Ec-6 Generalist Practice Test 2

Front 1

What are the six major linguistic subsystems that appear in any given language?

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Phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, semantics, and pragmatics.

Front 2

Which of the following number CANNOT be used to express probability?

Back 2

-0.004

Front 3

The New England Colonies consisted of

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire

Front 4

What might be the benefit of activating background knowledge (schema) of the students prior to reading about a given topic?

Back 4

Students can make connections to the story and develop a better understanding of the content.

Front 5

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were two of the most important Mexican-American leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. They fought for

Back 5

Better working conditions and fair compensation for agricultural workers.

Front 6

Identify the most appropriate strategy to introduce the concept of magnetism to English language learners in first and second grade.

Back 6

Develop a learning center where students are able to play with magnets and metals.

Front 7

Which artist's work is credited with beginning the Impressionist movement of art?

Back 7

Edward Manet

Front 8

Dan is an eight-year-old whose vocabulary has significantly improved over the past two months. He is beginning to use relative pronoun clauses when speaking. Dan's teacher has discovered that he still struggles when using subordinate clauses. Which of the following sentences would be an example of a correct use of a subordinate clause?

Back 8

If you want me to go, I will need to start getting ready now.

Front 9

The alphabetic principle has been described as the ability to

Back 9

Connect letters with sounds and create words based on such associations.

Front 10

Daniele is a third grader having problems identifying prefixes and suffixes in the words she reads and writes. When asked to identify the free morpheme of the word "predetermined," she identified the segment "mine" as the answer. Based on the scenario, what might be the rationale for her answer?

Back 10

She did not understand that the segment "mine" is not a free morpheme in that context.

Front 11

Question 11:
What is the mode of the data set: 10, 9, 3, 1, 2, 8, 4, 3, 9, 10, 5, 7, 6, 6, 2, 8, 9, 4, 10, 5, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 9, and 7?

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9

Front 12

What is the median of the data set in question 11?
data set: 10, 9, 3, 1, 2, 8, 4, 3, 9, 10, 5, 7, 6, 6, 2, 8, 9, 4, 10, 5, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 9, and 7?

Back 12

6

Front 13

What strategy can be used to assess reading comprehension for students who are not proficient readers?

Back 13

Oral retelling of the story

Front 14

The use of thematic units of instruction is ideal to teach English Language Learners (ELLs) social studies because it

Back 14

Makes content more cognitively accessible

Front 15

Advanced organizers and graphic representations are commonly used in social studies. What is the advantage of using these strategies to teach content?

Back 15

They make content accessible to all children

Front 16

The main value of using real-life situations to teach problem-solving skills involving mathematics is that the children in grades K-6 can see

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The value of mathematics in solving daily situations.

Front 17

Some of the advantages of using a think-aloud, while reading to students, are that teachers can model comprehension strategies like making inferences, synthesizing information, and visualization. What is another type of comprehension strategy that teachers might model to help students develop reading comprehension skills?

Back 17

Confirming predictions

Front 18

What measurement principle do children Pre-K through Kindergarten sometimes have difficulty with?

Back 18

Conservation

Front 19

The main advantage of using hands-on activities in mathematics is to

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Lead the students to active learning and guide them to construct their own knowledge.

Front 20

The characteristics of the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) include all of the following EXCEPT:

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The LAD is an external mechanism that allows humans to learn multiple languages.

Front 21

A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability the sum of the dice is less than 13?

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36/36

Front 22

When teaching the grapheme-phoneme correspondence in English, teachers must

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Control the inconsistency of the grapheme-phoneme correspondence of English by presenting consistent sound first.

Front 23

If a child is reading an average of 90 percent of the words correctly, he or she is reading at the

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Instructional level

Front 24

In which art movement did science and mathematics most influence art and artists?

