GACE – Elementary Education Test I & II Combo (501) Study Guide
with Key Concepts and Practice Questions
*DOMAIN I* - correct answer ✔✔ *READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to break down and hear separate or
different sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of
sounds and words
Phonics - correct answer ✔✔ Method for teaching students to read which relies on studying the
rules and patterns found in language, the connection between the sounds and letters on a page
Comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with
fluidity and smoothness
Vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ Demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written
language, increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
Phonological awareness - correct answer ✔✔ The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of
spoken language
Semantic cues - correct answer ✔✔ For example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - correct answer ✔✔ For example, does that sound right?
,Alphabetic principle - correct answer ✔✔ Understanding that written words are composed of
patterns of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - correct answer ✔✔ The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words
based on written patterns
Decode - correct answer ✔✔ To change communication signals into messages
Root words - correct answer ✔✔ A word from which another word is developed
Base words - correct answer ✔✔ A stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or
broken down into smaller words
Contractions - correct answer ✔✔ Shortened form of two words in which one of more letters
have been deleted
Prefixes - correct answer ✔✔ Beginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or
root word
Suffixes - correct answer ✔✔ Ending units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the
ends of root or base words
Compound words - correct answer ✔✔ Occur when two or more base words are connected to
form a new word
Sectional endings - correct answer ✔✔ Suffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root
word
Morphology - correct answer ✔✔ The study of word structure
,Syntax - correct answer ✔✔ Phrases and sentences from words
Semantics - correct answer ✔✔ Refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a
specific way
Content area vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ The specific vocabulary related to the particular
concepts of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - correct answer ✔✔ A sequence of teaching events and teacher actions
used to help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - correct answer ✔✔ Temporary support or guidance provided to students
in the form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - correct answer ✔✔ When information is carefully combined with what
the learner already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order skill
Background knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ The basic knowledge most children bring to their
learning experiences
Emergent literacy - correct answer ✔✔ The early reading and writing behaviors that precede
and develop into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The understanding of the basic facts of a given
passage
Inferential comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a
given statement based on collected facts and information
, Evaluative comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to understand and sort facts,
opinions, assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - correct answer ✔✔ An evaluative process that involves the reader in making a
reasonable judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally
constructing meaning
Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔ Means self-clarifying
Summarizing - correct answer ✔✔ Engages the reader in pulling out the essential bits of
information in a longer passage or excerpt of text and making them into a cohesive whole
Prior knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ All of an individual's prior experiences, education, and
development that precede his or her entrance into a specific learning situation or his or her
attempts to comprehend a specific text
Schemata - correct answer ✔✔ Structures that represent generic concepts stored in the
memory
Character - correct answer ✔✔ The person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
Setting - correct answer ✔✔ The place or location where a story occurs
Themes - correct answer ✔✔ The underlying messages, above and beyond all plot elements,
that writers want to convey
Mood - correct answer ✔✔ The atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through descriptive
language
with Key Concepts and Practice Questions
*DOMAIN I* - correct answer ✔✔ *READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to break down and hear separate or
different sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of
sounds and words
Phonics - correct answer ✔✔ Method for teaching students to read which relies on studying the
rules and patterns found in language, the connection between the sounds and letters on a page
Comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with
fluidity and smoothness
Vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ Demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written
language, increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
Phonological awareness - correct answer ✔✔ The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of
spoken language
Semantic cues - correct answer ✔✔ For example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - correct answer ✔✔ For example, does that sound right?
,Alphabetic principle - correct answer ✔✔ Understanding that written words are composed of
patterns of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - correct answer ✔✔ The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words
based on written patterns
Decode - correct answer ✔✔ To change communication signals into messages
Root words - correct answer ✔✔ A word from which another word is developed
Base words - correct answer ✔✔ A stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or
broken down into smaller words
Contractions - correct answer ✔✔ Shortened form of two words in which one of more letters
have been deleted
Prefixes - correct answer ✔✔ Beginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or
root word
Suffixes - correct answer ✔✔ Ending units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the
ends of root or base words
Compound words - correct answer ✔✔ Occur when two or more base words are connected to
form a new word
Sectional endings - correct answer ✔✔ Suffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root
word
Morphology - correct answer ✔✔ The study of word structure
,Syntax - correct answer ✔✔ Phrases and sentences from words
Semantics - correct answer ✔✔ Refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a
specific way
Content area vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ The specific vocabulary related to the particular
concepts of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - correct answer ✔✔ A sequence of teaching events and teacher actions
used to help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - correct answer ✔✔ Temporary support or guidance provided to students
in the form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - correct answer ✔✔ When information is carefully combined with what
the learner already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order skill
Background knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ The basic knowledge most children bring to their
learning experiences
Emergent literacy - correct answer ✔✔ The early reading and writing behaviors that precede
and develop into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The understanding of the basic facts of a given
passage
Inferential comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a
given statement based on collected facts and information
, Evaluative comprehension - correct answer ✔✔ The ability to understand and sort facts,
opinions, assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - correct answer ✔✔ An evaluative process that involves the reader in making a
reasonable judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally
constructing meaning
Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔ Means self-clarifying
Summarizing - correct answer ✔✔ Engages the reader in pulling out the essential bits of
information in a longer passage or excerpt of text and making them into a cohesive whole
Prior knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ All of an individual's prior experiences, education, and
development that precede his or her entrance into a specific learning situation or his or her
attempts to comprehend a specific text
Schemata - correct answer ✔✔ Structures that represent generic concepts stored in the
memory
Character - correct answer ✔✔ The person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
Setting - correct answer ✔✔ The place or location where a story occurs
Themes - correct answer ✔✔ The underlying messages, above and beyond all plot elements,
that writers want to convey
Mood - correct answer ✔✔ The atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through descriptive
language
