Elementary MTTC (103)
Questions With Correct Answers
2023 Update
During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would
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incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
A. reading a text and underlining any words that are unfamiliar
B. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
C. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of a dictionary
D. writing a short story based on a sequential set of illustrations from a picture book -
Correct Answer-B
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development best illustrates the
relationship between speaking and writing?
A. printing the letters of the alphabet
B. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
C. using phonetic spelling
D. recognizing examples of environmental print - Correct Answer-C
A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly place adjectives after
nouns in their writing and speaking. These students most likely require explicit
instruction related to which of the following English language systems?
A. phonological
B. semantic
C. syntactic
D. pragmatic - Correct Answer-C
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with
students' families about the kinds of prior experiences their children have had,
especially those related to learning and literacy. The teacher uses this information to
help plan dramatic play and literacy centers that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and
experiences. These actions most clearly demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the:
A. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
B. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
C. relationship between oral language development and reading achievement.
D. links between vocabulary development and reading in the home. - Correct Answer-B
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher
guides students in closely reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward,
in addition to guiding students in applying the new material presented in the text to
sample exercises, the teacher also helps the students summarize the text's main ideas
orally. Finally, students draft their own written summaries of the new concepts,
processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics journals. This approach to content-
area instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily in which of the
following ways?
A. by providing a print-rich environment in which students at all skill levels participate in
differentiated literacy activities
B. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold students' comprehension and
vocabulary development
C. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, and
writing for academic purposes
D. by motivating students to select a variety of informational and other nonfiction texts
for independent reading - Correct Answer-C
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping students develop oral
language skills that support literacy development. Which of the following teacher
recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in addressing this goal?
A. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events such as concerts and
festivals."
B. "Visit the local public library regularly with your child to borrow children's books such
as picture books and easy readers."
C. "Spend time with your children playing active games such as hopscotch and jump
rope."
D. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing
other daily activities." - Correct Answer-D
A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching letter recognition skills to
emergent readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be most appropriate for a
teacher to include in the first lessons?
A. c, o, w, x, y, z
B. I, L, T, H, E, F
C. a, m, t, s, f, d
D. A, a, B, b, C, c - Correct Answer-C
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class can read fluently in a language
that is written using a nonalphabetic script. Which of the following concepts is likely to
be most difficult for this student to grasp when learning to read in English?
A. A series of letters represents a word.
B. Print symbolizes spoken language.
C. A sentence is composed of a sequence of words.
D. Letters correspond to phonemes. - Correct Answer-D
A kindergarten teacher regularly reads aloud "big books" to her students. As she reads
she points to each word, and during successive readings she encourages students to
join in the reading as she points. Which of the following emergent literacy skills is this
activity most likely to promote?
A. awareness of consonant and vowel phonemes
B. understanding of the relationship of speech to print
C. recognition of basic phonics and spelling patterns
D. knowledge of variations in letter-sound relationships - Correct Answer-B
A kindergarten teacher regularly leads classroom discussions before beginning a new
read-aloud of informational texts. For example, he may conduct a book walk of the
pictures, point out some key vocabulary, and then ask students to share what they
already know about the subject of the book. This practice most clearly demonstrates the
teacher's understanding of which of the following factors that influence emergent
readers' construction of meaning?
A. the role of setting a purpose and goal prior to reading a text
B. the importance of using textual evidence to draw conclusions
C. the role of activating background knowledge related to a text
D. the importance of determining a text's main idea and details - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to include in phonics instruction
designed to promote beginning readers' ability to decode regular CVCe words?
A. done
B. give
C. make
D. were - Correct Answer-C
A fifth-grade student who is having difficulty reading the word instinctively in a science
text would be best advised to apply which of the following skills?
A. word recognition
B. structural analysis
C. syllabication
D. phonic analysis - Correct Answer-B
A second-grade teacher would like to improve students' ability to read narrative texts
with appropriate expression. Which of the following strategies is likely to be most
effective in addressing this goal?
