GACE - Elementary Education Test I &
II Combo (501) Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
*DOMAIN I* - ✔✔*READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - ✔✔The ability to break down and hear separate or different
sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of
sounds and words
Phonics - ✔✔Method for teaching students to read which relies on studying the rules
and patterns found in language, the connection between the sounds and letters on a
page
Comprehension - ✔✔The reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - ✔✔The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with fluidity
and smoothness
Vocabulary - ✔✔Demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written language,
increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
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,Phonological awareness - ✔✔The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken
language
Semantic cues - ✔✔For example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - ✔✔For example, does that sound right?
Alphabetic principle - ✔✔Understanding that written words are composed of patterns
of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - ✔✔The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns
Decode - ✔✔To change communication signals into messages
Root words - ✔✔A word from which another word is developed
Base words - ✔✔A stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or broken
down into smaller words
Contractions - ✔✔Shortened form of two words in which one of more letters have been
deleted
Prefixes - ✔✔Beginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or root word
Suffixes - ✔✔Ending units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the ends of
root or base words
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,Compound words - ✔✔Occur when two or more base words are connected to form a
new word
Sectional endings - ✔✔Suffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root word
Morphology - ✔✔The study of word structure
Syntax - ✔✔Phrases and sentences from words
Semantics - ✔✔Refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a specific
way
Content area vocabulary - ✔✔The specific vocabulary related to the particular concepts
of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - ✔✔A sequence of teaching events and teacher actions used to
help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - ✔✔Temporary support or guidance provided to students in the
form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - ✔✔When information is carefully combined with what the
learner already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order
skill
Background knowledge - ✔✔The basic knowledge most children bring to their learning
experiences
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, Emergent literacy - ✔✔The early reading and writing behaviors that precede and
develop into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - ✔✔The understanding of the basic facts of a given passage
Inferential comprehension - ✔✔The ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a given
statement based on collected facts and information
Evaluative comprehension - ✔✔The ability to understand and sort facts, opinions,
assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - ✔✔An evaluative process that involves the reader in making a reasonable
judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally constructing
meaning
Monitoring - ✔✔Means self-clarifying
Summarizing - ✔✔Engages the reader in pulling out the essential bits of information in
a longer passage or excerpt of text and making them into a cohesive whole
Prior knowledge - ✔✔All of an individual's prior experiences, education, and
development that precede his or her entrance into a specific learning situation or his or
her attempts to comprehend a specific text
Schemata - ✔✔Structures that represent generic concepts stored in the memory
Character - ✔✔The person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
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II Combo (501) Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
*DOMAIN I* - ✔✔*READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - ✔✔The ability to break down and hear separate or different
sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of
sounds and words
Phonics - ✔✔Method for teaching students to read which relies on studying the rules
and patterns found in language, the connection between the sounds and letters on a
page
Comprehension - ✔✔The reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - ✔✔The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with fluidity
and smoothness
Vocabulary - ✔✔Demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written language,
increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
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,Phonological awareness - ✔✔The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken
language
Semantic cues - ✔✔For example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - ✔✔For example, does that sound right?
Alphabetic principle - ✔✔Understanding that written words are composed of patterns
of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - ✔✔The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns
Decode - ✔✔To change communication signals into messages
Root words - ✔✔A word from which another word is developed
Base words - ✔✔A stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or broken
down into smaller words
Contractions - ✔✔Shortened form of two words in which one of more letters have been
deleted
Prefixes - ✔✔Beginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or root word
Suffixes - ✔✔Ending units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the ends of
root or base words
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,Compound words - ✔✔Occur when two or more base words are connected to form a
new word
Sectional endings - ✔✔Suffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root word
Morphology - ✔✔The study of word structure
Syntax - ✔✔Phrases and sentences from words
Semantics - ✔✔Refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a specific
way
Content area vocabulary - ✔✔The specific vocabulary related to the particular concepts
of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - ✔✔A sequence of teaching events and teacher actions used to
help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - ✔✔Temporary support or guidance provided to students in the
form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - ✔✔When information is carefully combined with what the
learner already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order
skill
Background knowledge - ✔✔The basic knowledge most children bring to their learning
experiences
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, Emergent literacy - ✔✔The early reading and writing behaviors that precede and
develop into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - ✔✔The understanding of the basic facts of a given passage
Inferential comprehension - ✔✔The ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a given
statement based on collected facts and information
Evaluative comprehension - ✔✔The ability to understand and sort facts, opinions,
assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - ✔✔An evaluative process that involves the reader in making a reasonable
judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally constructing
meaning
Monitoring - ✔✔Means self-clarifying
Summarizing - ✔✔Engages the reader in pulling out the essential bits of information in
a longer passage or excerpt of text and making them into a cohesive whole
Prior knowledge - ✔✔All of an individual's prior experiences, education, and
development that precede his or her entrance into a specific learning situation or his or
her attempts to comprehend a specific text
Schemata - ✔✔Structures that represent generic concepts stored in the memory
Character - ✔✔The person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
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