GACE 001, 002 Elementary Education Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified)

GACE 001, 002 Elementary Education Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) The Big 5 Areas of Reading... - answerPhonemic Awareness Phonics Comprehension Fluency Vocabulary Phonemic Awareness - answerThe acknowledgement of sounds in words, it can be taught with the eyes closed. Focusing on sound rather that letter identification. Phonics - answerThe connection between letters and sounds, must be taught with the eyes open. Comprehension - answerThe reader can ascribe meaning to a text. Fluency - answerThe ability to read the same way one speaks, with smoothness and fluidity. Vocabulary - answerStrong ties between oral and written language, knowing what a particular word means How can students increase vocabulary? - answerBy listening to others, reading, and being read too. How can teachers teach comprehension? - answerBy asking questions, asking students to summarize, or using a graphic organizer. Define Balanced Literacy - answerThe methods used to teach "The Big 5" reading skills, by building a curriculum to focus on those skills. Examples of Balanced Literacy - answerIndependent Reading, Small Group Reading, Whole Group reading. How can teachers help students understand that print carries meaning? - answerBy demonstrating everyday when presenting text to the class, writing on the board. Describe Independent Reading - answerWhere students choose books at their reading level. Describe Small Groups - answerWhere teachers assist in guided reading, and help students with their specific reading problems. Describe Whole Group Reading - answerWhere the entire class reads the same text, and the teacher incorporates activities to help students learn phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. How can you promote awareness of the relationship between spoken and written text? - answerHighlight and celebrate meanings of text on common objects (shelves, posters, rules, etc). Write what children say on a chart, Use large print books to teach print conventions. Using letter cards to create messages, etc. What is the role of environmental print, in developing print awareness? - answerThe familiarity of a commercial logo transports children from an early learning background into print awareness. Children can bring labels and ads from home to alphabetize in a book. What are some ways to develop book handling skills? - answerHave children identify the different parts of a book, model storytelling, talk about the special features of a book, or identify developmentally appropriate format additional parts of a book (appendix, copyright, etc). How can teachers promote a students ability to track print? - answerBy modeling directionality and one-to-one reading, in large print books. Teaching children the "Return Sweep" method, as well as reading right to left. What are the benefits of alphabet books (especially teacher created)? - answerThey are a great resource to teach letter-sound correspondence, especially if the words are predictable with pictures, all focusing on a single letter, in upper and lower case form. When students are able to make connections between sounds and letters, and begin to understand rules of language such as short and long vowel sounds - answerphonics When children learn the sounds letters make and have the skills of; rhyme syllabification, blending sounds, and can identify beginning and ending sounds of words. - answerPhonological awareness What are the stages of phonic learning as written by Uta Frith - answerLogographic Phase Analytic Phase Orthographic phase Define Logographic Phase - answerChildren can recognize words that have significance to them such as their name or a label or brand they are familiar with. Define Analytic Phase - answerChildren can make an association between spelling patterns of words they know and new words they encounter.