NES SUBTEST 1 PRACTICE ACTUAL TEST

NES SUBTEST 1 – PRACTICE (ACTUAL / ) TEST

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Several third-grade students lack automatic word recognition of grade-level sight words. Which of the following strategies would be most effective in addressing the students' needs? - - -Answers----A. providing the students with explicit instruction in the spelling of the target words and frequent opportunities to use the words in writing activities

• leading the students in various word-sort activities during

which they organize the target words according to their spelling patterns

• introducing the students to common roots and offices and

guiding them in combining various roots and offices to form the target words

• encouraging the students to increase their independent

reading to create more opportunities for them to encounter the target words in context

several third-grade students lack automatic word recognition of grade-level sight words. Which of the following strategies would be most effective in addressing the students needs? - -- Answers--- 1 / 3

-A. providing the students with explicit instruction in the spelling of the target words and frequent opportunities to use the words in writing activities.

• leading the students in various word-sort activities during

which they organize the target words according to their spelling patterns

• introducing the students to common roots and affixes and

guiding them in combining various roots and affixes to form the target words

• encouraging the students to increase their independent

reading to create more opportunities for them to encounter the target words in context.

teacher: an owl is nocturnal. who knows what nocturnal

means?

student: is it a kind of bird?

teacher: well an owl is a kind of bird. look at this picture of the

owl flying through the sky. and look- here's the moon behind it.so what time is it?

student: night

teacher: thats right! the owl is awake at night. a nocturnal

animal is an animal that is awake at night instead of daytime

providing this type of instruction when reading aloud is most

effective for helping young students: - - 2 / 3

-Answers----A. use their knowledge of words that sound alike

• apply structural analysis to understand an unfamiliar word

• keep their attention on the pictures in the book

• acquire new vocabulary using contextual clues

which of the following processes do upper-elementary students develop primarily through independent reading? - -- Answers----A. acquiring new vocabulary

• decoding words phonetically

• recognizing main ideas in texts

• dividing words into syllables

graphic organizers such a semantic webs and clusters most significantly help students learn new vocabulary words by

helping them gain an awareness of the: - -

-Answers----A: parts of speech of new vocabulary words

• correct spelling of new vocabulary words
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