NYSTCE 211 ELA & Literacy Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Emergent Literacy -
correct answer ✅What children do to learn how to read and write,
what a child knows about reading and writing before learning,
continues early on and keeps going children learn reading writing
and listening skills by being around them, starts early in life, due to
authentic experiences and opportunities
Cues -
correct answer ✅Readers use these to construct meaning
Semantic cues -
correct answer ✅The meaning cues that help readers understand
what language means. Meaning cues can include but are not
limited to symbols sounds pictures words phrases paragraphs etc.
Syntactic cues -
correct answer ✅The structure cues that help readers understand
how words are organized into patterns. These cues help readers
understand the structure of written language
Graphophonic cues -
correct answer ✅The Letter and sound cues that help readers
identify individual letters or patterns or clusters of letters such as a
,NYSTCE 211 ELA & Literacy Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
fix his roots and whole words. These cues help readers understand
how meeting is communicated through sounds this identification
can be instantly at site or can come from associated sounds
Conventions of print -
correct answer ✅The print cues that enable readers to follow
print, to understand how Printworks. Conventions of print click cues
include directionality use of punctuation spaces capital and
lowercase letters etc.
Pragmatic cues -
correct answer ✅Address the social and cultural functions of
language, we use language for different purposes notes list memos
letters newsletters papers etc. We use different language based on
with whom we are speaking with and for different situations peers
parents teachers administrators etc. Playground classroom giving
directions when talking about shared experiences
Strategies for applying cues -
correct answer ✅Sampling - reading or listening
Predicting - making an educated guess
Confirming - using text info to confirm predictions
, NYSTCE 211 ELA & Literacy Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Self-correcting - using text info to correct an initial prediction that
was proven incorrect
Assessment is collected for these purposes -
correct answer ✅To determine how well students are progressing
with respect to a specific aspect of learning
To help students take ownership of their learning by allowing them
to see how they are doing
To demonstrate to yourself and the other school personnel,
parents, and the outside community that you/teachers are doing an
effective job
Assessment should be -
correct answer ✅Formative, its ongoing and provides immediate
feedback to improve both teaching and learning. It's usually
authentic based on the literacy activities children are engaged in
Formative assessment informs teachers and learners. "Assessment
should, mainly attempt to determine what children can do- not
what they cannot do"
February 21st,
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Emergent Literacy -
correct answer ✅What children do to learn how to read and write,
what a child knows about reading and writing before learning,
continues early on and keeps going children learn reading writing
and listening skills by being around them, starts early in life, due to
authentic experiences and opportunities
Cues -
correct answer ✅Readers use these to construct meaning
Semantic cues -
correct answer ✅The meaning cues that help readers understand
what language means. Meaning cues can include but are not
limited to symbols sounds pictures words phrases paragraphs etc.
Syntactic cues -
correct answer ✅The structure cues that help readers understand
how words are organized into patterns. These cues help readers
understand the structure of written language
Graphophonic cues -
correct answer ✅The Letter and sound cues that help readers
identify individual letters or patterns or clusters of letters such as a
,NYSTCE 211 ELA & Literacy Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
fix his roots and whole words. These cues help readers understand
how meeting is communicated through sounds this identification
can be instantly at site or can come from associated sounds
Conventions of print -
correct answer ✅The print cues that enable readers to follow
print, to understand how Printworks. Conventions of print click cues
include directionality use of punctuation spaces capital and
lowercase letters etc.
Pragmatic cues -
correct answer ✅Address the social and cultural functions of
language, we use language for different purposes notes list memos
letters newsletters papers etc. We use different language based on
with whom we are speaking with and for different situations peers
parents teachers administrators etc. Playground classroom giving
directions when talking about shared experiences
Strategies for applying cues -
correct answer ✅Sampling - reading or listening
Predicting - making an educated guess
Confirming - using text info to confirm predictions
, NYSTCE 211 ELA & Literacy Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Self-correcting - using text info to correct an initial prediction that
was proven incorrect
Assessment is collected for these purposes -
correct answer ✅To determine how well students are progressing
with respect to a specific aspect of learning
To help students take ownership of their learning by allowing them
to see how they are doing
To demonstrate to yourself and the other school personnel,
parents, and the outside community that you/teachers are doing an
effective job
Assessment should be -
correct answer ✅Formative, its ongoing and provides immediate
feedback to improve both teaching and learning. It's usually
authentic based on the literacy activities children are engaged in
Formative assessment informs teachers and learners. "Assessment
should, mainly attempt to determine what children can do- not
what they cannot do"
February 21st,
