Praxis 5001 Reading and Language Arts 3

Question 1

Which instructional practice best supports English Language Learners in developing academic vocabulary?

Accepted Answer

Using cognates, visuals, gestures, and repeated exposure in context

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Only using visual supports without verbal explanation

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Providing content instruction in the student's home language only

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Limiting vocabulary instruction to grade-level texts alone

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of a Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)?

Accepted Answer

To engage students in making and verifying predictions while reading

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To improve decoding speed

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To assess phonological awareness

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To develop handwriting fluency

Question 3

Which element is essential for a well-developed narrative written by an elementary student?

Accepted Answer

A clear problem, events that build tension, and a resolution

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Multiple subplots and flashbacks

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Only dialogue with no description

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A five-paragraph essay format

Question 4

A student consistently omits endings like -s, -ed, and -ing when reading aloud. Which area is most likely the source of this difficulty?

Accepted Answer

Morphological awareness

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Sight-word recognition

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Phonemic awareness of initial sounds

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Reading rate

Question 5

Which reading model views comprehension as an interaction between the reader's background knowledge and the text?

Accepted Answer

Interactive model

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Bottom-up model

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Top-down model

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Decoding-only model

Question 6

A teacher has students keep a reading response journal. Which skill does this practice most directly support?

Accepted Answer

Text-to-self connections and written reflection

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Oral reading fluency

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Phonics pattern recognition

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Sight-word automaticity