PRAXIS 5205 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
◉ Duet Reading. Answer: An activity where a skilled reader sits next
to a learner and the two read a text simultaneously
◉ Echo Reading. Answer: This is a strategy in which a skilled reader
reads aloud a section of a text and a second reader's voice follows
right after (or echoes) that which was first read
◉ Elkonin Boxes. Answer: used for phonemic awareness instruction.
"sound boxes". Teacher uses one sound for each box and the
students push a marker into one box and blend together the word.
blank squares to be filled in
◉ Emergent Literacy. Answer: Earliest period of learning about
reading and writing
◉ Emergent Reader. Answer: Has print awareness, reads in a left-to-
right and top-to-bottom progression, uses some beginning and
ending letter sounds, may tell the story from memory, may invent
text, interprets/uses picture clues to help tell the story, is beginning
to use high-frequency words
,◉ English Language Learners (ELL). Answer: Students whose native
language is not English and who are not yet proficient in the English
language.
◉ Environmental Print. Answer: Signs, labels, and other print found
in the community (everyday print)
◉ Etymology. Answer: The origin of a word and the historical
development of its meaning
◉ Explicit Instruction. Answer: Instruction that involves direct
explanation
◉ Expository Text. Answer: Text written to explain and give
information about a topic (more difficult for students)
◉ Expository Writing. Answer: Purpose is to inform, describe, and
explain
◉ Five Components of Reading. Answer: 1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Phonics
3. Fluency
4. Vocabulary
5. Comprehension
, ◉ Flexible Grouping. Answer: Grouping students according to
shared instructional needs and abilities
◉ Fluency. Answer: Ability to read text automatically, accurately, and
with prosody
◉ Formal Assessment. Answer: Pre-planned, systematic attempt to
assess what students have learned.
◉ Frayer Model. Answer: A graphic organizer that is an adaptation
of the concept map. Includes:
1. Word
2. Definition
3. Characteristics
4. Examples
5. Non-examples
◉ Frustration Reading Level. Answer: The level at which a reader
reads at less than a 90% accuracy
◉ Genre. Answer: a major category or type of literature
WITH ANSWERS
◉ Duet Reading. Answer: An activity where a skilled reader sits next
to a learner and the two read a text simultaneously
◉ Echo Reading. Answer: This is a strategy in which a skilled reader
reads aloud a section of a text and a second reader's voice follows
right after (or echoes) that which was first read
◉ Elkonin Boxes. Answer: used for phonemic awareness instruction.
"sound boxes". Teacher uses one sound for each box and the
students push a marker into one box and blend together the word.
blank squares to be filled in
◉ Emergent Literacy. Answer: Earliest period of learning about
reading and writing
◉ Emergent Reader. Answer: Has print awareness, reads in a left-to-
right and top-to-bottom progression, uses some beginning and
ending letter sounds, may tell the story from memory, may invent
text, interprets/uses picture clues to help tell the story, is beginning
to use high-frequency words
,◉ English Language Learners (ELL). Answer: Students whose native
language is not English and who are not yet proficient in the English
language.
◉ Environmental Print. Answer: Signs, labels, and other print found
in the community (everyday print)
◉ Etymology. Answer: The origin of a word and the historical
development of its meaning
◉ Explicit Instruction. Answer: Instruction that involves direct
explanation
◉ Expository Text. Answer: Text written to explain and give
information about a topic (more difficult for students)
◉ Expository Writing. Answer: Purpose is to inform, describe, and
explain
◉ Five Components of Reading. Answer: 1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Phonics
3. Fluency
4. Vocabulary
5. Comprehension
, ◉ Flexible Grouping. Answer: Grouping students according to
shared instructional needs and abilities
◉ Fluency. Answer: Ability to read text automatically, accurately, and
with prosody
◉ Formal Assessment. Answer: Pre-planned, systematic attempt to
assess what students have learned.
◉ Frayer Model. Answer: A graphic organizer that is an adaptation
of the concept map. Includes:
1. Word
2. Definition
3. Characteristics
4. Examples
5. Non-examples
◉ Frustration Reading Level. Answer: The level at which a reader
reads at less than a 90% accuracy
◉ Genre. Answer: a major category or type of literature
