DLM DLM English Language Arts 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In DLM ELA, what does 'reading foundational skills' primarily address for students with significant cognitive disabilities?
- Building phonological awareness, print concepts, and decoding at accessible entry points (Correct answer)
- Teaching students to write multi-paragraph essays
- Preparing students for advanced literary analysis
- Assessing fluency rates against grade-level benchmarks
Correct answer: Building phonological awareness, print concepts, and decoding at accessible entry points
DLM ELA foundational skills target phonological awareness, concepts of print, and beginning decoding through entry points appropriate for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Question 2: Which of the following is an example of a DLM ELA Essential Element at the Initial Precursor linkage level for reading?
- The student indicates awareness of print by looking at or touching text (Correct answer)
- The student identifies the main idea of a multi-paragraph passage
- The student uses context clues to determine word meaning
- The student compares two texts with similar themes
Correct answer: The student indicates awareness of print by looking at or touching text
At the Initial Precursor level, DLM ELA targets very early literacy behaviors such as indicating awareness of print, which is the entry point for beginning readers.
Question 3: In DLM ELA, what does 'informational text' comprehension focus on for students?
- Understanding key details, main topics, and text features in nonfiction materials (Correct answer)
- Reading stories and identifying characters and plot
- Writing opinion essays based on personal experience
- Memorizing vocabulary lists from science textbooks
Correct answer: Understanding key details, main topics, and text features in nonfiction materials
DLM ELA informational text comprehension targets skills like identifying main topics, key details, and text features in nonfiction materials at accessible complexity levels.
Question 4: What is the DLM ELA skill focus when a student is expected to 'identify the topic of a text'?
- Recognizing the subject or main idea the text is about (Correct answer)
- Listing every detail mentioned in the passage
- Explaining the author's purpose for writing
- Comparing two different texts on similar subjects
Correct answer: Recognizing the subject or main idea the text is about
Identifying the topic means recognizing the overarching subject of a text, which is an accessible reading comprehension skill targeted at lower DLM ELA linkage levels.
Question 5: Which DLM ELA domain addresses a student's ability to express ideas through writing or alternative modes?
- Writing (Correct answer)
- Fluency
- Phonics
- Speaking and Listening
Correct answer: Writing
The Writing domain in DLM ELA covers expressing ideas through text composition, including alternative communication modes for students who cannot write conventionally.
Question 6: In DLM ELA, 'vocabulary' Essential Elements are designed to help students do which of the following?
- Understand and use words and phrases appropriate to their communication level (Correct answer)
- Memorize dictionary definitions of grade-level words
- Spell complex academic vocabulary independently
- Identify root words in advanced literary texts
Correct answer: Understand and use words and phrases appropriate to their communication level
DLM ELA vocabulary targets understanding and using words and phrases within the student's communication abilities, not rote memorization or conventional spelling.
DLM DLM English Language Arts 1
In DLM ELA, what does 'reading foundational skills' primarily address for students with significant cognitive disabilities?