GACE SCIENCE 024 025 524 REVIEW FILE
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
◉ Word webs. Answer: Best way to build conceptual vocabulary
◉ Phoneme deletion. Answer: removing phonemes from words to
make new words
◉ Phonological Awareness. Answer: the ability to reflect on and
manipulate the sound structure of spoken language
◉ Consonant blend. Answer: Two or more consecutive consonants
which retain their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ Alphabetic Principle. Answer: an understanding that letters and
letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken words.
◉ Content-Specific words. Answer: vocabulary words that are
important to a particular subject area
, ◉ a 4th grader struggles to decode several words in a textbook.
which strategy would help them decode these words?. Answer:
looking for known word parts like prefixes/suffixes
◉ Define phonological awareness vs phonemic awareness.. Answer:
Phonological awareness: awareness of larger sound units (words,
syllables, onset-rime). Phonemic awareness:
awareness/manipulation of individual phonemes.
◉ phonemes. Answer: in language, the smallest distinctive sound
unit
◉ phonological awareness. Answer: the ability to reflect on and
manipulate the sound structure of spoken language (larger units)
◉ phonemic awareness. Answer: The ability to hear, identify,and
manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
◉ Open syllables. Answer: syllables that end with a vowel phoneme
(sound) long vowel sound (Ma) in Maple
◉ Magic-e. Answer: The final silent 'e' usually makes the preceding
vowel long (e.g., 'cape').
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
◉ Word webs. Answer: Best way to build conceptual vocabulary
◉ Phoneme deletion. Answer: removing phonemes from words to
make new words
◉ Phonological Awareness. Answer: the ability to reflect on and
manipulate the sound structure of spoken language
◉ Consonant blend. Answer: Two or more consecutive consonants
which retain their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ Alphabetic Principle. Answer: an understanding that letters and
letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken words.
◉ Content-Specific words. Answer: vocabulary words that are
important to a particular subject area
, ◉ a 4th grader struggles to decode several words in a textbook.
which strategy would help them decode these words?. Answer:
looking for known word parts like prefixes/suffixes
◉ Define phonological awareness vs phonemic awareness.. Answer:
Phonological awareness: awareness of larger sound units (words,
syllables, onset-rime). Phonemic awareness:
awareness/manipulation of individual phonemes.
◉ phonemes. Answer: in language, the smallest distinctive sound
unit
◉ phonological awareness. Answer: the ability to reflect on and
manipulate the sound structure of spoken language (larger units)
◉ phonemic awareness. Answer: The ability to hear, identify,and
manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
◉ Open syllables. Answer: syllables that end with a vowel phoneme
(sound) long vowel sound (Ma) in Maple
◉ Magic-e. Answer: The final silent 'e' usually makes the preceding
vowel long (e.g., 'cape').
