TEXES CORE SUBJECTS EC-6 (291) ELAR |ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Infants often begin speaking by using single words to expresss a sentence, for example,
"baby" might mean, "Ther's a baby." these single words are known as:
A. Telegraphic speech
B. Pragmatics
C. Holophrases
D. Semantics
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Holophrases
Oral language development begins at birth when infants experiment with sounds, cry
differently for different reasons, and repeat combination of sounds like ba-ba-ba .
usually, around the age of one, children speak their first single word that is meaningful to
their daily life. These first words are called "holophrases". A related vocabulary word is
telegraphic speech. Telegraphic speech is when the young child uses two words to convey
an entire thought. For example, "me go" for "I want to go home"
Question 2
Which of the following skills listed below would a kidergarten teacher teach first when
developing phonological awareness?
A. Some sentences contain rhyming words.
B. Sentences can be separated into individual words
C. Onsets and rimes mae up a word family
D. Individual words can be broken into syllables.
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,CORRECT ANSWER
B. Recognizing that oral language is divided into individual words
the first skill that children learn sometimes as early as pre-kindergarten- is that a poker
sentence can be separated into individual words. Example: The teacher says, "I love you".
She asks her students, "What individual words make up the sentence, 'I love you'. Who
can tell me how many words are in that sentence?" Understanding that words make up
sentences is the first skill in phonological awareness= the awareness of the larger parts of
sound that makes up our language
Question 3
Which of the following assessment practices would best help a teacher assess a student's
understand of the alphabetic principle?
A. Present the student with a list of pseudo words to read aloud.
B. Ask the student to read a random sample of spelling words previously studied
C. Have the student match letter cards to pictures of objects
D. Have the student distinguish onsets and rimes in word groups
CORRECT ANSWER
A. present the student with a list of pseudowords to read aloud.
Nonsense words are a group of letters that follow a regular phonetic pattern but do not
spell an actual word. The teacher uses nonsense words to assess how well students are
able to apply their ability to use the sounds associated with letters to decode words. the
sounds, /b/ /l/ /i/ /m/, blend together to make blim, a Nonsense words
Question 4
Which of the following teaching strategies would best promote beginning readers'
automatic recognition of high-frequency, irregular sight words?
A. Reinforce students' knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
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,B. Strengthen studetns' phonological and phonemic awareness skills
C. Develop students' word analysis skills
D. Engage students in repeated readings of familiar text
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Engage students in repeated reading of familiar text
Because high-frequency, irregular sight words do not follow typical phonics patterns- that
is why they are called irregular- applying any kind of phonics generalizations or word
analysis sills would not be appropriate. the best strategy si to have students engage in
repeated reading of familiar text. By rereading text, students will become increasingly
familiar with irregular sight words
Question 5
Ms. Langdon enjoys doing fun activities with her students; but, at the same time, she
makes sure that with each activity, there is a clear objective related to the development of
early literacy skills. One day, she starts clapping the syllables of her students' names. "Ma-
ri-a" Ms. Langdon claps. The children repeat her clapping pattern. Ms. Langdon continues,
"Pe-ter". The children again repeat. Ms. Langdon continues until all the children in the
class have had their names clapped out.
What early literacy skill is Ms. Langdon developing?
A. Phonemic Awareness
B. Phonemic Segmentation
C. Phonological Awareness
D. Word Recognition
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Phonological Awareness
PHonological awareness includes the understanding that individual words can be
"chunked" into parts (syllables). All phonological awareness skills are oral skills- no
writing at this point of literacy development. This knowledge about syllables within
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, words prepares children to "chunk words" when they come to an unknown word as they
read
Question 6
One of ms. Langdon' goals is to develop phonological awareness in her kindergarten
children. The most effective strategy to obtain this goal is to have her students:
A. Identify the number of sounds heard in a variety of words.
B. Substitute initial sounds in words to make new words.
C. Identify rhyming words in a story after a class reading.
D. Circle the onset and underline the rime identified in sight words.
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Identify rhyming words in a story after a class reading.
Phonological awareness is an oral language skill that focuses on the larger parts of
sound. Three skills most emphasized in phonological awareness development are: 1.
Individual words make up sentences. 2. Words can be "chunked" into syllables. 3 Some
words rhyme. After the teacher reads a book that includes rhyming words, identifying
those rhymes with her students would be an appropriate activity to promote
phonological awareness. Phonological awareness does not include manipulating sounds;
that skills falls under phonemic awareness. circling onsets and rimes would not be
developmentally appropriate for kindergarten children.
Question 7
Mr. Lopez has his children write in their writing journals every day. One of his students
writes:
I LIK TU PLA DALZ
What skill is his student acquiring?
