Question 1 1 out of 1 points A third grade teacher taught a lesson using pairs of words such as dull and sharp,

hot and cold, and easy and hard. This lesson focused upon: Answer Selected Answer: antonyms Correct Answer: antonyms Question 2 1 out of 1 points Research suggests that: Answer Selected Answer: students with larger vocabularies tend to be more capable readers Correct Answer: students with larger vocabularies tend to be more capable readers Question 3 1 out of 1 points Words that are frequently used in language arts, social studies, science, and math are called: Answer Selected Answer: academic vocabulary

Correct Answer: academic vocabulary Question 4 1 out of 1 points To use classroom word walls most effectively, teachers should: Answer Selected Answer: add new words each day to meet the students' needs Correct Answer: add new words each day to meet the students' needs Question 5 1 out of 1 points When the words subway and submarine appeared in a text, the teacher helped the children break the words apart. They then examined other words that began with sub. These children participated in a: Answer Selected Answer: morphemic analysis Correct Answer: morphemic analysis Question 6 1 out of 1 points Fourth grade teacher Anna Scott was frustrated. The poorest readers in her class read very few books while the most capable readers read many books and enlarged their vocabularies. This

situation is an example of the: Answer Selected Answer: Matthew Effect Correct Answer: Matthew Effect Question 7 1 out of 1 points The expression quiet as a mouse is an example of a: Answer Selected Answer: simile Correct Answer: simile Question 8 1 out of 1 points To help his students engage in word-study activities, an effective teacher has decided to teach his students to use: Answer Selected Answer: semantic feature analysis Correct Answer: semantic feature analysis

Question 9 1 out of 1 points As teachers choose words for instruction and word-study activities, they focus on: Answer Selected Answer: tier 2 words Correct Answer: tier 2 words Question 10 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is not true regarding incidental word learning? Answer Selected Answer: Most words students learn are taught directly and explicitly. Correct Answer: Most words students learn are taught directly and explicitly. Question 11 1 out of 1 points The three tiers of words as described by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan (2002) are: Answer Selected Answer: basic words, academic vocabulary, and specialized terms

Correct Answer: basic words, academic vocabulary, and specialized terms Question 12 1 out of 1 points Words that express opposite meanings are known as: Answer Selected Answer: antonyms Correct Answer: antonyms Question 13 1 out of 1 points Effective teachers use minilessons to teach students about specific words. These minilessons: Answer Selected Answer: can be provided before or after students read the text Correct Answer: can be provided before or after students read the text Question 14 1 out of 1 points When eight year old Eli encountered a word that he didn't know, he used the surrounding words and sentences to determine its meaning. In that situation, Eli used: Answer

Selected Answer: context clues Correct Answer: context clues Question 15 1 out of 1 points While reading about the Olympic Games, a fourth grade class made a list of sports related words and then made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing characteristics. Those students participated in a(n): Answer Selected Answer: semantic feature analysis Correct Answer: semantic feature analysis Question 16 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is the least effective way to evaluate students' vocabulary knowledge? Answer Selected Answer: formal tests Correct Answer: formal tests Question 17

1 out of 1 points Sets of words such as deer and dear and blue and blew are known as: Answer Selected Answer: homophones Correct Answer: homophones Question 18 1 out of 1 points When introducing new words, sixth grade teacher Terri Crowley alerts her students if the new words were derived from the Spanish, French, or Latin languages. Effective teachers have found that knowing a word's history helps students to: Answer Selected Answer: spell the word correctly Correct Answer: spell the word correctly Question 19 1 out of 1 points The best way to teach students to use context clues is to use: Answer Selected Answer: modeling

Correct Answer: modeling Question 20 1 out of 1 points Because a group of third grade students have difficulty using dictionaries to find the definitions they need, their teacher should: Answer Selected Answer: model techniques for reading and using dictionary entries Correct Answer: model techniques for reading and using dictionary entries Question 21 1 out of 1 points The primary reason why teachers should devote instructional time to the study of similes and metaphors is to help students: Answer Selected Answer: make their writing more vivid Correct Answer: make their writing more vivid Question 22 1 out of 1 points Research suggests that for students in grades three and up, the activity which leads to the

greatest growth in vocabulary is: Answer Selected Answer: reading Correct Answer: reading Question 23 1 out of 1 points The term which refers to the history of a word is: Answer Selected Answer: etymology Correct Answer: etymology Question 24 1 out of 1 points Expressions which must be translated figuratively such as "raining cats and dogs", "chip off the old block", and "skeleton in the closet" are known as: Answer Selected Answer: idioms Correct Answer: idioms