GACE 001

Hyperbole

"It took the child a long time to lick the mile high ice cream cone." Question: As used in the sentence, "mile high" is an example of which of the following?

Inactive

(prefixes, suffixes and root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.) Is an example when demonstrating structural analysis for vocabulary development?

Henry Hudson and Hernando de Soto

A class is beginning a lesson on the European exploration of North America. Which TWO of the following individuals should the teacher include in the lesson?

Engaging with a text by showing natural spoken expression and the ability to chunk information into phrases

A fifth-grade student reads a narrative account of a journalist's trip to a tropical rain forest. What oral reading behaviors indicates that the student has an understanding of effective fluent reading?

The student's experiences do not include knowledge of the topic discussed in the book.

A fifth-grade teacher in an urban school is having the class read the humorous book The Noonday Friends, set in New York City's Greenwich Village, by Mary Stolz. A new student, who lived in a rural community for his entire life prior to moving to the school, is having difficulty understanding the story, although he has read many books of comparable difficulty. Which of the following is the most probable explanation for the student's difficulty in comprehension?

basic principles that provide the foundation of a republican form of government.

Creating a democratic classroom requires involving students regularly in shared decision making to increase their responsibility for helping to make the classroom a place where they have a voice and can share their opinions.

Irregular nouns

Foot → Feet Child → Children Tooth → Teeth Question: A second-grade teacher writes the words above on the board. Which of the following best describes the lesson she is introducing?

A capitalization error. A run-on sentence A double negative

For vacation this year our family plans to go to Florida. We want to see walt disney world we want to see Epcot we want to see the theme parks. I can't hardly wait to go. A teacher shows students the paragraph above in order to assess their editing skills. Which of the following errors can the students find in the paragraph?

Most words contain several letter-sound combinations.

I Y m H s a lm A student writes the sentence shown and reads it to the teacher as follows. "I was at my house and saw a little mouse." The student's written sentence indicates that the student does not understand, so what concept is being used here?

They help the students determining the meaning of a word by considering the word's parts

Activities involving structural analysis help the students do what?

Holding peer conferences

Which is most beneficial for students during the revising stage of the writing process?

Supply and demand

A fifth-grade teacher shares a graph with the class that shows how the price of home heating oil rises during winter months. The teacher is most likely using the activity to demonstrate which of the following economic principles?

Marsha's sheep were grazing in the wide hollow between the mountains.

A fifth-grade teacher writes the following on the board. Hollow n. low-lying land; small depression in a flat surface adj. empty, with nothing inside v. to hollow out; to make something hollow Which of the following sentences uses "hollow" as a noun, as in the first definition given?

Providing the student with explicit instruction in phonics

A first-grade student writes "R dg is bg n blk" and reads aloud "Our dog is big and black." Which of the following activities will most likely improve the student's spelling skills?

Providing explicit instruction in the study of high-frequency words, to improve oral reading fluency

A first-grade teacher is concerned about several students whose sight vocabulary is very limited. What would be the most effective strategy for the teacher to use to help the students increase their sight vocabulary?

Roots and affixes

A fourth-grade teacher asks students to define the following words. review, viewer, preview, viewable Knowledge of which of the following will best help the students determine the meaning of the words?

Assisting a reader to identify text structure and use the organizational patterns within each structure to increase understanding

A fourth-grade teacher displays an article on the life cycle of a butterfly on an interactive whiteboard. The teacher reads a passage aloud to the students and highlights transition words such as first, next, and finally. The teacher explains that the transition words help a reader understand how events in a text are related to one another with a time span of the first event to the last event. What best explains the rationale for the lesson?

Popular sovereignty

A group of fifth-grade students is creating a poster to describe the key components of republicanism. Which principle of government should be included on the poster?

Concepts of print

A kindergarten teacher opens a storybook to the middle and asks a student, "Where on this page should I begin reading?" The teacher is most likely evaluating the student's understanding of which of the following?

A river delta?

A land area formed by soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water

basic economic concepts

A need is considered as something people must have in order to survive (food, air, shelter, and water), while a want is something people would like to have that is not necessary for survival (a bicycle, a ball, games, etc.)

Context clues

A small group of second-grade students is reading a story together orally. One of the children has difficulty reading the word "sparkled." To make sure that all the students understand the word, the teacher asks the student to read the rest of the paragraph aloud. Then, when the student has finished reading, the teacher asks the group how the character in the story felt as she spoke and what her eyes did to show her excitement. The teacher is helping students use which of the following word-attack strategies?

The text might not contain sufficient information to supply the definition being sought.

A small group of second-grade students is reading a story together orally. One of the children has difficulty reading the word "sparkled." To make sure that all the students understand the word, the teacher asks the student to read the rest of the paragraph aloud. Then, when the student has finished reading, the teacher asks the group how the character in the story felt as she spoke and what her eyes did to show her excitement. Which of the following is one of the limitations of the word-attack strategy described in the scenario?

