MTTC1: Elem Ed. (Website Practice Test)
1) During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate
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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-Playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of
circumlocution
Circumlocution - Correct Answer-The use of many words where fewer would do.
2) 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-Using phonetic
spelling
Phonetic spelling - Correct Answer-Spelling words as they sound.
3) A second-grade teacher notices 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-Syntactic
Phonological - Correct Answer-The study of different sounds and how they come
together to form speech and words.
Semantic - Correct Answer-The meaning of language.
Syntactic - Correct Answer-The rules of language.
Pragmatic - Correct Answer-The use of appropriate communication in social situations.
4) 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 AnswerInterconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
5) 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 contentarea 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-By promoting students' development of skill in
using listening, speaking, reading, and writing for academic purposes
6) 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-"Talk with your children while working together
when preparing meals and doing other daily activities."
7) 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-a, m, t, s, f, d
8) 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-Letters correspond to phonemes
9) 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-Understanding
the relationship of speech and print
10) 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-The
role of activating background knowledge related to a text
11) 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-Make
12) 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-Structural analysis
Structural analysis - Correct Answer-The process of breaking words down into their
basic parts to determine word meaning.
Syllabication - Correct Answer-The division of words into syllables.
Phonic analysis - Correct Answer-The process of using the relationships between
spelling and pronunciation at the letter, syllable, and word levels to figure out unfamiliar
words.
Using consonant and vowel sounds to decode words.
13) 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-Leading
students in an echo reading of a short story
14) 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?... [Show Less]