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Renaissance

Front 25

You and your family go out to dinner one night. At the end of the meal you receive a bill for the meal. The total bill, before tax, is $78.60. Assuming tax for the meal is 5%, what would you need to do first in order to find out the amount of the tax you need to pay?

Back 25

Multiply the total by 0.05

Front 26

Latitude and longitude lines are used to locate points on a map. What is the term that best describes this type of geometric figure?

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A grid system

Front 27

What is a bound morpheme?

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A morpheme that cannot occur in isolation and, therefore, is attached to a root word or another morpheme.

Front 28

The world region of North America consists of

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Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Front 29

This term describes the exchange or transmission of cultural information and lifestyles from people around the world.

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Cultural diffusion

Front 30

Which of the following is an expression that represents the following statement: three times one-half of a number less eighty percent?

Back 30

3 * x/2 - 0.8

Front 31

Identify the statement that BEST describes sight words.

Back 31

Sight words occur frequently in print

Front 32

The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known as the

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Bill of Rights

Front 33

What is one of the key challenges that children in upper elementary school experience when moving from the stage of "learning to read" to "reading to learn"?

Back 33

Understand the organizational patterns of the text to read more efficiently.

Front 34

Ms. Pompa uses DRTA (Directed Reading-Thinking Activity) regularly during her guided reading groups. What is the main purpose of this instructional activity?

Back 34

To confirm or correct predictions as one reads

Front 35

Which of the following would NOT be included as a component part of the instructional activity of reciprocal teaching?

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Connecting the text to one's own life

Front 36

What song has the same melody as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star?

Back 36

Alphabet Song.

Front 37

Alliteration is a technique frequently used to begin developing student's reading skills as it aims to strengthen students' phonological and phonemic awareness. Which sentence is an example of an alliteration?

Back 37

Maria made muffins for Mom.

Front 38

Plants and trees that need large amounts of water to survive will thrive in which Texas region?

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Piney-woods and Gulf Coast

Front 39

In an introductory unit about force and motion, Ms. Martinez brought to her fourth-grade class the following items: scissors, pliers, a hammer, tongs, and a miniature see-saw. These items are ideal to teach and demonstrate how _____ work.

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Simple machines

Front 40

Identify the number of phonemes in the following word - "through."

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Three

Front 41

The 112 elements of the periodic table represent the anatomical composition of

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Matter

Front 42

Many of the leaders responsible for the writing of the Constitution were familiar with the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment movement. Due to this influence, one of the key components of the Constitution was the protection of the

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Natural rights of the individual and limiting the power of the government.

Front 43

Which of the following instruments measures relative humidity?

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Psychrometer

Front 44

Ms. Thomas introduces new vocabulary words within the context of a sentence and through the use of visuals. Once children understand the concept linked to the word, she repeats individual words, pausing after each syllable. Once children can separate the word into syllables, she guides them to separate syllables into individual phonemes. What skills is Ms. Thomas introducing with the last two activities?

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Phonological awareness

Front 45

The National Science Teachers Association supports the principles that scientific inquiry should be the cornerstone of science education. The association also supports the idea that students should be actively involved in early exploration of scientific concepts. Additionally, the organization believes that instruction should be

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Organized thematically

Front 46

The United States uses the English system of weights and measurements (standard) in daily business activity. However, scientists use the metric system to conduct scientific experimentation. Why do American scientists use the metric system in scientific research?

Back 46

The metric system uses a systematic and precise system of weight and measurements.

Front 47

Joe can place a maximum of 5 apples in a sack. If he needs to put 32 apples in sacks, how many sacks will he need?

Back 47

7

Front 48

Identify the statement that BEST describes the advantages of using the language experience approach to teach reading to language minority students.

Back 48

It provides the schema or experiential background to facilitate the comprehension of the story.

