Rve exam study guide

RVE Study Guide

• Can take VCLA & VRA in one day – though recommended if you take extra time or have trouble focusing to split it up.
• There will be multiple choice and 4 short answer (essay) questions.
• Quite a few ‘scenario’ questions – you have a child with ‘x’ problem, what is the best instruction or you see ‘x’ in the classroom, what is the teaching trying to achieve.
• Will often ask what you as the teacher would do “first” – tricky to answer. You should reread the question for clues as to the answer that the test wants.
• Study the practice test and the glossary – particularly the glossary – one student found it helpful to cross-reference the definitions using texts from 366 and 436.
• Use the test blueprint to determine what to study.
• Information was more recent after 436.
• Know activities for the stages of readers and know at least one comprehension activity really well.
• On the VRA you can go back and forth between the multiple choice and the essays.
• Study notes/books from 366 and 436 Words Their Way was particularly helpful.
• Use essays as opportunities to show that you know and can use the terminology. Most students found these questions to be the most difficult.
• These topics have been on the test:
  • Phonemic awareness
  • Phonological awareness
  • Phonemes
  • Morphemes
  • Informal reading assessments
  • Emergent, beginning, and instructional stage strategies
  • Characteristics of readers at different stages (emergent, beginning, instructional)
  • Comprehension

  

  Click on this link below to help you prepare for the RVE with a practice test!!
  Official ETS website:
  https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5306.pdf

  Click on this link below to quiz yourself with another website resource created to mimic the ETS RVE!!
  Quizlet website:
  http://quizlet.com/13209963/reading-for-virginia-educators-rve-03065306-flash-cards/

  

  Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Get Started