FTCE K-6 Elementary Education Q&A
Developmental Stages of Writing - (correct answer)Pre-writing, drafting, revising,
editing, publishing
Diagnostic Assessment - (correct answer)Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to
determine a student's strengths and weaknesses
Semantic Cuing System - (correct answer)focuses on any meaning a student derives
from a sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?)
Editing - (correct answer)Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical &
mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics.
Publishing - (correct answer)Sharing the final product with an audience
Talking to the text - (correct answer)Strategy known as "a think aloud"
Historical Fiction - (correct answer)Realistic stories that are set in the past
Print - (correct answer)Conveys meaning
Informal Assessment - (correct answer)Assessments include but are not limited to:
cloze tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading
inventories
Biography - (correct answer)Stories that tell about a person's life
, Aesthetic Listening - (correct answer)Listening that is performed for enjoyment and
pleasure
Partial Alphabetic - (correct answer)Letter is associated with sound at this stage
Pre-Alphabetic - (correct answer)Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k
stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches)
Fantasy - (correct answer)Stories that cannot happen in the real world
Fluency - (correct answer)Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression
Graphophonemic Cuing System - (correct answer)Focuses on various visual cues &
knowledge about the relationship between sounds & symbols. "Does this look right?"
Hint: "graphic"
Primary Sources - (correct answer)A document or piece of work that was written,
recorded or created during a particular time period. Examples: photos, speeches,
interviews, diaries, videos, audio
Visual Media - (correct answer)Also known as print media. Examples: video, t.v., radio
Artifacts - (correct answer)Real objects, usually representative of a particular culture or
event
Visual - (correct answer)Is related to the "look" of the letter in a word and the word itself.
Used by a reader when he studies the beginning sound, word length, word chunks, etc.
Part of the graphophonemic cuing system.
Developmental Stages of Writing - (correct answer)Pre-writing, drafting, revising,
editing, publishing
Diagnostic Assessment - (correct answer)Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to
determine a student's strengths and weaknesses
Semantic Cuing System - (correct answer)focuses on any meaning a student derives
from a sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?)
Editing - (correct answer)Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical &
mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics.
Publishing - (correct answer)Sharing the final product with an audience
Talking to the text - (correct answer)Strategy known as "a think aloud"
Historical Fiction - (correct answer)Realistic stories that are set in the past
Print - (correct answer)Conveys meaning
Informal Assessment - (correct answer)Assessments include but are not limited to:
cloze tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading
inventories
Biography - (correct answer)Stories that tell about a person's life
, Aesthetic Listening - (correct answer)Listening that is performed for enjoyment and
pleasure
Partial Alphabetic - (correct answer)Letter is associated with sound at this stage
Pre-Alphabetic - (correct answer)Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k
stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches)
Fantasy - (correct answer)Stories that cannot happen in the real world
Fluency - (correct answer)Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression
Graphophonemic Cuing System - (correct answer)Focuses on various visual cues &
knowledge about the relationship between sounds & symbols. "Does this look right?"
Hint: "graphic"
Primary Sources - (correct answer)A document or piece of work that was written,
recorded or created during a particular time period. Examples: photos, speeches,
interviews, diaries, videos, audio
Visual Media - (correct answer)Also known as print media. Examples: video, t.v., radio
Artifacts - (correct answer)Real objects, usually representative of a particular culture or
event
Visual - (correct answer)Is related to the "look" of the letter in a word and the word itself.
Used by a reader when he studies the beginning sound, word length, word chunks, etc.
Part of the graphophonemic cuing system.