Analysis

A social studies class has learned about the system of checks and balances within the three branches of the United States government. The teacher asks students to find examples in the Constitution of how the executive branch can limit the power of the legislative branch. Based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, which of the following is the highest level of thinking required for the assignment?

Articles of Confederation

A social studies teacher is planning a unit on the United States Constitution. A discussion on what would be most appropriate for the introductory lesson to be?

Inferential

A student is actively engaged in reading a book and is making judgments and decisions beyond what is stated in the text. Which method of comprehension is the student using?

Photographs, Memoirs, Eyewitness accounts of events

A teacher assigns a research report that requires students to find information from primary sources. Which THREE resources are most appropriate for the students to use?

Restating key points a speaker makes to show understanding of the intended message

A teacher does a think-aloud to model effective active listening behaviors for classroom discussions. What is one thing that shows that the students' can do to show active listening?

Identifying main ideas

A teacher gives students a set of cards with headlines written on them and a set of clippings of news articles. The teacher asks the students to match each news article with its corresponding headline. Which of the following skills is the activity most likely to develop?

Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy

A teacher is discussing the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis. Which of the following individuals would be mentioned in this discussion?

How does the mouse help the lion?

A teacher is informally assessing second-grade students' listening-comprehension skills after reading Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse. What would require the children to draw an inference from the fable?

Teaching decoding skills and modeling how to use the skills in context

A teacher observes that a first-grade student does not employ beginning and final consonants correctly while reading. What would be the best teaching strategy that would help the student the most?

B. Diphthongs

A teacher observes that a student is having difficulty reading a list of words that includes "spoil," "bead," "tray," and "train." The teacher can best address the student's needs by providing additional instruction in which of the following phonetic elements?

use context clues.

A teacher reads the following section of text aloud to the class. "The people elected a new president. Everyone thought he was the best ruler for the country." After reading, the teacher asks students, "What does the word 'ruler' mean as used by the author?" The teacher asks this question most likely to help students learn to...

it makes the other vowel have a long sound

A teacher wants to describe to the class a rule associated with adding a silent "e" to the end of a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) word. The best approach would be to tell the students that when a silent "e" appears at the end of a CVC word, it cannot be heard, but

An oil spill

A third-grade teacher is planning a lesson on the impact of human actions on the physical environment. Which of the following is the best example to use for showing the most direct impact of human activities on the environment?

Comprehension

A third-grade teacher uses student-centered reading activities for groups of four to six students. Each group chooses a different book based on student interest. Each member of a group is assigned a specific role, and students independently read a chapter of the book. After the independent reading, the groups meet, and discuss the book, guided by the specific role each group member was assigned. Which of the following identifies the reading skill best reinforced by the instructional method?

Maintaining eye contact with the audience while presenting

After a class reading of an informational text about endangered animals, a teacher instructs students to prepare an oral presentation on an animal of their choice. What is one thing that the guidelines will best help students produce an engaging presentation?

What other ending could you develop for the story?

After reading a short story, fifth graders were asked to respond in writing to the following questions. 1. Do you think the plan the characters devised worked? Why or why not? 2. What song did the author quote in the story? Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Which of the following questions would assess a different kind of comprehension from that assessed by questions 1 and 2 ?

Evaluate an aspect of the story

After reading a short story, fifth graders were asked to respond in writing to the following questions. 1. Do you think the plan the characters devised worked? Why or why not? 2. What song did the author quote in the story? Answering question 1 requires students to do which of the following comprehension tasks?

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. 'an allusion to Shakespeare' 'a classical allusion'

The student's choice is inappropriate since a pie chart is best used for showing the relationship between parts and wholes.

An upper-elementary student decides to use a pie chart (circle graph) to show the progression of change in a town's population over a long period of time. Of the following, which statement is the most accurate assessment of the student's choice to use a pie chart for the task?

The need for reading readiness

As part of a language arts program, a first-grade teacher often reads aloud from books, makes shopping lists with students, and displays pictures and prints in the classroom. The teacher's activities are primarily focused on meeting which of the following student needs?

Homophones

At the end of a second-grade reading unit, the teacher reads the following sentences from the response journal of a student in the class. I liked the story. The boy was a good sun. Based on the sentences, the student needs help with which of the following?

Students and teachers jointly compose and write text.

Which of the following activities is a major component of interactive writing?

Holding class meetings with students to discuss issues and make decisions

Which of the following activities would be most effective in creating a democratic classroom

topographical features in Georgia

Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia, with a summit elevation of 4,784 feet.

ways to promote students' comprehension of texts./Assessing students' prior knowledge

By asking the students questions, the teacher obtains information on what and how much the students know about the topic and can use the information to direct the lesson.

