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