TExES 113 Questions and Answers
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Ms. Woods teaches social studies to a diverse group of students, including several ELLs. She
divides the class into groups of four to five students. Each student reads and presents the
information in a different excerpt from the textbook to the other group members. Which is the
primary rationale for using this activity?
A. Discussing expository selections improves ELL's navigation of nonfiction text structures.
B. Using prior knowledge helps ELLs make connections to unfamiliar vocab.
C. Providing meaningful context increases ELLs' comprehension of academic language.
D. Requiring the use of multiple registers develops ELLs' application of the appropriate register
choice. ✔✔C. because structured small group conversations allow students to practice using new
vocabulary through engaging in authentic interactions with other students.
Which of the following words has five phonemes?
A. Apple
B. Stand
C. Break
D. Crash ✔✔B. because "stand" has five phonemes s/t/a/n/d.
,Which of the following would best help a teacher evaluate the phonics skills of beginning
readers?
A. Examining students' handwriting
B. Assessing students' sight word recall
C. Timing students as they read orally
D. Analyzing students' attempted spellings ✔✔D. because students' attempted spellings give the
teacher an idea of how they view words phonetically.
To motivate middle school students in language arts, a teacher implements learning clubs in the
classroom. Students have a class meeting on an assigned topic. They then work in groups to
research the topic and reflect on the information they learn. Finally, they add what they have
learned to a blog. The design of the learning clubs best shows that the teacher understands the
importance of which of the following?
A. Placing students in groups based on their individual language-arts abilities
B. Allowing students to research topics that are of personal interest to them
C. Developing students' literacy skills through multiple language-arts contexts
D. Providing students with explicit ✔✔Option C is correct because learning clubs allow students
to meet in groups to discuss, reflect on and write about research topics, which all help to develop
students' literacy skills.
, A teacher provides students with a list of prefixes and suffixes and their meanings along with a
list of five words, including "predetermined" and "indivisible." The teacher then asks the
students to work with partners to use the two lists to try to discover the meaning of the words
without using a dictionary. The activity will primarily help students determine the meanings of
words through which of the following?
A. Contextual clues
B. Structural analysis
C. Visualization strategies
D. Syntactical clues ✔✔Option B is correct because students are using prefixes and suffixes,
which are structural clues, to determine the meaning of the words
A teacher meets with a small group of students to read a new book. Throughout the week, the
teacher encourages the students to reread the book several times. Which of the following is a
primary purpose of this practice?
A. Instilling a life-long love of reading
B. Reinforcing the skill of letter-sound correspondence
C. Developing critical-thinking skills about story elements
D. Promoting recognition of high-frequency words ✔✔Option D is correct because repetition is
a successful strategy for improving sight word recognition.
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Ms. Woods teaches social studies to a diverse group of students, including several ELLs. She
divides the class into groups of four to five students. Each student reads and presents the
information in a different excerpt from the textbook to the other group members. Which is the
primary rationale for using this activity?
A. Discussing expository selections improves ELL's navigation of nonfiction text structures.
B. Using prior knowledge helps ELLs make connections to unfamiliar vocab.
C. Providing meaningful context increases ELLs' comprehension of academic language.
D. Requiring the use of multiple registers develops ELLs' application of the appropriate register
choice. ✔✔C. because structured small group conversations allow students to practice using new
vocabulary through engaging in authentic interactions with other students.
Which of the following words has five phonemes?
A. Apple
B. Stand
C. Break
D. Crash ✔✔B. because "stand" has five phonemes s/t/a/n/d.
,Which of the following would best help a teacher evaluate the phonics skills of beginning
readers?
A. Examining students' handwriting
B. Assessing students' sight word recall
C. Timing students as they read orally
D. Analyzing students' attempted spellings ✔✔D. because students' attempted spellings give the
teacher an idea of how they view words phonetically.
To motivate middle school students in language arts, a teacher implements learning clubs in the
classroom. Students have a class meeting on an assigned topic. They then work in groups to
research the topic and reflect on the information they learn. Finally, they add what they have
learned to a blog. The design of the learning clubs best shows that the teacher understands the
importance of which of the following?
A. Placing students in groups based on their individual language-arts abilities
B. Allowing students to research topics that are of personal interest to them
C. Developing students' literacy skills through multiple language-arts contexts
D. Providing students with explicit ✔✔Option C is correct because learning clubs allow students
to meet in groups to discuss, reflect on and write about research topics, which all help to develop
students' literacy skills.
, A teacher provides students with a list of prefixes and suffixes and their meanings along with a
list of five words, including "predetermined" and "indivisible." The teacher then asks the
students to work with partners to use the two lists to try to discover the meaning of the words
without using a dictionary. The activity will primarily help students determine the meanings of
words through which of the following?
A. Contextual clues
B. Structural analysis
C. Visualization strategies
D. Syntactical clues ✔✔Option B is correct because students are using prefixes and suffixes,
which are structural clues, to determine the meaning of the words
A teacher meets with a small group of students to read a new book. Throughout the week, the
teacher encourages the students to reread the book several times. Which of the following is a
primary purpose of this practice?
A. Instilling a life-long love of reading
B. Reinforcing the skill of letter-sound correspondence
C. Developing critical-thinking skills about story elements
D. Promoting recognition of high-frequency words ✔✔Option D is correct because repetition is
a successful strategy for improving sight word recognition.