A. asking students to try to read a short story silently in a specified amount of time
B. engaging students in a round-robin reading of a short story
C. having students read and then rewrite a short story in the form of a song or poem
D. leading students in an echo reading of a short story - Correct Answer-D
As part of an informal reading assessment, a teacher asks a first-grade student to read
a grade-level passage aloud. As the student reads, the teacher marks the student's
errors on a copy of the passage, indicating errors of substitution, insertion, omission,
and reversal. The teacher also notes any repetitions or self-corrections. This
assessment is likely to provide the most useful information about the student's skills in
which of the following areas of reading development?
A. reading comprehension
B. vocabulary knowledge
C. phonemic awareness
D. word recognition - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following scenarios would provide the best evidence that a kindergarten
student is progressing according to typical stages of literacy development?
A. Now the student provides detailed drawings to accompany his written symbols,
whereas he never illustrated his writings at the beginning of the school year.
B. At the beginning of the school year, the student often incorporated words into his
writings that he had copied from environmental print, but now he only uses his own
original symbols.
C. Now the student knows that he is not writing real words, whereas at the beginning of
the school year he would point to clusters of letters and call them words.
D. At the beginning of the school year, the student told a different story each time he
reread his writings, but now he follows the letters with his finger and uses similar words
when rereading. - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following words would be most appropriate to teach as a sight word to fifthgrade students?
A. teacher
B. understand
C. scientist
D. explain - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following teacher actions during a read-aloud of a "big book" is likely to be
most effective in supporting kindergartners' vocabulary development?
A. reading dramatically using exaggerated intonation and placing extra emphasis on key
words in the text
B. running a pointer under the text while reading and pausing to have students repeat
key words from the text several times chorally
C. writing a list of key words from the text on the board and referring students to the list
as each word appears during the reading
D. pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of a passage and to question students
about key words in the text - Correct Answer-D
Developing a timeline of events would likely be the most appropriate strategy for upperelementary students to use independently to promote their comprehension of which of
the following types of text?
A. science textbook chapter
B. newspaper feature article
C. instructional manual
D. mystery novel - Correct Answer-D
A fourth-grade teacher wants to help students build their knowledge of content-specific
vocabulary words to support their comprehension of grade-level science and social
studies texts. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for this purpose?
A. having students select correct words from a given text to complete sentences in fillin-the-blank exercises
B. guiding students in creating a graphic organizer to visually represent relationships
between the key words in a given text
C. instructing students to stop and write down unfamiliar words in a personal word bank
as they encounter them in a given text
D. providing vocabulary lists that include definitions of key words from given texts as a
home study aid for students - Correct Answer-B
A sixth-grade teacher asks the following question during a class discussion of an
informational text the class is reading together: "According to the author, why are kelp
forests found at different latitudes on the western and eastern coasts of a continent?"
This question prompts students to apply which of the following levels of reading
comprehension?
A. literal
B. inferential
C. critical
D. evaluative - Correct Answer-A
Which of the following lists of words would be most appropriate for a fourth-grade
teacher to use as example words in a lesson designed to reinforce students' structural
analysis skills?
A. separate, threaten, hurdle, appreciate
B. loyal, exhaustion, prevention, experiment
C. undeniable, regroup, pregame, submarine
D. auditorium, disappointment, magnify, always - Correct Answer-C
Read the excerpt below from an expository text; then answer the question that follows.
Remember the fun you had with your favorite toys and games while growing up?
Toymakers are hoping you do, and they are hoping that you are sharing the experience
with your children. Toy companies have long used nostalgia to lure adults back to their
childhood favorites while updating those same toys to attract a new generation of
children.
Colorforms, created by a husband and wife in their New York apartment in 1951, turns
60 this year, and University Games is using the occasion to remind parents of a popular
childhood toy and to entice them to buy one for their children. And Mattel is
commemorating the 40th anniversary of Uno with a yearlong marketing campaign to
promote the family card game.
