FTCE K-6 ELA 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of a reading response journal - ✔✔increases reading
level by encouraging students to read complex text
✔✔Which mode of writing tells a story using sequenced events and descriptive details -
✔✔narrative
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of a fable
anthropomorphized inanimate objects
mythical creatures
exaggerated version of historical events
contains a moral message - ✔✔mythical creatures
✔✔Which does NOT contribute to legible handwriting
spacing
block letters
letter formation
letter alignment - ✔✔block letters
✔✔Which is NOT an appropriate strategy to use when looking for reader response to
literature
choral reading
literature circles
think-pair-share
journals - ✔✔choral reading
✔✔Writing that uses sensory details is - ✔✔descriptive
✔✔Most of Ms. Adams' kindergarten students can label pictures in their daily journals
with strings of randoms letters. What should Ms. Adams' next step be to develop writing
skills in those students - ✔✔ask the students to label their drawings with appropriate
initial letters
✔✔Which is NOT a benefit of the workshop approach in the classroom
it allows adequate time for student practice
it requires students to learn skills independently
it allows the teacher to remediate with small groups
it provides differentiated learning opprotunities - ✔✔it requires students to learn skills
independently
, ✔✔Classroom structures should include ____________ to allow for multiple speaking
and listening opportunities - ✔✔whole group lessons combined with small group
lessons
✔✔Which is NOT an important consideration when setting up the classroom -
✔✔electrical outlets
✔✔When students are asked house facts and data in their essays in order to inform the
reader, they are engaging in _________________ writing - ✔✔explanatory/expository
✔✔Which cooperative grouping strategy requires a student to become an expert on a
topic and then share the information with peers - ✔✔jigsaw
✔✔The ELA Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) is an example of a - ✔✔criterion-
referenced assessment
✔✔Students are taking an exam that will measure their performance against other
students in the nation. This is used to make decisions about education programs
This type of assessment is - ✔✔norm-referenced
✔✔What is the main purpose of formative assessment - ✔✔to drive instruction
✔✔The STAR Early Literacy Assessment given at the beginning of second grade is an
example of - ✔✔a diagnostic assessment
✔✔During independent reading time, a student notices the characters in his chapter
book exhibit distinct behaviors
Which story element is the student picking up on - ✔✔characterization
✔✔Which of the following is an example of an onset-rime segmentation - ✔✔d-og
✔✔When a teacher asks students to make predictions about a text, he or she is
fostering the students' - ✔✔comprehension
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a consonant blend
bl
sh
cr
at - ✔✔at
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of successful technology integration in the classroom
easily accessible to teacher and students
routinely used
GRADED A+
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of a reading response journal - ✔✔increases reading
level by encouraging students to read complex text
✔✔Which mode of writing tells a story using sequenced events and descriptive details -
✔✔narrative
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of a fable
anthropomorphized inanimate objects
mythical creatures
exaggerated version of historical events
contains a moral message - ✔✔mythical creatures
✔✔Which does NOT contribute to legible handwriting
spacing
block letters
letter formation
letter alignment - ✔✔block letters
✔✔Which is NOT an appropriate strategy to use when looking for reader response to
literature
choral reading
literature circles
think-pair-share
journals - ✔✔choral reading
✔✔Writing that uses sensory details is - ✔✔descriptive
✔✔Most of Ms. Adams' kindergarten students can label pictures in their daily journals
with strings of randoms letters. What should Ms. Adams' next step be to develop writing
skills in those students - ✔✔ask the students to label their drawings with appropriate
initial letters
✔✔Which is NOT a benefit of the workshop approach in the classroom
it allows adequate time for student practice
it requires students to learn skills independently
it allows the teacher to remediate with small groups
it provides differentiated learning opprotunities - ✔✔it requires students to learn skills
independently
, ✔✔Classroom structures should include ____________ to allow for multiple speaking
and listening opportunities - ✔✔whole group lessons combined with small group
lessons
✔✔Which is NOT an important consideration when setting up the classroom -
✔✔electrical outlets
✔✔When students are asked house facts and data in their essays in order to inform the
reader, they are engaging in _________________ writing - ✔✔explanatory/expository
✔✔Which cooperative grouping strategy requires a student to become an expert on a
topic and then share the information with peers - ✔✔jigsaw
✔✔The ELA Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) is an example of a - ✔✔criterion-
referenced assessment
✔✔Students are taking an exam that will measure their performance against other
students in the nation. This is used to make decisions about education programs
This type of assessment is - ✔✔norm-referenced
✔✔What is the main purpose of formative assessment - ✔✔to drive instruction
✔✔The STAR Early Literacy Assessment given at the beginning of second grade is an
example of - ✔✔a diagnostic assessment
✔✔During independent reading time, a student notices the characters in his chapter
book exhibit distinct behaviors
Which story element is the student picking up on - ✔✔characterization
✔✔Which of the following is an example of an onset-rime segmentation - ✔✔d-og
✔✔When a teacher asks students to make predictions about a text, he or she is
fostering the students' - ✔✔comprehension
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a consonant blend
bl
sh
cr
at - ✔✔at
✔✔Which is NOT a characteristic of successful technology integration in the classroom
easily accessible to teacher and students
routinely used
