PACE EXAM Study Guide Questions
with Correct Answers
English Language Arts and Reading & the Science of Teaching Reading (801): -
ANSWERS
Competency 001—(Oral Language) - ANSWERS
A teacher notices that some students in the class have trouble interacting with peers
during group assignments. Which of the following will best help students learn more
appropriate oral language skills to use in group interactions? - ANSWERS- Rehearsing
positive group collaboration by using a script and having students analyze productive
conversations
Option B is correct because giving students a script provides them with a model of
appropriate interaction that they can imitate and recall during future group assignments.
A fourth-grade teacher notices several students who are shy and reluctant to speak in
class. What strategy would be most effective in motivating students' participation in
class while enhancing their listening and speaking skills? - ANSWERS-Giving students
opportunities to share and listen to stories in a small-group setting
Option B is correct because telling personal stories, listening to others' stories, and
providing feedback and questions help build students' linguistic fluency, meaningful oral
expression, confidence, receptive language skills, and listening comprehension skills. In
addition, being in a small-group setting will put the students more at ease.
Competency 002—(Phonological and Phonemic Awareness) - ANSWERS
Most students in a kindergarten class can identify two words that rhyme. Which of the
following phonemic skills is most appropriate for the teacher to address next? -
ANSWERS-Naming the beginning sounds in words
Option A is correct because this is the next phase in phonemic awareness
development. Option B is incorrect because students need to master single phonemes
before they can master blends.
A first-grade teacher has several students who lack phonological and phonemic
awareness skills. To best provide opportunities for the students to develop the skills at
,home, the teacher should assign homework that includes which of the following
activities? - ANSWERS-Playing word and sound games with family members
Option D is correct because word and sound games allow students to hear the
individual sounds in words.
Competency 003—(Alphabetic Principle) - ANSWERS
To best assess a student's graphophonemic knowledge, a teacher should have the
student - ANSWERS-identify a word based on a sequence of letter-sound
correspondence
Option C is correct because identifying the letter-sound correspondence will allow
students to decode other words
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on apples to focus on the letter "A." Which of
the following activities best contributes to students' understanding of the alphabetic
principle? - ANSWERS-Cutting out pictures of objects that begin with "A" and labeling
them in a book
Option A is correct because it requires students to identify pictures of objects that begin
with "A" and to label them.
Competency 004—(Literacy Development): - ANSWERS
In a meeting with a teacher, a parent asks how to encourage reading and improve
reading skills for children at home. Which of the following is the most effective
recommendation for the teacher to make? - ANSWERS-Reading books aloud with the
child at home
Option A is correct because research shows that reading aloud with children is the best
way to promote childhood literacy.
Competency 005—(Word Analysis and Identification Skills): - ANSWERS
Students in a kindergarten class are learning to analyze and spell phonetically regular
words. They have learned to identify individual phonemes and to blend onsets and
rimes. Which of the following is the most appropriate to teach next? - ANSWERS-Short
and long vowels
Option C is correct because once students have learned the individual sounds made by
letters and can blend the sounds at the beginnings and ends of words, they must be
able to analyze the vowels within the word and determine whether the vowels are short
or long so they can assign meaning to the word as a whole.
, A third-grade teacher assigns homework that requires students to list ten common
words that can either stand alone or be combined with another word. The assignment
primarily promotes the students' understanding of which of the following concepts? -
ANSWERS-Making compound words
Option B is correct because compound words are words that can stand alone or can be
combined.
Competency 006—(Fluency Reading) - ANSWERS
Which of the following silent reading practices provides the best conditions for students'
individual reading improvement? - ANSWERS-Participating in scaffolded silent reading
for 20 minutes every day while the teacher confers with students individually about their
reading
Option D is correct because students are receiving support through scaffolding. This
could be in the form of minilessons, conferencing, dialogue journaling or other supports.
Which of the following activities is most effective in developing reading fluency skills in
first-grade students? - ANSWERS-Rereading stories that were used during guided
reading
Option A is correct because students acquire reading fluency and comprehension from
books read during guided reading lessons with their teacher. Repeated readings of
familiar books improve reading fluency.
Competency 007—(Reading Comprehension and Applications): - ANSWERS
During a unit on propaganda, a sixth-grade teacher asks students to evaluate short
statements made in advertising materials and to attempt to detect any faulty reasoning.
Which of the following levels of reading comprehension is primarily being targeted in the
lesson? - ANSWERS-Evaluative
Option C is correct because evaluative comprehension includes the skill of detecting
faulty reasoning. Students must apply what they have read to their own lives and
knowledge of the world to make judgments about text.
