Domain V
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Language, Communication, & Literacy
A.
A three-year-old and a four-year-old children are playing at the sand table. One child reaches over and grabs a toy shovel from next to the other child, who yells at the first child to return it. To promote the children's vocabulary related to thoughts and feelings, the teacher's best response to this situation would be to:
- explains to the children that they will be separated because they are not able to play together and share toys.
- help the children talk through their conflict and come to a solution that satisfies them both.
- talk to the children about respecting each other and not taking toys the other is using without asking.
- ask each child to bring more toys to the sand table to ensure that they will have more choices of toys.
B.
A pre-k teacher observes that a child in his class has difficulty expressing herself orally and uses a limited vocabulary. Which of the following strategies would likely be most helpful in developing the child's expressive communication and vocabulary?
- encouraging the child to participate more while singing songs during circle time.
- having the child listen to a variety of stories on tape in the listening center.
- engaging the child in regular conversations and having her dictate stories and ideas.
- conducting more frequent sharing times and discussions with the whole class and small groups.
C.
When learning English, which of the following language skills do young children from diverse language backgrounds typically master first?
- speaking with other children while playing
- sorting different objects based on their colors
- following directions for completing an activity
- recognizing which words in a list rhyme
D.
A four-year-old child speaks both Spanish and English at home. In casual conversation with the teacher, her father expresses mild concern that his daughter sometimes mixes up vocabulary between languages. Which of the following would be the teacher's best response to the father?
- reassuring him that bilingual children often shift between languages at this age
- asking him to begin a daily log noting any language issues that come up with his daughter at home
- encouraging him to speak English to his daughter at home so that she can focus on learning one language
- informing him that the school can provide a formal language assessment for his daughter
E.
While preparing her pre-k classroom for the first day of school, a teacher creates a classroom grocery store in the dramatic play area. She stocks the classroom store with a variety of familiar items (e.g., cereal boxes, milk cartons) and labels other objects in the classroom. Which of the following is likely to be the primary benefit of his classroom design?
- The use of familiar objects will make the children feel comfortable and at home in their classroom.
- Students' self-esteem and motivation to learn to read will increase as they discover that they already know many words in the classroom.
- Experience with print in their environment will help children develop an understanding of the purpose and functions of print.
- The use of food items in the grocery store center will enhance children's awareness of good nutrition.
F.
A pre-k teacher hands a four-year-old child an open book and says to the child, "Please show me where to start reading." By making this request, the teacher is most likely to gather information about which of the following areas?
- word identification
- directionality of print
- letter recognition
- sentence building