TEXES CORE SUBJECTS EC-6
PRACTICE EXAM ELA 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following activities is the best way for elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic language usage? - ....ANSWER ...-Role-playing a
range of sample conversations
Which of the following is the most appropriate way for a teacher to help students
develop oral language skills? - ....ANSWER ...-Providing opportunities for
interactions between peers
A student whose oral reading is labored and choppy struggles to comprehend
grade-level texts independently. To improve the student's reading comprehension,
the teacher should provide additional instruction primarily focused on? -
....ANSWER ...-Sight-word automaticity and fluency
While reading aloud from a nonfiction text, a teacher pauses and says, "I'm not
familiar with the word 'phenomenon'. I'm not sure what it means, so I'm going to
look for some clues in the surrounding sentences to help me figure it out." Which
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, of the following vocabulary-development strategies is the teacher modeling? -
....ANSWER ...-Contextual analysis
Which two of the following statements best reflect the relationship between oral-
language development and reading comprehension? - ....ANSWER ...--
Having multiple, varied opportunities to interact with oral language will positively
affect reading comprehension.
-Weakness in phonological awareness is generally a predictor of future weakness in
reading comprehension
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot decode
new words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students would most
benefit from further instruction in which of the following literacy skills? -
....ANSWER ...-Blending phonemes
Which of the following teacher actions best supports the development of students'
reading vocabulary? - ....ANSWER ...-Providing students with opportunities
to read independently
A prekindergarten teacher creates a set of letter and number cards for students to
sort. Which of the following visual supports would best enhance students' ability to
distinguish letter cards from number cards? - ....ANSWER ...-Making the
number symbols a different color than the letter symbols
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PRACTICE EXAM ELA 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following activities is the best way for elementary students to learn
the techniques of pragmatic language usage? - ....ANSWER ...-Role-playing a
range of sample conversations
Which of the following is the most appropriate way for a teacher to help students
develop oral language skills? - ....ANSWER ...-Providing opportunities for
interactions between peers
A student whose oral reading is labored and choppy struggles to comprehend
grade-level texts independently. To improve the student's reading comprehension,
the teacher should provide additional instruction primarily focused on? -
....ANSWER ...-Sight-word automaticity and fluency
While reading aloud from a nonfiction text, a teacher pauses and says, "I'm not
familiar with the word 'phenomenon'. I'm not sure what it means, so I'm going to
look for some clues in the surrounding sentences to help me figure it out." Which
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, of the following vocabulary-development strategies is the teacher modeling? -
....ANSWER ...-Contextual analysis
Which two of the following statements best reflect the relationship between oral-
language development and reading comprehension? - ....ANSWER ...--
Having multiple, varied opportunities to interact with oral language will positively
affect reading comprehension.
-Weakness in phonological awareness is generally a predictor of future weakness in
reading comprehension
During an activity a first-grade teacher notices that several students cannot decode
new words when an onset is added to a rime such as -at. The students would most
benefit from further instruction in which of the following literacy skills? -
....ANSWER ...-Blending phonemes
Which of the following teacher actions best supports the development of students'
reading vocabulary? - ....ANSWER ...-Providing students with opportunities
to read independently
A prekindergarten teacher creates a set of letter and number cards for students to
sort. Which of the following visual supports would best enhance students' ability to
distinguish letter cards from number cards? - ....ANSWER ...-Making the
number symbols a different color than the letter symbols
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