This excerpt is most characteristic of which of the following types of expository text?
A. textbook chapter
B. newspaper article
C. research report
D. encyclopedia entry - Correct Answer-B
A television commercial for a breakfast cereal features several adults in their twenties
and thirties who cheerfully consume a bowl of the cereal before bicycling, jogging, and
hiking to the accompaniment of upbeat, fast-paced music. Which of the following
messages is the commercial most likely intended to convey?
A. The cereal helps promote weight loss.
B. Busy professionals save time by eating the cereal.
C. The cereal is a good source of energy.
D. Adults will feel like children when they eat the cereal. - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following themes is frequently explored in the works of Julia Alvarez,
Mildred Taylor, and Laurence Yep?
A. the excitement of exploring other galaxies
B. the yearning to live in harmony with nature
C. the determination to overcome social injustice
D. the challenge of confronting personal setbacks - Correct Answer-C
During textbook reading, a sixth-grade teacher instructs students to carefully read the
first and last sentence in each paragraph and to notice bold print and graphics. By
engaging students in this activity, the teacher is applying which of the following
strategies for promoting comprehension of expository texts?
A. making inferences based on evidence presented in a text
B. distinguishing fact from opinion in a text
C. determining the importance of information presented in a text
D. identifying structural elements in a text - Correct Answer-C
As a first-grade teacher reads a story aloud to students, she periodically pauses to ask
the class questions such as "How do you think the character is feeling now?" or "What
do you think will happen next?" This instructional strategy is most likely intended to
promote students':
A. motivation to read independently.
B. appreciation for the written word.
C. interest in writing original stories.
D. active construction of meaning. - Correct Answer-D
According to the standard conventions of English in the United States, which of the
following sentences contains an error in usage?
A. I don't know whose notebook is on the table over there.
B. Sometimes we see our teacher at the public library downtown.
C. We are all ready to leave for the field trip, but the bus isn't here yet.
D. I would of gone to the movies, but I had too much homework to do. - Correct AnswerD
A student makes notes related to a topic without consideration for paragraph structure
or logical development of ideas. The student is most likely engaged in which of the
following steps of the writing process?
A. revising
B. drafting
C. brainstorming
D. editing - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following sentences would be most appropriate to include in a formal
letter?
A. I really haven't got all that much experience, but I'm a fast learner so that's not a
problem.
B. Although I have limited work experience, I learn new skills quickly and apply them
effectively.
C. While I am a mere novice in the workplace, I have fought and won many academic
battles.
D. This job just sounds so amazing, and I'd love to try it even though I don't have any
experience. - Correct Answer-B
A student is preparing to give a speech to a large group of peers at a school assembly.
When rehearsing the speech, the student notices that several words are repeated
unnecessarily throughout the speech. Which of the following tools would be most helpful
for the student to use when revising the speech?
A. spell-checker
B. dictionary
C. word processor
D. thesaurus - Correct Answer-D
A fifth-grade teacher would like to provide students with opportunities to share ideas
while developing independence during the writing process. Which of the following
student activities would be most appropriate for this purpose?
A. peer reviewing
B. keeping vocabulary journals
C. guided writing
D. creating graphic organizers - Correct Answer-A
A city resident is developing a speech to be delivered to a local civic organization. In the
speech, she hopes to persuade those present to support a city sales tax. Which of the
following communication skills would be most important for the speaker to utilize to
achieve her goal?
A. blending statistical facts with anecdotal evidence
B. addressing the values and concerns of the audience
C. supporting her speech with a variety of graphics
D. explaining the specialized vocabulary related to taxation - Correct Answer-B
Which of the following oral responses most clearly indicates that critical listening has
occurred?
