GACE Test 1 (001) Exam Questions and
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A first-grade teacher is concerned about several students whose sight vocabulary is
very limited. Which of the following would be the most effective strategy for the teacher
to use to help the students increase their sight vocabulary? - ✔✔A. Providing explicit
instruction using think-alouds, to improve oral reading fluency
B. Providing explicit instruction in writing words, to improve memorization
C. Providing explicit instruction in letter-sound correlation, to improve phonemic
awareness
D. Providing explicit instruction in the study of high-frequency words, to improve oral
reading fluency
A teacher is informally assessing second-grade students' listening-comprehension skills
after reading Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse. Which of the following
prompts requires the children to draw an inference from the fable? - ✔✔A. Who are the
characters in the fable?
B. What lesson does the fable teach us?
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,C. How does the mouse help the lion?
D. Can mice and lions really talk?
Which of the following activities involves structural analysis? - ✔✔A. Students
identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words
B. Students using individual sounds to blend the letters that make up a word
C. Students determining the number of syllables that make up different words
D. Students determining the meaning of a word by considering the word's parts
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Question:
A student writes the sentence shown and reads it to the teacher as follows.
"I was at my house and saw a little mouse."
The student's written sentence indicates that the student does not understand which of
the following concepts? - ✔✔A. Most words contain several letter-sound combinations.
B. Printed material is made up of letters.
C. Letters have both uppercase and lowercase forms.
D. Letters represent sounds.
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,During which stage of the writing process are students most likely to share their writing
with the entire class? - ✔✔A. Drafting
B. Revising
C. Editing
D. Publishing
COET (coat)RITE (right) COL (cool)BAUGHT (bought) CRL (curl)HICH (hitch)
Question:
Based on the sample of a student's spelling test shown, which of the following
statements best describes the student's spelling development? - ✔✔A. Represents words
with random letters that have no letter-sound correspondence
B. Represents words phonetically, with a single letter representing each sound
C. Recognizes that words are made up of letter patterns that represents sounds
D. Knows simple letter-sound correspondence, but does not understand consonant
combinations
While working on a research project, a student uses the Internet and finds a great deal
of information on a chosen topic. Which of the following is the best step for the student
to take next? - ✔✔A. Making a decision about the relevance of the various pieces of
information
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, B. Downloading the information and compiling it into a packet for the final report
C. Deciding on a format and outline for the final report
D. Searching for graphics to use as illustrations in the final report
During a unit on folktales, a second-grade teacher wants to help students engage in
higher-order thinking. After the students read The Little Red Hen, the teacher asks the
students to justify the little red hen's decision to eat the bread herself. Which level of
Bloom's taxonomy does the activity address? - ✔✔A. Application
B. Analysis
C. Synthesis
D. Evaluation
A teacher observes that a first-grade student does not employ beginning and final
consonants correctly while reading. Which of the following teaching strategies is most
likely to help the student? - ✔✔A. Teaching decoding skills and modeling how to use
the skills in context
B. Showing a video of a children's story and listing some of the words that are used in
the story
C. Pairing the student with another student who is able to use consonants correctly
D. Placing signs around the classroom to label items (e.g., desks, bookshelf, door)
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Answers 100% Pass
A first-grade teacher is concerned about several students whose sight vocabulary is
very limited. Which of the following would be the most effective strategy for the teacher
to use to help the students increase their sight vocabulary? - ✔✔A. Providing explicit
instruction using think-alouds, to improve oral reading fluency
B. Providing explicit instruction in writing words, to improve memorization
C. Providing explicit instruction in letter-sound correlation, to improve phonemic
awareness
D. Providing explicit instruction in the study of high-frequency words, to improve oral
reading fluency
A teacher is informally assessing second-grade students' listening-comprehension skills
after reading Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse. Which of the following
prompts requires the children to draw an inference from the fable? - ✔✔A. Who are the
characters in the fable?
B. What lesson does the fable teach us?
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,C. How does the mouse help the lion?
D. Can mice and lions really talk?
Which of the following activities involves structural analysis? - ✔✔A. Students
identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words
B. Students using individual sounds to blend the letters that make up a word
C. Students determining the number of syllables that make up different words
D. Students determining the meaning of a word by considering the word's parts
I Y m H s a lm
Question:
A student writes the sentence shown and reads it to the teacher as follows.
"I was at my house and saw a little mouse."
The student's written sentence indicates that the student does not understand which of
the following concepts? - ✔✔A. Most words contain several letter-sound combinations.
B. Printed material is made up of letters.
C. Letters have both uppercase and lowercase forms.
D. Letters represent sounds.
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,During which stage of the writing process are students most likely to share their writing
with the entire class? - ✔✔A. Drafting
B. Revising
C. Editing
D. Publishing
COET (coat)RITE (right) COL (cool)BAUGHT (bought) CRL (curl)HICH (hitch)
Question:
Based on the sample of a student's spelling test shown, which of the following
statements best describes the student's spelling development? - ✔✔A. Represents words
with random letters that have no letter-sound correspondence
B. Represents words phonetically, with a single letter representing each sound
C. Recognizes that words are made up of letter patterns that represents sounds
D. Knows simple letter-sound correspondence, but does not understand consonant
combinations
While working on a research project, a student uses the Internet and finds a great deal
of information on a chosen topic. Which of the following is the best step for the student
to take next? - ✔✔A. Making a decision about the relevance of the various pieces of
information
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, B. Downloading the information and compiling it into a packet for the final report
C. Deciding on a format and outline for the final report
D. Searching for graphics to use as illustrations in the final report
During a unit on folktales, a second-grade teacher wants to help students engage in
higher-order thinking. After the students read The Little Red Hen, the teacher asks the
students to justify the little red hen's decision to eat the bread herself. Which level of
Bloom's taxonomy does the activity address? - ✔✔A. Application
B. Analysis
C. Synthesis
D. Evaluation
A teacher observes that a first-grade student does not employ beginning and final
consonants correctly while reading. Which of the following teaching strategies is most
likely to help the student? - ✔✔A. Teaching decoding skills and modeling how to use
the skills in context
B. Showing a video of a children's story and listing some of the words that are used in
the story
C. Pairing the student with another student who is able to use consonants correctly
D. Placing signs around the classroom to label items (e.g., desks, bookshelf, door)
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