FTCE PREKINDERGARTEN ACTUAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Segmenting. Answer: listening to a word and breaking
it down into separately spoken phonemes
Example: j-u-m-p-i-n-g
◉ Aaron is a 1st grade student who has transferred to a new school.
His new teacher discovers that he is weak in the areas of letter and
letter-sound recognition. To remedy this deficiency, the best
approach would be
A. literature-based instruction.
B. phonics instruction.
C. process writing.
D. interactive learning.. Answer: B. phonics instruction.
◉ Near the end of the year, a 1st grade student makes the following
errors on a reading assessment.
(TABLE)
,Excerpt from Reading Assessment
Words as they appear in the text Student reads the words as
- blocks - box
-flip - Philip
-play - pay
This assessment indicates the student is having difficulty decoding
A. complex onsets.
B. word-final consonants.
C. consonant digraphs.
D. l-controlled vowels.. Answer: A. complex onsets.
◉ Word-Final Consonants. Answer: Consonants appearing at the end
of words
Example: big, cab, has, box, etc.
◉ Consonant Digraphs. Answer: Two or more consonants that,
together, represent one sound.
,Example, the consonants "p" and "h" form the grapheme ph that can
represent the /f/ sound in words such as "nephew" and "phone."
- sh, ch, th, wh, ph
◉ L-Controlled Vowels. Answer: a syllable in which the vowel is
followed by an L.
Example: ball, bell, cold, bull, pill, pencil, animal, camel
- al, el, ol, ul, il
◉ The teacher reads aloud to the whole class for 20 minutes each
day. This activity promotes
A. metacognition skills.
B. critical thinking skills.
C. literacy development.
D. language development.. Answer: C. literacy development.
◉ A teacher creates weekly activities that allow students to interact
with the classroom word wall, the message board, the daily calendar,
posters, and each other. What purpose does the teacher have for
creating such an interactive classroom?
, A. setting up a cooperative learning environment for the students
B. teaching the students to work together in a collaborative setting
C. creating a print-rich environment that reflects the makeup of the
class
D. developing an awareness of the impact of the environment on
learning. Answer: C. creating a print-rich environment that reflects
the makeup of the class
◉ A 2nd grade teacher wants to expand students' knowledge of a
topic by providing them various types of literature in the classroom
library, including biographies, essays, and realistic fiction books. The
teacher is showing examples of
A. informational literacy.
B. various publications.
C. literary genres.
D. book talks.. Answer: C. literary genres.
◉ A teacher asks the students to make a list of the types of stories
they enjoy reading. The students share their lists and decide what
kinds of stories they would like the teacher to read to the class.
Finally, the teacher takes the students to the media center to pick
books that match the list they have created.
This type of activity is used to
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Segmenting. Answer: listening to a word and breaking
it down into separately spoken phonemes
Example: j-u-m-p-i-n-g
◉ Aaron is a 1st grade student who has transferred to a new school.
His new teacher discovers that he is weak in the areas of letter and
letter-sound recognition. To remedy this deficiency, the best
approach would be
A. literature-based instruction.
B. phonics instruction.
C. process writing.
D. interactive learning.. Answer: B. phonics instruction.
◉ Near the end of the year, a 1st grade student makes the following
errors on a reading assessment.
(TABLE)
,Excerpt from Reading Assessment
Words as they appear in the text Student reads the words as
- blocks - box
-flip - Philip
-play - pay
This assessment indicates the student is having difficulty decoding
A. complex onsets.
B. word-final consonants.
C. consonant digraphs.
D. l-controlled vowels.. Answer: A. complex onsets.
◉ Word-Final Consonants. Answer: Consonants appearing at the end
of words
Example: big, cab, has, box, etc.
◉ Consonant Digraphs. Answer: Two or more consonants that,
together, represent one sound.
,Example, the consonants "p" and "h" form the grapheme ph that can
represent the /f/ sound in words such as "nephew" and "phone."
- sh, ch, th, wh, ph
◉ L-Controlled Vowels. Answer: a syllable in which the vowel is
followed by an L.
Example: ball, bell, cold, bull, pill, pencil, animal, camel
- al, el, ol, ul, il
◉ The teacher reads aloud to the whole class for 20 minutes each
day. This activity promotes
A. metacognition skills.
B. critical thinking skills.
C. literacy development.
D. language development.. Answer: C. literacy development.
◉ A teacher creates weekly activities that allow students to interact
with the classroom word wall, the message board, the daily calendar,
posters, and each other. What purpose does the teacher have for
creating such an interactive classroom?
, A. setting up a cooperative learning environment for the students
B. teaching the students to work together in a collaborative setting
C. creating a print-rich environment that reflects the makeup of the
class
D. developing an awareness of the impact of the environment on
learning. Answer: C. creating a print-rich environment that reflects
the makeup of the class
◉ A 2nd grade teacher wants to expand students' knowledge of a
topic by providing them various types of literature in the classroom
library, including biographies, essays, and realistic fiction books. The
teacher is showing examples of
A. informational literacy.
B. various publications.
C. literary genres.
D. book talks.. Answer: C. literary genres.
◉ A teacher asks the students to make a list of the types of stories
they enjoy reading. The students share their lists and decide what
kinds of stories they would like the teacher to read to the class.
Finally, the teacher takes the students to the media center to pick
books that match the list they have created.
This type of activity is used to
