FTCE Elementary Education K-6 FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Phonological Awareness - ANSWER ✓ The ability of the reader to
recognize the sound of spoken language
2. Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✓ The idea that words are composed of
sounds
3. Alphabetic principle - ANSWER ✓ Also called graphophonemic awareness;
it describes the understanding that written words are composed of patterns of
letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
4. Morphology - ANSWER ✓ The study of word structure
5. Syntax - ANSWER ✓ Refers to the rules or patterned relationships that
correctly create phrases and sentences from words
6. Semantics - ANSWER ✓ Refers to the meaning expressed when words are
arranged in a specific way
7. Pragmatics - ANSWER ✓ The difference between the writer's meaning and
the literal meaning of the sentence based on social context
8. Decode - ANSWER ✓ to change communication signals into messages
9. Encode - ANSWER ✓ to change a message into symbols
10.Reading comprehension - ANSWER ✓ requires that the reader learn the
code in which a message is written and be able to decode it to get the
message
,11.Fluency in reading - ANSWER ✓ depends on automatic word identification
12.Prosody - ANSWER ✓ versification of text and involves such matters as
which syllable of a word is accented
13.Plot - ANSWER ✓ the series of events in a story
14.Setting - ANSWER ✓ the place, or location, where a story occurs
15.Theme - ANSWER ✓ the underlying message that a writer wants to convey
16.Mood - ANSWER ✓ the atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through
descriptive language
17.Topic - ANSWER ✓ what a paragraph or story is about
18.Main idea - ANSWER ✓ the important idea(s) that the author wants the
reader to know about a topic
19.Topic sentence - ANSWER ✓ indicates what a passage is about
20.Paragraph - ANSWER ✓ a group of sentences about one main idea
21.Restatement of the main idea - ANSWER ✓ usually summarizes the concept
in a concise manner, and it often presents the same idea from a different
perspective
22.Supporting details - ANSWER ✓ sentences that provide more information
about the topic and the main idea
23.SQ3R Method - ANSWER ✓ Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
24.QAR - ANSWER ✓ Question-answer relationship; readers learn how to
answer questions, delineate between explicit and implicit information, and
draw on background knowledge: "right there," "think and search," "author
and you," and "on your own" questions.
,25.IRI - ANSWER ✓ Informal Reading Inventory is a method of determining
and tracking a child's individual reading readiness.
Begin with oral reading. If the student is unable to read any of the passages,
administer the listening comprehension. After the oral reading rate, fluency
and comprehension is completed, administer the silent reading rate and
comprehension.
26.KWL - ANSWER ✓ A strategy to guide reading and inquiry: Before—what
do I already know? What do I want to know? After—what have I learned?
27.Which strategy would best help students develop the ability to synthesize
reading material? - ANSWER ✓ reading two passages and brainstorming in
small groups to create Venn diagrams that compare and contrast theme,
content, characters, and details of the texts
28.Main idea - ANSWER ✓ Can be stated or implied.
29.Code Emphasis approach - ANSWER ✓ Bottom-up. Letter-sounds are
stressed. Reading instruction begins with words that consists of letter or
letter combinations that have the same sound in different words.
30.Meaning Emphasis approach - ANSWER ✓ emphasizes comprehension
from the start
31.Basal Reading - ANSWER ✓ A collection of students textbooks,
workbooks, teachers manuals, and other materials and resources for reading
instriction used in kindergarten through 6th grade, not individualized.
32.Phonics Approach - ANSWER ✓ teaching reading by first teaching the
sounds of each letter and of various letter combinations
33.Whole word approach - ANSWER ✓ An approach to reading sating that
people can directly connect the written word with the word's meaning. The
whole-word approach argues against "sounding out" an unfamiliar word.
Instead, readers should identify the word in terms of its context within a
sentence.
, 34.Language experience approach - ANSWER ✓ approach to writing
instruction from personal experience; stories about personal experiences are
written by teacher and read together until learner associates written form of
word with spoken; can also be a group activity restating stories read by
teacher
35.Word consciousness - ANSWER ✓ learning activities that stimulate
awareness and interest in words, their meanings, and their power - students
enjoy words and are zealous about learning them
36.Reading Experience - ANSWER ✓ Mercer and Mercer divided the reading
experience into two categories : Word Recognition and Word and Idea
comprehension.
37.Characteristics of Good Readers - ANSWER ✓ 1. Think about what they are
reading and formulate questions and answer them
2. Attempt to pronounce unknown words using analogies to familiar words
3. Establish a purpose for reading and make predictions
4. Confirm, make new predictions, and go back when things don't make
sense during reading
38.Stages of Writing - ANSWER ✓ 1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publication
39.Responding to non-graded writing formative - ANSWER ✓ 1. Avoid using a
red pen
2. Explain criteria in advance
3. Ask yourself if response is appropriate to assignment
4. Reread and note at the end if the student has met the objective
5. Response should be non-critical
7. Highlight areas you want to emphasis
8. suggest and encourage students to take risks.