Recognizes that words are made up of letter patterns that represents sounds

COET (coat) RITE (right) COL (cool) BAUGHT (bought) CRL (curl) HICH (hitch) Question: Based on the sample of a student's spelling test shown, what best describes the student's spelling development?

You want a dog so you will have a companion.

During a conference, Jake tells his teacher that he has always wanted a dog. He says if he had a dog, he would always have a friend. Which of the following responses by the teacher indicates active listening?

Identification

During a small-group lesson, a kindergarten teacher asks students, "What sound is the same in 'pad,' 'cat,' and 'man'?" The teacher is providing instruction in which of the following phonemic awareness skills?

Evaluation

During a unit on folktales, a second-grade teacher wants to help students engage in higher-order thinking. After the students read The Little Red Hen, the teacher asks the students to justify the little red hen's decision to eat the bread herself. Which level of Bloom's taxonomy does the activity address?

Assessing students' prior knowledge

During a unit on measurement, a fifth-grade teacher asks students the following questions at the beginning of the lesson. What units of measurement are used in measuring length? What units of measurement are used in measuring weight? By beginning the unit with these questions, the teacher is most likely doing which of the following?

Use consistent directionality, Demonstrate letter-sound correspondences, Spell consonant blends partially

During the early letter name-alphabetic stage in spelling development, a student might write U for "you," BD for "bed," Y for "when," DF for "drive," and SHP for "ship." Which of the following is characteristic of what students do correctly during the stage? Select all that apply.

Publishing

During which stage of the writing process are students most likely to share their writing with the entire class?

The alphabetic principle

Each day during calendar time, Ms. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students. Using a chart containing the words to the songs, Ms. Nelson taps a pointer on each word as the students sing. Ms. Nelson is demonstrating what principle?

Trail of Tears.

In 1838, the governments of Georgia and the United States forced the Cherokee to move against their will

Shared Reading

In a first grade class , the teacher reads a story aloud while the students echo the words the teacher has read. which of the approaches for reading is the teacher using?

Guided

In groups, students in a third-grade class brainstorm what they know about a topic. With the help of the teacher, the students identify categories for their ideas and then use a graphic organizer to organize their ideas. The teacher then asks students to each write a short paragraph about the topic. After evaluating and returning the drafts, the teacher gives the students the scoring rubric and asks them to revise their work. Which of the following best describes the approach to writing used by the teacher?

The forced relocation of the Cherokee

In studying the migration of people in American history, a fourth-grade class is reading Sara H. Banks's Remember My Name, the story of a family's experiences on the Trail of Tears. Which of the following migrations is described in the novel?

Pronouns

Me and my Mom are great buddies. We always go so many fun places together. Just yesterday a friend of ours gave my Mom and I tickets to a terific baseball game. The teacher can best help the student's writing development by reviewing which of the following with the student?

Reciprocal teaching

Mr. Jones, a social studies teacher, notices that students are having difficulty understanding a chapter in their textbook. He leads a dialogue in which he generates questions, summarizes, predicts, and clarifies. Then the students take turns assuming the teacher's role. Which of the following best describes the method Mr. Jones is using?

Guiding students as they begin to develop an understanding of the writing process

Ms. Anderson, a kindergarten teacher, greets the children as they enter the classroom and encourages them to look out of the window to determine the weather. She then writes the following "Morning Message" on a story board and reads the message aloud as she writes. Good morning! Today is Thursday. It is rainy today. Question: Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the activity?

Conversation styles, including taking turns, are not uniform across cultures.

Ms. Bartholomew teaches a class of fifth graders from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. She often uses formal and informal rules to guide class discussion. In some cases, she uses playing cards to order the responses from the students. In other cases, she uses rules of procedure to guide class discussion, such as having students call on each other to give responses or limiting the length of their responses with a timer. What knowledge does the teacher demonstrate by using multiple discussion formats?

Prewriting

Ms. Richards has the students do the following: • Determine a writing audience • Identify a purpose • Provide a list of writing topics Based on the list of activities, which stage of writing is Ms. Richards' class most likely working on?

Asking questions about the events to help generate details

My birthday party was fun. I got a lot of presents and a lot of my friends came. We played games and ate ice cream and cake. During a writing conference, a third-grade teacher works with a student to improve the personal narrative shown above. Which of the following strategies should the teacher use to help the student improve the narrative?

Battle of Appomattox Court House

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Va., effectively ending the American Civil War (1861-65).

were living in the areas still in rebellion

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves who

They contain prefixes.

Semifinal, nonnegotiable, prehistoric Question: Which of the following most accurately describes all the words shown?

