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NES Elementary Education Subtest I practice test

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Question 1 Phonological awareness

Question 1: Phonological awareness

A kindergarten teacher asks students to tap out the syllables in the word butterfly. This task primarily develops which skill?

Question 2 Phonics

Question 2: Phonics

A teacher introduces the letter sound correspondence for the consonant b. Teaching students that letters represent sounds is the core of which approach?

Question 3 Reading comprehension

Question 3: Reading comprehension

After reading a passage, a teacher asks students to state the most important point in their own words. The students are identifying the passage's what?

Question 4 Comprehension strategies

Question 4: Comprehension strategies

A teacher models stopping during reading to ask whether the text makes sense and rereading if it does not. This strategy is best described as what?

Question 5 Vocabulary development

Question 5: Vocabulary development

A teacher teaches that the prefix un- in the word unhappy means not. Teaching prefixes and suffixes helps students with what?

Question 6 Writing process

Question 6: Writing process

A teacher has students plan and organize their ideas before writing a first draft. This stage of the writing process is called what?

Question 7 Grammar and conventions

Question 7: Grammar and conventions

In the sentence The dog ran quickly, which word is an adverb?

Question 8 Genres of text

Question 8: Genres of text

A teacher reads a text that gives factual information about how volcanoes form. This text is an example of which genre?

Question 9 Emergent literacy

Question 9: Emergent literacy

A young child holds a book right side up and turns pages from front to back. The child is demonstrating an understanding of what?

Question 10 Reading assessment

Question 10: Reading assessment

A teacher listens to a student read aloud and records errors to determine an instructional reading level. This assessment is best described as what?

Question 11 Language arts speaking

Question 11: Language arts speaking

A teacher has students practice taking turns and listening respectfully during a class discussion. These are examples of what skills?

Question 12 Fluency

Question 12: Fluency

A teacher has students reread the same short passage several times to build accuracy and speed. This technique is known as what?

Question 13 Social studies history

Question 13: Social studies history

A teacher explains that early American colonists at Plymouth and people who already lived in the region shared a harvest celebration often connected to the first Thanksgiving. The people who already lived there were members of which group?

Question 14 Social studies geography

Question 14: Social studies geography

A teacher uses a globe to show students the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This line is called the what?

Question 15 Social studies civics

Question 15: Social studies civics

A teacher explains the three branches of the United States federal government. The branch that makes laws is which one?

Question 16 Social studies economics

Question 16: Social studies economics

A teacher explains that a person who makes goods to sell is a producer, while a person who buys and uses those goods is what?

Question 17 Reading literary elements

Question 17: Reading literary elements

A teacher asks students to describe the person who tells the story in a narrative. The students are identifying the story's what?

Question 18 Writing genres

Question 18: Writing genres

A teacher asks students to write a piece that tries to convince readers to recycle. This type of writing is best described as what?

Question 19 Differentiated instruction

Question 19: Differentiated instruction

A teacher provides small group support for students who struggle with decoding while challenging advanced readers with richer texts. This practice is best described as what?

Question 20 Reading inference

Question 20: Reading inference

A character slams the door and refuses to speak. A teacher asks students to use these clues to decide how the character feels. The students are making a what?

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