PRAXIS Elementary Education 5001: Practice
Questions Already Passed
Assonance
Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Meter
A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a rhythm when spoken
Iambic meter
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Blank verse
unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic pentameter
Free verse
Lacks regular patterns of poetic feet, but has more controlled rhythm than prose in terms of
pace and pauses.
Phonological awareness
A sub-skill of literacy; the ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word, such as syllables
and the individual phonemes within syllables.
Phonemes
The sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet
Teaching phonological awareness
Language play; an exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds
Alphabetic principle
The use of letters and combinations of letters to represent speech sounds
,Developing language skills
- Interacting with others
- Experiencing language in daily life
- Understanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective communication.
Know, Wonder, Learn
What KWL stands for
Decoding
Method used to make sense of printed words and figure out how to correctly pronounce them.
Student must know the relationships between letters and sounds, including:
- letter patterns
- words are constructed from phonemes
- printed word represents a word that can be spoken.
Phonics
Process of learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by letters
Whole language approach
Method of teaching children to read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language; believes
that language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters and
"decoded."
Fluency
The goal of literacy development; the ability to read and write accurately and quickly
Affixes
Syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to make a derivative or inflectional form of
a word.
, Noun suffixes
Type of suffix. Two types:
- Denotes the act of, state of, or quality of. (argument)
- Denotes the doer, or one who does (auctioneer)
Verb suffixes
Type of suffix. Denote "to make" or "two perform the act of" (soften)
Adjectival suffixes
Type of suffix. Include suffixes such as "ful" which means "full of." Ish, less, able.
Literal comprehension
The skills a reader uses to deal with the actual words in a text. Involves skills such as identifying
the topic sentence, main idea, important facts, and supporting details; using context clues to
determine the meaning of a word; and sequencing events.
Critical comprehension
Involves the prior knowledge and an understanding that written material, especially in
nonfiction, is the author's version and not necessarily anyone else's. Involves analysis of
meaning, evaluation, validation, questioning, and the reasoning skills a reader uses to recognize
inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, POV, themes, etc.
Metacognitive Skills
Awareness , Planning, Self-monitoring and reflection
Taking an active role in reading
Recognizing reading behaviors
Relating info to prior knowledge
Being aware of text structures
Synecdoche
Questions Already Passed
Assonance
Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Meter
A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a rhythm when spoken
Iambic meter
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Blank verse
unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic pentameter
Free verse
Lacks regular patterns of poetic feet, but has more controlled rhythm than prose in terms of
pace and pauses.
Phonological awareness
A sub-skill of literacy; the ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word, such as syllables
and the individual phonemes within syllables.
Phonemes
The sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet
Teaching phonological awareness
Language play; an exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds
Alphabetic principle
The use of letters and combinations of letters to represent speech sounds
,Developing language skills
- Interacting with others
- Experiencing language in daily life
- Understanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective communication.
Know, Wonder, Learn
What KWL stands for
Decoding
Method used to make sense of printed words and figure out how to correctly pronounce them.
Student must know the relationships between letters and sounds, including:
- letter patterns
- words are constructed from phonemes
- printed word represents a word that can be spoken.
Phonics
Process of learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by letters
Whole language approach
Method of teaching children to read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language; believes
that language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters and
"decoded."
Fluency
The goal of literacy development; the ability to read and write accurately and quickly
Affixes
Syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to make a derivative or inflectional form of
a word.
, Noun suffixes
Type of suffix. Two types:
- Denotes the act of, state of, or quality of. (argument)
- Denotes the doer, or one who does (auctioneer)
Verb suffixes
Type of suffix. Denote "to make" or "two perform the act of" (soften)
Adjectival suffixes
Type of suffix. Include suffixes such as "ful" which means "full of." Ish, less, able.
Literal comprehension
The skills a reader uses to deal with the actual words in a text. Involves skills such as identifying
the topic sentence, main idea, important facts, and supporting details; using context clues to
determine the meaning of a word; and sequencing events.
Critical comprehension
Involves the prior knowledge and an understanding that written material, especially in
nonfiction, is the author's version and not necessarily anyone else's. Involves analysis of
meaning, evaluation, validation, questioning, and the reasoning skills a reader uses to recognize
inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, POV, themes, etc.
Metacognitive Skills
Awareness , Planning, Self-monitoring and reflection
Taking an active role in reading
Recognizing reading behaviors
Relating info to prior knowledge
Being aware of text structures
Synecdoche