Front 49

Use the following scenario to answer the next two questions:
Scenario: Mr. Jones brought a small peach tree with peaches to school to explain the process of photosynthesis. He indicated that the tree takes energy from the sun and converts it into chemical energy. Part of the chemical energy produced is used for its survival and growth. The excess energy is stored in the leaves and in the fruits produced. To close the lesson, he gave students pieces of peaches and guided them to discuss how the process of photosynthesis supports life on Earth. Based on this scenario, what is the main topic of the lesson?

Back 49

Energy transformation

Front 50

Scenario: Mr. Jones brought a small peach tree with peaches to school to explain the process of photosynthesis. He indicated that the tree takes energy from the sun and converts it into chemical energy. Part of the chemical energy produced is used for its survival and growth. The excess energy is stored in the leaves and in the fruits produced. To close the lesson, he gave students pieces of peaches and guided them to discuss how the process of photosynthesis supports life on Earth. What was the instructional purpose of using a live plant with fruits to begin the lesson?

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To promote interest in the lesson

Front 51

Which of the following artistic movements occurred in the twentieth century?

Back 51

Photorealism, Cubism, and Surrealism

Front 52

The basic states of matter are

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Plasma, liquid, solid, and gas.

Front 53

When it is winter in North America, it is because

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The Earth is tilted on its axis with the North Pole tilted away from the sun.

Front 54

Ken Goodman used the term "miscues" in reading to describe the type of

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Variation that occurs when children try to decode and guess the meaning of printed words.

Front 55

Crystal needs to buy bread for her party. She knows that one loaf will feed 8 people, and there are 371 people coming to her party. How many loaves of bread does she need to buy?

Back 55

47

Front 56

Ms. Jefferson has guided first-grade student to read polysyllabic words until they can read them fluently. Later, students are asked to separate the words into syllables, and finally she guides students to identify the main stress in each word. What skill is Ms. Jefferson emphasizing?

Back 56

Phonological awareness

Front 57

According to the U.S. copyright law, which song can you legally copy?

Back 57

Cowboy Song

Front 58

The use of phonics instruction in conjunction with components from the whole language approach are typically used to create a

Back 58

Balanced-reading approach

Front 59

Which of the following is a nonlinear function?

Back 59

f (x) = x/5 - √x

Front 60

Mr. Martinez is going to be introducing the Dolch words to his first-grade students. Before showing the list of words to his students, Mr. Martinez explains that these words are the most frequently used words in English. Which of the following words SHOULD NOT be included in the list that Mr. Martinez is going to show to his students?

Back 60

Awesome

Front 61

What is the correct expansion of (a + b)^3?

Back 61

a^3 + 3 a² b + 3 ab² + b^3

Front 62

In the past, mercury was commonly used in household thermometers. Why was this substance ideal for thermometers?

Back 62

The substance expands when heated.

Front 63

Which of these sets of numbers represents a true statement?

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5 < 7

Front 64

What type of singing group consists of violins, trumpets, a Spanish guitar, and a guitarrón?

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Mariachi

Front 65

When people think about radiation, they conceptualize the arms of mass destruction like the atomic bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. However, radiation is currently being used for peaceful purposes in nuclear medicine and in household items like

Back 65

Microwaves

Front 66

Why is the lowest average temperature in New York City higher than the lowest average temperature of Lincoln, Nebraska, when these cities are at approximately the same latitude?

Back 66

New York City is surrounded by water, which moderates the temperature.

Front 67

The invention of cell phones has revolutionized the communications industry. However, it has also become a health concern because these electronic devices

Back 67

Emit radiation that has been linked to cancer.

Front 68

For what value of x is the expression 5/x undefined?

Back 68

0

Front 69

Petroleum products come from nonrenewable fossils fuels. These types of energy sources are nonrenewable because they come from

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Decayed remains of animal and plants.

Front 70

Asking students to make use of visual elements, such as graphics, while they are reading a piece of text allows them to identify ways in which these elements can be used as strategies to interpret and make sense of the information they are reading. Based on this information, which of the following statements best supports this idea in instructional practice?

