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GACE Elementary Education (Actual)Exam Graded A+
1. In a first-grade class, the teacher reads a story aloud while the students echo the
words the teacher has read. Which of the following approaches to reading is the teacher
using?
A. Reader's workshop
B. Shared reading
C. Round robin
D. Guided reading - ANS-Option B is correct. In shared reading, an interactive reading
experience, children join in the reading of a big book or other enlarged text as guided by
a teacher or other adult.
10. Which of the following words is best to use as an example when demonstrating
structural analysis for vocabulary development?
A. Count
B. Inactive
C. Retail
D. Maintain - ANS-Option B is correct. Structural analysis involves using prefixes,
suffixes, and root words to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. The word
"inactive" is the only word that has both a prefix (in) and a root word (active), so it would
be most useful in teaching structural analysis.
11. Ms. Richards has the students do the following:
• Determine a writing audience
• Identify a purpose
• Provide a list of writing topics
Based on the list of activities, which stage of writing is Ms. Richards' class most likely
working on?
A. Publishing
B. Editing
C. Drafting
D. Prewriting - ANS-Option D is correct. The prewriting stage is the first stage
of the writing process and includes elements such as planning, researching, outlining,
diagramming, and storyboarding.
12. During a small-group lesson, a kindergarten teacher asks students, "What sound is
the same in 'pad,' 'cat,' and 'man'?" The teacher is providing instruction in which of the
following phonemic awareness skills?
A. Categorization
B. Identification
C. Substitution
D. Isolation - ANS-Option B is correct. Phoneme identification is the ability to recognize
the same sounds in different words.
, 13. A teacher does a think-aloud to model effective active listening behaviors for
classroom discussions. Which of the following actions best shows active listening?
A. Restating key points a speaker makes to show understanding of the intended
message
B. Asking the speaker to pause and give a differing opinion illustrated with an example
C. Sitting at a distance away from a presentation to prevent making the speaker feel
nervous
D. Using nonverbal cues to acknowledge emotional reactions to what a speaker is
saying - ANS-Option A is correct. Active listening is a structured form of listening in
which listeners repeat in their own words what they believe the speaker is saying.
14. A fifth-grade student reads a narrative account of a journalist's trip to a tropical rain
forest. Which of the following oral reading behaviors indicates that the student has an
understanding of effective fluent reading?
A. Slowing down reading to monitor understanding when encountering a section in a
text with unfamiliar concepts
B. Correctly and rapidly reading a list of academic and domain-specific vocabulary
found in the text
C. Quickly processing the words in sustained text with limited need to expend cognitive
energy on word recognition
D. Engaging with a text by showing natural spoken expression and the ability to chunk
information into phrases - ANS-Option D is correct. The option describes a reader using
prosody while reading. Prosody is the use of timing, phrasing, pitch, and rhythm to
convey meaning while reading.
15. A fourth-grade teacher displays an article on the life cycle of a butterfly on an
interactive whiteboard. The teacher reads a passage aloud to the students and
highlights transition words such as first, next, and finally. The teacher explains that the
transition words help a reader understand how events in a text are related to one
another with a time span of first event to last event. Which of the following best explains
the rationale for the lesson?
A. Motivating a reader to engage with complex texts with content presented in similar
patterns
B. Assisting a reader to identify important and accurate information presented by an
author to increase understanding
C. Allowing a reader to successfully engage in independent reading of difficult
informational texts
D. Assisting a reader to identify text structure and use the organizational patterns within
each structure to increase understanding - ANS-Option D is correct. The primary
rationale for the lesson is to improve comprehension during reading by helping students
understand text structure and organizational patterns such as sequence within each
structure.
16. Use the passage to answer the following question.
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