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The MTTC exam has 210 questions and runs 5 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free MTTC questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) Lower Elementary (PK-3) Education (117-120) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A second-grade student with an identified reading disability listens to a science passage through a text-to-speech program while classmates read the same passage independently. All students are then assessed on the same content objectives. This support is BEST classified as:
Correct answer: A - An accommodation, because the learning expectation for the student is unchanged
A kindergarten teacher observes that a student has difficulty holding scissors, fastening her coat, and tolerating the texture of finger paint, although she runs, jumps, and climbs easily on the playground. Which specialist is MOST appropriate for the teacher to consult?
Correct answer: C - An occupational therapist, to address fine motor and sensory needs
A first grader who recently arrived from Guatemala has not spoken English during her first four weeks of school. She follows multi-step classroom directions accurately, participates in nonverbal activities, and interacts with peers using gestures. The teacher should:
Correct answer: B - Continue providing comprehensible input while accepting nonverbal responses
A second-grade teacher in Michigan notices unexplained injuries on a student, and the child makes a statement that causes the teacher to suspect abuse. Under Michigan's Child Protection Law, the teacher is required to:
Correct answer: D - Report the suspicion personally, even if an administrator has been informed
A third grader reads grade-level text aloud accurately and at an appropriate rate, but she cannot retell the passage or answer questions about it. Using the Simple View of Reading, this profile MOST strongly indicates a need for instruction in:
Correct answer: B - Language comprehension, including vocabulary and background knowledge
A third-grade student in a Michigan public school is identified as having a reading deficiency. Under Michigan law as currently in effect, the district must:
Correct answer: A - Provide an Individual Reading Improvement Plan with targeted intervention
A kindergarten student can clap the three syllables in "butterfly" and can tell that "cat" and "hat" rhyme, but he cannot say which sound comes first in the spoken word "sun." The teacher's NEXT instructional target should be:
Correct answer: C - Isolating the initial phoneme in single-syllable spoken words
A second grader's writing sample includes the spellings SNAKE for snake, TRANE for train, and NITE for night. This student's spelling development is MOST characteristic of which stage?
Correct answer: D - Within word pattern
A second grader reads a grade-level passage at 92 words correct per minute with 98% accuracy, but she reads word by word in a flat tone and does not pause at end punctuation. Which instructional focus is MOST appropriate?
Correct answer: A - Repeated reading with modeling of phrasing and expression
A second-grade teacher is selecting words for explicit vocabulary instruction from a read-aloud about ocean animals. Based on tier classification, which word is the BEST choice for direct instruction?
Correct answer: B - observe
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