PECT module 2 Questions & Answers. Verified.

PECT module 2 Questions & Answers. Verified. Which is most likely to interrupt a student's reading fluency? a.text is too much to read in one sitting b. student doesn't understand 15% of vowels c. students doesn't ...

PECT module 2 Questions & Answers. Verified. Which is most likely to interrupt a student's reading fluency? a.text is too much to read in one sitting b. student doesn't understand 15% of vowels c. students doesn't know sight words of phonetic sounds d. none of the above - ✔✔-Student doesn't know sight words or phonetic sounds You ask a student to look at a book without words and orally tell a story just by looking at the pictures. What ability are you assessing? a. concept of print b. story structure c. phonics d. none of the above - ✔✔-Story structure A boy reads slowly but accurately. What is an 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. none of the above - ✔✔-repeated reading on a text that is at his independent level. If a child struggles with fluency, what can you expect? a. the student will struggle with comprehension b. the student will struggle with phonics c. the student will struggle with vocabulary d. the student will never learn to read - ✔✔-The student will struggle with comprehension-think of fluency as the "bridge to comprehension" A teacher has students crouch when the music is low and stand on their tiptoes when the music is high. What musical concept is she reinforcing? a. tempo b. pitch c. timbre d. dynamics - ✔✔-pitch A class goes on a field trip to a supermarket. the produce manager explains to 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 - ✔✔-find the location of where different fruits are grown and map how they get to the store. A 1st grade class visits a pet store. Once returning back to the classroom the students are broken up into various groups for different jobs (designing pet cages & arranging desks, determining name and setting up the shop)After this the teacher holds a discussion on their activities, what topic is the teacher laying the foundation for in future years? a. opportunity cost b. universal needs c. economic interdependence d. disposable income - ✔✔-Economic interdependence(Previously called global interdependence) A teacher wants to connect a science unit with social studies. The students are charting a plant's growth. Which concept is the teacher targeting? a. time b. continuity c. location d. environment - ✔✔-time Ms. Duke is teaching a small group of 1st grade students. She is giving them the sounds /b?, /i/, /g/ and then sweeping them together to say big. Her group is practicing this skill with several short vowel words. What skill is she working on with this group? a. alphabetic knowledge b. print awareness c. fluency d. phonemic awareness - ✔✔-phonemic awareness A kindergarten teacher includes poetry in her daily read-alouds. She asks her students to listen to the rhymes of familiar poems and sometimes to provide a new rhyming word. Which reading skill is she practicing with her class? a. sight or concrete words b. print awareness c. phonemic awareness d. connecting print to letter sounds - ✔✔-phonemic awareness 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 - ✔✔-the use of letter-sound relationship to attempt to write words. 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 - ✔✔-form 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 US c. watch a video and answer questions about timelines d. none of the above - ✔✔-Make a poster with a timeline of your birth to your kindergarten years. 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 - ✔✔-environmental print Which of the following design elements would you teach in correlations with a math unit? a. harmony b, variety c. rhythm d. pattern - ✔✔-pattern A kindergarten teacher wants her students to understand that words are made up of smaller sound units and 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" - ✔✔-say tiger. now say "ti" and then say "ger" Which phonics unit should be taught last? a. silent e combinations b. silent consonants c. consonant digraphs d. consonant blends - ✔✔-silent consonants-these are the most difficult out of the choices-they include: kn, gn, mn combinations What is an appropriate art activity for kindergarten? a. silk screening b. woodworking c. stamping d. etching - ✔✔-stamping or mosiacs How is a student demonstrating civic responsibility/being a good citizen? a. raising his hand in class b. clean up for recycling c. behaving while walking down the hallway d. voting to pick the class field trip - ✔✔-clean up for recycling During a 1st grade social studies lesson, a child mentions that she lives near the city library.The teacher could take this time to reinforce which social studies concept? a. location b. region c. community d. habitat - ✔✔-community-1st grade social studies standard What is it called when a student speaks alone on stage during a play? a. monologue b. recitation c. commentary d. exhortation - ✔✔-monologue A teacher in a kindergarten classroom wants to take an initial assessment of the students in her class. She asks 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 - ✔✔-book handling skills 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 - ✔✔-discussing ideas with a partner before draftingIn 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 candidates websites c. read through surveys of voters' opinions on candidates d. read about past elections - ✔✔-Read through surveys of voters opinions on candidates 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 - ✔✔-reenact a favorite story through dance-look for answers where the kids are doing the most 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 - ✔✔-To show students that laws are created by members of society and are constantly changing Which activity boost's a 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 - ✔✔-playing & interacting with other s