ELAR
Math
Science
Social Studies
Fine Arts
100
What is Morphology?
What is the study of forms of words, including affixes, roots, stems, and parts of speech?
100
What are the basic operations of Math and an example of each?
What is addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?
100
What is Backward Design / Planning and an example of this used in Science?
Lesson planning that begins with the desired outcome in mind
100
What is a primary source and an example in Social Studies?
What is the "first hand” eye-witness accounts of an event
Possible Example- a letter written by George Washington about a battle he fought in
100
Crescendo (cresc.)
What is To continuously increase volume when playing or singing for music dynamics
200
What would be one way of teaching phonemic awareness to a child initially learning to read?
A. showing students how letters make words
B. teaching students what words in a sentence mean
C. Showing students how words make sentences
D. teaching students what sounds letters make
What is... D. teaching students what sounds letters make
200
3,6,9,12,15,18,21...is a classic example of a(n) _____
A. Fibonacci sequence
B. arithmetic sequence
C. undefined sequence
D. geometric sequence
What is B. arithmetic sequence?
200
What term describes the buildup of an electric charge on an object that is transferred to another object?
A.dipole moment
B. quadripoles
C. static electricity
D. electric current
What is C. static electricity?
200
Ms. Smith wants to ensure she is using good questioning with her students. What is an example of an open-ended question that she could ask her class about the Texas Revolution?
What is... a question that is not answered with a yes or no?
200
Of the following example art lessons, which will most likely help students develop fine motor skills?
A. After learning about how animals blend into their environments, students do paintings of camouflaged animals.
B. Students visit an immersive art exhibit at a museum that uses variation in temperature to convey the mood of the artwork.
C. After learning about the evolution of music in the United States, students discuss the similarities and differences between blues, bluegrass, and country music.
D. After doing a unit on Japan in social studies, a local Japanese artists discusses different traditional artforms with the class.
What is A. After learning about how animals blend into their environments, students do paintings of camouflaged animals.
300
_____ is the ability to write or spell words based on how they sound.
What is encoding?
300
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 3x + 5 - 4x - 9 = 0
A. x = 4
B. x = -4
C. -x + 4 = 0
D. x - 4 = 0
What is B. x = -4?
300
Of the following, which best demonstrates the use of an inquiry-based activity during a unit on physical properties of matter?
- Creating a graphic organizer of physical properties, using a textbook
- Describing the physical properties of different objects in a journal
- Matching terms that describe physical properties with their definitions
- Separating a mixture, using the physical properties of its components
What is #4?
300
Which THREE of the following events most directly affected the economic development of Texas in the twentieth century?
A. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
B. The Arab oil embargo of 1973
C. The oil strike at Spindletop in 1901
D. The stock market crash of 1929
E. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962
What is B,C,D?
300
A fifth-grade teacher instructs students to use a camera to take pictures of various objects around the school. The students are to use the following methods when taking pictures.
- Shoot from up high and down low.
- Shoot from different sides and angles.
The activity will best help students understand the visual concept of
- balance.
- narrative.
- symbolism.
- perspective.
What is #4?
400
Which method would help students learn how to analyze a story for theme independently?
A. Read Charlotte's Web and have the students do a book report about the themes in Charlotte's Web after explaining the difference between theme, main ideas, plot, and setting.
B. As the class is reading Charlotte's Web, have the students track character development, and changes in the plot, and look for repeated ideas have them discuss how these ideas' developments and changes related to their own lives and then introduce the word theme and explain how the tracking activity helps identify the theme.
C. Define the word theme. Have students find the themes is Charlotte's Web. Explain to students what themes are found in Charlotte's Web.
D. Tell students about the themes that are found in Charlotte's Web and have them discuss passages where elements of those themes can be found. Explain to students how all books and stories have themes.
What is B. As the class is reading Charlotte's Web, have the students track character development, and changes in the plot, and look for repeated ideas have them discuss how these ideas' developments and changes related to their own lives and then introduce the word theme and explain how the tracking activity helps identify the theme.
400
Which of the following activities is most effective in helping kindergarten students understand the measurement of the lengths of small objects, such as pencils or cups?
A. Placing interlocking cubes next to the objects and counting the cubes.
B. Cutting sheets of construction paper so that they are the same dimensions as the objects.
C. Listening to the teacher explain how to line up a ruler next to the objects and mark their lengths.
D. Watching the teacher demonstrate how to estimate the lengths of the objects using a child's hand or shoe.
What is A. Placing interlocking cubes next to the objects and counting the cubes?
400
A class has just completed a unit on the anatomy of a flower. Which of the following is the most effective way for a teacher to assess the students' understanding of the concept?
- Having the students dissect a flower and label the parts
- Having the students write a paragraph about the pollination of flowers
- Having the students write the definitions of the different parts of the flowers
- Having the students plant seeds and measure the time it takes for the plants to flower
What is #2?
400
Which of the following is the most appropriate tool for teaching students the geographic concept of hemispheres?
- Web-based encyclopedias
- Digital global positioning systems
- Online three-dimensional maps
- Internet travel blogs
What is 3?
400
Second-grade students each place thin paper over an object they have found in the classroom and rub a crayon over the paper on part of the surface of the object. The activity can most effectively be used to introduce students to which of the following elements of art?
- Texture
- Space
- Line
- Shape
What is #1?
500
A fifth-grade teacher includes a read-aloud as part of the language arts block. Which of the following steps would be most appropriate for the teacher to take to help develop students' oral language skills and support students' comprehension of the read-aloud texts?
A. Grouping students by reading level to complete differentiated activities related to the read-aloud texts
B. Giving students multiple-choice questions about the main ideas and key details of the read-aloud texts
C. Providing students with opportunities to use a think-pair-share strategy to discuss the read-aloud texts
D.Determining students' language development levels before choosing the read-aloud texts
What is C. Providing students with opportunities to use a think-pair-share strategy to discuss the read-aloud texts?
500
A first-grade teacher has set up the following math workstations for students to work in pairs.
- Station 1: Students toss 7 two-color counters from a cup and record the addition equation represented. They repeat the process ten times.
- Station 2: Each student builds a tower of 8 cubes using two different colors, and then records the addition equation that the colors represent. Students then exchange towers and record the addition equation for the new towers.
- Station 3: Students are provided with 9 counters each. One student hides some of the counters. The other student looks at how many counters remain present and determines how many are hidden. The students then record the equation that the missing counters represent.
Which of the following relationships are the students most likely exploring in the stations?
A. Spatial concepts
B. One more and one less
C. Benchmarking numbers
D. Part-part-whole
What is Part-Part-Whole?
500
Of the following mixtures, which can be most effectively separated into its components using a mesh screen?
- Oil and water
- Sand and water
- Sand and pebbles
- Table sugar and water
What is #3- sand and pebbles?
500
Which of the following was the primary purpose of adding the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?
- Creating explicit limits on the power of the federal government
- Granting the power of judicial review to the Supreme Court
- Ceding sovereignty to the individual states
- Amending errors in the Constitution
What is 1?
500
A first-grade teacher is having students march to the sound of a drum. Which of the following instructions is most appropriate for teaching the movement concepts of spatial awareness and relationship awareness?
- Follow the person in front of you, but keep a comfortable distance between you.
- Stomp your foot on the fourth beat of each measure, and turn to your right.
- March faster as the drumbeat gets faster, but freeze when the drumbeat stops.
- Time your steps so that your foot touches the ground at the same time that the drumbeat occurs.
What is #1?