TExES 113 2026 Exam
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Ms. Woods teaches social studies to a diverse group of students, including
several ELLs. She divides the class into groups of four to five students.
Each student reads and presents the information in a different excerpt from
the textbook to the other group members. Which is the primary rationale for
using this activity?
,A. Discussing expository selections improves ELL's navigation of nonfiction
text structures.
B. Using prior knowledge helps ELLs make connections to unfamiliar
vocab.
C. Providing meaningful context increases ELLs' comprehension of
academic language.
D. Requiring the use of multiple registers develops ELLs' application of the
appropriate register choice. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. because structured small
group conversations allow students to practice using new vocabulary
through engaging in authentic interactions with other students.
Which of the following words has five phonemes?
A. Apple
B. Stand
C. Break
D. Crash - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. because "stand" has five phonemes s/t/a/n/d.
Which of the following would best help a teacher evaluate the phonics skills
of beginning readers?
,A. Examining students' handwriting
B. Assessing students' sight word recall
C. Timing students as they read orally
D. Analyzing students' attempted spellings - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. because
students' attempted spellings give the teacher an idea of how they view
words phonetically.
To motivate middle school students in language arts, a teacher implements
learning clubs in the classroom. Students have a class meeting on an
assigned topic. They then work in groups to research the topic and reflect
on the information they learn. Finally, they add what they have learned to a
blog. The design of the learning clubs best shows that the teacher
understands the importance of which of the following?
A. Placing students in groups based on their individual language-arts
abilities
B. Allowing students to research topics that are of personal interest to them
C. Developing students' literacy skills through multiple language-arts
contexts
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, D. Providing students with explicit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Option C is correct
because learning clubs allow students to meet in groups to discuss, reflect
on and write about research topics, which all help to develop students'
literacy skills.
A teacher provides students with a list of prefixes and suffixes and their
meanings along with a list of five words, including "predetermined" and
"indivisible." The teacher then asks the students to work with partners to
use the two lists to try to discover the meaning of the words without using a
dictionary. The activity will primarily help students determine the meanings
of words through which of the following?
A. Contextual clues
B. Structural analysis
C. Visualization strategies
D. Syntactical clues - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Option B is correct because students
are using prefixes and suffixes, which are structural clues, to determine the
meaning of the words
A teacher meets with a small group of students to read a new book.
Throughout the week, the teacher encourages the students to reread the
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Ms. Woods teaches social studies to a diverse group of students, including
several ELLs. She divides the class into groups of four to five students.
Each student reads and presents the information in a different excerpt from
the textbook to the other group members. Which is the primary rationale for
using this activity?
,A. Discussing expository selections improves ELL's navigation of nonfiction
text structures.
B. Using prior knowledge helps ELLs make connections to unfamiliar
vocab.
C. Providing meaningful context increases ELLs' comprehension of
academic language.
D. Requiring the use of multiple registers develops ELLs' application of the
appropriate register choice. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. because structured small
group conversations allow students to practice using new vocabulary
through engaging in authentic interactions with other students.
Which of the following words has five phonemes?
A. Apple
B. Stand
C. Break
D. Crash - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. because "stand" has five phonemes s/t/a/n/d.
Which of the following would best help a teacher evaluate the phonics skills
of beginning readers?
,A. Examining students' handwriting
B. Assessing students' sight word recall
C. Timing students as they read orally
D. Analyzing students' attempted spellings - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. because
students' attempted spellings give the teacher an idea of how they view
words phonetically.
To motivate middle school students in language arts, a teacher implements
learning clubs in the classroom. Students have a class meeting on an
assigned topic. They then work in groups to research the topic and reflect
on the information they learn. Finally, they add what they have learned to a
blog. The design of the learning clubs best shows that the teacher
understands the importance of which of the following?
A. Placing students in groups based on their individual language-arts
abilities
B. Allowing students to research topics that are of personal interest to them
C. Developing students' literacy skills through multiple language-arts
contexts
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, D. Providing students with explicit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Option C is correct
because learning clubs allow students to meet in groups to discuss, reflect
on and write about research topics, which all help to develop students'
literacy skills.
A teacher provides students with a list of prefixes and suffixes and their
meanings along with a list of five words, including "predetermined" and
"indivisible." The teacher then asks the students to work with partners to
use the two lists to try to discover the meaning of the words without using a
dictionary. The activity will primarily help students determine the meanings
of words through which of the following?
A. Contextual clues
B. Structural analysis
C. Visualization strategies
D. Syntactical clues - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Option B is correct because students
are using prefixes and suffixes, which are structural clues, to determine the
meaning of the words
A teacher meets with a small group of students to read a new book.
Throughout the week, the teacher encourages the students to reread the
