Illinois Elementary Education Licensure Test – ELA (English Language
Arts) Study Guide for Grades 1–6
Letter-sound-correspondence assessment - ANS✔✔ nonsense Words
- Students are required to apply knowledge of letter-sound-correspondence and the ability to
blend letters into words
What is Fluency? - ANS✔✔ 1. read at an appropriate rate.
2. read accurately.
3. read with expression.
Prosody (in terms of fluency) - ANS✔✔ Reading with expression, proper intonation, and
phrasing.
This helps readers to sound as if they are speaking the part they are reading. It is also this
element of fluency that sets it apart from automaticity.
One reason students cannot read fluently is that they have not heard fluent reading.
-fluency instruction should begin with an example of expressive reading.
Accuracy (in terms of fluency) - ANS✔✔ Reading words correctly.
Automaticity - ANS✔✔ Recognize words automatically, they do not need to decode or process
them.
They are also sight words.
,What leads to an increase reading rate? - ANS✔✔ Proficiency in accuracy and automaticity.
Verb inflection - ANS✔✔ A suffix is added to a verb, signaling a change in grammatical
relationship between the root word and the new word. An example is s and e d at the end of a
word (-s and -Ed)
When first using this, it is best to use a word that will not undergo a spelling change. (Use
camped, not tried). An example is camped. Putting and e d (-Ed) at the end will not make it have
a sleeping change, as with try to tried.
Diagnostic Assessment - ANS✔✔ Administered before instruction and are designed to identify
students' strengths and weaknesses. Examples:., pre-tests, student interviews, and learning
style inventories.
Mainly administered after progress-monitoring assessments reveal that a student is not
progressing sufficiently after instruction.
Effective Literacy Instruction - ANS✔✔ Will emphasize the importance of reading and writing in
all content areas.
-using fiction and nonfiction text in content-area instruction
Active listening skills - ANS✔✔ A set of behaviors that focuses the attention on the speaker and
lets the speaker know that you are listening and understanding what he or she is saying.
-restating and clarification questions.
-this promotes respect and understanding in collaborative discussion.
, Writing conferences - ANS✔✔ Intended to promote an open and honest discussion that
supports the development of writing and the student as a writer.
Reading work aloud can help students recognize problems.
Teacher open-ended questions - ANS✔✔ "What do you like about your piece?"
This helps center the student/teacher discussion around student-recognized accomplishment(s)
and need(s) while making the conference feel informal and conversational.
When conferencing focuses on students accomplishment(s) and need(s), the student is more
likely to accept feedback and will be more invested in applying writing strategies or techniques
that the teacher suggest
Differentiation strategy for supporting ELL text comprehension - ANS✔✔ Explicit instruction in
the meaning of basic English words. These are tier one words.
Tier One Words - ANS✔✔ Basic words used in everyday speech.
example: milk, smile, jump
-These words rarely require explicit instructional. Unless the student is ell
Tier Two Words - ANS✔✔ High-frequency words used by mature language users.
Example: Obvious, complex, verify
Present challenges to students who encounter them in print. May need to be taught.
Arts) Study Guide for Grades 1–6
Letter-sound-correspondence assessment - ANS✔✔ nonsense Words
- Students are required to apply knowledge of letter-sound-correspondence and the ability to
blend letters into words
What is Fluency? - ANS✔✔ 1. read at an appropriate rate.
2. read accurately.
3. read with expression.
Prosody (in terms of fluency) - ANS✔✔ Reading with expression, proper intonation, and
phrasing.
This helps readers to sound as if they are speaking the part they are reading. It is also this
element of fluency that sets it apart from automaticity.
One reason students cannot read fluently is that they have not heard fluent reading.
-fluency instruction should begin with an example of expressive reading.
Accuracy (in terms of fluency) - ANS✔✔ Reading words correctly.
Automaticity - ANS✔✔ Recognize words automatically, they do not need to decode or process
them.
They are also sight words.
,What leads to an increase reading rate? - ANS✔✔ Proficiency in accuracy and automaticity.
Verb inflection - ANS✔✔ A suffix is added to a verb, signaling a change in grammatical
relationship between the root word and the new word. An example is s and e d at the end of a
word (-s and -Ed)
When first using this, it is best to use a word that will not undergo a spelling change. (Use
camped, not tried). An example is camped. Putting and e d (-Ed) at the end will not make it have
a sleeping change, as with try to tried.
Diagnostic Assessment - ANS✔✔ Administered before instruction and are designed to identify
students' strengths and weaknesses. Examples:., pre-tests, student interviews, and learning
style inventories.
Mainly administered after progress-monitoring assessments reveal that a student is not
progressing sufficiently after instruction.
Effective Literacy Instruction - ANS✔✔ Will emphasize the importance of reading and writing in
all content areas.
-using fiction and nonfiction text in content-area instruction
Active listening skills - ANS✔✔ A set of behaviors that focuses the attention on the speaker and
lets the speaker know that you are listening and understanding what he or she is saying.
-restating and clarification questions.
-this promotes respect and understanding in collaborative discussion.
, Writing conferences - ANS✔✔ Intended to promote an open and honest discussion that
supports the development of writing and the student as a writer.
Reading work aloud can help students recognize problems.
Teacher open-ended questions - ANS✔✔ "What do you like about your piece?"
This helps center the student/teacher discussion around student-recognized accomplishment(s)
and need(s) while making the conference feel informal and conversational.
When conferencing focuses on students accomplishment(s) and need(s), the student is more
likely to accept feedback and will be more invested in applying writing strategies or techniques
that the teacher suggest
Differentiation strategy for supporting ELL text comprehension - ANS✔✔ Explicit instruction in
the meaning of basic English words. These are tier one words.
Tier One Words - ANS✔✔ Basic words used in everyday speech.
example: milk, smile, jump
-These words rarely require explicit instructional. Unless the student is ell
Tier Two Words - ANS✔✔ High-frequency words used by mature language users.
Example: Obvious, complex, verify
Present challenges to students who encounter them in print. May need to be taught.
