FTCE K-6 Elementary Education ,Exam Elaborations
With Questions And Answers
Developmental Stages of Writing - ANSWER Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing,
publishing
Diagnostic Assessment - ANSWER Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to
determine a student's strengths and weaknesses
Semantic Cuing System - ANSWER focuses on any meaning a student derives from a
sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?)
Editing - ANSWER Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical &
mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics.
Publishing - ANSWER Sharing the final product with an audience
Talking to the text - ANSWER Strategy known as "a think aloud"
Historical Fiction - ANSWER Realistic stories that are set in the past
Print - ANSWER Conveys meaning
Informal Assessment - ANSWER Assessments include but are not limited to: cloze
tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading inventories
Biography - ANSWER Stories that tell about a person's life
Aesthetic Listening - ANSWER Listening that is performed for enjoyment and pleasure
Partial Alphabetic - ANSWER Letter is associated with sound at this stage
Pre-Alphabetic - ANSWER Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k
stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches)
Fantasy - ANSWER Stories that cannot happen in the real world
Fluency - ANSWER Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression
Graphophonemic Cuing System - ANSWER Focuses on various visual cues &
knowledge about the relationship between sounds & symbols. "Does this look right?"
Hint: "graphic"
, Primary Sources - ANSWER A document or piece of work that was written, recorded or
created during a particular time period. Examples: photos, speeches, interviews, diaries,
videos, audio
Visual Media - ANSWER Also known as print media. Examples: video, t.v., radio
Artifacts - ANSWER Real objects, usually representative of a particular culture or event
Visual - ANSWER Is related to the "look" of the letter in a word and the word itself. Used
by a reader when he studies the beginning sound, word length, word chunks, etc. Part
of the graphophonemic cuing system.
Phonological Awareness - ANSWER Includes ability of a student to identify &
manipulate large parts of spoken language & awareness of other aspects of sound in
language. Examples: alliteration, intonation, rhyming.
Concepts of Print - ANSWER Examples of letters, words, directionality, punctuation
Creative Writing - ANSWER Writing that uses the writer's imagination
Rubric - ANSWER A set of scoring guidelines or criteria for evaluating student work.
Often provide specific guidelines regarding teacher expectations.
Errors - ANSWER These are tallied during a reading whenever a child does any of the
following: substitutes words, omits words, inserts a word, has to be told the word.
Science Fiction - ANSWER Stories that might happen in the future
Text to world - ANSWER Implies that reader has made a connection from the reading to
a topic or event that is taking place in the world.
Poetry - ANSWER Writing that contains short lines, imagery, & elements of sound
3 main cuing systems - ANSWER Semantic, Syntactic, Graphophonemic
Literary Elements - ANSWER Setting, characters, plot, theme, style
Analogy - ANSWER Detailed & sometimes lengthy comparison or 2 ideas or events
Text to Self - ANSWER This connection implies that the reader has made a connection
between the reading & their personal lives
Directionality - ANSWER Top to bottom; left to right
With Questions And Answers
Developmental Stages of Writing - ANSWER Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing,
publishing
Diagnostic Assessment - ANSWER Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to
determine a student's strengths and weaknesses
Semantic Cuing System - ANSWER focuses on any meaning a student derives from a
sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?)
Editing - ANSWER Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical &
mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics.
Publishing - ANSWER Sharing the final product with an audience
Talking to the text - ANSWER Strategy known as "a think aloud"
Historical Fiction - ANSWER Realistic stories that are set in the past
Print - ANSWER Conveys meaning
Informal Assessment - ANSWER Assessments include but are not limited to: cloze
tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading inventories
Biography - ANSWER Stories that tell about a person's life
Aesthetic Listening - ANSWER Listening that is performed for enjoyment and pleasure
Partial Alphabetic - ANSWER Letter is associated with sound at this stage
Pre-Alphabetic - ANSWER Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k
stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches)
Fantasy - ANSWER Stories that cannot happen in the real world
Fluency - ANSWER Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression
Graphophonemic Cuing System - ANSWER Focuses on various visual cues &
knowledge about the relationship between sounds & symbols. "Does this look right?"
Hint: "graphic"
, Primary Sources - ANSWER A document or piece of work that was written, recorded or
created during a particular time period. Examples: photos, speeches, interviews, diaries,
videos, audio
Visual Media - ANSWER Also known as print media. Examples: video, t.v., radio
Artifacts - ANSWER Real objects, usually representative of a particular culture or event
Visual - ANSWER Is related to the "look" of the letter in a word and the word itself. Used
by a reader when he studies the beginning sound, word length, word chunks, etc. Part
of the graphophonemic cuing system.
Phonological Awareness - ANSWER Includes ability of a student to identify &
manipulate large parts of spoken language & awareness of other aspects of sound in
language. Examples: alliteration, intonation, rhyming.
Concepts of Print - ANSWER Examples of letters, words, directionality, punctuation
Creative Writing - ANSWER Writing that uses the writer's imagination
Rubric - ANSWER A set of scoring guidelines or criteria for evaluating student work.
Often provide specific guidelines regarding teacher expectations.
Errors - ANSWER These are tallied during a reading whenever a child does any of the
following: substitutes words, omits words, inserts a word, has to be told the word.
Science Fiction - ANSWER Stories that might happen in the future
Text to world - ANSWER Implies that reader has made a connection from the reading to
a topic or event that is taking place in the world.
Poetry - ANSWER Writing that contains short lines, imagery, & elements of sound
3 main cuing systems - ANSWER Semantic, Syntactic, Graphophonemic
Literary Elements - ANSWER Setting, characters, plot, theme, style
Analogy - ANSWER Detailed & sometimes lengthy comparison or 2 ideas or events
Text to Self - ANSWER This connection implies that the reader has made a connection
between the reading & their personal lives
Directionality - ANSWER Top to bottom; left to right
