Literacy Development Final Review. – Flashcards
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            A child who makes a big clay dog after hearing the picture book Clifford the Big Red Dog
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        may be symbolizing the experience
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            A collection of picture books that may help children with life problems, pain, and strong emotions is called a
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        bibliotherapy collection
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            A picture book dealing with how plants change sunlight into food is
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        nonfiction
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            After book-reading times, discussions may
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            Asking a number of questions such as "What was the cat's name?" in a book-reading time discussion
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        is discouraged in text
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            Big, oversized books are popular with preschool teachers because they
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        all of these answers
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            Books with talking animals
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        may confuse children if they cannot identify with the animals' message
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            Children from _____________ families are more dependent on school for their progress in literacy development.
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        low income
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            Children in preschool can learn about
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        both story beginnings and endings and about title pages in books
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            Dramatizing a picture book
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        both may be aided by props and costumes and enhances children's ability to remember story details.
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            Early childhood teachers find reading a picture book to a large preschool group means
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        all of these answers
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            Educators investigate whether the illustrations in a picture book
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        support the story
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            If teachers are successful in making books attractive and rewarding to preschool children during read alouds, the children will probably
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        visit the classroom library
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            When children make their own books and illustrations,
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        none of these answers.
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            In speaking about fiction and nonfiction books to preschoolers, it is prudent to describe them
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        by saying one contains stories while the other usually does not.
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            Multicultural books offer children opportunities to
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        all of the above
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            Picture books dealing with the reality of young children's lives were published in quantity in
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        from 1970 to 2000
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            Picture books once read to children can be turned into
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        all of these answers
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            Rereading favorite stories is a
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        task teachers perform with enthusiasm.
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            The genre of a book refers to
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        its category such as form or content.
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            The text recommends that teachers
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        both screen all books selected for school purchase and select books for children's special interests.
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            To build child involvement and participation during a book-reading time, the teacher could invite children to
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        all the above
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            To increase use of the classroom book center, the teacher should
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        plan for times when he will be there.
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            When a teacher says, "Charlette, you have a pet," at story time, he is probably trying to
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        relate the story to the children's lives.
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            When children want a picture book reread immediately after it has just been read, the teacher should
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        both be pleased and do it if possible and worry about child capacity to sit through another reading.
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            Working with preschoolers in a developmentally appropriate fashion to promote language arts involves a lot of
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        spontaneous and incidental teaching.
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            When left-handed children are using writing tools, teachers
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        accept the child's hand preference
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            When learning a finger play, children usually learn the ____ first.
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        actions or words
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            When children arrive at kindergarten thinking they can write
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        both a and c their messages are more important than their print script form and they probably think they know more that they really do.
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            When a teacher writes an alphabet letter for a child, the letter should be
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        about 1 inch or higher
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            Understanding the functional uses of print
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        all the above
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            The text recommends that before presenting a finger play to children, teachers should
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        practice and memorize it
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            The speed and accuracy that individual children display in naming alphabet letters is called
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        fluency
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            The most common occurrence of sight reading in preschoolers is
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        reading other's nametags
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            The alphabet principle involves an awareness that spoken language can be analyzed into
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        all of these answers
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            The ability to notice and use critical features of graphic symbols in a written language is called
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        orthographic awareness.
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            Skill-and-drill instruction in alphabet letter formation
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        helps turn off some previously interested children.
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            Leaving one group activity and moving in an orderly fashion to the next is called
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        transitioning
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            Latisha, age four, stops her grandma from entering an exit door next to an "enter" door. You suspect Latisha
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        has a sight word vocabulary.
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            In dramatic play scenarios, a child may
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            If conducting a group with 2 and 3 year olds their group participation may depend on
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        their feelings of trust and security.
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            If circle time goes badly, it may be because
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        the setting was responsible and the teacher failed to observe certain child behaviors
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            If a teacher wants to correct child speech
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        they repeat what was said by saying it back correctly without undue attention.
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            If a group time is stretching too long, the teacher
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        ask the children to move their whole body in some fun rather than exciting way before continuing for a few minutes more.
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            Experts urge teachers to be
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        all of these answers
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            Early readers probably come from families that
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        all of these answers
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            Children playing "library" might be urged to
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        line up favorite books and sort them by subject.
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            Chants contain
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        rhythmic word patterns.
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            At circle times, teacher will notice
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        differences in children's ability to focus and attend
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            Although there have been teacher efforts to enhance children's dramatic play skills, teachers are urged to
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        remain in the background unless child problems or safety is in question
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            Alphabet letters and numerals both are
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        representative symbols
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            A rebus chart has
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        pictures and print.
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            A good technique at circle time is to first
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        mention each child's name.
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            A dramatic play kit for a classroom "supermarket" would include
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        play money, empty food cartons, play grocery cart.
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            A deciding factor that settles whether all attending children have to be at circle time can be
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        all the above
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            A child's oral vocabulary is closely related to
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        reading comprehension and ease in learning to read
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            Children who need additional help and support to aid their language development should
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        all of these answers
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            Children's progress in elementary school is tied to
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        their ability to read
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            Display areas are
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        important instructional areas.
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            Early childhood educators are not behaving as informed professionals if they
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        don't share with children's families the importance of children's self-control skills.
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            Educators urge parents to
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        expect children to finish tasks
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            Family members who read to young children should
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        talk about what the illustrations tell them.
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            If television viewing in a preschooler's home takes place, parents are urged to
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        both discuss it and monitor programs for appropriateness and quality
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            If you ask a young child to give you a red ball and he brings a blue one, the child does not possess the word red in his
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        oral vocabulary.
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            Noted early childhood experts worry that preschool reading-skill instruction activities may
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        reduce play time.
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            One way to encourage reading in the home is to
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        plan a family reading time
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            Of great concern to most educators is the idea that electronic and digital media use
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        all the above.
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            Sending or receiving written messages
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        may aid preschoolers' knowledge of print use.
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            Some federally funded programs have provided
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        integrated child and family education and supportive family services.
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            The best predictor of a child's first year reading achievement is
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        a preschooler's alphabet letter knowledge.
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            The language arts are
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        interrelated and interdependent.
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            The size of a child's reading vocabulary refers to
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        words he recognizes in print.
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            What characteristics may be more predictive of children's academic performance in their first grades of school, excluding their cognitive skills or family backgrounds
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        emotional, social skill, and self-regulation of behavior
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            Today the field of reading instruction seems to lack consensus concerning
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        best practices for teaching reading.
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            Those who study research usually recommend that early literacy instruction in a preschool should concentrate on
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        phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