40.Teaching Styles - ANSWER ✓ a teacher's choice of emphasis, instruction,
interactions, methods of communicating, and classroom mannerisms
GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Phonological Awareness - ANSWER ✓ The ability of the reader to
recognize the sound of spoken language
2. Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✓ The idea that words are composed of
sounds
3. Alphabetic principle - ANSWER ✓ Also called graphophonemic awareness;
it describes the understanding that written words are composed of patterns of
letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
4. Morphology - ANSWER ✓ The study of word structure
5. Syntax - ANSWER ✓ Refers to the rules or patterned relationships that
correctly create phrases and sentences from words
6. Semantics - ANSWER ✓ Refers to the meaning expressed when words are
arranged in a specific way
7. Pragmatics - ANSWER ✓ The difference between the writer's meaning and
the literal meaning of the sentence based on social context
8. Decode - ANSWER ✓ to change communication signals into messages
9. Encode - ANSWER ✓ to change a message into symbols
10.Reading comprehension - ANSWER ✓ requires that the reader learn the
code in which a message is written and be able to decode it to get the
message
,11.Fluency in reading - ANSWER ✓ depends on automatic word identification
12.Prosody - ANSWER ✓ versification of text and involves such matters as
which syllable of a word is accented
13.Plot - ANSWER ✓ the series of events in a story
14.Setting - ANSWER ✓ the place, or location, where a story occurs
15.Theme - ANSWER ✓ the underlying message that a writer wants to convey
16.Mood - ANSWER ✓ the atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through
descriptive language
17.Topic - ANSWER ✓ what a paragraph or story is about
18.Main idea - ANSWER ✓ the important idea(s) that the author wants the
reader to know about a topic
19.Topic sentence - ANSWER ✓ indicates what a passage is about
20.Paragraph - ANSWER ✓ a group of sentences about one main idea
21.Restatement of the main idea - ANSWER ✓ usually summarizes the concept
in a concise manner, and it often presents the same idea from a different
perspective
22.Supporting details - ANSWER ✓ sentences that provide more information
about the topic and the main idea
23.SQ3R Method - ANSWER ✓ Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
24.QAR - ANSWER ✓ Question-answer relationship; readers learn how to
answer questions, delineate between explicit and implicit information, and
draw on background knowledge: "right there," "think and search," "author
and you," and "on your own" questions.
,25.IRI - ANSWER ✓ Informal Reading Inventory is a method of determining
and tracking a child's individual reading readiness.
Begin with oral reading. If the student is unable to read any of the passages,
administer the listening comprehension. After the oral reading rate, fluency
and comprehension is completed, administer the silent reading rate and
comprehension.
26.KWL - ANSWER ✓ A strategy to guide reading and inquiry: Before—what
do I already know? What do I want to know? After—what have I learned?
27.Which strategy would best help students develop the ability to synthesize
reading material? - ANSWER ✓ reading two passages and brainstorming in
small groups to create Venn diagrams that compare and contrast theme,
content, characters, and details of the texts
28.Main idea - ANSWER ✓ Can be stated or implied.
29.Code Emphasis approach - ANSWER ✓ Bottom-up. Letter-sounds are
stressed. Reading instruction begins with words that consists of letter or
letter combinations that have the same sound in different words.
30.Meaning Emphasis approach - ANSWER ✓ emphasizes comprehension
from the start
31.Basal Reading - ANSWER ✓ A collection of students textbooks,
workbooks, teachers manuals, and other materials and resources for reading
instriction used in kindergarten through 6th grade, not individualized.
32.Phonics Approach - ANSWER ✓ teaching reading by first teaching the
sounds of each letter and of various letter combinations
33.Whole word approach - ANSWER ✓ An approach to reading sating that
people can directly connect the written word with the word's meaning. The
whole-word approach argues against "sounding out" an unfamiliar word.
Instead, readers should identify the word in terms of its context within a
sentence.
, 34.Language experience approach - ANSWER ✓ approach to writing
instruction from personal experience; stories about personal experiences are
written by teacher and read together until learner associates written form of
word with spoken; can also be a group activity restating stories read by
teacher
35.Word consciousness - ANSWER ✓ learning activities that stimulate
awareness and interest in words, their meanings, and their power - students
enjoy words and are zealous about learning them
36.Reading Experience - ANSWER ✓ Mercer and Mercer divided the reading
experience into two categories : Word Recognition and Word and Idea
comprehension.
37.Characteristics of Good Readers - ANSWER ✓ 1. Think about what they are
reading and formulate questions and answer them
2. Attempt to pronounce unknown words using analogies to familiar words
3. Establish a purpose for reading and make predictions
4. Confirm, make new predictions, and go back when things don't make
sense during reading
38.Stages of Writing - ANSWER ✓ 1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publication
39.Responding to non-graded writing formative - ANSWER ✓ 1. Avoid using a
red pen
2. Explain criteria in advance
3. Ask yourself if response is appropriate to assignment
4. Reread and note at the end if the student has met the objective
5. Response should be non-critical
7. Highlight areas you want to emphasis
8. suggest and encourage students to take risks.
40.Teaching Styles - ANSWER ✓ a teacher's choice of emphasis, instruction,
interactions, methods of communicating, and classroom mannerisms
