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MTEL Foundations of Reading (Test 90) VIP Practice Exam
MTEL — The MTEL Foundations of Reading (Test Code 90) is a Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure exam administered by Pearson on behalf of the Massachusetts DESE; it consists of approximately 100 selected-response items plus 2 open-response items across six subareas—Foundations of Literacy Development, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Word Analysis, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension—with a 4-hour time limit and a passing scaled score of 240 (out of 300).
29
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A kindergarten teacher notices that several students consistently hold books upside-down, begin 'reading' from the back cover, and sweep their fingers from right to left across the page. These behaviors most directly indicate that the students have not yet developed which of the following foundational literacy concepts? The teacher plans to address this gap through explicit instruction. Which of the following accurately describes what the teacher should prioritize first?
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