TX PACT ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC SKILLS 700
2026 REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED
ACADEMIC READINESS OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Foster Students' abilities in speaking and listening. Answer: Seek
advice when needed.
◉ Foster Students' abilities in speaking and listening. Answer:
Remember that students rely upon their speaking and listening
knowledge of a language when learning to read and write in that
language.
◉ Immersion. Answer: Students should be immersed in using oral
and written language in such authentic ways as reading aloud to
students, letting students work in small groups, and providing
students with daily opportunities to write.
◉ Demonstrations. Answer: Students need demonstrations of oral
and written language. The modeling by the teacher and other
students as well as the language of books makes it possible.
◉ Engagement. Answer: Regardless of their proficiency levels,
students can engage and see that they can read and write when they
use language in a supportive environment.
,◉ Expectations. Answer: Maintain high but realistic expectations for
each student, knowing they will gain in language development over
time.
◉ Responsibility. Answer: With meaningful support, students can be
responsible for their learning and make choices about what they
read and write even as they adhere to curriculum guidelines.
◉ Approximation. Answer: Students will gain proficiency in using
oral and written language when their efforts are valued, and they are
guided toward accuracy and self-correction.
◉ Use. Answer: Students need multiple opportunities to use oral and
written language in different ways for real reason.
◉ Response. Answer: Students will gain most when teachers and
others listen to them, read their writing, and provide genuine
comments.
◉ Oral Language experiences. Answer: Vary audiences and purposes
as well as call for informal and formal registers.
◉ Writing Conferences. Answer: Can help students talk about a
topic. Can support writing development and encouragement.
, ◉ Supporting students includes:. Answer: 1.) Students use language
daily.
2.) Language use builds upon what is known in English and about a
topic.
3.) Students experience interesting learning opportunities.
4.) Students can participate because the pacing and level of difficulty
of the learning experiences are appropriate.
◉ Competency 002 (Early Literacy Development). Answer:
Following Cards:
◉ Phonemes. Answer: Speech sounds. Smallest parts of a spoken
word's sound to make a difference in the word's meaning. EX:
Changing the first phoneme words mop from /m/to/t/ changes the
word from mop to top. THE SOUND OF A LETTER
◉ Phonological awareness is. Answer: understanding that spoken
language can be divided into smaller parts as well as knowing how
to manipulate these parts.
◉ Complex Language units as follows:. Answer: 1.) word level,
including appreciation of RHYME AND ALLITERATION.
2.) Syllable-level counting and blending and segmenting SYLLABLES
of words.
2026 REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED
ACADEMIC READINESS OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Foster Students' abilities in speaking and listening. Answer: Seek
advice when needed.
◉ Foster Students' abilities in speaking and listening. Answer:
Remember that students rely upon their speaking and listening
knowledge of a language when learning to read and write in that
language.
◉ Immersion. Answer: Students should be immersed in using oral
and written language in such authentic ways as reading aloud to
students, letting students work in small groups, and providing
students with daily opportunities to write.
◉ Demonstrations. Answer: Students need demonstrations of oral
and written language. The modeling by the teacher and other
students as well as the language of books makes it possible.
◉ Engagement. Answer: Regardless of their proficiency levels,
students can engage and see that they can read and write when they
use language in a supportive environment.
,◉ Expectations. Answer: Maintain high but realistic expectations for
each student, knowing they will gain in language development over
time.
◉ Responsibility. Answer: With meaningful support, students can be
responsible for their learning and make choices about what they
read and write even as they adhere to curriculum guidelines.
◉ Approximation. Answer: Students will gain proficiency in using
oral and written language when their efforts are valued, and they are
guided toward accuracy and self-correction.
◉ Use. Answer: Students need multiple opportunities to use oral and
written language in different ways for real reason.
◉ Response. Answer: Students will gain most when teachers and
others listen to them, read their writing, and provide genuine
comments.
◉ Oral Language experiences. Answer: Vary audiences and purposes
as well as call for informal and formal registers.
◉ Writing Conferences. Answer: Can help students talk about a
topic. Can support writing development and encouragement.
, ◉ Supporting students includes:. Answer: 1.) Students use language
daily.
2.) Language use builds upon what is known in English and about a
topic.
3.) Students experience interesting learning opportunities.
4.) Students can participate because the pacing and level of difficulty
of the learning experiences are appropriate.
◉ Competency 002 (Early Literacy Development). Answer:
Following Cards:
◉ Phonemes. Answer: Speech sounds. Smallest parts of a spoken
word's sound to make a difference in the word's meaning. EX:
Changing the first phoneme words mop from /m/to/t/ changes the
word from mop to top. THE SOUND OF A LETTER
◉ Phonological awareness is. Answer: understanding that spoken
language can be divided into smaller parts as well as knowing how
to manipulate these parts.
◉ Complex Language units as follows:. Answer: 1.) word level,
including appreciation of RHYME AND ALLITERATION.
2.) Syllable-level counting and blending and segmenting SYLLABLES
of words.
