TX PACT ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC SKILLS 700
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Effective instruction. Answer: Accounts for the student's ability
and the demands of the text while also providing support to help the
student succeed.
◉ Reading aloud. Answer: Can help students gain an understanding
of how written language works and how reading can be rewarding.
◉ Small-group instruction. Answer: help students increase their
ability to identify words, read independently, and discuss texts.
◉ Visual Cues:. Answer: Entail using print for word identification.
Phonic, structural analysis (or morphemic analysis), and sight words
help students use ____ to read.
◉ Meaning in reading:. Answer: Entails paying attention to what
would make sense in identifying a word. When students rely on
what they know about the semantics of language, they are using ___.
They are paying attention to what makes sense.
,◉ Structure Cue:. Answer: Entail using knowledge of syntax or how
words can be combined in English.
◉ Student is not paying attention to print in word identification..
Answer: Student: After school, Fred WANTED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student did not use any visual cues to identify this word.
◉ The student pays attention to some, but not all, visual cues in
identifying a word.. Answer: Student: Next week we will COMBINE
leaves we find for our science unit.
Text: Next week we will COLLECT leaves we find for our science unit.
The student made a miscue or oral reading error, but the student did
use some visual cues.
◉ The student is paying attention to meaning:. Answer: Student:
After school, Fred WANTED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student is not using visual cues, but the student is using
meaning cues.
◉ The student is not paying attention to meaning:. Answer: Student:
After school, Fred went to the mall with his FREEZE.
Text: After school, Fred went to the mall with his FRIENDS.
, The student is using some visual cues, but the student is not using
meaning cues because what the student says does not make sense.
◉ The student is not using (language) structure cues:. Answer:
Student: After school, Fred DEPENDED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student is using some visual cues (the de and the ed), but the
student is not using structure cues. What the student says is not how
words are combined in conventional English.
◉ Running Records:. Answer: An assessment tool in which teachers
listen to students read aloud, and record what the students did or
said for each word they read, whether they
1.) correctly read a word. 2.) made an oral reading error or miscue.
3.) repeated a word or series of words. 4.) self-corrected. 5.) were
unable to try to read a word.
◉ Running Records Examples. Answer: page. 41-44
◉ Running Records- Substitution. Answer: The student says a word
different from the word in the text. The teacher's substitution is
counted as an error unless the student self-corrects.
◉ Running Records- Omission. Answer: The student leaves out the
word in the text.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Effective instruction. Answer: Accounts for the student's ability
and the demands of the text while also providing support to help the
student succeed.
◉ Reading aloud. Answer: Can help students gain an understanding
of how written language works and how reading can be rewarding.
◉ Small-group instruction. Answer: help students increase their
ability to identify words, read independently, and discuss texts.
◉ Visual Cues:. Answer: Entail using print for word identification.
Phonic, structural analysis (or morphemic analysis), and sight words
help students use ____ to read.
◉ Meaning in reading:. Answer: Entails paying attention to what
would make sense in identifying a word. When students rely on
what they know about the semantics of language, they are using ___.
They are paying attention to what makes sense.
,◉ Structure Cue:. Answer: Entail using knowledge of syntax or how
words can be combined in English.
◉ Student is not paying attention to print in word identification..
Answer: Student: After school, Fred WANTED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student did not use any visual cues to identify this word.
◉ The student pays attention to some, but not all, visual cues in
identifying a word.. Answer: Student: Next week we will COMBINE
leaves we find for our science unit.
Text: Next week we will COLLECT leaves we find for our science unit.
The student made a miscue or oral reading error, but the student did
use some visual cues.
◉ The student is paying attention to meaning:. Answer: Student:
After school, Fred WANTED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student is not using visual cues, but the student is using
meaning cues.
◉ The student is not paying attention to meaning:. Answer: Student:
After school, Fred went to the mall with his FREEZE.
Text: After school, Fred went to the mall with his FRIENDS.
, The student is using some visual cues, but the student is not using
meaning cues because what the student says does not make sense.
◉ The student is not using (language) structure cues:. Answer:
Student: After school, Fred DEPENDED to go to the mall.
Text: After school, Fred DECIDED to go to the mall.
The student is using some visual cues (the de and the ed), but the
student is not using structure cues. What the student says is not how
words are combined in conventional English.
◉ Running Records:. Answer: An assessment tool in which teachers
listen to students read aloud, and record what the students did or
said for each word they read, whether they
1.) correctly read a word. 2.) made an oral reading error or miscue.
3.) repeated a word or series of words. 4.) self-corrected. 5.) were
unable to try to read a word.
◉ Running Records Examples. Answer: page. 41-44
◉ Running Records- Substitution. Answer: The student says a word
different from the word in the text. The teacher's substitution is
counted as an error unless the student self-corrects.
◉ Running Records- Omission. Answer: The student leaves out the
word in the text.