A second-grade teacher can best help students develop an understanding of a new text
by asking students to - ANSWERS-use literature response journals to record mental
images generated from their reading.
with Correct Answers
English Language Arts and Reading & the Science of Teaching Reading (801): -
ANSWERS
Competency 001—(Oral Language) - ANSWERS
A teacher notices that some students in the class have trouble interacting with peers
during group assignments. Which of the following will best help students learn more
appropriate oral language skills to use in group interactions? - ANSWERS- Rehearsing
positive group collaboration by using a script and having students analyze productive
conversations
Option B is correct because giving students a script provides them with a model of
appropriate interaction that they can imitate and recall during future group assignments.
A fourth-grade teacher notices several students who are shy and reluctant to speak in
class. What strategy would be most effective in motivating students' participation in
class while enhancing their listening and speaking skills? - ANSWERS-Giving students
opportunities to share and listen to stories in a small-group setting
Option B is correct because telling personal stories, listening to others' stories, and
providing feedback and questions help build students' linguistic fluency, meaningful oral
expression, confidence, receptive language skills, and listening comprehension skills. In
addition, being in a small-group setting will put the students more at ease.
Competency 002—(Phonological and Phonemic Awareness) - ANSWERS
Most students in a kindergarten class can identify two words that rhyme. Which of the
following phonemic skills is most appropriate for the teacher to address next? -
ANSWERS-Naming the beginning sounds in words
Option A is correct because this is the next phase in phonemic awareness
development. Option B is incorrect because students need to master single phonemes
before they can master blends.
A first-grade teacher has several students who lack phonological and phonemic
awareness skills. To best provide opportunities for the students to develop the skills at
,home, the teacher should assign homework that includes which of the following
activities? - ANSWERS-Playing word and sound games with family members
Option D is correct because word and sound games allow students to hear the
individual sounds in words.
Competency 003—(Alphabetic Principle) - ANSWERS
To best assess a student's graphophonemic knowledge, a teacher should have the
student - ANSWERS-identify a word based on a sequence of letter-sound
correspondence
Option C is correct because identifying the letter-sound correspondence will allow
students to decode other words
A kindergarten teacher is creating a unit on apples to focus on the letter "A." Which of
the following activities best contributes to students' understanding of the alphabetic
principle? - ANSWERS-Cutting out pictures of objects that begin with "A" and labeling
them in a book
Option A is correct because it requires students to identify pictures of objects that begin
with "A" and to label them.
Competency 004—(Literacy Development): - ANSWERS
In a meeting with a teacher, a parent asks how to encourage reading and improve
reading skills for children at home. Which of the following is the most effective
recommendation for the teacher to make? - ANSWERS-Reading books aloud with the
child at home
Option A is correct because research shows that reading aloud with children is the best
way to promote childhood literacy.
Competency 005—(Word Analysis and Identification Skills): - ANSWERS
Students in a kindergarten class are learning to analyze and spell phonetically regular
words. They have learned to identify individual phonemes and to blend onsets and
rimes. Which of the following is the most appropriate to teach next? - ANSWERS-Short
and long vowels
Option C is correct because once students have learned the individual sounds made by
letters and can blend the sounds at the beginnings and ends of words, they must be
able to analyze the vowels within the word and determine whether the vowels are short
or long so they can assign meaning to the word as a whole.
, A third-grade teacher assigns homework that requires students to list ten common
words that can either stand alone or be combined with another word. The assignment
primarily promotes the students' understanding of which of the following concepts? -
ANSWERS-Making compound words
Option B is correct because compound words are words that can stand alone or can be
combined.
Competency 006—(Fluency Reading) - ANSWERS
Which of the following silent reading practices provides the best conditions for students'
individual reading improvement? - ANSWERS-Participating in scaffolded silent reading
for 20 minutes every day while the teacher confers with students individually about their
reading
Option D is correct because students are receiving support through scaffolding. This
could be in the form of minilessons, conferencing, dialogue journaling or other supports.
Which of the following activities is most effective in developing reading fluency skills in
first-grade students? - ANSWERS-Rereading stories that were used during guided
reading
Option A is correct because students acquire reading fluency and comprehension from
books read during guided reading lessons with their teacher. Repeated readings of
familiar books improve reading fluency.
Competency 007—(Reading Comprehension and Applications): - ANSWERS
During a unit on propaganda, a sixth-grade teacher asks students to evaluate short
statements made in advertising materials and to attempt to detect any faulty reasoning.
Which of the following levels of reading comprehension is primarily being targeted in the
lesson? - ANSWERS-Evaluative
Option C is correct because evaluative comprehension includes the skill of detecting
faulty reasoning. Students must apply what they have read to their own lives and
knowledge of the world to make judgments about text.
A second-grade teacher can best help students develop an understanding of a new text
by asking students to - ANSWERS-use literature response journals to record mental
images generated from their reading.
