6/1/25, 8:24 AM
PECT PREK -4 ALL MODULES NEWEST VERSION
\\\ACTUAL EXAM 2025 -2026 \COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
GRADED A+|ASSURED PASS
Direct, skill-based, holistic, in context, developmentally
Explicit instruction
appropriate, student centered and directed
provides ongoing feedback, identifies strengths,
Formative assessment
weaknesses, and target areas, low stakes, addresses
problems immediately
evaluates learning at the end of a unit and compares it
Summative assessment
against some standard or benchmark, high stakes,
(midterm, final, paper)
Promotes deeper level of learning, support tailored to
Scaffolding
needs of student (modeling, coaching) that is
gradually removed
poses questions, problems or scenarios - rather than
Inquiry-based learning
simply presenting established facts; assisted by a
facilitator
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,6/1/25, 8:35 AM PECT PreK-4 All Modules
Assessment anchors tools to better align curriculum, instruction, and assessment
practices
combines all 4 language skills, aids fluency, centered around
LEA (Language Experience learner generated text.
Approach) Step 1) A shared experience, 2) creating the text, 3) read
and revise, 4) read and reread, 5) extension
Receptive language the ability to understand or comprehend language heard or read
being able to put thoughts into words and sentences
Expressive language
that make sense and are grammatically accurate
(Dr. Murray Bowen) individuals cannot be understood in
Family systems theory
isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their
family, which is an emotional unit
a sound made by combining two vowels, specifically when it
Diphthong starts as one vowel
sound and goes to another (oy in oil). Refers to two
adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same
syllable.
Student should be able to recognize and use rhyme, break words
Phonological awareness into syllables,
blend phonemes into syllables and words, identify the
beginning and ending sounds in a syllable, and see
smaller words within larger words ("cat" in "catalog").
Student will demonstrate the ability to hear rhyme and
Phonemic awareness
alliteration, find the different sound in a set of words,
and blend and segment phonemes
a morpheme that contains a lexical morpheme (words
that have meaning by themselves) and at least one
Complex morpheme
grammatical morpheme (function to specify the
relationship between two lexical morphemes). (ex.
strong irregular verbs like swim, swam, swum)
a subcategory of suffixes that indicate tense and
Inflected endings number. To apply these rules, students will need an
understanding of consonant and vowel patterns in the
base word
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, 6/1/25, 8:35 AM PECT PreK-4 All Modules
Determines whether each student has achieved
specific skills or concepts, how much they know
before instruction begins and after it ends, measures
Criterion-referenced tests
specific
curricular skills expressed as instructional objectives,
each skill is tested by at least 4 items, each individual
is compared with a preset standard for acceptable
achievement (performance of others is
irrelevant), score is expressed as a percentage.
Rank each student respective to achievement of others
in broad areas of knowledge, discriminates between
Norm-referenced tests
high and low achievers, each individual is compared
with
other examinees and assigned a score expressed as a
percentile, grade equivalent score, or a stanine.
the defining feature of expressive reading, comprises all the
Prosody variables of timing,
phrasing, emphasis, and intonation that speakers use to
convey meaning and make their speech lively.
saying what you feel you heard the other person say.
Listening with the intent of understanding, instead of
Responsive listening
replying. Enhances the ability to: obtain information,
identify problems, resolve conflicts, improve the
accuracy of communication, solve problems, and
motivate the speaker
fast, effortless word recognition that comes from reading
Automaticity practice. Refers to
accurate, speedy word recognition, not to reading with
expression. Therefore it is necessary, but not
sufficient, for fluency.
a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students
Story map learn the elements of a book or story. By identifying
story characters, plot, setting, problem and solution,
students read carefully to learn details
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PECT PREK -4 ALL MODULES NEWEST VERSION
\\\ACTUAL EXAM 2025 -2026 \COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
GRADED A+|ASSURED PASS
Direct, skill-based, holistic, in context, developmentally
Explicit instruction
appropriate, student centered and directed
provides ongoing feedback, identifies strengths,
Formative assessment
weaknesses, and target areas, low stakes, addresses
problems immediately
evaluates learning at the end of a unit and compares it
Summative assessment
against some standard or benchmark, high stakes,
(midterm, final, paper)
Promotes deeper level of learning, support tailored to
Scaffolding
needs of student (modeling, coaching) that is
gradually removed
poses questions, problems or scenarios - rather than
Inquiry-based learning
simply presenting established facts; assisted by a
facilitator
/ 1/25
,6/1/25, 8:35 AM PECT PreK-4 All Modules
Assessment anchors tools to better align curriculum, instruction, and assessment
practices
combines all 4 language skills, aids fluency, centered around
LEA (Language Experience learner generated text.
Approach) Step 1) A shared experience, 2) creating the text, 3) read
and revise, 4) read and reread, 5) extension
Receptive language the ability to understand or comprehend language heard or read
being able to put thoughts into words and sentences
Expressive language
that make sense and are grammatically accurate
(Dr. Murray Bowen) individuals cannot be understood in
Family systems theory
isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their
family, which is an emotional unit
a sound made by combining two vowels, specifically when it
Diphthong starts as one vowel
sound and goes to another (oy in oil). Refers to two
adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same
syllable.
Student should be able to recognize and use rhyme, break words
Phonological awareness into syllables,
blend phonemes into syllables and words, identify the
beginning and ending sounds in a syllable, and see
smaller words within larger words ("cat" in "catalog").
Student will demonstrate the ability to hear rhyme and
Phonemic awareness
alliteration, find the different sound in a set of words,
and blend and segment phonemes
a morpheme that contains a lexical morpheme (words
that have meaning by themselves) and at least one
Complex morpheme
grammatical morpheme (function to specify the
relationship between two lexical morphemes). (ex.
strong irregular verbs like swim, swam, swum)
a subcategory of suffixes that indicate tense and
Inflected endings number. To apply these rules, students will need an
understanding of consonant and vowel patterns in the
base word
/ 2/25
, 6/1/25, 8:35 AM PECT PreK-4 All Modules
Determines whether each student has achieved
specific skills or concepts, how much they know
before instruction begins and after it ends, measures
Criterion-referenced tests
specific
curricular skills expressed as instructional objectives,
each skill is tested by at least 4 items, each individual
is compared with a preset standard for acceptable
achievement (performance of others is
irrelevant), score is expressed as a percentage.
Rank each student respective to achievement of others
in broad areas of knowledge, discriminates between
Norm-referenced tests
high and low achievers, each individual is compared
with
other examinees and assigned a score expressed as a
percentile, grade equivalent score, or a stanine.
the defining feature of expressive reading, comprises all the
Prosody variables of timing,
phrasing, emphasis, and intonation that speakers use to
convey meaning and make their speech lively.
saying what you feel you heard the other person say.
Listening with the intent of understanding, instead of
Responsive listening
replying. Enhances the ability to: obtain information,
identify problems, resolve conflicts, improve the
accuracy of communication, solve problems, and
motivate the speaker
fast, effortless word recognition that comes from reading
Automaticity practice. Refers to
accurate, speedy word recognition, not to reading with
expression. Therefore it is necessary, but not
sufficient, for fluency.
a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students
Story map learn the elements of a book or story. By identifying
story characters, plot, setting, problem and solution,
students read carefully to learn details
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