MTTC ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ alliteration, assonance, onomatopea. Answer: alliteration: Repetition
of sounds in words (Black Bird, Peter Pipper, "CHirp, CHirp said the
CHick")
assonance: repition of similar sounds or vowels in words (the brIDE
crIED, hEar the wEdding bElls, the rAIN in spAIN)
onomatopea: mimicking sounds (honk, chrip, click, quack, meow)
⩥ syntactic. Answer: the study of sentences and phrases, correct
grammatical structure of a sentence (student places adjectives after
nouns is NOT SYNTACTIC)
⩥ KWL charts. Answer: what you KNOW, what you WONDER, and
what you LEARNED (use to remind students about what you
read/discussed, expand on the topic, and show relationships)
⩥ synonym. Answer: a word that has the same meaning as another word
(funny, hilarious)
⩥ antonym. Answer: a word that means the opposite of another word
(good and bad)
,⩥ literal comprehension vs critical comprehension. Answer: literal-
skills used to identify the main idea, important facts, and using context
clues
critical- involves prior knowledge and understanding (inferences, point
of view, tone, language, fact and opinion)
⩥ Metacognition. Answer: "Thinking about thinking" or the ability to
evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and
then to monitor and adjust one's performance on that task
metacognitive skills are grouped into 3 categories: awareness, planning,
and self monitoring & reflection
⩥ letter recognition- which letters should be taught first?. Answer: lower
case letters that are most commonly used like a, m, t, s, d
⩥ CVCe words. Answer: a group of words that contain the same
vowel(s) for example, rOpE, pOkE, hOlE, jOkE, vOtE
⩥ define "Echo Reading" and explain when you would use it. Answer:
Reading of a text where an adult or experienced reader reads a line of
text, and the student repeats the line. Good technique for Emergent and
Early Readers to build fluency and teach expression.
,⩥ what would be a way in effectively supporting kindergarten
vocabulary development during whole group read aloud?. Answer:
pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of the passage and to
question students about key words in the text
⩥ which theme was frequently explored by Julia Alvarez, mildred taylor,
and laurence yep ?. Answer: the determination to overcome social
injustice (the lack of human rights that are manifested in the daily lives
of people in the society)
⩥ Which of the following oral responses most clearly indicates that
critical listening has occurred?
"Are donations to your organization tax-deductible?"
"How many people have donated money to your organization?"
"How does your organization use private donations?"
"I can't donate money to your organization, but I can donate my time.".
Answer: "How does your organization use private donations?"
⩥ define rapport. Answer: a close and harmonious relationship in which
the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas
and communicate well.
⩥ A third-grade teacher plans to assess students' active listening skills by
observing small-group discussions and using a checklist to record
, observations. Which of the following criteria would be most appropriate
to include on the checklist?
speaking at least 25 percent of the time
rephrasing a speaker's statement before responding
nodding and smiling during the discussion
waiting to speak until other students take their turn. Answer: rephrasing
a speaker's statement before responding
⩥ what is a primary source? secondary?. Answer: Primary Sources are
immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct
connection with it. (example: someone telling you something, journals,
voice recordings, pictures) Secondary Sources are information that was
created later by someone who did NOT experience first-hand or
participate in the events (textbook, bibliography, newspaper article)
⩥ Which of the following events or developments had the greatest
impact on economic growth in the Midwest region of the United States
during the first half of the nineteenth century?. Answer: the opening of
the erie canal (because it greatly facilitated the transportation of
passengers and freight between the eastern seaboard and Michigan ports)
⩥ define interdependence. Answer: the dependence of two or more
people or things on each other. (oil, corn, cars) (how climate influences
what crops are cultivated in different regions of the United States)
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ alliteration, assonance, onomatopea. Answer: alliteration: Repetition
of sounds in words (Black Bird, Peter Pipper, "CHirp, CHirp said the
CHick")
assonance: repition of similar sounds or vowels in words (the brIDE
crIED, hEar the wEdding bElls, the rAIN in spAIN)
onomatopea: mimicking sounds (honk, chrip, click, quack, meow)
⩥ syntactic. Answer: the study of sentences and phrases, correct
grammatical structure of a sentence (student places adjectives after
nouns is NOT SYNTACTIC)
⩥ KWL charts. Answer: what you KNOW, what you WONDER, and
what you LEARNED (use to remind students about what you
read/discussed, expand on the topic, and show relationships)
⩥ synonym. Answer: a word that has the same meaning as another word
(funny, hilarious)
⩥ antonym. Answer: a word that means the opposite of another word
(good and bad)
,⩥ literal comprehension vs critical comprehension. Answer: literal-
skills used to identify the main idea, important facts, and using context
clues
critical- involves prior knowledge and understanding (inferences, point
of view, tone, language, fact and opinion)
⩥ Metacognition. Answer: "Thinking about thinking" or the ability to
evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and
then to monitor and adjust one's performance on that task
metacognitive skills are grouped into 3 categories: awareness, planning,
and self monitoring & reflection
⩥ letter recognition- which letters should be taught first?. Answer: lower
case letters that are most commonly used like a, m, t, s, d
⩥ CVCe words. Answer: a group of words that contain the same
vowel(s) for example, rOpE, pOkE, hOlE, jOkE, vOtE
⩥ define "Echo Reading" and explain when you would use it. Answer:
Reading of a text where an adult or experienced reader reads a line of
text, and the student repeats the line. Good technique for Emergent and
Early Readers to build fluency and teach expression.
,⩥ what would be a way in effectively supporting kindergarten
vocabulary development during whole group read aloud?. Answer:
pausing regularly to elaborate on the content of the passage and to
question students about key words in the text
⩥ which theme was frequently explored by Julia Alvarez, mildred taylor,
and laurence yep ?. Answer: the determination to overcome social
injustice (the lack of human rights that are manifested in the daily lives
of people in the society)
⩥ Which of the following oral responses most clearly indicates that
critical listening has occurred?
"Are donations to your organization tax-deductible?"
"How many people have donated money to your organization?"
"How does your organization use private donations?"
"I can't donate money to your organization, but I can donate my time.".
Answer: "How does your organization use private donations?"
⩥ define rapport. Answer: a close and harmonious relationship in which
the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas
and communicate well.
⩥ A third-grade teacher plans to assess students' active listening skills by
observing small-group discussions and using a checklist to record
, observations. Which of the following criteria would be most appropriate
to include on the checklist?
speaking at least 25 percent of the time
rephrasing a speaker's statement before responding
nodding and smiling during the discussion
waiting to speak until other students take their turn. Answer: rephrasing
a speaker's statement before responding
⩥ what is a primary source? secondary?. Answer: Primary Sources are
immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct
connection with it. (example: someone telling you something, journals,
voice recordings, pictures) Secondary Sources are information that was
created later by someone who did NOT experience first-hand or
participate in the events (textbook, bibliography, newspaper article)
⩥ Which of the following events or developments had the greatest
impact on economic growth in the Midwest region of the United States
during the first half of the nineteenth century?. Answer: the opening of
the erie canal (because it greatly facilitated the transportation of
passengers and freight between the eastern seaboard and Michigan ports)
⩥ define interdependence. Answer: the dependence of two or more
people or things on each other. (oil, corn, cars) (how climate influences
what crops are cultivated in different regions of the United States)
