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Praxis II Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (5018) Exam - Foundations of Reading
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The Praxis Elementary Education Content Knowledge Test (5018) is a timed, computer-administered test generally taken by individuals completing an undergraduate degree in elementary education.  Also known as the Praxis II Elementary Education Content Knowledge Test, this exam was developed by the Educational Testing Service to measure your knowledge, skills, and abilities in several different subject areas. It is broken down into four content sections: Reading and Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science.
 

Praxis II Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (5018) Exam - Foundations of Reading
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1. All members of a group of kindergarten students early in the year are able to chant the alphabet. The teacher is now teaching the students what the alphabet looks like in written form. The teacher points to a letter and the students vocalize the correspondent sound. Alternatively, the teacher vocalizes a phoneme and a student points to it on the alphabet chart. The teacher is using ________________ in her instruction.
2. The purpose of corrective feedback is:
3. Syllable types include:
4. Phone, they, church. The underlined letters in these words are examples of:
5. Dr. Jenks is working with a group of high school students. They are about to read a science book about fossils. Before they begin, she writes the words stromatolites, fossiliferous, and eocene on the board. She explains the meaning of each word. These words are examples of:
6. The purpose of corrective feedback is:
7. Train, brain, spring. The underlined letters are examples of:
8. 'Language load' refers to:
9. Which of the following best explains the importance prior knowledge brings to the act of reading?
10. Dr. