LETRS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ When students read about a topic for which they already have well-
developed background knowledge, they are more likely than uninformed
students to: Answer: acquire new knowledge faster from the text.
▶ A valuable first step before reading a text with a group of students is:
Answer: clearly stating the purpose for reading the text.
▶ Which of the following is the best description of the comprehension
process as it relates to reading? Answer: linking the surface code with
ideas in the text base
▶ Which teaching strategy is most likely to help students construct a
mental model of a texts meanings? Answer: anticipating the takeaways and
building background knowledge
▶ Standardized tests of reading comprehension have been shown by
research to: Answer: give varied results depending on the content and
format.
▶ Which technique would be least relevant for teaching an informational
passage about the difference between frogs and toads? Answer: outlining
the elements of story grammar
▶ Which of the following activities would help students identify cohesive
ties in a text? Answer: having students draw arrows between pronouns and
their referents
▶ Which kind of text structure organization is suggested by the topic
sentence, "Here are some easy steps for making pancakes"? Answer:
process (time sequence)
▶ Which of the following would be a good example to use while teaching
students to identify compound sentences? Answer: The rain came but the
team played on.
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ When students read about a topic for which they already have well-
developed background knowledge, they are more likely than uninformed
students to: Answer: acquire new knowledge faster from the text.
▶ A valuable first step before reading a text with a group of students is:
Answer: clearly stating the purpose for reading the text.
▶ Which of the following is the best description of the comprehension
process as it relates to reading? Answer: linking the surface code with
ideas in the text base
▶ Which teaching strategy is most likely to help students construct a
mental model of a texts meanings? Answer: anticipating the takeaways and
building background knowledge
▶ Standardized tests of reading comprehension have been shown by
research to: Answer: give varied results depending on the content and
format.
▶ Which technique would be least relevant for teaching an informational
passage about the difference between frogs and toads? Answer: outlining
the elements of story grammar
▶ Which of the following activities would help students identify cohesive
ties in a text? Answer: having students draw arrows between pronouns and
their referents
▶ Which kind of text structure organization is suggested by the topic
sentence, "Here are some easy steps for making pancakes"? Answer:
process (time sequence)
▶ Which of the following would be a good example to use while teaching
students to identify compound sentences? Answer: The rain came but the
team played on.
