizing? - ANSWER- How community works together to achieve common goals. What is important to teach students when discussing a controversial topic? - ANSWER- To value and respect the opinions of others. What is a color level or depth of an image on a computer screen? Contrast or saturation - ANSWER- contrast
