NES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXAM SUBTEST 1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Tracking of Print - 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 - Using structural analysis would be most effective for identifying which of the
following words?
in predictable stages and patterns of development - 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 - 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 - 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 - Which of the following emergent readers shows
clear evidence of having begun to develop phonemic awareness?
Phonological awareness - 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 - Prior to having a guest presenter in class, an upper elementary teacher could
best facilitate students' listening comprehension during the presentation by:
, Reading fluency - 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 - 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 - Which of the following statements about the
encoding and decoding texts is accurate:
ST - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Which of the following processes do upper elementary students
develop primary through independent reading?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Tracking of Print - 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 - Using structural analysis would be most effective for identifying which of the
following words?
in predictable stages and patterns of development - 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 - 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 - 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 - Which of the following emergent readers shows
clear evidence of having begun to develop phonemic awareness?
Phonological awareness - 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 - Prior to having a guest presenter in class, an upper elementary teacher could
best facilitate students' listening comprehension during the presentation by:
, Reading fluency - 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 - 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 - Which of the following statements about the
encoding and decoding texts is accurate:
ST - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Which of the following processes do upper elementary students
develop primary through independent reading?
