FTCE: SUBJECT AREA K-6: LANGUAGE ART UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
Study Guide
• Emergent Literacy . CORRECT ANSWER: the skills, knowledge and attitudes that
are developmental precursors to conventional forms of reading and writing.
Students at this point are getting to know books and learning about print.
• Oral Language Development . CORRECT ANSWER: In order to enhance a
students oral language or verbal skills, students must be involved in the following
on a regular basis: open-ended (whole group, small group, and one-on-one)
discussions, read aloud, echo reading, songs, nursery rhymes, storytelling, readers
theater, close activities, poetry, role play, drama, finger play, and so on.
• Readers Theater . CORRECT ANSWER: is a dramatic presentation of a written
work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided
among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is
needed. Scripts are held by the readers. Lines are not memorized. The focus is on
reading the text with expressive voices and gestures. Making comprehending the
text meaningful and fun for the student!
• Cloze Activities . CORRECT ANSWER: choose a passage of text and delete words
based on a word count formula, such as every 5th word. You may supply a word
bank for students or not include one. This procedure may be used as a formative
assessment to adjust reading instruction.
• Phonics . CORRECT ANSWER: Is the understanding of the relationships between
the written letters of the alphabet and the sounds of spoken language. This allows
the reader to "decode" words by translating the letters into speech sounds.
Lessons teach readers to associate the letters of the alphabet with their sound
values. Knowledge of the letter sound relationship is vital to beginning readers.
,• Phonological Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: refers to the specific ability to
focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Includes
the ability of a student to identify and manipulate large parts of spoken language
(words, syllables, onset-rime units) and awareness of other aspects of sound in
language like alliteration, intonation, and rhyming. Also learns that words can be
segmented into larger sound "chunks" known as syllables and each syllable begin
with a sound (onset) and ends with another sound (rime).
• Alphabet Knowledge . CORRECT ANSWER: requires young learners to identify
and name the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Alphabet books,
magnetic letters, and the use of environmental print all enhance alphabet
knowledge.
• Concepts of print . CORRECT ANSWER: knowledge of how print works is vital.
Young learners should understand that print conveys meaning, directionality (left
to right and top to bottom progression), concept of a world (word boundaries),
letter knowledge, phonemic awareness, and literacy language (author,
illustrations, title, and so on)
• Voice-to-print matching . CORRECT ANSWER: is essentially reading aloud and
matching the voice to the print. This technique is often used with beginning
readers in the primary grades.
• High Frequency Check list . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used as screening and
progress monitoring tools to instantly assess what words students know.
• Retelling Rubrics . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used to identify what important
literary elements students are incorporating into their retelling.
, • Sight word games . CORRECT ANSWER: can be used to informally assess sight
word recognition.
• Surveys . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used to gauge attitudes about reading and
identify topics of interest to the students.
• Portfolios . CORRECT ANSWER: working and/or growth portfolios can be used
to collect work samples over time to gain true insight into how the students skills
have progressed.
• 5 major components of reading . CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Phonemic Awareness 2.
Phonics 3. Fluency 4. Vocabulary 5. Comprehension
• Phonemic Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to hear and manipulate
the sounds of spoken language this includes noticing rhyme and recognizing the
separate, small sounds in words (phonemes) Phonemic awareness is just one
aspect of phonological awareness.
• Fluency . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to read at an appropriate rate,
accurately, and with Prosody(proper expressions). Fluent readers can concentrate
on understanding what they read because they don't have to focus on decoding.
• Vocabulary . CORRECT ANSWER: includes all the words that the reader can
understand and use. The more words a child knows, the better he/she will
understand what is read. Knowing how words relate to each other is building
block that leads to comprehension.
• comprehension . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to understand what one has
read. This includes understanding the plot of a story or the information in an
ACTUAL Exam Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
Study Guide
• Emergent Literacy . CORRECT ANSWER: the skills, knowledge and attitudes that
are developmental precursors to conventional forms of reading and writing.
Students at this point are getting to know books and learning about print.
• Oral Language Development . CORRECT ANSWER: In order to enhance a
students oral language or verbal skills, students must be involved in the following
on a regular basis: open-ended (whole group, small group, and one-on-one)
discussions, read aloud, echo reading, songs, nursery rhymes, storytelling, readers
theater, close activities, poetry, role play, drama, finger play, and so on.
• Readers Theater . CORRECT ANSWER: is a dramatic presentation of a written
work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided
among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is
needed. Scripts are held by the readers. Lines are not memorized. The focus is on
reading the text with expressive voices and gestures. Making comprehending the
text meaningful and fun for the student!
• Cloze Activities . CORRECT ANSWER: choose a passage of text and delete words
based on a word count formula, such as every 5th word. You may supply a word
bank for students or not include one. This procedure may be used as a formative
assessment to adjust reading instruction.
• Phonics . CORRECT ANSWER: Is the understanding of the relationships between
the written letters of the alphabet and the sounds of spoken language. This allows
the reader to "decode" words by translating the letters into speech sounds.
Lessons teach readers to associate the letters of the alphabet with their sound
values. Knowledge of the letter sound relationship is vital to beginning readers.
,• Phonological Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: refers to the specific ability to
focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Includes
the ability of a student to identify and manipulate large parts of spoken language
(words, syllables, onset-rime units) and awareness of other aspects of sound in
language like alliteration, intonation, and rhyming. Also learns that words can be
segmented into larger sound "chunks" known as syllables and each syllable begin
with a sound (onset) and ends with another sound (rime).
• Alphabet Knowledge . CORRECT ANSWER: requires young learners to identify
and name the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Alphabet books,
magnetic letters, and the use of environmental print all enhance alphabet
knowledge.
• Concepts of print . CORRECT ANSWER: knowledge of how print works is vital.
Young learners should understand that print conveys meaning, directionality (left
to right and top to bottom progression), concept of a world (word boundaries),
letter knowledge, phonemic awareness, and literacy language (author,
illustrations, title, and so on)
• Voice-to-print matching . CORRECT ANSWER: is essentially reading aloud and
matching the voice to the print. This technique is often used with beginning
readers in the primary grades.
• High Frequency Check list . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used as screening and
progress monitoring tools to instantly assess what words students know.
• Retelling Rubrics . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used to identify what important
literary elements students are incorporating into their retelling.
, • Sight word games . CORRECT ANSWER: can be used to informally assess sight
word recognition.
• Surveys . CORRECT ANSWER: Can be used to gauge attitudes about reading and
identify topics of interest to the students.
• Portfolios . CORRECT ANSWER: working and/or growth portfolios can be used
to collect work samples over time to gain true insight into how the students skills
have progressed.
• 5 major components of reading . CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Phonemic Awareness 2.
Phonics 3. Fluency 4. Vocabulary 5. Comprehension
• Phonemic Awareness . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to hear and manipulate
the sounds of spoken language this includes noticing rhyme and recognizing the
separate, small sounds in words (phonemes) Phonemic awareness is just one
aspect of phonological awareness.
• Fluency . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to read at an appropriate rate,
accurately, and with Prosody(proper expressions). Fluent readers can concentrate
on understanding what they read because they don't have to focus on decoding.
• Vocabulary . CORRECT ANSWER: includes all the words that the reader can
understand and use. The more words a child knows, the better he/she will
understand what is read. Knowing how words relate to each other is building
block that leads to comprehension.
• comprehension . CORRECT ANSWER: is the ability to understand what one has
read. This includes understanding the plot of a story or the information in an
