GACE 87 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
reading response journal - ✔✔used to capture student-text interactions
language experience approach (LEA) - ✔✔focuses on children's ability to produce
language as a bridge between the spoken and written language
facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques - ✔✔used to help develop an
understanding about print
concept of print - ✔✔using one-on-one correspondence to point to words as reading
metacognitive strategies - ✔✔used to ensure that a goal has been reached
emergent literacy - ✔✔early learning about the connections of reading and writing
decoding multisyllabic words - ✔✔teach students to recognize affixes and morphemes
structural analysis - ✔✔use of prefixes, suffixes, and root words to understand the
meaning of an unknown word
vertical alignment - ✔✔curriculum in which there are common streams that flow
throughout an educational experience
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, differentiated curriculum - ✔✔Responsive to the needs of the student, based on their
individual strengths and allows them opportunities to use their exceptional abilities,
talents and skills
integrated curriculum - ✔✔a school curriculum that draws from two or more subject
areas and focuses on a theme or concept rather than on a single subject
irregular words - ✔✔words that have letters that do not represent their most common
sounds
teaching high frequency words - ✔✔present the word visually and asking students to
say it
persuasive devices - ✔✔bandwagon, testimonial, rewards, and glittering generosity
double entry journal - ✔✔enables students to record their responses to text as they read
phonological awareness - ✔✔skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of
oral language (syllables, onsets, rimes)
revising - ✔✔look at something from a fresh, critical perspective; ongoing process of
rethinking your paper
readers theater - ✔✔allows students to practice their fluency skills through oral reading
curriculum based assessment - ✔✔test items are unique to curriculum
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
Answers 100% Pass
reading response journal - ✔✔used to capture student-text interactions
language experience approach (LEA) - ✔✔focuses on children's ability to produce
language as a bridge between the spoken and written language
facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques - ✔✔used to help develop an
understanding about print
concept of print - ✔✔using one-on-one correspondence to point to words as reading
metacognitive strategies - ✔✔used to ensure that a goal has been reached
emergent literacy - ✔✔early learning about the connections of reading and writing
decoding multisyllabic words - ✔✔teach students to recognize affixes and morphemes
structural analysis - ✔✔use of prefixes, suffixes, and root words to understand the
meaning of an unknown word
vertical alignment - ✔✔curriculum in which there are common streams that flow
throughout an educational experience
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, differentiated curriculum - ✔✔Responsive to the needs of the student, based on their
individual strengths and allows them opportunities to use their exceptional abilities,
talents and skills
integrated curriculum - ✔✔a school curriculum that draws from two or more subject
areas and focuses on a theme or concept rather than on a single subject
irregular words - ✔✔words that have letters that do not represent their most common
sounds
teaching high frequency words - ✔✔present the word visually and asking students to
say it
persuasive devices - ✔✔bandwagon, testimonial, rewards, and glittering generosity
double entry journal - ✔✔enables students to record their responses to text as they read
phonological awareness - ✔✔skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of
oral language (syllables, onsets, rimes)
revising - ✔✔look at something from a fresh, critical perspective; ongoing process of
rethinking your paper
readers theater - ✔✔allows students to practice their fluency skills through oral reading
curriculum based assessment - ✔✔test items are unique to curriculum
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
