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TExES Core Subjects EC-6 practice test

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Question 1 Reading and language arts

Question 1: Reading and language arts

A first grade teacher is helping students blend the sounds in the word cat to read it. This activity primarily develops which skill?

Question 2 Reading comprehension

Question 2: Reading comprehension

A teacher asks students to identify the lesson or message the author wants readers to learn from a story. The students are determining the story's what?

Question 3 Mathematics number sense

Question 3: Mathematics number sense

A student writes the number 405. What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?

Question 4 Mathematics operations

Question 4: Mathematics operations

A teacher wants students to understand that multiplication can be modeled as repeated addition. Which expression shows 4 times 3 as repeated addition?

Question 5 Science life science

Question 5: Science life science

A teacher explains that plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. This process is called what?

Question 6 Science earth science

Question 6: Science earth science

Which sequence correctly describes part of the water cycle?

Question 7 Social studies history

Question 7: Social studies history

A fourth grade teacher in Texas teaches about the 1836 battle at which a small Texan force was defeated by a larger Mexican army. Which event is this?

Question 8 Social studies geography

Question 8: Social studies geography

A teacher asks students to use a map to find the direction from one city to another. Which map feature helps them determine direction?

Question 9 Fine arts

Question 9: Fine arts

A music teacher claps a steady ongoing pulse while students sing. This underlying pulse in music is called what?

Question 10 Reading fluency

Question 10: Reading fluency

A second grade student reads aloud accurately, at an appropriate rate, and with expression. These three qualities together describe reading what?

Question 11 Writing process

Question 11: Writing process

In the writing process, during which stage does a student fix spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors?

Question 12 Mathematics geometry

Question 12: Mathematics geometry

A student identifies a shape with three sides and three angles. This shape is a what?

Question 13 Mathematics fractions

Question 13: Mathematics fractions

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices and 3 slices are eaten. What fraction of the pizza remains?

Question 14 Science physical science

Question 14: Science physical science

A teacher demonstrates that water can exist as ice, liquid water, and water vapor. These are examples of what?

Question 15 Social studies civics

Question 15: Social studies civics

A teacher explains that voting is a way citizens participate in their government. Voting is best described as a citizen's what?

Question 16 Reading vocabulary

Question 16: Reading vocabulary

A teacher helps students determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word by examining the words and sentences around it. This strategy is called using what?

Question 17 Fine arts visual art

Question 17: Fine arts visual art

In visual art, the elements red, yellow, and blue are known as what?

Question 18 Mathematics measurement

Question 18: Mathematics measurement

A student measures the length of a desk and reports it as 1 meter. Which unit is most appropriate for measuring the much shorter length of a pencil?

Question 19 Science scientific inquiry

Question 19: Science scientific inquiry

A class wants to test whether plants grow taller with more sunlight. They give one plant full sunlight and one plant little sunlight. The amount of sunlight in this experiment is the what?

Question 20 Social studies economics

Question 20: Social studies economics

A teacher explains that people cannot have everything they want because resources are limited. This basic economic concept is called what?

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