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Solution Manual for Preschool Appropriate

Practices Environment Curriculum and
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CHAPTER 5
Book/Reading Center
TEST BANK

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The Book Center should be one of the most attractive learning centers in the
classroom because:
a) Many preschool children can already read
b) Children prefer to play elsewhere
c) It is easier for the teacher to have the books together
d) Bringing books and children together is so important

2. For children to become “ready” to emerge into reading they need to develop:
a) Eye-hand coordination
b) A certain age maturity
c) An interest in books
d) Nothing; they are ready at birth

3. Learning to read is a developmental process that involves:

a) Speaking and listening
b) Matching items on ditto sheets
c) Learning all the alphabet letters
d) Knowing how words are pronounced

4. The difference between emergent reading and conventional reading is:

a) Conventional reading is more difficult
b) In emergent reading children teach themselves
c) Conventional reading comes first
d) Emergent reading is more difficult

5. Which of the following is not a part of emergent reading?

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a) A print-rich environment
b) Daily reading to individuals
c) The teacher teaching the whole class
d) Reading the same book over and over

6. Which of the following are not predictable books?

a) Books that rhyme
b) Books that tell long stories
c) Books with cumulative phrases
d) Books like On Top of Spaghetti

7. Having a duplicate collection of paperback books can best be used:

a) To help children get ahead
b) To replace any lost or torn books
c) To send home for parents to read to children
d) To help children get started

8. Book extension activities can include all but one of the following:
a) Puppets
b) Lotto
c) A flannel board
d) Character dolls

9. All but one of the following books include “sound words”:

a) Luke Goes to Bat
b) Looking for a Moose
c) Hot Rod Hamster
d) How Do You Wokka-Wokka?

10. When children ask to have a book read over again they are exhibiting:
a) The manipulative level of development
b) The meaning level of development
c) The mastery level of development
d) Poor memory

11. When children are read stories from multicultural books:

a) They learn another language
b) They identify with a character
c) They have trouble pretending to be the character
d) They see a different culture from their own perspective

12. To help children control anger or other strong emotions:

a) Read them stories where a character is angry
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b) Don’t read them stories where characters are angry

c) Put similar books away when children are misbehaving
d) Read only stories where characters act peacefully

13. Choose books for your center based on:

a) Books other teachers have used
b) Book cover illustrations
c) Book characters children can identify with
d) Longer texts that children can learn

14. Introduce a new book to a small group by:

a) Having them guess what the cover picture is showing
b) Having them guess how long the story will be
c) Telling them not to turn a page until they are told to
d) Telling them you will ask them questions about it afterward

15. Interlanguage is a form of language often spoken by:

a) Children in kindergarten
b) Children who mix up English words with home language words
c) Hispanic children who have not learned English
d) Children aged 2 or 3

TRUE/FALSE
1. Follow-up activities are not as important as the story. (T/F)

2. Science projects, art activities, cooking, and block building

can all be follow-up activities from the same book. (T/F)

3. To get listeners involved in the book you are reading you

should ask them to guess what comes next. (T/F)

4. Using a book video or CD-ROM is just as good as reading

the story to the children. (T/F)

5. Having a “meatball toss” with a tennis ball detracts from the

story “On Top of Spaghetti.” (T/F)

SHORT ANSWER
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1. The kind of books best used for dual language learners are_________

2. One way emergent literacy is different from conventional literacy is ______

3. Children can be made aware of the meaning of print in their environment

by______

4. The most important thing teachers can do to help young children learn
to read is________

5. If you plan to use a book CD, tape or video be sure it is ________

ESSAY

1. What is an appropriate way for young children to interact with media when
listening to a book being read? Describe in detail how you would involve a small
group of children and a book they are unfamiliar with.
a) Name and describe the book,
b) Describe the type of media and why you chose it
c) Describe the strategies you would use to get the children involved