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23. The IRA and the NCTE have developed and updated their 12 standards for English Language Arts.
a. True
b. False
24. It is important to select multicultural books for the classroom that do not stereotype people according to gender, age,
ethnicity, culture, or types of work.
a. True
b. False
25. The most important time to share stories with young children is during the specified group or circle time.
a. True
b. False
26. Storytelling and puppetry are ancient forms of oral expression that developed historically in similar ways.
a. True
b. False
27. Puppets are useful as storytellers that recount legends, folk tales, and myths of various cultures.
a. True
b. False
28. A two-word sentence, such as “throw ball,” is a good example of:
a. telegraphic speech b. telescopic speech
c. babbling d. recall
29. An infant’s random sounds, often repeated in sequences of clear, alternating consonant and vowel sounds are:
a. telegraphic speech b. telescopic speech
c. babbling d. recall
30. Literacy involves the skills of:
a. listening
b. listening and speaking
c. listening, speaking, and reading
d. listening, speaking, reading, and writing
31. Drawing, scribbling from left to right, creating letter-like forms, or creating random strings of letters are all parts of:
a. emergent literacy b. phonics
c. emergent writing d. Language Arts Center
32. Language can be defined as:
a. human speech b. written symbols for speech
c. any means of communicating d. all answers are correct
33. Literacy development begins:
a. when a child is born b. as soon as a child learns to speak
c. when a child learns to read d. as soon as a child can write
34. A print-rich environment includes everything EXCEPT:
a. photographic images
b. videos
c. labels on materials, on supplies, on equipment
d. story props for retelling stories
35. Which of the following statements is most appropriate in describing a well-planned language and literacy
environment?
a. Writing materials are confined to the language arts center
b. Every learning center has writing and reading materials available
c. A language arts center needs to be in a high-traffic area
d. Only the best quality work produced by children in a language arts center is exhibited so as to encourage their
best efforts
36. Since writing experiences should introduce and reinforce meaningful and authentic opportunities for the children in
your classroom which of the following is not an appropriate experience to support writing?
a. writing with water b. journals
c. tracing dot-to-dot letters d. story starters
37. A non-English-speaking child, who is imitating what other children do in the class, pretending that he understands is
said to be in which stage of English language development?
a. preproduction or silent stage b. early production stage
c. expansion of production stage d. devolution stage
38. One of the first suggestions for guiding children into letter recognition is to:
a. teach the letters of the alphabet b. begin with the letters in the child’s name
c. teach a letter a week d. create word walls
39. The term “literature” refers to:
a. concrete, tangible objects b. books and periodicals only
c. all writings of a people, country, or period d. folk writings only
40. The type of book that is usually the first used with infants and toddlers is the:
a. informational book b. series book
c. folk literature d. board book
41. Fairy tales, fables, myths, and legends are also called:
a. multicultural books b. folk literature
c. series books d. beginning-to-read books
42. The literacy demands of the 21st century have implications for how teachers plan, support, and
student learning.
a. grade b. assess
c. think about d. categorize
43. If a child wants to leave the group during story time, it is best to:
a. stop the story until she returns
b. genlty encourage her to stay, but do not insist
c. put her in time-out until she learns to stay with the group
d. ignore what she does
44. What annual award is given by the ALA to acknowledge the most distinguished contribution to beginning reader
books published in the United States in the preceding year?
a. Newbery Award b. Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
c. Hans Christian Andersen Medal d. Coretta Scott King Award
