GACE ELA, Reading, and SS Practice
Test Questions and Answers
A language arts teacher requires students to keep a reading response journal. The
primary purpose of a reading response journal is to?
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading assignment
B. Keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. Facilitate student interactions with a text
D. Keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the year - correct
Answer-facilitate student interactions with text.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience approach (LEA)?
A. Use of grade leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written language
D. Pretending by using oral language activities and vocabulary words as a basis for
predicting - correct Answer-Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and
written language
Which of the following is a research based method for improving a student's reading
fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities for students to reread the same passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self questioning - correct Answer-Providing
many opportunities to students to reread the same passage
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use non standard English
in their speech and writing. A colleague who has kept abreast of recent trends is most
likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require students to make
choices between standard and non standard word forms
B. Insist that the students be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications at school
C. Provide examples of experiences from which the students can conclude that different
usage styles are appropriate in different situations
, D. Encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications outside of school. - correct Answer-provide examples of experience
from which students can conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for helping kindergarten
students develop an understanding of concepts about print?
A. exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading - correct Answer-Modeling how to track
during shared reading
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students during calendar time.
Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps her pointer on each word as she sings it
with her students. She is demonstrating
A. Concept of print
B. Decoding
C. A Think-aloud
D. The alphabetic principle - correct Answer-concept of print
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for teachers to do
A. Give students a few global preceding questions to guide their reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to comprehend the
reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension questions for one another
- correct Answer-Advocate and model for the use of self-questioning strategies during
reading
What is a concept supported by current research on emergent literacy?
A. Children began their literacy learning when they enter school
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginnings 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 -
correct Answer-Reading and writing develop concurrently and in interrelated ways
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of 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 word phoneme by phoneme
Test Questions and Answers
A language arts teacher requires students to keep a reading response journal. The
primary purpose of a reading response journal is to?
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading assignment
B. Keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. Facilitate student interactions with a text
D. Keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the year - correct
Answer-facilitate student interactions with text.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience approach (LEA)?
A. Use of grade leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written language
D. Pretending by using oral language activities and vocabulary words as a basis for
predicting - correct Answer-Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and
written language
Which of the following is a research based method for improving a student's reading
fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities for students to reread the same passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self questioning - correct Answer-Providing
many opportunities to students to reread the same passage
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use non standard English
in their speech and writing. A colleague who has kept abreast of recent trends is most
likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require students to make
choices between standard and non standard word forms
B. Insist that the students be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications at school
C. Provide examples of experiences from which the students can conclude that different
usage styles are appropriate in different situations
, D. Encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms in oral
communications outside of school. - correct Answer-provide examples of experience
from which students can conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for helping kindergarten
students develop an understanding of concepts about print?
A. exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading - correct Answer-Modeling how to track
during shared reading
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students during calendar time.
Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps her pointer on each word as she sings it
with her students. She is demonstrating
A. Concept of print
B. Decoding
C. A Think-aloud
D. The alphabetic principle - correct Answer-concept of print
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for teachers to do
A. Give students a few global preceding questions to guide their reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to comprehend the
reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension questions for one another
- correct Answer-Advocate and model for the use of self-questioning strategies during
reading
What is a concept supported by current research on emergent literacy?
A. Children began their literacy learning when they enter school
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginnings 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 -
correct Answer-Reading and writing develop concurrently and in interrelated ways
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of 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 word phoneme by phoneme
