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GACE - Elementary Education Test I & II Combo (501) Questions and Answers 2024
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GACE - Elementary Education Test I & IICombo (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 - answerMethod 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 - answerThe reader can ascribe meaning to text
Fluency - answerThe ability to read in much the same manner as speaking, with fluidity
and smoothness
Vocabulary - answerDemonstrates the strong ties between oral and written language,
increasing it will help students with both comprehension and fluency
Phonological awareness - answerThe ability of the reader to recognize the sound of
spoken language
Semantic cues - answerFor example, does that make sense to you?
Syntactic cues - answerFor example, does that sound right?
Alphabetic principle - answerUnderstanding that written words are composed of
patterns of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words
Word analysis - answerThe process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns
Decode - answerTo change communication signals into messages
Root words - answerA word from which another word is developed
Base words - answerA stand-alone linguistic unit that cannot be deconstructed or
broken down into smaller words
,Contractions - answerShortened form of two words in which one of more letters have
been deleted
Prefixes - answerBeginning units of meaning that can be added to a base word or root
word
Suffixes - answerEnding units of meaning that can be "affixed" or added onto the ends
of root or base words
Compound words - answerOccur when two or more base words are connected to form
a new word
Sectional endings - answerSuffixes that impart a new meaning to the base or root word
Morphology - answerThe study of word structure
Syntax - answerPhrases and sentences from words
Semantics - answerRefers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a
specific way
Content area vocabulary - answerThe specific vocabulary related to the particular
concepts of various academic disciplines
Conspicuous strategies - answerA sequence of teaching events and teacher actions
used to help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing
knowledge
Mediated scaffolding - answerTemporary support or guidance provided to students in
the form of steps, tasks, materials, and personal support during initial learning
Strategic instruction - answerWhen information is carefully combined with what the
learner already knows and understands to produce a more generalizable, higher-order
skill
Background knowledge - answerThe basic knowledge most children bring to their
learning experiences
Emergent literacy - answerThe early reading and writing behaviors that precede and
develop into conventional literacy
Literal comprehension - answerThe understanding of the basic facts of a given passage
Inferential comprehension - answerThe ability to create or infer a hypothesis for a given
statement based on collected facts and information
, Evaluative comprehension - answerThe ability to understand and sort facts, opinions,
assumptions, persuasive elements, and the validity of a passage
Inferencing - answerAn evaluative process that involves the reader in making a
reasonable judgment based on the information given and engages children in literally
constructing meaning
Monitoring - answerMeans self-clarifying
Summarizing - answerEngages 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 - answerAll 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 - answerStructures that represent generic concepts stored in the memory
Character - answerThe person, such as a hero or villain, represented in a story
Setting - answerThe place or location where a story occurs
Themes - answerThe underlying messages, above and beyond all plot elements, that
writers want to convey
Mood - answerThe atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through descriptive
language
Topic - answerWhat the paragraph or story is about
Main idea - answerStates the important idea or ideas that the author wants the reader to
know about a topic
Topic sentence - answerIndicates what the passage is about
Introductory statement - answerProvides 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 - answerA concise presentation of the essential data from a
passage
Supporting details - answerSentences that give more information about the topic and
the main idea
Logical order - answerSo a reader can follow the information easily and quickly
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