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GACE Elementary Education EXAM AND STUDY
GUIDE ALL Questions and Verified Solutions
Latest Update This Year
QUESTION: 1. Which of the following statements best demonstrates an example of an allusion?
A. "Samantha eats chocolates every day. Chocolates are her Achilles' heel."
B. "Juanita and Marco disagreed about where they should take what they had found."
C. "In the high winds, the crew was barely able to keep the sails from dipping sideways."
D. "Celine struggled to walk through the cold, blowing wind." - ANSWER-Option A is correct. An
allusion is a figure of speech that makes references to a person, an event, or a place. Achilles is
a character in Greek mythology, and "Achilles' heel" defines an area of vulnerability. The
statement implies that Samantha has a weakness for chocolates.
QUESTION: 2. Which of the following strategies is most beneficial for students during the
revising stage of the writing process?
A. Using a graphic organizer
B. Brainstorming ideas as a class
C. Holding peer conferences
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D. Typing their work on a computer - ANSWER-Option C is correct. During the revising stage, the
writer consults with peers or the teacher to improve the writing piece.
3. In a first-grade class, the teacher reads a story aloud while the students echo the words the
teacher has read. Which of the following approaches to reading is the teacher using?
A. Reader's workshop
B. Shared reading
C. Round robin
D. Guided reading - ANSWER-Option B is correct. In shared reading, an interactive reading
experience, children join in the reading of a big book or other enlarged text as guided by a
teacher or other adult.
QUESTION: 4. Which of the following is the primary purpose of having a student retell a story?
A. To assess the student's level of comprehension
B. To measure the student's vocabulary development
C. To determine the student's fluency rate
D. To evaluate the student's oral reading progress - ANSWER-Option A is correct. Asking a
student to retell a story is an informal way to assess reading comprehension.
QUESTION: 5. Which of the following concepts involves understanding that spoken words
consist of a sequence of individual sounds?
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A. Morphology
B. Phonemic awareness
C. Alphabetic principle
D. Syntax - ANSWER-Option B is correct. Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken
words consist of a sequence of individual sounds.
QUESTION: 6. A student is actively engaged in reading a book and is making judgments and
decisions beyond what is stated in the text. Which of the following methods of comprehension
is the student using?
A. Inferential
B. Literal
C. Vocabulary
D. Internal - ANSWER-Option A is correct. Inferential questions require students to use their
background knowledge and the clues within the story to answer questions beyond what is
explicitly stated in the text.
QUESTION: 7. After a class reading of an informational text about endangered animals, a
teacher instructs students to prepare an oral presentation on an animal of their choice. Which
of the following guidelines will best help students produce an engaging presentation?
A. Including words and phrases that will make the speech entertaining
B. Writing detailed notes to read from during the presentation
C. Maintaining eye contact with the audience while presenting
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D. Using a loud voice to make sure everyone can understand the presentation - ANSWER-
Option C is correct. Making eye contact with the audience makes them feel connected with the
presenter and engaged with the presentation.
QUESTION: 8. A teacher reads the following section of text aloud to the class.
The people elected a new president. Everyone thought he was the best ruler for the country.
After reading, the teacher asks students, "What does the word 'ruler' mean as used by the
author?" The teacher asks this question most likely to help students learn to
A. identify sight words.
B. decode unknown words.
C. develop vocabulary.
D. use context clues. - ANSWER-Option D is correct. Context clues include information from
pictures or words surrounding an unknown word that helps readers figure out the meaning of
an unknown word.
QUESTION: 9. Each day during calendar time, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten
students. Using a chart containing the words to the songs, Ms. Nelson taps a pointer on each
word as the students sing. Ms. Nelson is demonstrating which of the following?
A. Concepts of print
B. Decoding
C. Thinkingaloud
GACE Elementary Education EXAM AND STUDY
GUIDE ALL Questions and Verified Solutions
Latest Update This Year
QUESTION: 1. Which of the following statements best demonstrates an example of an allusion?
A. "Samantha eats chocolates every day. Chocolates are her Achilles' heel."
B. "Juanita and Marco disagreed about where they should take what they had found."
C. "In the high winds, the crew was barely able to keep the sails from dipping sideways."
D. "Celine struggled to walk through the cold, blowing wind." - ANSWER-Option A is correct. An
allusion is a figure of speech that makes references to a person, an event, or a place. Achilles is
a character in Greek mythology, and "Achilles' heel" defines an area of vulnerability. The
statement implies that Samantha has a weakness for chocolates.
QUESTION: 2. Which of the following strategies is most beneficial for students during the
revising stage of the writing process?
A. Using a graphic organizer
B. Brainstorming ideas as a class
C. Holding peer conferences
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D. Typing their work on a computer - ANSWER-Option C is correct. During the revising stage, the
writer consults with peers or the teacher to improve the writing piece.
3. In a first-grade class, the teacher reads a story aloud while the students echo the words the
teacher has read. Which of the following approaches to reading is the teacher using?
A. Reader's workshop
B. Shared reading
C. Round robin
D. Guided reading - ANSWER-Option B is correct. In shared reading, an interactive reading
experience, children join in the reading of a big book or other enlarged text as guided by a
teacher or other adult.
QUESTION: 4. Which of the following is the primary purpose of having a student retell a story?
A. To assess the student's level of comprehension
B. To measure the student's vocabulary development
C. To determine the student's fluency rate
D. To evaluate the student's oral reading progress - ANSWER-Option A is correct. Asking a
student to retell a story is an informal way to assess reading comprehension.
QUESTION: 5. Which of the following concepts involves understanding that spoken words
consist of a sequence of individual sounds?
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A. Morphology
B. Phonemic awareness
C. Alphabetic principle
D. Syntax - ANSWER-Option B is correct. Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken
words consist of a sequence of individual sounds.
QUESTION: 6. A student is actively engaged in reading a book and is making judgments and
decisions beyond what is stated in the text. Which of the following methods of comprehension
is the student using?
A. Inferential
B. Literal
C. Vocabulary
D. Internal - ANSWER-Option A is correct. Inferential questions require students to use their
background knowledge and the clues within the story to answer questions beyond what is
explicitly stated in the text.
QUESTION: 7. After a class reading of an informational text about endangered animals, a
teacher instructs students to prepare an oral presentation on an animal of their choice. Which
of the following guidelines will best help students produce an engaging presentation?
A. Including words and phrases that will make the speech entertaining
B. Writing detailed notes to read from during the presentation
C. Maintaining eye contact with the audience while presenting
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D. Using a loud voice to make sure everyone can understand the presentation - ANSWER-
Option C is correct. Making eye contact with the audience makes them feel connected with the
presenter and engaged with the presentation.
QUESTION: 8. A teacher reads the following section of text aloud to the class.
The people elected a new president. Everyone thought he was the best ruler for the country.
After reading, the teacher asks students, "What does the word 'ruler' mean as used by the
author?" The teacher asks this question most likely to help students learn to
A. identify sight words.
B. decode unknown words.
C. develop vocabulary.
D. use context clues. - ANSWER-Option D is correct. Context clues include information from
pictures or words surrounding an unknown word that helps readers figure out the meaning of
an unknown word.
QUESTION: 9. Each day during calendar time, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten
students. Using a chart containing the words to the songs, Ms. Nelson taps a pointer on each
word as the students sing. Ms. Nelson is demonstrating which of the following?
A. Concepts of print
B. Decoding
C. Thinkingaloud
