EC-6 Core Subjects, TExES Core
Subjects EC-6 (291) Latest 2023
Graded A+
phoneme ✔✔in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
morpheme ✔✔in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a
word (such as a prefix)
ex: mega, metro, chromo, phobia, hydro
grapheme ✔✔a letter that represents a phoneme.
onset-rime ✔✔The onset is the part of the word before the vowel; not all words have onsets. The
rime is the part of the word including the vowel and what follows it.
French and Indian War ✔✔(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the
French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
,American Revolution ✔✔This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence
in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the
people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy.
13th Amendment ✔✔freed slaves
14th Amendment ✔✔made black people citizens
15th Amendment ✔✔black males were allowed to vote
atom ✔✔Basic unit of matter
Smallest particle of an element,
protons ✔✔Positively charged particles
electrons ✔✔Negatively charged particles
neutrons ✔✔no charge
,the particles of the nucleus that have no charge
Second Continental Congress ✔✔Convened in May 1775, the Congress opposed the drastic
move toward complete independence from Britain. In an effort to reach a reconciliation, the
Congress offered peace under the conditions that there be a cease-fire in Boston, that the
Coercive Acts be repealed, and that negotiations begin immediately. King George III rejected the
petition.
democracy ✔✔A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a
state, typically through elected representatives
monoarchy ✔✔Ruled by a king or queen
theocracy ✔✔A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
oligarchy ✔✔A government ruled by a few powerful people
semantics ✔✔The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and
psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
, syntax ✔✔The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Language Aquisition ✔✔The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and
comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.
Noam Chomsky ✔✔Created concept of "universal grammar"; pointed out how children
"overgeneralize" language rules and the concepts of "deep v. surface" structures in language
imitation ✔✔a copy that is represented as the original
phonology ✔✔The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the
tacit rules for their pronunciation.
morphology ✔✔Structure of words
lexicon ✔✔the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Subjects EC-6 (291) Latest 2023
Graded A+
phoneme ✔✔in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
morpheme ✔✔in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a
word (such as a prefix)
ex: mega, metro, chromo, phobia, hydro
grapheme ✔✔a letter that represents a phoneme.
onset-rime ✔✔The onset is the part of the word before the vowel; not all words have onsets. The
rime is the part of the word including the vowel and what follows it.
French and Indian War ✔✔(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the
French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
,American Revolution ✔✔This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence
in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the
people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy.
13th Amendment ✔✔freed slaves
14th Amendment ✔✔made black people citizens
15th Amendment ✔✔black males were allowed to vote
atom ✔✔Basic unit of matter
Smallest particle of an element,
protons ✔✔Positively charged particles
electrons ✔✔Negatively charged particles
neutrons ✔✔no charge
,the particles of the nucleus that have no charge
Second Continental Congress ✔✔Convened in May 1775, the Congress opposed the drastic
move toward complete independence from Britain. In an effort to reach a reconciliation, the
Congress offered peace under the conditions that there be a cease-fire in Boston, that the
Coercive Acts be repealed, and that negotiations begin immediately. King George III rejected the
petition.
democracy ✔✔A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a
state, typically through elected representatives
monoarchy ✔✔Ruled by a king or queen
theocracy ✔✔A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
oligarchy ✔✔A government ruled by a few powerful people
semantics ✔✔The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and
psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
, syntax ✔✔The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Language Aquisition ✔✔The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and
comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.
Noam Chomsky ✔✔Created concept of "universal grammar"; pointed out how children
"overgeneralize" language rules and the concepts of "deep v. surface" structures in language
imitation ✔✔a copy that is represented as the original
phonology ✔✔The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the
tacit rules for their pronunciation.
morphology ✔✔Structure of words
lexicon ✔✔the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
