GACE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
TEST I 001 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GEORGIA TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAM
PREP 2026 EDITION
Topic - CORRECT ANSWER -A paragraph or story is what the paragraph or
story is about.
Main Idea - CORRECT ANSWER -A paragraph or story states the important
idea(s) that the author wants the reader Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT
ANSWER -Acknowledgement of sounds and words.
**This can be done for hearing/speaking**
The ability to break down words and hear spearate and/ or different sounds
and to distinguish among the sounds one hears.
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWER -The connection between the sounds and
letters on a page.
*Must be done while reading*
, Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER -Reader ascribes meaning to text
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to read in much the same manner
as speaking.
Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER -demonstrates the strong ties between oral
and written language.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to recognize the
sound of spoken words
The Logographic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children recognize whole
words that have significance for them-such as their name, stores they go to
or products they use.
The Analytic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children make associations
between the spelling patterns in the words they know and the new words
they encounter.
The Orthographic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children recognize words
almost automatically
The Alphabetic Principle aka Graphophonemic Awareness - CORRECT
ANSWER -understanding that written words are composed of patterns or
letters that represent the sound of spoken words.
TEST I 001 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GEORGIA TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAM
PREP 2026 EDITION
Topic - CORRECT ANSWER -A paragraph or story is what the paragraph or
story is about.
Main Idea - CORRECT ANSWER -A paragraph or story states the important
idea(s) that the author wants the reader Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT
ANSWER -Acknowledgement of sounds and words.
**This can be done for hearing/speaking**
The ability to break down words and hear spearate and/ or different sounds
and to distinguish among the sounds one hears.
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWER -The connection between the sounds and
letters on a page.
*Must be done while reading*
, Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER -Reader ascribes meaning to text
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to read in much the same manner
as speaking.
Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER -demonstrates the strong ties between oral
and written language.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to recognize the
sound of spoken words
The Logographic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children recognize whole
words that have significance for them-such as their name, stores they go to
or products they use.
The Analytic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children make associations
between the spelling patterns in the words they know and the new words
they encounter.
The Orthographic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -Children recognize words
almost automatically
The Alphabetic Principle aka Graphophonemic Awareness - CORRECT
ANSWER -understanding that written words are composed of patterns or
letters that represent the sound of spoken words.