Back 70

Students will create a chart in which they identify the reasons why the author of a newspaper article may have chosen to include pictures in his/her story.

Front 71

The development of fatty tissue and hibernation typical of bears is a system ________ for survival.

Back 71

Of adaptation

Front 72

What is an algorithm?

Back 72

A step-by-step procedure for solving problems.

Front 73

Which of the following are objects in our solar system?

Back 73

Asteroids, planets, moons, and comets

Front 74

Mr. Michel provides guiding questions to guide Tamara's writing. A couple of the questions are "What evidence do you need to prove your thesis to skeptics?" and "What would you say to convince them?" Based on this information, what type of writing is Tamara developing?

Back 74

Persuasive writing

Front 75

What is another way to write 4 x 4 x 4?

Back 75

4^3

Front 76

The scientific concept that best explains the formation of mountains and mountain ranges on Earth is

Back 76

The movement of tectonic plates.

Front 77

Which strategy would LESS LIKELY support students' understanding of writing for different audiences?

Back 77

Telling students they will be writing narrative text

Front 78

Ms. Pérez is planning a lesson that she can implement to increase her students' understanding of viewing and representing. She decides that one of the key issues of her students is to be able to identify how the visual materials they will be using must directly respond to the audience and their needs. As part of the lesson, she intends to have students work on this as a group project. Which of the following group project ideas would be a good choice for her students to select?

Back 78

Students can create a video directly responding to issues raised by a reporter in a newspaper article and share their response to YouTube.

Front 79

Knowledge of the two words used to create compound words can help students in the interpretation of the compound word. However, there are examples of compound words in which the meaning of the two components does not contribute to, and often interferes with, the interpretation of the new word. Identify the set of compound words that fall into this category.

Back 79

Butterfly, nightmare, and brainstorm

Front 80

One of the main reasons for the strong Texas economy of the last 20 years is the number of corporations that have moved to Texas. Corporations moved to Texas to enjoy the state's beneficial corporate tax structure and for the

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State's lack of a state personal income tax.

Front 81

Which type of writing focuses mainly on composition of information text that is primarily intended to inform the reader about a topic or subject while explaining and clarifying ideas?

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Expository writing

Front 82

Identify the instructional activity for viewing and representing for first-grade students that also involves higher-order thinking.

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Sketching an image of what a character might be thinking of feeling during a story.

Front 83

In a two-week period (including weekends and holidays), Max spent $71.47 on lunch. About how much money did Max spend on his daily lunch?

Back 83

$5.00

Front 84

Select the answer that contains the correct sequence of Kodály rhythm syllables for this song line, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Back 84

Ti ti Ti ti Ti ti Ta

Front 85

Which of the following best illustrates a teacher using multimedia as a model or "mentor text" for her students in a writing workshop to teach the concept of "presentation"?

Back 85

Reading aloud from a chapter book and discussing rich imagery and style.

Front 86

What is a good principle to consider when using formal and informal assessment data to inform literacy instruction in small groups in the classroom?

Back 86

Grouping based on assessment data should be flexible and consider individual differences in students.

Front 87

Mr. Lee models using writing convictions as he writes using an electronic projection system. He says things like, "I use quotation marks here to indicate that I am quoting someone directly. Here's how I write the quotation marks and punctuation surrounding the words someone actually says. The main reason Mr. Lee talks out loud while writing is to

Back 87

Demonstrate the use of conventional grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Front 88

A teacher notices multiple bruising marks on a child. The teacher should

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Report the evidences immediately.

Front 89

Mr. Laurence read a story to his kindergarten students in a very pleasant and natural tone of voice. Later, he uses a series of connected pictures representing events in the story. In addition to helping children understand the story, what other element is he teaching?

Back 89

The teacher is introducing sequencing and the story structure.

Front 90

What is currently the most economic activity in the Dallas/Forth Worth region?

Back 90

Defense and technology

Front 91

What was the most important economic implication of the discovery of oil in Texas in 1901?

