GACE 087 Practice Test Questions with
Complete Solutions
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research on emergent literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic letter-sound skills.
Option (C) is correct. Research has shown that both reading and writing require
interaction between the reader and text that lead to new knowledge and interpretations.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of fifth-grade students who are
having difficulty decoding unfamiliar multisyllabic words. The most appropriate approach to
address the students' need is to teach them to
,A. sound out multisyllabic words phoneme by phoneme
B. clap out the number of syllables in multisyllabic words
C. memorize grade-appropriate word lists that contain multisyllabic words
D. look for affixes and morphemes in multisyllabic words Option (D) is correct. Research
suggests that teaching students to recognize affixes and morphemes is an effective way to aid
students in decoding multisyllabic words.
Students who know how to use structural analysis to learn a new word can use that skill to best
understand which of the following words?
A. Help
B. Abnormal
C. Maintain
D. Detail Option (B) is correct. Structural analysis is the use of prefixes, suffixes, and
root words to understand the meaning of an unknown word. The word "abnormal," being the
,only word that has a prefix and a root word, is the best word to use when teaching structural
analysis.
A campus initiative ensuring that curriculum follows common streams from kindergarten
through twelfth grade reflects the importance of which of the following?
A. Horizontal alignment
B. Differentiated curriculum
C. Integrated curriculum
D. Vertical alignment Option (D) is correct. Vertical alignment refers to a curriculum in
which there are common streams that flow throughout a student's educative experience.
Words that cannot be sounded out according to regular pronunciation rules are called irregular
words. Which of the following lists contains irregular words?
A. Man, came, well, in
B. We, him, get, so
C. Do, said, was, of
, D. How, had, make, not Option (C) is correct. It contains irregular words with letters that
do not represent their most common sounds. "Do," "said," "was," and "of" all have irregular
pronunciations.
A teacher has students read a passage and then asks the students to think about the following
questions.
Why does the writer use these words to describe the situation?
What types of adjectives and adverbs does the author use for description?
What are the denotations and connotations of the words the author uses?
By asking these questions, the teacher is primarily helping students understand which of the
following?
A. Setting
B. Characterization
C. Tone
D. Theme Option (C) is correct. The questions will help the students focus on the author's
tone.
Complete Solutions
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research on emergent literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic letter-sound skills.
Option (C) is correct. Research has shown that both reading and writing require
interaction between the reader and text that lead to new knowledge and interpretations.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of fifth-grade students who are
having difficulty decoding unfamiliar multisyllabic words. The most appropriate approach to
address the students' need is to teach them to
,A. sound out multisyllabic words phoneme by phoneme
B. clap out the number of syllables in multisyllabic words
C. memorize grade-appropriate word lists that contain multisyllabic words
D. look for affixes and morphemes in multisyllabic words Option (D) is correct. Research
suggests that teaching students to recognize affixes and morphemes is an effective way to aid
students in decoding multisyllabic words.
Students who know how to use structural analysis to learn a new word can use that skill to best
understand which of the following words?
A. Help
B. Abnormal
C. Maintain
D. Detail Option (B) is correct. Structural analysis is the use of prefixes, suffixes, and
root words to understand the meaning of an unknown word. The word "abnormal," being the
,only word that has a prefix and a root word, is the best word to use when teaching structural
analysis.
A campus initiative ensuring that curriculum follows common streams from kindergarten
through twelfth grade reflects the importance of which of the following?
A. Horizontal alignment
B. Differentiated curriculum
C. Integrated curriculum
D. Vertical alignment Option (D) is correct. Vertical alignment refers to a curriculum in
which there are common streams that flow throughout a student's educative experience.
Words that cannot be sounded out according to regular pronunciation rules are called irregular
words. Which of the following lists contains irregular words?
A. Man, came, well, in
B. We, him, get, so
C. Do, said, was, of
, D. How, had, make, not Option (C) is correct. It contains irregular words with letters that
do not represent their most common sounds. "Do," "said," "was," and "of" all have irregular
pronunciations.
A teacher has students read a passage and then asks the students to think about the following
questions.
Why does the writer use these words to describe the situation?
What types of adjectives and adverbs does the author use for description?
What are the denotations and connotations of the words the author uses?
By asking these questions, the teacher is primarily helping students understand which of the
following?
A. Setting
B. Characterization
C. Tone
D. Theme Option (C) is correct. The questions will help the students focus on the author's
tone.