A. Graphophonemic Knowledge
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Infants often begin speaking by using single words to expresss a sentence, for example,
"baby" might mean, "Ther's a baby." these single words are known as:
A. Telegraphic speech
B. Pragmatics
C. Holophrases
D. Semantics
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Holophrases
Oral language development begins at birth when infants experiment with sounds, cry
differently for different reasons, and repeat combination of sounds like ba-ba-ba .
usually, around the age of one, children speak their first single word that is meaningful to
their daily life. These first words are called "holophrases". A related vocabulary word is
telegraphic speech. Telegraphic speech is when the young child uses two words to convey
an entire thought. For example, "me go" for "I want to go home"
Question 2
Which of the following skills listed below would a kidergarten teacher teach first when
developing phonological awareness?
A. Some sentences contain rhyming words.
B. Sentences can be separated into individual words
C. Onsets and rimes mae up a word family
D. Individual words can be broken into syllables.
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,CORRECT ANSWER
B. Recognizing that oral language is divided into individual words
the first skill that children learn sometimes as early as pre-kindergarten- is that a poker
sentence can be separated into individual words. Example: The teacher says, "I love you".
She asks her students, "What individual words make up the sentence, 'I love you'. Who
can tell me how many words are in that sentence?" Understanding that words make up
sentences is the first skill in phonological awareness= the awareness of the larger parts of
sound that makes up our language
Question 3
Which of the following assessment practices would best help a teacher assess a student's
understand of the alphabetic principle?
A. Present the student with a list of pseudo words to read aloud.
B. Ask the student to read a random sample of spelling words previously studied
C. Have the student match letter cards to pictures of objects
D. Have the student distinguish onsets and rimes in word groups
CORRECT ANSWER
A. present the student with a list of pseudowords to read aloud.
Nonsense words are a group of letters that follow a regular phonetic pattern but do not
spell an actual word. The teacher uses nonsense words to assess how well students are
able to apply their ability to use the sounds associated with letters to decode words. the
sounds, /b/ /l/ /i/ /m/, blend together to make blim, a Nonsense words
Question 4
Which of the following teaching strategies would best promote beginning readers'
automatic recognition of high-frequency, irregular sight words?
A. Reinforce students' knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
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,B. Strengthen studetns' phonological and phonemic awareness skills
C. Develop students' word analysis skills
D. Engage students in repeated readings of familiar text
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Engage students in repeated reading of familiar text
Because high-frequency, irregular sight words do not follow typical phonics patterns- that
is why they are called irregular- applying any kind of phonics generalizations or word
analysis sills would not be appropriate. the best strategy si to have students engage in
repeated reading of familiar text. By rereading text, students will become increasingly
familiar with irregular sight words
Question 5
Ms. Langdon enjoys doing fun activities with her students; but, at the same time, she
makes sure that with each activity, there is a clear objective related to the development of
early literacy skills. One day, she starts clapping the syllables of her students' names. "Ma-
ri-a" Ms. Langdon claps. The children repeat her clapping pattern. Ms. Langdon continues,
"Pe-ter". The children again repeat. Ms. Langdon continues until all the children in the
class have had their names clapped out.
What early literacy skill is Ms. Langdon developing?
A. Phonemic Awareness
B. Phonemic Segmentation
C. Phonological Awareness
D. Word Recognition
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Phonological Awareness
PHonological awareness includes the understanding that individual words can be
"chunked" into parts (syllables). All phonological awareness skills are oral skills- no
writing at this point of literacy development. This knowledge about syllables within
3
, words prepares children to "chunk words" when they come to an unknown word as they
read
Question 6
One of ms. Langdon' goals is to develop phonological awareness in her kindergarten
children. The most effective strategy to obtain this goal is to have her students:
A. Identify the number of sounds heard in a variety of words.
B. Substitute initial sounds in words to make new words.
C. Identify rhyming words in a story after a class reading.
D. Circle the onset and underline the rime identified in sight words.
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Identify rhyming words in a story after a class reading.
Phonological awareness is an oral language skill that focuses on the larger parts of
sound. Three skills most emphasized in phonological awareness development are: 1.
Individual words make up sentences. 2. Words can be "chunked" into syllables. 3 Some
words rhyme. After the teacher reads a book that includes rhyming words, identifying
those rhymes with her students would be an appropriate activity to promote
phonological awareness. Phonological awareness does not include manipulating sounds;
that skills falls under phonemic awareness. circling onsets and rimes would not be
developmentally appropriate for kindergarten children.
Question 7
Mr. Lopez has his children write in their writing journals every day. One of his students
writes:
I LIK TU PLA DALZ
What skill is his student acquiring?
A. Graphophonemic Knowledge
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