A. "Are donations to your organization tax-deductible?"
B. "How many people have donated money to your organization?"
C. "How does your organization use private donations?"
D. "I can't donate money to your organization, but I can donate my time." - Correct
Answer-C
Which of the following teacher strategies would most effectively help students avoid
plagiarism when developing and presenting research projects?
A. prohibiting the use of Internet sources for research projects
B. requiring students to submit hard copies of source material
C. distributing copies of the school policy on academic dishonesty
D. modeling how to properly paraphrase, quote, and cite sources - Correct Answer-D
Read the excerpt below from a speech by an elementary school principal to a large
group of students; then answer the question that follows.
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to everyone on the first day of the school year. This
year promises to be a truly amazing year, because as you all know, school is cool and
our school is the coolest. This year we've got a whole new group of awesome first
graders. How cool are they? Let's have a big round of applause for all of our awesome
students!
In this speech, the principal's use of slang and idiomatic language serves primarily to:
A. appeal to the audience's emotions.
B. establish the speaker's authority.
C. establish rapport with the audience.
D. demonstrate the speaker's knowledge. - Correct Answer-C
A third-grade teacher plans to assess students' active listening skills by observing smallgroup discussions and using a checklist to record observations. Which of the following
criteria would be most appropriate to include on the checklist?
A. speaking at least 25 percent of the time
B. rephrasing a speaker's statement before responding
C. nodding and smiling during the discussion
D. waiting to speak until other students take their turn - Correct Answer-B
The construction of the Mackinac Bridge is considered a significant episode in
Michigan's history primarily because it:
A. encouraged the expansion of the steel mining industry in Michigan.
B. helped bolster Michigan's economy by providing jobs during the Great Depression.
C. unified Michigan by allowing easy transportation between the Upper and Lower
Peninsulas.
D. provided a crucial transportation route between Michigan and Canada. - Correct
Answer-C
Which of the following statements is most likely taken from a primary source?
A. In addition to picking up a return cargo, the ship laid in ample stores of food, rum,
and water before beginning the long voyage home.
B. Although nothing to write home about, food rations on a typical eighteenth-century
ship were generally sufficient to keep mariners alive.
C. My chief mate informed me this morning that our supplies of salt pork and fresh
water were unlikely to last as long as planned.
D. Malnutrition was a serious health risk for sailors, who often went for months without
any fresh fruits or vegetables. - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following events or developments had the greatest impact on economic
growth in the Midwest region of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth
century?
A. the Louisiana Purchase
B. the construction of the National Road
C. the War of 1812
D. the opening of the Erie Canal - Correct Answer-D
Read the passage below; then answer the question that follows.
In a 1963 address, Lyndon Johnson asked Americans to join him in a "war on poverty."
From the outset, Johnson's call to arms met considerable skepticism. One Gallup poll
found that 83 percent of respondents doubted that poverty could actually be abolished.
But these were peak years of what publisher Henry Luce called the "American Century,"
a time when people felt good about themselves and were willing to try anything.
Johnson sensed this, and it was all the encouragement he needed.
Which of the following sentences from the passage expresses a historical interpretation
rather than states a historical fact?
A. In a 1963 address, Lyndon Johnson asked Americans to join him in a "war on
poverty."
B. From the outset, Johnson's call to arms met considerable skepticism.
C. One Gallup poll found that 83 percent of respondents doubted that poverty could
actually be abolished.
D. But these were peak years of what publisher Henry Luce called the "American
Century," a time when people felt good about themselves and were willing to try
anything - Correct Answer-D
A fifth-grade teacher would like to enhance students' understanding of how the
construction of the transcontinental railroad affected patterns of human settlement in the
trans-Mississippi West. Which of the following activities using instructional materials
would be most effective for the teacher to use for this purpose?
A. having students read a novel about life in a town established along a major western
rail line
B. providing maps that show population density in the western United States in 1860
and 1890
C. showing a film that examines major events in the building of the transcontinental
railroad
D. distributing graphs that show the ethnic composition of western settlers during the
period - Correct Answer-B
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