Core Subjects EC-6 Practice Test Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
Mr. Zuniga's kindergarten students can divide words into syllables. Based on this
information, it would be most correct to assume that his students have already
mastered which of the following skills? - Correct answer-Separating a spoken
sentence into its individual words
A third-grade teacher is planning a writing lesson. Her goal is to be able to identify
the characteristics of good writing. Which of the following strategies would most
likely support the teacher's goal? - Correct answer-Showing students writing
samples and leading a discussion about what aspects of the samples are effective or
ineffective
Mr. Cartwright, a second grade teacher, selects the poem below for the reading
center:
Green is grass.
Green is leaves.
Green is grapes.
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,Green is peas.
Green is great!
As a student reads the poem out loud Mr. Cartwright annotates the following
reading errors.
Actual word/ Word Read/ Self-correction
Grass /Great/ No
Leaves/ Leves/ No
Grapes/ Great/ No
Peas/ Pes/ No
Based on the student's errors, the student would most benefit from which of the
following phonics activities? - Correct answer-Closed word sort with vowel
digraphs
Mr. Phong has students choose any country in the world to independently research
the lives of its daily people. Next, he has students compile their information to
determine the similarities and differences between the students' culture and that of
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,the country they researched. Which of the following graphic organizers would best
illustrate the students' findings? - Correct answer-A venn diagram
Ms. Johnson, a kindergarten teacher, administers a mid-year reading-readiness
assessment. The following are the initial screening results and teacher comments
for a student.
Student name: Karen Hill
-recognizes 10 out of the 26 letters of the alphabet
-articulates the correct sounds for 7 letters
-has difficulty manipulating sounds in words
note: Karen could not identify what sound the word cat began with, could not
identify what sounds the words bike, boy, and ball had in common.
-Based on the screening results, Karen is exhibiting - Correct answer-limited
phonemic awareness
(Phonemic awareness is the ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds in
spoken words)
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, Identifying the beginning sound in the word "cat" is most closely associated with
phoneme - Correct answer-Isolation
After an analysis of Karen's screening results, the best instructional intervention is
to - Correct answer-Provide explicit instruction for Karen that focuses on
manipulating phonemes using letters
Based on the initial screening results, it can be assumed that Karen - Correct
answer-Would have difficulty deleting the final sound from a word
A fifth- grade teacher has students look at an editorial cartoon and answer the
following questions:
-What event is portrayed?
-What opinion is expressed?
This activity best promotes the students' ability to - Correct answer-Interpret the
underlying message of visual materials
A third-grade teacher has a classroom library of books and other reading materials
organized according to topic or reading level. One of the literacy centers set up in
the classroom involves students choosing reading material to read during center
time. This literacy center best engages students in practicing - Correct answer-
Independent reading
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2026 Questions and Answers
Mr. Zuniga's kindergarten students can divide words into syllables. Based on this
information, it would be most correct to assume that his students have already
mastered which of the following skills? - Correct answer-Separating a spoken
sentence into its individual words
A third-grade teacher is planning a writing lesson. Her goal is to be able to identify
the characteristics of good writing. Which of the following strategies would most
likely support the teacher's goal? - Correct answer-Showing students writing
samples and leading a discussion about what aspects of the samples are effective or
ineffective
Mr. Cartwright, a second grade teacher, selects the poem below for the reading
center:
Green is grass.
Green is leaves.
Green is grapes.
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,Green is peas.
Green is great!
As a student reads the poem out loud Mr. Cartwright annotates the following
reading errors.
Actual word/ Word Read/ Self-correction
Grass /Great/ No
Leaves/ Leves/ No
Grapes/ Great/ No
Peas/ Pes/ No
Based on the student's errors, the student would most benefit from which of the
following phonics activities? - Correct answer-Closed word sort with vowel
digraphs
Mr. Phong has students choose any country in the world to independently research
the lives of its daily people. Next, he has students compile their information to
determine the similarities and differences between the students' culture and that of
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,the country they researched. Which of the following graphic organizers would best
illustrate the students' findings? - Correct answer-A venn diagram
Ms. Johnson, a kindergarten teacher, administers a mid-year reading-readiness
assessment. The following are the initial screening results and teacher comments
for a student.
Student name: Karen Hill
-recognizes 10 out of the 26 letters of the alphabet
-articulates the correct sounds for 7 letters
-has difficulty manipulating sounds in words
note: Karen could not identify what sound the word cat began with, could not
identify what sounds the words bike, boy, and ball had in common.
-Based on the screening results, Karen is exhibiting - Correct answer-limited
phonemic awareness
(Phonemic awareness is the ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds in
spoken words)
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, Identifying the beginning sound in the word "cat" is most closely associated with
phoneme - Correct answer-Isolation
After an analysis of Karen's screening results, the best instructional intervention is
to - Correct answer-Provide explicit instruction for Karen that focuses on
manipulating phonemes using letters
Based on the initial screening results, it can be assumed that Karen - Correct
answer-Would have difficulty deleting the final sound from a word
A fifth- grade teacher has students look at an editorial cartoon and answer the
following questions:
-What event is portrayed?
-What opinion is expressed?
This activity best promotes the students' ability to - Correct answer-Interpret the
underlying message of visual materials
A third-grade teacher has a classroom library of books and other reading materials
organized according to topic or reading level. One of the literacy centers set up in
the classroom involves students choosing reading material to read during center
time. This literacy center best engages students in practicing - Correct answer-
Independent reading
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