TExES Core Subjects 4-8 Practice Exam
Already Graded A
Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams in books are meant to represent real things. You, as the
teacher, can try to take the 2-D, or flat image and imagine it to be 3-D, like it is in real life. You
can make it more real by adding in details from other senses such as smell, touch, and so on.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a good prompt when working with your
students as they look at images in a text?
A. What's first? Why?
B. Read the caption. Now look at the picture. Describe what you see.
C. Make it seem more real. Say what you see
D. What do you imagine beyond the flat picture? ✔✔A. What's first? Why?
Simply by adding columns to a chart, you can dramatically increase the amount and variety of
information it contains. Be sure your students are ready for more complex charts, however. Start
simple. For example, you can leave the last two columns blank in chart. Incomplete charts are
excellent ways of __________________________________.
A. using science material
B. setting purposes for reading
C. using print sources
,D. limiting discussions ✔✔B. setting purposes for reading
How can students best learn the words said, one, and water?
A. Decoding
B. Segmenting
C. Frequent exposure
D. Word families ✔✔C. Frequent exposure
In designing reinforcement activities for newly introduced terms, teachers can easily incorporate
some of the terms previously studied. The interconnectedness of content -
_______________________________ - facilitates this practice.
A. used by judicial and executive branches
B. rote drills without the tedium
C. the fact that new information and ideas build on an existing knowledge base
D. past organizers in the feature analysis ✔✔C. the fact that new information and ideas build on
an existing knowledge base
Many kinds of charts are possible, as long as it has rows and columns. You needn't be concerned
about whether you are a using a particular type of chart. The only important consideration is
,whether the chart makes sense to your students - whether it helps them think through the content
of a reading selection. Which of the following is the simplest of charts?
A. Multiple-column charts
B. Two-column charts
C.Tables
D. T-chart ✔✔D. T-chart
Mrs. Pratt writes the following sentence on the board: During the avalanche, a
___________________rolled downhill and came to rest in the middle of the highway. (bolder,
boulder) She then asks them to fill in the blank with the correct word.
_______________________________are words that sound the same but have different spellings
and different meanings.
A. Antonyms
B. Homophones
C. Synonyms
D. Analogies ✔✔B. Homophones
As we read, it is vital that relevant schemata be activated, or "switched on" to that new
information can be integrated with existing knowledge. You, as a teacher, know as your students
, begin to read, their focus is limited to certain elements in the message according to their
_______________________________.
A. spelling capabilities
B. role of intentions
C. purposes for reading
D. printed language use ✔✔C. purposes for reading
Students read aloud together as a group. This is called
A. Guided reading
B. Directed reading
C. Independent reading
D. Choral reading ✔✔D. Choral reading
Inferential questions require students to use explicit facts in order to reach unstated, or implicit,
conclusions. Teachers should encourage students to draw on prior knowledge in this process as
well. All of the following are included in inferential questions except:
A. The student "reads between the lines"
B. The student extracts explicit facts, expressly stated
C. Reason is used to infer implicit facts, implied but not stated
Already Graded A
Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams in books are meant to represent real things. You, as the
teacher, can try to take the 2-D, or flat image and imagine it to be 3-D, like it is in real life. You
can make it more real by adding in details from other senses such as smell, touch, and so on.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a good prompt when working with your
students as they look at images in a text?
A. What's first? Why?
B. Read the caption. Now look at the picture. Describe what you see.
C. Make it seem more real. Say what you see
D. What do you imagine beyond the flat picture? ✔✔A. What's first? Why?
Simply by adding columns to a chart, you can dramatically increase the amount and variety of
information it contains. Be sure your students are ready for more complex charts, however. Start
simple. For example, you can leave the last two columns blank in chart. Incomplete charts are
excellent ways of __________________________________.
A. using science material
B. setting purposes for reading
C. using print sources
,D. limiting discussions ✔✔B. setting purposes for reading
How can students best learn the words said, one, and water?
A. Decoding
B. Segmenting
C. Frequent exposure
D. Word families ✔✔C. Frequent exposure
In designing reinforcement activities for newly introduced terms, teachers can easily incorporate
some of the terms previously studied. The interconnectedness of content -
_______________________________ - facilitates this practice.
A. used by judicial and executive branches
B. rote drills without the tedium
C. the fact that new information and ideas build on an existing knowledge base
D. past organizers in the feature analysis ✔✔C. the fact that new information and ideas build on
an existing knowledge base
Many kinds of charts are possible, as long as it has rows and columns. You needn't be concerned
about whether you are a using a particular type of chart. The only important consideration is
,whether the chart makes sense to your students - whether it helps them think through the content
of a reading selection. Which of the following is the simplest of charts?
A. Multiple-column charts
B. Two-column charts
C.Tables
D. T-chart ✔✔D. T-chart
Mrs. Pratt writes the following sentence on the board: During the avalanche, a
___________________rolled downhill and came to rest in the middle of the highway. (bolder,
boulder) She then asks them to fill in the blank with the correct word.
_______________________________are words that sound the same but have different spellings
and different meanings.
A. Antonyms
B. Homophones
C. Synonyms
D. Analogies ✔✔B. Homophones
As we read, it is vital that relevant schemata be activated, or "switched on" to that new
information can be integrated with existing knowledge. You, as a teacher, know as your students
, begin to read, their focus is limited to certain elements in the message according to their
_______________________________.
A. spelling capabilities
B. role of intentions
C. purposes for reading
D. printed language use ✔✔C. purposes for reading
Students read aloud together as a group. This is called
A. Guided reading
B. Directed reading
C. Independent reading
D. Choral reading ✔✔D. Choral reading
Inferential questions require students to use explicit facts in order to reach unstated, or implicit,
conclusions. Teachers should encourage students to draw on prior knowledge in this process as
well. All of the following are included in inferential questions except:
A. The student "reads between the lines"
B. The student extracts explicit facts, expressly stated
C. Reason is used to infer implicit facts, implied but not stated
