FTCE: Elementary Education (Florida Teacher Certification Examination) EXAM QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+

FTCE: Elementary Education (Florida Teacher
Certification Examination) EXAM QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Phonemic Addition / Subtraction - ANSWER-Making a new word by adding or subtracting a phoneme.

(What word is "stop" without /s/? What word do you get if you add /s/ to the beginning of "top"?)



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Phonemic Blending - ANSWER-Combining phonemes into a word.

(What word is /c/ /a/ /t/? )



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Phonemic Segmentation - ANSWER-Breaking words into separte phonems.

(how many sounds are in stop?)



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Phonemic Substitution - ANSWER-Replacing one phoneme with another to make a new word.

(What word is formed if the /t/ in tap is replaced with /m/?)



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When children understand how oral language works, what do they begin to connect? - ANSWER-They
begin to connect that knowledge to print.

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Shared reading can help children gain what? - ANSWER-It can help children gain an understanding that
printed words represent speech.



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Alphabet knowledge involves understanding what? - ANSWER-The relationship between letters and
sounds.



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Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER-The understanding that written words are composed of letters and that
groups of letters represenet the sounds of spoken words.



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How many phonemes are in the English Language? - ANSWER-44



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The English alphabet has how many letters? - ANSWER-26



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There is an exact one-to-one correspondence between letters and sounds. True or False? - ANSWER-
False.



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,Alphabet knowledge is a precursor to what? - ANSWER-Decoding.



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Decoding is the application of the alphabetic principle to correctly say or read written words with
understanding. True or False? - ANSWER-True



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Phonics - ANSWER-Application of the alphabetical principle; using letter/sounds relationships.



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Analogical Word Reasoning - ANSWER-Use of words with the same onset of rime as examples.



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Syllabication - ANSWER-Breaking words into syllables.



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Morphemic Awareness - ANSWER-Dividing words into units of meaning.



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Ease of decoding contripbutes to comprehension. True or False? - ANSWER-True.



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, Motivation is defined as? - ANSWER-Enthusiasm or the reason for behavior.



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Motivation in emergent literacy is demonstrated when? - ANSWER-Children show interest in print
materials and enjoy them.



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Motivators for emergent literacy include: - ANSWER-Family or other adults, a sense of community and
rewards.



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Books read aloud to young children are more likely to be what? - ANSWER-Fictional narrrative stories
rather than nonfiction informational text.



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Knowledge of narrative story structure includes what? - ANSWER-Understanding that a story has a
beginning and an end, setting, plot, chartactetrs, theme, and style.



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Understanding text structures provide a framework for what? - ANSWER-Comprehension.



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Children begin to see that they can express their own ideas by writing letters once they make a
connection between what? - ANSWER-Letters and reading.