FTCE Elementary Education K-6 (060) – Subtest 1: Language
Arts and Reading (601) Study Guide with Practice Questions
A student who is struggling with phoneme blending would be unable to: - correct answer ✔✔
read the phonemes /th/ and /irst/ and correctly say "thirst."
This student is struggling to blend the onset and the rime
Which of the following statements describes a student who is using nonverbal communication
effectively during an oral presentation? - correct answer ✔✔ The student uses periodic hand
gestures for emphasis and facial expressions appropriate for the subject being discussed.
Making periodic gestures and appropriate facial expressions will help enhance the student's
presentation.
Which of the following activities will best help students identify various features of texts? -
correct answer ✔✔ Create a scavenger hunt for students to find various features using different
kinds of texts.
This activity will help students recognize various features of text by students identifying them
when used in real world documents.
Which best describes the purpose of an Informal Reading Inventory? - correct answer ✔✔ to
assess a student's oral reading skills and comprehension
Informal Reading Inventories are used to assess a student's reading fluency and comprehension.
First-grade teachers can formally and informally assess the development of their students'
phonological awareness in all of the following ways except: - correct answer ✔✔ having the
student read silently and write down certain syllables.
Phonological awareness is the ability to hear and work with sounds, not read and write them.
This is not the best way to assess students' phonological awareness.
, Which of the following will best enhance reading comprehension in a sixth-grade classroom? -
correct answer ✔✔ using graphic organizers to compare two reading selections
This is a great activity for students that requires them to think critically about two reading
sections and compare them. This would help promote the students' reading comprehension
because they are analyzing a text and comparing it to another.
Which of the following activities would most help Mr. Hanson's students work on inferential
comprehension skills? - correct answer ✔✔ Mr. Hanson asks various students to explain
possible effects of different events in the narrative.
Inferential analysis is identifying what the author means in a writing. Inferential analysis
includes interpreting figurative language, drawing conclusions, predicting outcomes, and
determining the mood. Determining the effects of events in a narrative is an inferential exercise.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the impact of learning conventional
spelling on writing development? - correct answer ✔✔ It helps students understand
grammatical rules.
Spelling does not translate to grammar. Grammar rules and spelling rules are not dependent
upon each other.
A sixth-grade teacher is demonstrating to her students the importance of conventional spelling
and its relationship to success in reading and writing. Which of the following is a good strategy
for her to use with her students? - correct answer ✔✔ Show examples of how spelling mistakes
can confuse the meaning of sentences.
Showing examples of how spelling mistakes create confusion in writing will reinforce the idea
that spelling and clarity in written communication is linked.
While reading, a student comes across the unknown word "sanitize." He notices in the sentence
the words "dirty, " "but," and "now clean." He determines that sanitize must be the opposite of
dirty. Which strategy did he use to define the unknown word? - correct answer ✔✔ defining
meaning from context clues
The student used other words in the sentence to create context and meaning for the unknown
word.
Arts and Reading (601) Study Guide with Practice Questions
A student who is struggling with phoneme blending would be unable to: - correct answer ✔✔
read the phonemes /th/ and /irst/ and correctly say "thirst."
This student is struggling to blend the onset and the rime
Which of the following statements describes a student who is using nonverbal communication
effectively during an oral presentation? - correct answer ✔✔ The student uses periodic hand
gestures for emphasis and facial expressions appropriate for the subject being discussed.
Making periodic gestures and appropriate facial expressions will help enhance the student's
presentation.
Which of the following activities will best help students identify various features of texts? -
correct answer ✔✔ Create a scavenger hunt for students to find various features using different
kinds of texts.
This activity will help students recognize various features of text by students identifying them
when used in real world documents.
Which best describes the purpose of an Informal Reading Inventory? - correct answer ✔✔ to
assess a student's oral reading skills and comprehension
Informal Reading Inventories are used to assess a student's reading fluency and comprehension.
First-grade teachers can formally and informally assess the development of their students'
phonological awareness in all of the following ways except: - correct answer ✔✔ having the
student read silently and write down certain syllables.
Phonological awareness is the ability to hear and work with sounds, not read and write them.
This is not the best way to assess students' phonological awareness.
, Which of the following will best enhance reading comprehension in a sixth-grade classroom? -
correct answer ✔✔ using graphic organizers to compare two reading selections
This is a great activity for students that requires them to think critically about two reading
sections and compare them. This would help promote the students' reading comprehension
because they are analyzing a text and comparing it to another.
Which of the following activities would most help Mr. Hanson's students work on inferential
comprehension skills? - correct answer ✔✔ Mr. Hanson asks various students to explain
possible effects of different events in the narrative.
Inferential analysis is identifying what the author means in a writing. Inferential analysis
includes interpreting figurative language, drawing conclusions, predicting outcomes, and
determining the mood. Determining the effects of events in a narrative is an inferential exercise.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the impact of learning conventional
spelling on writing development? - correct answer ✔✔ It helps students understand
grammatical rules.
Spelling does not translate to grammar. Grammar rules and spelling rules are not dependent
upon each other.
A sixth-grade teacher is demonstrating to her students the importance of conventional spelling
and its relationship to success in reading and writing. Which of the following is a good strategy
for her to use with her students? - correct answer ✔✔ Show examples of how spelling mistakes
can confuse the meaning of sentences.
Showing examples of how spelling mistakes create confusion in writing will reinforce the idea
that spelling and clarity in written communication is linked.
While reading, a student comes across the unknown word "sanitize." He notices in the sentence
the words "dirty, " "but," and "now clean." He determines that sanitize must be the opposite of
dirty. Which strategy did he use to define the unknown word? - correct answer ✔✔ defining
meaning from context clues
The student used other words in the sentence to create context and meaning for the unknown
word.
