NES Elementary Education Subtest #1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Tracking of Print - CORRECT ANSWER - A parent is reading a familiar book one on one
with a child. The parent asks the child to point to each of the words of the story as the parent
reads them aloud. This activity would be most effective for enhancing the child's awareness of:
Rechargeable - CORRECT ANSWER - Using structural analysis would be most effective
for identifying which of the following words?
in predictable stages and patterns of development - CORRECT ANSWER - One principle
of both first and second language acquisition is that learning a first or second language occurs:
The word is already part of the readers oral vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER - For a
beginning reader to succeed in recognizing the meaning of a word the reader has just decoded,
with of the following must be true?
understanding the functions and uses of print writing - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of
the following early literacy skills is most likely to transfer from a first language to a second
language?
identifying the initial sounds of spoken words - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the
following emergent readers shows clear evidence of having begun to develop phonemic
awareness?
Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - A kindergarten student recognizes that
there are seven words in the spoken sentence " the bird flies high in the sky" this student is
demonstrating:
Guiding students in developing a list of questions they would like to have answered by the
presentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Prior to having a guest presenter in class, an upper
, elementary teacher could best facilitate students' listening comprehension during the presentation
by:
Reading fluency - CORRECT ANSWER - When reading aloud from a text. A student is
able to recognize written words rapidly and accurately with appropriate expression. This
indicates the student has acquired which of the following literary skills?
Decodable reading material - CORRECT ANSWER - Research has shown that phonics
instruction is an effective tool for developing children's early literacy when it is reinforced with:
Students should be taught decoding and encoding together because these are reciprocal processes
that mutually reinforce each other - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following
statements about the encoding and decoding texts is accurate:
ST - CORRECT ANSWER - Before learning to spell words with STR as an initial blend,
students will need to have learned to spell words that begin with:
A student who reads aloud accurately but without appropriate expression or pauses between
sentences - CORRECT ANSWER - An intervention focused on prosody would be most
appropriate for addressing the needs of students who have not yet developed reading fluency:
Encouraging students to read the text faster and more accurately with each reading - CORRECT
ANSWER - A teacher could most effectively use repeated readings of a grade level text to
promote students reading fluency by:
Providing students with explicit instruction in the spelling of the target words and frequent
opportunities to use the words in writing activities - CORRECT ANSWER - Several third
grade students lack automatic word recognition of grade level sight words. Which of the
following strategies would be most effective in addressing the students' needs?
Acquiring new vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following processes do
upper elementary students develop primary through independent reading?
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Tracking of Print - CORRECT ANSWER - A parent is reading a familiar book one on one
with a child. The parent asks the child to point to each of the words of the story as the parent
reads them aloud. This activity would be most effective for enhancing the child's awareness of:
Rechargeable - CORRECT ANSWER - Using structural analysis would be most effective
for identifying which of the following words?
in predictable stages and patterns of development - CORRECT ANSWER - One principle
of both first and second language acquisition is that learning a first or second language occurs:
The word is already part of the readers oral vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER - For a
beginning reader to succeed in recognizing the meaning of a word the reader has just decoded,
with of the following must be true?
understanding the functions and uses of print writing - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of
the following early literacy skills is most likely to transfer from a first language to a second
language?
identifying the initial sounds of spoken words - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the
following emergent readers shows clear evidence of having begun to develop phonemic
awareness?
Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - A kindergarten student recognizes that
there are seven words in the spoken sentence " the bird flies high in the sky" this student is
demonstrating:
Guiding students in developing a list of questions they would like to have answered by the
presentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Prior to having a guest presenter in class, an upper
, elementary teacher could best facilitate students' listening comprehension during the presentation
by:
Reading fluency - CORRECT ANSWER - When reading aloud from a text. A student is
able to recognize written words rapidly and accurately with appropriate expression. This
indicates the student has acquired which of the following literary skills?
Decodable reading material - CORRECT ANSWER - Research has shown that phonics
instruction is an effective tool for developing children's early literacy when it is reinforced with:
Students should be taught decoding and encoding together because these are reciprocal processes
that mutually reinforce each other - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following
statements about the encoding and decoding texts is accurate:
ST - CORRECT ANSWER - Before learning to spell words with STR as an initial blend,
students will need to have learned to spell words that begin with:
A student who reads aloud accurately but without appropriate expression or pauses between
sentences - CORRECT ANSWER - An intervention focused on prosody would be most
appropriate for addressing the needs of students who have not yet developed reading fluency:
Encouraging students to read the text faster and more accurately with each reading - CORRECT
ANSWER - A teacher could most effectively use repeated readings of a grade level text to
promote students reading fluency by:
Providing students with explicit instruction in the spelling of the target words and frequent
opportunities to use the words in writing activities - CORRECT ANSWER - Several third
grade students lack automatic word recognition of grade level sight words. Which of the
following strategies would be most effective in addressing the students' needs?
Acquiring new vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following processes do
upper elementary students develop primary through independent reading?
