TEXES CORE 4 8 SOCIAL STUDIES
PRACTICE EXAM ITEMS ANSWERS
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY AND CIVICS
REVIEW 2026
◉ graphophonemic knowledge
Answer: is the recognition of letters and the understanding of
sound-symbol relationships and spelling patterns. Graphophonemic
Knowledge is often referred to as phonics.
◉ Inquiry-based instruction
Answer: starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios—rather
than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth
path to knowledge. The process is often assisted by a facilitator.
◉ Didactic questioning
Answer: can be used to effectively diagnose recall and
comprehension and to draw on prior learning experiences." They are
"questions that tend to be convergent (i.e. they tend to focus on one
topic), factual, and often beginning with "what", "where", "when",
"how".
◉ A concept map
,Answer: or conceptual diagram is a diagram that depicts suggested
relationships between concepts. It is a graphical tool that
instructional designers, engineers, technical writers, and others use
to organize and structure knowledge.
◉ early writing development stages
Answer: 2-3 Random scribbling
3 Controlled scribbling
3-4 Mock writing
4-5 Writing letters
5-6 Writing Words
◉ writing development stages
prephonemic
early phonemic
letter name
transitional
conventional
Answer: Pre - random/controlled scribbling, drawing, mock letters,
letter strings, separated words
Early - picture labeling (dog = D), first letter of a word represents the
word
letter name - beginning and ending letters
, transitional - sound is a constant, sound is a vowel but it is wrong
(gres for grass), child hears beginning/middle/end, full sentence
writing
conventional - full correct spelling of words
◉ KWL chart
Answer: graphic organizers that help students organize information
before, during and after a unit or a lesson. They can be used to
engage students in a new topic, activate prior knowledge, share unit
objectives, and monitor learning.
Column 1: What do you Know about the topic?
Column 2: What do you Want to know?
Column 3: What did you Learn?
◉ A. Formative
B. Summative
D. Criterion
Answer: Summative assessment is what students tend to focus on. It
is the assessment, usually on completion of a course or module,
which says whether or not you have "passed". It is—or should be—
undertaken with reference to all the objectives or outcomes of the
course, and is usually fairly formal. AKA End of the unit chapter
tests, state assessments
PRACTICE EXAM ITEMS ANSWERS
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY AND CIVICS
REVIEW 2026
◉ graphophonemic knowledge
Answer: is the recognition of letters and the understanding of
sound-symbol relationships and spelling patterns. Graphophonemic
Knowledge is often referred to as phonics.
◉ Inquiry-based instruction
Answer: starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios—rather
than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth
path to knowledge. The process is often assisted by a facilitator.
◉ Didactic questioning
Answer: can be used to effectively diagnose recall and
comprehension and to draw on prior learning experiences." They are
"questions that tend to be convergent (i.e. they tend to focus on one
topic), factual, and often beginning with "what", "where", "when",
"how".
◉ A concept map
,Answer: or conceptual diagram is a diagram that depicts suggested
relationships between concepts. It is a graphical tool that
instructional designers, engineers, technical writers, and others use
to organize and structure knowledge.
◉ early writing development stages
Answer: 2-3 Random scribbling
3 Controlled scribbling
3-4 Mock writing
4-5 Writing letters
5-6 Writing Words
◉ writing development stages
prephonemic
early phonemic
letter name
transitional
conventional
Answer: Pre - random/controlled scribbling, drawing, mock letters,
letter strings, separated words
Early - picture labeling (dog = D), first letter of a word represents the
word
letter name - beginning and ending letters
, transitional - sound is a constant, sound is a vowel but it is wrong
(gres for grass), child hears beginning/middle/end, full sentence
writing
conventional - full correct spelling of words
◉ KWL chart
Answer: graphic organizers that help students organize information
before, during and after a unit or a lesson. They can be used to
engage students in a new topic, activate prior knowledge, share unit
objectives, and monitor learning.
Column 1: What do you Know about the topic?
Column 2: What do you Want to know?
Column 3: What did you Learn?
◉ A. Formative
B. Summative
D. Criterion
Answer: Summative assessment is what students tend to focus on. It
is the assessment, usually on completion of a course or module,
which says whether or not you have "passed". It is—or should be—
undertaken with reference to all the objectives or outcomes of the
course, and is usually fairly formal. AKA End of the unit chapter
tests, state assessments
