FTCE PREKINDERGARTEN COMPREHENSIVE
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ A 2nd grade teacher would like students to compare the life spans
of a number of animals discussed in an informational text. Which of
the following visual representations would be most appropriate for
students to create to help them address this goal?
A. semantic web
B. flowchart
C. bar graph
D. timeline. Answer: C. bar graph
◉ Students are provided a vocabulary list that contains examples
and nonexamples of words found in the reading. The teacher
provides a brief introduction to the reading and instructs students to
determine which words they would likely encounter in the text. This
activity is called exclusion brainstorming and is used in what stage
of a reading process?
A. following the second read
B. before beginning the first read
,C. between the first and second read
D. after both the first and second read. Answer: B. before beginning
the first read
◉ A kindergarten teacher notices that a student is becoming aware
of syllables within words. In an effort to promote phonological
awareness, the teacher helps the student break down the word car.
What is the correct term for part of the word that comes after the
initial consonant, ar?
A. body
B. coda
C. onset
D. rime. Answer: D. rime
◉ Onset. Answer: beginning of phonological consonant sound
Example: in cat - "c" is the onset and "at" is the rime
hat - "h" is the onset and "at" is the rime
pat - "p" is the onset and "at" is the rime
◉ Rime. Answer: are the letters that follow the onset , usually
vowels and consonants
,Example: in men - "m" is the onset and "en" is the rime
hen - "h" is the onset and "en" is the rime
pen - "p" is the onset and "en" is the rime
◉ In order to prepare students to read about city government, the
teacher organized a field trip to city hall and arranged a
presentation by the city manager for the class. The teacher is
developing
A. background information, interest, and purpose.
B. interest, textual characteristics, and motivation.
C. oral language skills, schema, and automaticity.
D. background information, phonics skills, and purpose.. Answer: A.
background information, interest, and purpose.
◉ A student has limited knowledge of letters, reads words from
memory, and has no working knowledge of the alphabetic system. At
which stage of word recognition is the student functioning?
A. pre-alphabetic
B. partial alphabetic
C. limited alphabetic
, D. pro-alphabetic. Answer: A. pre-alphabetic
◉ A teacher gives the students the word unrestricted and asks them
to define it using the familiar and meaningful parts in the word. The
teacher is using a cueing strategy for decoding word meanings called
morphemic analysis. Which of the following is also a cueing strategy
for decoding word meanings?
A. letter features
B. phonograms
C. word configurations
D. semantics. Answer: D. semantics
◉ Phonograms. Answer: A symbol representing a vocal sound.
Example: -tch, -dge, -igh, -eigh
Like: bright, height, high, etc.
◉ Semantics. Answer: Meaning of words and sentences
Example: "destination" and "last stop" technically mean the same
thing, but students of semantics analyze their subtle shades of
meaning.
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ A 2nd grade teacher would like students to compare the life spans
of a number of animals discussed in an informational text. Which of
the following visual representations would be most appropriate for
students to create to help them address this goal?
A. semantic web
B. flowchart
C. bar graph
D. timeline. Answer: C. bar graph
◉ Students are provided a vocabulary list that contains examples
and nonexamples of words found in the reading. The teacher
provides a brief introduction to the reading and instructs students to
determine which words they would likely encounter in the text. This
activity is called exclusion brainstorming and is used in what stage
of a reading process?
A. following the second read
B. before beginning the first read
,C. between the first and second read
D. after both the first and second read. Answer: B. before beginning
the first read
◉ A kindergarten teacher notices that a student is becoming aware
of syllables within words. In an effort to promote phonological
awareness, the teacher helps the student break down the word car.
What is the correct term for part of the word that comes after the
initial consonant, ar?
A. body
B. coda
C. onset
D. rime. Answer: D. rime
◉ Onset. Answer: beginning of phonological consonant sound
Example: in cat - "c" is the onset and "at" is the rime
hat - "h" is the onset and "at" is the rime
pat - "p" is the onset and "at" is the rime
◉ Rime. Answer: are the letters that follow the onset , usually
vowels and consonants
,Example: in men - "m" is the onset and "en" is the rime
hen - "h" is the onset and "en" is the rime
pen - "p" is the onset and "en" is the rime
◉ In order to prepare students to read about city government, the
teacher organized a field trip to city hall and arranged a
presentation by the city manager for the class. The teacher is
developing
A. background information, interest, and purpose.
B. interest, textual characteristics, and motivation.
C. oral language skills, schema, and automaticity.
D. background information, phonics skills, and purpose.. Answer: A.
background information, interest, and purpose.
◉ A student has limited knowledge of letters, reads words from
memory, and has no working knowledge of the alphabetic system. At
which stage of word recognition is the student functioning?
A. pre-alphabetic
B. partial alphabetic
C. limited alphabetic
, D. pro-alphabetic. Answer: A. pre-alphabetic
◉ A teacher gives the students the word unrestricted and asks them
to define it using the familiar and meaningful parts in the word. The
teacher is using a cueing strategy for decoding word meanings called
morphemic analysis. Which of the following is also a cueing strategy
for decoding word meanings?
A. letter features
B. phonograms
C. word configurations
D. semantics. Answer: D. semantics
◉ Phonograms. Answer: A symbol representing a vocal sound.
Example: -tch, -dge, -igh, -eigh
Like: bright, height, high, etc.
◉ Semantics. Answer: Meaning of words and sentences
Example: "destination" and "last stop" technically mean the same
thing, but students of semantics analyze their subtle shades of
meaning.
