GACE 087 Practice Test Questions
AND ANSWERS GRADE A+ SOLUTIONS
A language arts teacher requires students keep a reading response
journal. The primary purpose of a reading response journal is to
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading
assignment
B. keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. facilitate student interactions with a text
D. keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the
yea
Option (C) is correct. The most important function of a reading
response journal is to capture student-text interactions.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience
approach (LEA) ?
A. Use of a grade-leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written
language
D. Preteaching by using oral language activities and vocabulary words
as a basis for predicting
Option (C) is correct. The language experience approach focuses on
children's ability to produce language as a bridge between the spoken
and written language.
Which of the following is a research-based method for improving a
student's reading fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities to students to reread the same
passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
,C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word
meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self-questioning
Option (A) is correct. Research indicates that repeated readings
improve fluency. The repetition helps students improve recognition
and recall of sight words.
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use
nonstandard English in their speech and writing. A colleague who has
kept abreast of recent trends is most likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require
students to make choices between standard and nonstandard word forms
B. insist that the students be more consistent in using standard
forms in oral communications at school
C. provide examples of experiences from which the students can
conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
D. encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms
in oral communications outside of school
Option (C) is correct. Providing examples of standard English and
allowing students to explicitly learn the differences between their
home languages and academic language without judgment allows students
to transition more easily.
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for
helping kindergarten students develop an understanding of concepts
about print?
A. Exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading
Option (D) is correct. Children are more likely to attend to print
when engaged in shared reading with an adult who uses print-
referencing behavior.
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students
during calendar time. Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps
her pointer on each word as she sings it with her students. She is
demonstrating
A. concept of print
, B. decoding
C. a think-aloud
D. the alphabetic principle
Option (A) is correct. The teacher is demonstrating concept of print
by using her pointer to show one-to-one correspondence for the words
in the song.
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for
teachers to do which of the following?
A. Give students a few global prereading questions to guide their
reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during
reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to
comprehend the reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension
questions for one another
Option (B) is correct. To create strategic readers, it is important
to show students how to use the strategy and be explicit about why
the strategy is helpful to them. Metacognitive strategies are used to
ensure that a goal has been reached (e.g., quizzing oneself to
evaluate one's understanding of a text)
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research
on emergent literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending
points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in
interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic
letter-sound skills.
Option (C) is correct. Research has shown that both reading and
writing require interaction between the reader and text that lead to
new knowledge and interpretations.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of
fifth-grade students who are having difficulty decoding unfamiliar
multisyllabic words. The most appropriate approach to address the
AND ANSWERS GRADE A+ SOLUTIONS
A language arts teacher requires students keep a reading response
journal. The primary purpose of a reading response journal is to
A. serve as a check that students have completed a reading
assignment
B. keep students engaged in independent work and limit free time
C. facilitate student interactions with a text
D. keep a record of the books the students have read throughout the
yea
Option (C) is correct. The most important function of a reading
response journal is to capture student-text interactions.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the language experience
approach (LEA) ?
A. Use of a grade-leveled series of texts that are read aloud
B. Emphasis on sequenced skills instruction and practice
C. Focus on language as the bridge between the oral and written
language
D. Preteaching by using oral language activities and vocabulary words
as a basis for predicting
Option (C) is correct. The language experience approach focuses on
children's ability to produce language as a bridge between the spoken
and written language.
Which of the following is a research-based method for improving a
student's reading fluency?
A. Providing many opportunities to students to reread the same
passage
B. Teaching students to recognize story structure
,C. Encouraging students to use context clues to determine word
meaning
D. Providing direct instruction to students on self-questioning
Option (A) is correct. Research indicates that repeated readings
improve fluency. The repetition helps students improve recognition
and recall of sight words.
A teacher is concerned that many intermediate-level students use
nonstandard English in their speech and writing. A colleague who has
kept abreast of recent trends is most likely to advise the teacher to
A. provide extensive practice using written exercises that require
students to make choices between standard and nonstandard word forms
B. insist that the students be more consistent in using standard
forms in oral communications at school
C. provide examples of experiences from which the students can
conclude that different usage styles are appropriate in different
situations
D. encourage students to be more consistent in using standard forms
in oral communications outside of school
Option (C) is correct. Providing examples of standard English and
allowing students to explicitly learn the differences between their
home languages and academic language without judgment allows students
to transition more easily.
Which of the following is an effective instructional strategy for
helping kindergarten students develop an understanding of concepts
about print?
A. Exposing students to a variety of rhyming texts
B. Finger tapping to count phonemes in words
C. Facilitating guided practice of visualization techniques
D. Modeling how to track during shared reading
Option (D) is correct. Children are more likely to attend to print
when engaged in shared reading with an adult who uses print-
referencing behavior.
Each day, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students
during calendar time. Using a chart with song lyrics on it, she taps
her pointer on each word as she sings it with her students. She is
demonstrating
A. concept of print
, B. decoding
C. a think-aloud
D. the alphabetic principle
Option (A) is correct. The teacher is demonstrating concept of print
by using her pointer to show one-to-one correspondence for the words
in the song.
The best way to develop students' metacognitive skills is for
teachers to do which of the following?
A. Give students a few global prereading questions to guide their
reading
B. Advocate and model the use of self-questioning strategies during
reading
C. Have students memorize the new vocabulary words needed to
comprehend the reading selection
D. Provide opportunities for students to write comprehension
questions for one another
Option (B) is correct. To create strategic readers, it is important
to show students how to use the strategy and be explicit about why
the strategy is helpful to them. Metacognitive strategies are used to
ensure that a goal has been reached (e.g., quizzing oneself to
evaluate one's understanding of a text)
Which of the following concepts is best supported by current research
on emergent literacy?
A. Children begin their literacy learning when they enter school.
B. Reading and writing development have distinct beginning and ending
points.
C. Reading and writing develop in children concurrently and in
interrelated ways.
D. Children begin their literacy learning after having mastered basic
letter-sound skills.
Option (C) is correct. Research has shown that both reading and
writing require interaction between the reader and text that lead to
new knowledge and interpretations.
A teacher is designing an instructional plan for a small group of
fifth-grade students who are having difficulty decoding unfamiliar
multisyllabic words. The most appropriate approach to address the
