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Mr. Hollibaugh notices his 2nd-grade students are now writing complete, simple sentences consistently. Which would be the most appropriate next step in instruction?

Mr. Blake had students write a paragraph comparing and contrasting two animals they had studied. To scaffold the process, he provided the following: “______ and ______ are both ______. They are alike because ______. They have differences, too. The ______ is ______, and the ______ is ______.”  This is an example of using:  

Mrs. James is teaching her students how to write a summary of informational text. Instruction should focus on:

Which of the following BEST explains why teachers need to teach various text structures in writing?

An 8th grade student with dysgraphia has difficulty with notetaking during class instruction. What would be the best accommodation to help this student?  

Mrs. Castillow leads her 6th-grade students in a prewriting activity about plant and animal cells. She provides a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences. She then writes, “Cells have a cell wall.” What instructional activity should she include next to promote sentence expansion?  

Ms. Shadow, a 4th-grade teacher, wants to combine social studies with her literacy instruction. In social studies, she is starting the chapter on Idaho symbols, including the state flower (syringa), bird (mountain bluebird), and state seal. What type of informational text is Ms. Shadow probably having her students read for this social studies unit?  

Which process is most effective for a reader to synthesize meaning from a complex multimodal text (e.g., a website featuring an interactive infographic, video clips, and written articles)?

As a final project in a genre study, Mr. Galford had his 5th-grade students rewrite a fairy tale with an alternate ending. Which of the following criteria would be essential to include in a rubric?

Miss Bauer reads a story to her first graders. Throughout the week, the children reread the same story in a variety of ways, including choral reading in small groups, whisper reading to themselves, and partner reading. At the end of the week, Miss Bauer has each student read the book to her individually as she checks for expression and accuracy. What is Miss Bauer’s instructional focus?