Speaking

Small- and whole-group discussions An informal small-scale debate in which students discuss the positive and negative sides of an issue Short oral presentations, after researching the topic, to small groups or to the whole class An oral interpretation of a text Question: The activities above best develop which of the following skills?

Production, distribution, and consumption

Some elementary school teachers from the same school plan to invite people from service industries to their classes as guest speakers. The activity would best fit with which of the following units from the social studies curriculum?

Write key words on note cards to refer to during the presentation

Students in a sixth-grade class are preparing to give oral reports on famous writers they have researched. Which of the following is most helpful for students to do when preparing to speak in front of an audience?

Interpreting graphic representations

Students in an upper-elementary grade are using a map of the Western Hemisphere to answer questions about places, landmarks, and geographical features. The activity best assesses which of the following social studies skills?

Learning about how words are spelled increases students' word recognition skills.

Students play a game in which they are each given a group of letters that they then use to make words. For example, they might be given the letters below. snphaesip Students begin by making two-letter words (e.g., "as") and continue by making three-letter words (e.g., "sip"), four-letter words (e.g., "pine"), and longer words until they use all their letters to make a final word. The final word always includes all the letters they were given. Which of the following statements best explains the primary purpose of the activity?

Isolation

Teacher: What is the first sound in "van"? Student: The first sound in "van" is /v/. Question: The activity shown represents which of the following phonemic-awareness strategies?

Why did the demand for oil increase with the mass production of the automobile?

The National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies outlines ten themes. The second theme addresses time, continuity, and change. What would be a good question for an elementary class falls within this theme?

improve their comprehension of the story by organizing and sequencing events

Third-grade students are creating a story map as they read about a donkey, Sylvester, who turns into a rock. The most important benefit of the story-mapping activity is that it helps students to

Description

Use the passage to answer the following question. Anacondas are huge snakes that are found in the Amazon jungles of South America. The average anaconda can grow to be 20 feet in length and may weigh 300 pounds. Anacondas are not only very large but also very powerful. They can kill their prey by squeezing. They eat animals such as fish, birds, and turtles. Anacondas can be quite elusive because they move so quietly on land and spend so much time in the dark waters of the Amazon River. The passage is an example of which of the expository text structures?

Phonemic awareness

What is the concept that involves understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence of individual sounds?

To assess the student's level of comprehension

What is the primary purpose of having a student retell a story?

T-chart

Which of the following graphic organizers would be most effective for students to use when planning to write a persuasive essay?

Students are given a page with a letter centered on the page. They are asked to write a sentence with four to six words, with each word starting with the letter on the page.

Which of the following is a student activity that reinforces the poetic element of alliteration?

Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in Georgia.

Which of the following is most accurate about the geography of Georgia?

A time line of historical events related to immigration

Which of the following is the most effective resource a social studies teacher could use to teach cause-and-effect relationships that led people to immigrate to America throughout history?

The overall structure and quality of the assignment

Which of the following is the primary area of focus when scoring a writing assignment based on a holistic rubric?

Reading a short sentence aloud and asking the student to restate what was read

Which of the following teacher activities is designed to assess the listening skills of a primary student?

Narrative

Which of the following types of writing involves telling stories, recalling memories, or creating imaginative pieces?

Making a decision about the relevance of the various pieces of information

While working on a research project, a student uses the Internet and finds a great deal of information on a chosen topic. Which of the following is the best step for the student to take next?

Revising

While working on a writing assignment, a student asks a peer to listen to her read the rough draft and offer suggestions for clarifying, expanding, or condensing parts of the draft. The student is engaged in which stage of the writing process?

Do, said, was, of

Words that cannot be sounded out according to regular pronunciation rules are called irregular words. Which of the following lists contains irregular words?

Interactive writing

a collaborative writing experience used with beginning writers. During the process, the teacher guides students in a group-writing activity using large-print text. The students participate by providing ideas and by sharing the pen, physically and figuratively, with the teacher. The composition is read and reread by the group to make the reading and writing connection.

The Emancipation Proclamation

freed only those slaves who were living in the states or parts of states still in rebellion.

maps and globes foster students' understanding of spatial patterns.

help students gain an understanding of their community and the world around them. Maps allow students to interpret and retrieve information and to build models of communities

food,air,house Vs video games , toys, basketball

human needs versus human wants?

Mount Rainier location

is located in the Cascade Range of the mountain ranges?

The first step in active listening

is paraphrasing the speaker's words back. Paraphrasing requires using similar words and phrases to restate what a speaker says. This shows that a person was listening to and understands a speaker.

Mount Rainier

is the highest mountain in Washington State and in the Cascade Range.

The Battle of Appomattox Court House

marked the end of the American Civil War?

Time Lines

show the sequence in which related events occurred and how one event is connected to the other / how to locate, analyze, and synthesize information related to social studies topics

Alliteration

the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words used in a phrase or sentence.