ILTS 305 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
CONTENT TEST 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS FULL STUDY GUIDE GRADED
A+
⩥ What is decoding?
Answer: Strategy used to make sends of printed words and figure out
how to correctly pronounce them.
⩥ What is fluency?
Answer: The goal of literacy development; the ability to read accurately
and quickly.
⩥ Affix
Answer: an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root,
stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning. Both
prefixes and suffixes are affixes.
⩥ Prefix
Answer: A syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its
meaning
,⩥ Suffix
Answer: A syllable that appears at the end of the word that, in
combination with the root or base word, creates a specific meaning. The
3 types of suffixes are noun suffixes, verb suffixes and adjective
suffixes.
⩥ Noun suffixes
Answer: -ment, -hood, -ship, -ism
⩥ Verb suffixes
Answer: -en, -ate, -fy, -ize
⩥ Adjective suffixes
Answer: -full, -less, -ish, -able
⩥ Metacognition
Answer: thinking about thinking
⩥ What are some general teaching strategies to help ESL students?
Answer: -Partner English-speaking students with ESL students as study
buddies and ask the English-speaking students to share notes.
-Encourage ESL students to ask questions when they don't understand
something
, -Dictate key sentences related to the content area being taught and ask
ESL students to write them down.
-Alternate difficult and easy tasks so that ESL students can experience
academic success
-Ask ESL students to label objects associated with content areas, such as
maps, diagrams, or parts of a sentence.
⩥ Style
Answer: The manner in which a writer uses language in prose or poetry.
⩥ Tone
Answer: The attitude of the writer or narrator towards the theme subject
or characters in a work.
⩥ Synecdoche
Answer: A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.
Example: "boots on the ground" could be used to describe soldiers in a
field.
⩥ Metonymy
Answer: A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using
the name of something that is associated with it. For example, referring
to the "crown" to refer to the monarchy.
CONTENT TEST 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS FULL STUDY GUIDE GRADED
A+
⩥ What is decoding?
Answer: Strategy used to make sends of printed words and figure out
how to correctly pronounce them.
⩥ What is fluency?
Answer: The goal of literacy development; the ability to read accurately
and quickly.
⩥ Affix
Answer: an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root,
stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning. Both
prefixes and suffixes are affixes.
⩥ Prefix
Answer: A syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its
meaning
,⩥ Suffix
Answer: A syllable that appears at the end of the word that, in
combination with the root or base word, creates a specific meaning. The
3 types of suffixes are noun suffixes, verb suffixes and adjective
suffixes.
⩥ Noun suffixes
Answer: -ment, -hood, -ship, -ism
⩥ Verb suffixes
Answer: -en, -ate, -fy, -ize
⩥ Adjective suffixes
Answer: -full, -less, -ish, -able
⩥ Metacognition
Answer: thinking about thinking
⩥ What are some general teaching strategies to help ESL students?
Answer: -Partner English-speaking students with ESL students as study
buddies and ask the English-speaking students to share notes.
-Encourage ESL students to ask questions when they don't understand
something
, -Dictate key sentences related to the content area being taught and ask
ESL students to write them down.
-Alternate difficult and easy tasks so that ESL students can experience
academic success
-Ask ESL students to label objects associated with content areas, such as
maps, diagrams, or parts of a sentence.
⩥ Style
Answer: The manner in which a writer uses language in prose or poetry.
⩥ Tone
Answer: The attitude of the writer or narrator towards the theme subject
or characters in a work.
⩥ Synecdoche
Answer: A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.
Example: "boots on the ground" could be used to describe soldiers in a
field.
⩥ Metonymy
Answer: A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using
the name of something that is associated with it. For example, referring
to the "crown" to refer to the monarchy.
