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CHAPTER 1 QUIZ 1.

John McFadden has just graduated from college and will begin his first year as a teacher in September. Experienced educators have correctly told him that teachers experience the most success when they: a. take the first 2 weeks of the school year to establish the classroom community 2. Third grade teacher Gene Brady noticed that his students had difficulty using comprehension strategies. Of the following, the most effective way for this teacher to help his students would be to: a. provide minilessons and model comprehension strategies 3. Students usually feel comfortable, safe, and more willing to take risks when: a. the classroom environment is predictable with familiar routines 4. As a new sixth grade teacher was selecting books for his classroom library, an experienced teacher correctly advised him that students within a typical classroom: a. read at a wide range of levels 5. In the English language, there are approximately: a. 44 speech sounds 6. When a class is engaged in a literature focus unit: a. every student reads the same book 7. Students usually have more opportunities to work independently, select their reading material, set personal schedules, and collaborate with classmates when they participate in: a. reading workshop 8. Theorists such as Piaget explained that students' knowledge is organized into cognitive structures or files in mental filing cabinets known as: a. Schemata 9. Theorist such as Louise Rosenblatt have explained that students don't try to figure out the author's meaning as they read; instead, they negotiate a meaning that makes sense to them based on the words they are reading and their existing knowledge. The work of these theorists reflects: a. reader response theory 10. Wendy's mother taught her to knit and crochet and she knew many stitches. Because she had a great deal of experience, Wendy could now learn new stitches easily in a process of: a. Accommodation 11. The word bookcases contains: a. three morphemes 12. All of the following are characteristics of a classroom community except a. low expectations 13. The common core standards are organized into how many strands? a. Five 14. Six year old Carmen is learning to speak English and often makes statements such as "I have a pen blue" instead of "I have a blue pen". That type of error shows that Carmen is having difficulty with the:

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a. syntactic system Educators who believe that learning is the result of stimulus and response actions subscribe to a theory known as: a. Behaviorism Texts used for guided reading instruction should be written at the students': a. instructional level Effective teachers use formal and informal assessment measures primarily to: a. modify their instruction and reteach when necessary During guided reading instruction, students usually work in: a. homogeneous ability groups Commercially produced reading programs which typically include a student's textbook, accompanying workbook, supplemental instructional materials, and teacher's guide are known as: a. basal reading programs A balanced literacy program integrating components such as reading, writing, oral language, and content-area study is recommended for: a. all students When he rides the school bus, Tommy engages in casual conversation with his friends. He uses more formal language when he gives oral reports in the classroom. Tommy's ability to use appropriate language in each situation shows his understanding of the: a. pragmatic system Teachers can serve as a model of fluent reading by: a. reading aloud to students The zone of proximal development is: a. the level between children's actual development and their potential development Jason could not read the Harry Potter books independently but his reading tutor found that he could easily discuss and enjoy these books if she helped him with the more difficult vocabulary and guided his comprehension. For Jason, the task of reading the Harry Potter books were: a. beyond the zone of proximal development

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