Question 1

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The concept of literacy incorporates all but which of the following ideas?Answer

Correct Answer:children's readiness level

Question 2

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Children learn concepts of print byAnswer

Correct Answer:both

Question 3

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When children recognize the golden arches of "McDonald's" and they say "McDonald's," they are becoming aware ofAnswer

Correct Answer:environmental print.

Question 4

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During which stage of literacy development do young children read with expression and prefer to read silently?Answer

Correct Answer:fluent

Question 5

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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of morning messages?Answer

Correct Answer:Children become fluent readers.

Question 6

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Which of the following happens during the beginning reading and writing stage?Answer

Correct Answer:Students make reasonable predictions.

Question 7

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Second-grade students are usually in what phase of reading and writing?Answer

Correct Answer:beginning

Question 8

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Teachers use shared writing to take students' words and experiences to create and read text. This is calledAnswer

Correct Answer:language experience approach

Question 9

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Your principal asks why you have included a play area that looks like a store in your room. You tell her that playing in that center allows children toAnswer

Correct Answer:rehearse uses of reading and writing as they act out familiar events.

Question 10

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A parent of an infant asks you how to best prepare his child to learn to read. You recommend heAnswer

Correct Answer:

sing and play rhyming games with his child.

Question 11

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According to research, which of the following is the single most important home-based activity for preschool children in building the knowledge required for children's eventual success in reading?Answer

Correct Answer:parents' reading aloud to children

Question 12

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Young children are literacy learners with all but which of the following characteristics?Answer

Correct Answer:Young children do not learn to read until they enter school.

Question 13

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Students at which stage of development usually participate in literature circles?Answer

Correct Answer:fluent

Question 14

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A kindergarten teacher provides opportunities for her students to exchange messages with classmates, to draw and write in journals, to write to parents, and to read and write stories. She is helping students gain an understanding ofAnswer

Correct Answer:concepts of print.

Question 15

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Miss Gould talks to her first graders about how letters represent sounds and how letters combine to spell words. She asks students to write capital and lowercase letters. She is helping her students learnAnswer

Correct Answer:alphabetic principles.

Question 16

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All but which of the following are examples of literacy play centers?Answer

Correct Answer:restroom

Question 17

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All but which of the following are useful routines for teaching the letters of the alphabet?Answer

Correct Answer:paper and pencil

Question 18

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Which of the following is NOT a type of predictable book?Answer

Correct Answer:poetry

Question 19

1 out of 1 pointsThe 3 stages of literacy learning are:

Answer

Correct Answer:emergent, beginning, fluent

Question 20

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As she rides on the bus with her parents, four-year-old Lindsey proudly reads aloud the names of her favorite fast food restaurants and toy stores. This act shows that Lindsey is developing an awareness of:

Answer

Correct Answer:environmental print

Question 21

1 out of 1 pointsThe goal for most educators is to help all students become fluent readers and writers by:

Answer

Correct Answer:the end of third grade

Question 22

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Mrs. Siddel’s students love to read their favorite book, The Big Race, with their teacher because on every page they can join in reading the phrase, “I can run, run, run as fast as your son.” This is an example of:

Answer

Correct Answer:predictable text

Question 23

1 out of 1 pointsThe term emergent literacy is most closely associated with:

Answer

Correct Answer:Marie Clay

Question 24

1 out of 1 pointsEvery day, kindergarten teacher Doris Flack models the formation of manuscript letters

on the chalkboard. She does this because:Answer

Correct Answer:moving models are more effective than still models

Question 25

1 out of 1 pointsResearchers believe that when children become fluent readers their comprehension

improves primarily because:Answer

Correct Answer: they recognize more words automatically and have greater

cognitive energy available for comprehension

Question 26

1 out of 1 pointsWhen planning a shared reading lesson, teachers most often select books that:

Answer

Correct Answer: are at the children’s interest level but too difficult for independent

reading

Question 27

1 out of 1 pointsFive year-old Natalie wrote, “The littel babe bird sid helo.” Natalie’s sentence contained

examples of:Answer

Correct Answer:invented spellings

Question 28

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An instructional practice in which student's dictate sentences to the teacher is:Answer

Correct Answer:Language Experience Approach

Question 29

1 out of 1 pointsFirst grade teacher David Scott put an enlarged picture book on an easel and pointed to

each word as he read aloud to his students. Mr. Scott was using:Answer

Correct Answer:

a big book

Question 30

1 out of 1 pointsChildren and their teacher create a text together and “share the pen” as they write the

text on chart paper when they are engaged in:Answer

Correct Answer:interactive writing

Question 31

1 out of 1 pointsYoung children often dictate sentences for their teachers to write on chart paper. When

transcribing a young child’s sentences, reading theorists advise teachers to:Answer

Correct Answer:keep editing to a minimum to validate the child’s language

Question 32

1 out of 1 pointsResearchers now believe that:

Answer

Correct Answer:children’s reading and writing abilities develop concurrently

Question 33

1 out of 1 pointsLiteracy teachers place their instructional emphasis on decoding and recognizing words

when students are in the:Answer

Correct Answer:beginning stage of reading and writing

c)

Question 34

1 out of 1 pointsFluent readers usually have a reading rate of :

Answer

Correct Answer:100 words or more per minute

Question 35

1 out of 1 pointsDuring the emergent stage of literacy acquisition, children usually:

Answer

Correct Answer:a) acquire concepts about printb)

Question 36

1 out of 1 pointsResearchers have found that young emergent readers:

Answer

Correct Answer:depend on context to read familiar words

Question 37

1 out of 1 pointsIt is most effective for educators to begin teaching letters of the alphabet by using:

Answer

Correct Answer:children’s own names and environmental print

d)

Question 38

1 out of 1 pointsA good predictor of future reading success is the ability to:

Answer

Correct Answer:identify letters of the alphabet

Question 39

1 out of 1 pointsOf the following, the strongest reason for engaging young children in shared reading

experiences is to help them develop:Answer

Correct Answer:concepts about words

Question 40

1 out of 1 pointsChildren first gain an understanding of the communicative purpose of print during the:

Answer

Correct Answer:emergent stage

Question 41

1 out of 1 pointsFirst grade teacher Mary Kay would like to explain her program of traveling bags of books

to her students’ parents. The most effective way to explain the program to parents would be to:

Answer

Correct Answer:explain the program at a parent-teacher meeting