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NES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SUBTEST
1 (PART I) 2026|COMPLETE EXAM SET
WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Teachers can promote emergent literacy skills when they: - correct-answer -1)
Model reading aloud
2) Point to words as they read
3) Explain punctuation
4) Encourage students to participate in the reading activity (pointing to the words,
or turning the pages).
The idea that written letters and letter patterns can be used to represent speech
sounds. - correct-answer -the alphabetic principle
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Learning letter names - correct-answer -Children learn letter names by singing
songs and by reciting rhymes.
How beginners learn letter shapes - correct-answer -Playing with blocks, plastic
letters, alphabet books, and computer games.
Reading Fluency - correct-answer -the ability to decode printed text easily,
accurately, expressively, and at an appropriate rate
phonics - correct-answer -teaching beginners to associate letters with their sound
values
syllabication - correct-answer -forming or dividing words into syllables
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automaticity - correct-answer -the ability to recognize words quickly, effortlessly,
and accurately
Competency 2 - correct-answer -Understanding
1) effective instruction in phonics
2) word analysis skills develop reading fluency
prosody - correct-answer -the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
Systematic sight word instruction - correct-answer -Promoting automatic
recognition of high frequency words in texts.
Phonics knowledge - correct-answer -Corresponding letters to sounds
NES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SUBTEST
1 (PART I) 2026|COMPLETE EXAM SET
WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Teachers can promote emergent literacy skills when they: - correct-answer -1)
Model reading aloud
2) Point to words as they read
3) Explain punctuation
4) Encourage students to participate in the reading activity (pointing to the words,
or turning the pages).
The idea that written letters and letter patterns can be used to represent speech
sounds. - correct-answer -the alphabetic principle
,2|Page
Learning letter names - correct-answer -Children learn letter names by singing
songs and by reciting rhymes.
How beginners learn letter shapes - correct-answer -Playing with blocks, plastic
letters, alphabet books, and computer games.
Reading Fluency - correct-answer -the ability to decode printed text easily,
accurately, expressively, and at an appropriate rate
phonics - correct-answer -teaching beginners to associate letters with their sound
values
syllabication - correct-answer -forming or dividing words into syllables
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automaticity - correct-answer -the ability to recognize words quickly, effortlessly,
and accurately
Competency 2 - correct-answer -Understanding
1) effective instruction in phonics
2) word analysis skills develop reading fluency
prosody - correct-answer -the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
Systematic sight word instruction - correct-answer -Promoting automatic
recognition of high frequency words in texts.
Phonics knowledge - correct-answer -Corresponding letters to sounds
