GACE 087 Study Guide Questions and
Answers
A language arts teacher requires students keep a reading response journal. The
primary purpose of a reading response journal is to
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading assignment
B. keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. facilitate student interactions with a text
D. keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the year - ANS-C.
facilitate student interactions with a text
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience approach (LEA) ?
A. Use of a grade-leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written language
D. Preteaching by using oral language activities and vocabulary words as a basis for
predicting - ANS-C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written
language
Which of the following is a research-based method for improving a student's reading
fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities to students to reread the same passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self-questioning - ANS-A. Providing many
opportunities to students to reread the same passage
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use nonstandard English
in their speech and writing. A colleague who has kept abreast of recent trends is
most likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require students to make
choices between standard and nonstandard word forms
B. insist that the students be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications at school
C. provide examples of experiences from which the students can conclude that different
usage styles are appropriate in different situations
, D. encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications outside of school - ANS-C. provide examples of experiences from
which the students can conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for helping kindergarten
students develop an understanding of concepts about print?
A. Exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading - ANS-D. Modeling how to track during
shared reading
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students during calendar time.
Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps her pointer on each word as she sings it
with her students. She is demonstrating
A. concept of print
B. decoding
C. a think-aloud
D. the alphabetic principle - ANS-A. concept of print
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for teachers to do which of the
following?
A. Give students a few global prereading questions to guide their reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to comprehend the
reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension questions for one another
- ANS-B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research on emergent
literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic letter-sound skills. -
ANS-C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of fifth-grade students who
are having difficulty decoding unfamiliar multisyllabic words. The most appropriate
approach to address the students' need is to teach them to
Answers
A language arts teacher requires students keep a reading response journal. The
primary purpose of a reading response journal is to
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading assignment
B. keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. facilitate student interactions with a text
D. keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the year - ANS-C.
facilitate student interactions with a text
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience approach (LEA) ?
A. Use of a grade-leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written language
D. Preteaching by using oral language activities and vocabulary words as a basis for
predicting - ANS-C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written
language
Which of the following is a research-based method for improving a student's reading
fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities to students to reread the same passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self-questioning - ANS-A. Providing many
opportunities to students to reread the same passage
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use nonstandard English
in their speech and writing. A colleague who has kept abreast of recent trends is
most likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require students to make
choices between standard and nonstandard word forms
B. insist that the students be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications at school
C. provide examples of experiences from which the students can conclude that different
usage styles are appropriate in different situations
, D. encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications outside of school - ANS-C. provide examples of experiences from
which the students can conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for helping kindergarten
students develop an understanding of concepts about print?
A. Exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading - ANS-D. Modeling how to track during
shared reading
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students during calendar time.
Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps her pointer on each word as she sings it
with her students. She is demonstrating
A. concept of print
B. decoding
C. a think-aloud
D. the alphabetic principle - ANS-A. concept of print
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for teachers to do which of the
following?
A. Give students a few global prereading questions to guide their reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to comprehend the
reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension questions for one another
- ANS-B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research on emergent
literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic letter-sound skills. -
ANS-C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of fifth-grade students who
are having difficulty decoding unfamiliar multisyllabic words. The most appropriate
approach to address the students' need is to teach them to