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It made Texas No. 1 producer of textiles and cattle.

Front 92

Volcano eruptions can cause other natural physical events like earthquakes, avalanches, mudslides, and

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Tsunamis

Front 93

Convergent research on linear versus curvilinear rhetorical patterns shows that Spanish-speaking English language learners and young children in general have a tendency to follow a curvilinear approach in writing. What strategies can teachers use to support these students?

Back 93

Guide children to develop an outline for the story and provide them with guiding questions to keep them focused on the topic.

Front 94

The Civil Rights Movement sought for African Americans. Even after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were added to the Constitution, blacks were denied full civil rights. Discrimination existed throughout the nation. Jim Crow laws were enforced in the

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South

Front 95

Texas has been identified as a regional economy. That is, each region has a dominant economic activity. For example, timber is one of the most important economic activities in

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East Texas

Front 96

Marcos is a five-year-old student in the process of first language acquisition. He often produces statements like: This lollipop is the bestest Mom. Based on this speech sample, this child is

Back 96

Applying language rules.

Front 97

The Andes mountain range and the Amazon river are two of the key physical features in

Back 97

Central and South America

Front 98

Inactivity can increase the risk factor of contracting which of the following diseases or conditions?

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Heart disease

Front 99

Ms. Fuentes frequently leads students in choral reading to promote reading fluency. She also takes declarative statements from the story and asks students to change them to questions or exclamations. Students have fun generating these changes. What is the main purpose of the latter activity?

Back 99

To teach the intonation pattern of the language.

Front 100

When analyzing and interpreting assessment data from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, what must assessors take into account?

Back 100

The students might express potential differently due to linguistic and cultural influences.

Front 101

The "E" in the acronym RICE, a treatment process for sprains, represents

Back 101

Elevation

Front 102

Ms. Becerra uses a strategy with her sixth graders to help students monitor their own comprehension as they read independently. She instructs students to stop and check if they understand the main ideas in the story before moving on to the next section. This type of comprehension practice fosters which of the following?

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Metacognition

Front 103

The movement of planets around the Sun creates what is known as a calendar year. Based on this information and the relative location of the planets in reference to the Sun, what is the planet with the shortest year?

Back 103

Mercury

Front 104

Story retelling inventories are generally used to assess students'

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Comprehension, sentence structure knowledge, and vocabulary development.

Front 105

Volcanoes are formed with the motion of the tectonic plates. When the plates collapse, the motion creates cracks in the crust of the Earth, which eventually causes an eruption to release the excess heat, gases, and melted rocks and minerals from the center of the planet. The best indicator of the severity of the volcanic explosion is

Back 105

The amount of gas in the magma.

Front 106

Steve is told that milk must remain at 50º F so it will not spoil and that a turkey must be cooked at 375º F for 2 hours. What is the difference in temperature of the milk and the turkey (while it is cooking)?

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325º F

Front 107

When plants take solar energy from the sun and transform it to usable energy, we say that energy was transformed to

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Chemical energy

Front 108

In upper elementary grades, reading becomes more challenging and meaningful for students because at this stage

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Children use reading to obtain information to be successful in the content areas.

Front 109

What is the scientific explanation of the popular saying "once in a blue moon"?

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An extra full moon period that occurs every two or three years.

Front 110

This symbol represents the official declaration of patriotism in the United States.

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Pledge of Allegiance

Front 111

The state curriculum officially introduces children to the people and places of the contemporary world in

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Sixth grade

Front 112

Which civil rights group challenged the laws of segregation with the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case?

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Front 113

By ages four and five, children are generally able to stack cups in a pyramid, dribble a small ball, and tap their food to a rhythm. They also begin dressing themselves using buttons and zippers. These kinds of activities represent an example of

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Fine motor skills

Front 114

Prior to taking classes of students outdoors, the physical education teacher inspects the fields and contacts the buildings and grounds department to fill in holes. The teacher takes this action to

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Minimize the risk of injury and liability presented by unfilled holes.

