GACE - Elementary Education Test I & II Combo (501)
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GACE - Elementary Education Test I & II
Combo (501)
*DOMAIN I* - answer*READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - answerThe ability to break down and hear separate or different sounds
and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of sounds and words
Phonics - a...
GACE - Elementary Education Test I & II
Combo (501)
*DOMAIN I* - answer✔✔*READING & ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS*
Phonemic awareness - answer✔✔The ability to break down and hear separate or different sounds
and to distinguish among the sounds one hears, the acknowledgement of sounds and words
Phonics - answer✔✔Method for teaching students to read which relies on studying the rules and
patterns found in language, the connection between the sounds and letters on a page
Comprehension - answer✔✔The reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - answer✔✔The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with fluidity and
smoothness
Vocabulary - answer✔✔Demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written language,
increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
Phonological awareness - answer✔✔The ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken
language
Semantic cues - answer✔✔For example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - answer✔✔For example, does that sound right?
Alphabetic principle - answer✔✔Understanding that written words are composed of patterns of
letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - answer✔✔The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns
Decode - answer✔✔To change communication signals into messages
Root words - answer✔✔A word from which another word is developed
Base words - answer✔✔A stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or broken
down into smaller words
Contractions - answer✔✔Shortened form of two words in which one of more letters have been
deleted
Prefixes - answer✔✔Beginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or root word
Suffixes - answer✔✔Ending units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the ends of
root or base words
Compound words - answer✔✔Occur when two or more base words are connected to form a new
word
Sectional endings - answer✔✔Suffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root word
Morphology - answer✔✔The study of word structure
Syntax - answer✔✔Phrases and sentences from words
Semantics - answer✔✔Refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a specific
way
Content area vocabulary - answer✔✔The specific vocabulary related to the particular concepts
of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - answer✔✔A sequence of teaching events and teacher actions used to
help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - answer✔✔Temporary support or guidance provided to students in the
form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - answer✔✔When information is carefully combined with what the learner
already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order skill
Background knowledge - answer✔✔The basic knowledge most children bring to their learning
experiences
Emergent literacy - answer✔✔The early reading and writing behaviors that precede and develop
into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - answer✔✔The understanding of the basic facts of a given passage
Inferential comprehension - answer✔✔The ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a given
statement based on collected facts and information
Evaluative comprehension - answer✔✔The ability to understand and sort facts, opinions,
assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - answer✔✔An evaluative process that involves the reader in making a reasonable
judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally constructing meaning
Monitoring - answer✔✔Means self-clarifying
Summarizing - answer✔✔Engages the reader in pulling out the essential bits of information in a
longer passage or excerpt of text and making them into a cohesive whole
Prior knowledge - answer✔✔All of an individual's prior experiences, education, and
development that precede his or her entrance into a specific learning situation or his or her
attempts to comprehend a specific text
Schemata - answer✔✔Structures that represent generic concepts stored in the memory
Character - answer✔✔The person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
Setting - answer✔✔The place or location where a story occurs
Themes - answer✔✔The underlying messages, above and beyond all plot elements, that writers
want to convey
Mood - answer✔✔The atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through descriptive language
Topic - answer✔✔What the paragraph or story is about
Main idea - answer✔✔States the important idea or ideas that the author wants the reader to know
about a topic
Topic sentence - answer✔✔Indicates what the passage is about
Introductory statement - answer✔✔Provides a bridge between any previous, relevant text and the
content to follow, it provides information about the text and also sets the tone and parameters
Summary statement - answer✔✔A concise presentation of the essential data from a passage
Supporting details - answer✔✔Sentences that give more information about the topic and the
main idea
Logical order - answer✔✔So a reader can follow the information easily and quickly
Sequence of events - answer✔✔Details are presented in the order in which they have occurred
Statement support - answer✔✔The main idea is stated and the rest of the paragraph explains or
proves it
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