PRAXIS 5205 TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Accuracy (part of fluency). Answer: Reading words in text with no
errors
◉ Affix. Answer: A prefix or suffix
◉ Alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
◉ Alphabetic Principle. Answer: An understanding that letters and
letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken words
◉ Anecdotal Record. Answer: An informal, written record, based on
observations the teacher makes of a students progress/activities
throughout the day
◉ Antonym. Answer: A word that means the opposite of another
word
◉ Automaticity. Answer: Reading without conscious effort or
attention to decoding
,◉ Basal Reader. Answer: A kind of book that is used to teach reading.
It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The
words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson. New words
are added regularly.
◉ Background Knowledge. Answer: Your personal experiences, what
you already know.
◉ Base Word (free morpheme). Answer: A unit of meaning that can
stand alone as a whole word (e.g., friend, pig).
◉ Blending. Answer: Combining parts of a spoken word into a whole
representation of the word (e.g., /p/ /oo/ /l/ to form pool)
◉ Choral Reading. Answer: Reading aloud in unison with a whole
class or group of students (builds fluency)
◉ Chunking. Answer: Breaking words/sentences into meaningful
parts (e.g., /yes/ /ter/ /day/ for yesterday)
◉ Cloze. Answer: Eliminating words from a passage and a student
must use context to fill in the blank with the appropriate word
, ◉ Comprehension. Answer: understanding what one is reading (the
ultimate GOAL of reading)
◉ Consonant. Answer: Every letter in the alphabet except a, e, I ,o ,u,
and sometimes y and w
◉ Consonant Blend. Answer: Two or more consonants grouped
together in which each sound is heard (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ Consonant Digraph. Answer: Two or more consonants grouped
together in which one sound is heard (e.g., /sh/ in shut; /ch/ in
churn
◉ Conventions of Print. Answer: The understandings an individual
has about the rules or accepted practices that govern the use of
print, and the use of written language. Ex. reading left to right, top to
bottom, words are made of letters, use of spaces between words,
upper case letters, spelling patterns, etc.
◉ Core Instruction. Answer: instruction provided to all students in
the class, usually guided by a comprehensive core reading program
◉ Corrective Feedback. Answer: When an error occurs, the teacher
immediately attends to it by scaffolding instruction
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Accuracy (part of fluency). Answer: Reading words in text with no
errors
◉ Affix. Answer: A prefix or suffix
◉ Alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
◉ Alphabetic Principle. Answer: An understanding that letters and
letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken words
◉ Anecdotal Record. Answer: An informal, written record, based on
observations the teacher makes of a students progress/activities
throughout the day
◉ Antonym. Answer: A word that means the opposite of another
word
◉ Automaticity. Answer: Reading without conscious effort or
attention to decoding
,◉ Basal Reader. Answer: A kind of book that is used to teach reading.
It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The
words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson. New words
are added regularly.
◉ Background Knowledge. Answer: Your personal experiences, what
you already know.
◉ Base Word (free morpheme). Answer: A unit of meaning that can
stand alone as a whole word (e.g., friend, pig).
◉ Blending. Answer: Combining parts of a spoken word into a whole
representation of the word (e.g., /p/ /oo/ /l/ to form pool)
◉ Choral Reading. Answer: Reading aloud in unison with a whole
class or group of students (builds fluency)
◉ Chunking. Answer: Breaking words/sentences into meaningful
parts (e.g., /yes/ /ter/ /day/ for yesterday)
◉ Cloze. Answer: Eliminating words from a passage and a student
must use context to fill in the blank with the appropriate word
, ◉ Comprehension. Answer: understanding what one is reading (the
ultimate GOAL of reading)
◉ Consonant. Answer: Every letter in the alphabet except a, e, I ,o ,u,
and sometimes y and w
◉ Consonant Blend. Answer: Two or more consonants grouped
together in which each sound is heard (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ Consonant Digraph. Answer: Two or more consonants grouped
together in which one sound is heard (e.g., /sh/ in shut; /ch/ in
churn
◉ Conventions of Print. Answer: The understandings an individual
has about the rules or accepted practices that govern the use of
print, and the use of written language. Ex. reading left to right, top to
bottom, words are made of letters, use of spaces between words,
upper case letters, spelling patterns, etc.
◉ Core Instruction. Answer: instruction provided to all students in
the class, usually guided by a comprehensive core reading program
◉ Corrective Feedback. Answer: When an error occurs, the teacher
immediately attends to it by scaffolding instruction