Front 115

What economic impact did the emergence of railroad transportation have on the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Back 115

It expanded farmers' and ranchers' markets.

Front 116

What type of informal assessment instrument would best be used when reporting information about how students work together in discussion groups during a book club?

Back 116

Anecdotal records

Front 117

Solve the following problem. Express the answer as a mixed number: 1.6 - 3/8 =

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1 9/40

Front 118

The state curriculum officially introduces children to U.S. History in

Back 118

Fifth grade

Front 119

What will come next in the following sequence: o o diamonds diamonds, o o diamonds diamonds diamonds oo ...?

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diamonds, diamonds, diamonds, diamonds

Front 120

Children can be guided to develop a sense of citizenship beginning in

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Prekindergarten

Front 121

An isosceles triangle is a polygon with two equal sides. What else does this imply?

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It has two equal angles.

Front 122

A world region is an area identified based on

Back 122

Sharing similar, unifying cultural or physical characteristics.

Front 123

The Fourteenth Amendment declared that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens and that all citizens were entitled to equal rights, and that their rights were protected by due process. A group of people living in the U.S. was not included. Which group was excluded from the equal rights provisions?

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Native Americans

Front 124

Geographers have divided the world into ten regions: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Central Eurasia, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Australia. These divisions are based on

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Physical and cultural similarities.

Front 125

Which of the following best describes a lesson plan for elementary physical education students who need additional development and practice with a locomotor skill?

Back 125

Introduction to traveling pathways such as straight, curved, or zigzag.

Front 126

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with other African-American leaders. His famous "I have a Dream" speech took place during the march in Washington in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This speech

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Gained more supporters for the cause.

Front 127

In compliance with NCLB legislation, Texas has adopted an instrument to assess the English achievement of ELLs - the Texas Observation Protocol (TOP). The TOP assesses the listening, speaking, reading, and writing components of English. In addition to the writing samples required, this instrument uses ______ to assess the linguistic performance of children in English.

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A checklist identifying specific literacy components.

Front 128

Which of the following would be the best set of units to use when measuring a football field?

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Meters

Front 129

A second-grade student began writing a composition about his friend in the following way: (1) George is my friend. (2) Mary is my best friend. (3) Rachel are my friends too. What type of support does this child need to write a more cohesive and standard writing sample?

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Agreement and sentence connectors

Front 130

The system most affected by aerobic activity is the

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Cardiovascular system

Front 131

President John F. Kennedy proposed new civil rights laws as well as programs to help the millions of Americans living in poverty. After Kennedy's assassination in Dallas in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass the laws. As a result of the leadership of these two men, which piece of legislation was passed?

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The Civil Rights Act

Front 132

What are minimal pairs used to teach and access?

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Phonology

Front 133

The ice cap of the North Pole is melting at an alarming rate. The melting of the ice cap is an example of a

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Physical change

Front 134

How many faces does a cube have?

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6

Front 135

Dan and Stacy live on a farm where they are no longer allowed to let their cattle roam free. They need to add a fence around their land which has a shape of a rectangle. How many feet of fence do they need to buy in order to fence in all their land with a height of 223 ft. and width of 467 ft.?

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1,380 ft.

Front 136

Warm-and cold-blooded animals need heat to survive; however, only warm-blooded animals produce heat. Cold-blooded animals obtain heat from

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The sun

Front 137

What is the formula for the relationship between the number of faces, vertices, and edges of a cube?

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F + V = E + 2

Front 138

While teaching a basketball unit to an elementary school class, the best way to develop skills would be to

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Use smaller balls and lower the baskets.

Front 139

The principles of art describe

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The guidelines that artist follow to create art and to deliver their intended message.

Front 140

What is one of the key advantages of using integrated thematic instruction?

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It eliminates the artificial boundaries created through traditional course scheduling.