Reading for Virginia Educators (RVE) Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2022 Rated A

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Reading for Virginia Educators (RVE) Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2022 Rated A During a writing activity a teacher writes two sentences from a sample of a student's writing on the whiteboa... rd. The teacher shows the students how to use appropriate proofreading marks and asks the students to proofread the first paragraph of their individual writing samples. Which of the following traits of writing is the teacher's focus? a) Ideas b) Voice c) Conventions d) Organization ✔✔... Which of the following terms is best described as connecting background knowledge with clues in the text to come up with an idea that is not explicitly stated by the author? a) Visualizing b) Inferring c) Predicting d) Summarizing ✔✔b) is the best answer. The reading strategy of inferring is defined as a reader connecting to what he or she already knows with clues given in the text without being directly stated. A fifth-grade class is studying the American Revolution. The teacher wants students to understand the differences in perceptions between the colonists who believed their actions in the Boston Tea Party were legitimate protests against British taxation, and the British who thought the colonists were engaged in rebellion against their government. Which of the following instructional strategies is most effective in helping students understand the differences in perceptions?a) List examples of protests and rebellions during other historical time periods b) Read an article to help students understand the causes of rebellions c) Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the concepts of protest and rebellion d) Read a fictional account of the Boston Tea Party ✔✔c) A Venn diagram is a graphic organizer used to compare and contrast two or more things. The other options do not focus on the differences in perceptions, which is the objective of the lesson. A third-grade student wrote the following paragraph about her summer vacation: "My vacation was exciting we did many interesting things. Like visit the zoo, an amusement park, and fishing. I had an amazing time. Because I got to see so many different places." Which of the following topics should her teacher work with her to improve during a writing conference? a) Word choice b) Sentence structure c) Elaboration techniques d) Organization ✔✔b) is the best answer because the writing sample contains many sentence fragments and run-on sentences. A fourth-grade teacher wants his students to be able to evaluate literature by recording their thoughts and reactions about their reading. Which would be the most appropriate writing form in which to accomplish this goal? a) Story map b) Summary c) Response journals d) Guided questions ✔✔c) is the best answer because the characteristics described are that of response journals. The other options to not allow for students to record their thoughts and reactions about their reading. Define: Story Map ✔✔A graphic organizer that outlines elements of fiction (e.g. problem, solution, setting, characters).Define: Summary ✔✔A retelling of the important events of a story. Define: Guided Questions ✔✔Guided questions are used to lead students toward a particular response and do not allow student to express their own thoughts about their reading. Having just broken her truck, a girl attending preschool complained to her teacher, "I breaked my truck, Mr. Frank." Which of the following best characterizes the girl's statement? a) It is an oral miscue. b) It is an example of telegraphic speech. c) It exhibits an overgeneralization. d) It demonstrates a semantic confusion. ✔✔c) Overgeneralization involves applying a particular rule of language in all instances. Define: Oral Miscue ✔✔Oral reading errors that are used to understand children's existing reading strategies and how to help students learn more effective strategies. Define: Telegraphic Speech ✔✔A stage in oral language development when children use twoword phrases and place the subject before the verb. High-frequency words (e.g., "the," "what," "of") are important for emergent readers to learn. Which of the following is the most effective way for students to learn the words? a) Teaching students to read the words by learning sound-symbol decoding patterns that can be applied to the words. b) Teaching students to read the words with repeated practice in the context of predictable text. c) Teaching students to use flash cards to learn the words by sight. d) Teaching students to use a tactile method of tracing the letters and writing the words. ✔✔b) High-frequency words can either be decodable or irregular. Irregular words have spelling that do not follow common phonics rules [Show More]

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