GACE Early Childhood Education questions with correct answers

Phonics Answer Method for teaching students to read, which relies on studying the rules and patterns found in language. Phonological Awareness Answer The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken language Phonemic Awareness Answer the ability to break down and hear separate and/or different sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears. Alphabetic Principle Answer Understanding that written words are composed of patterns of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words. Word Analysis Answer the process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on written patterns decode Answer to change communication signals into messages root words Answer a word from which another word is developed base words Answer a stand alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or broken down into smaller words contractions Answer shortened form of two words in which one or more letters have been deleted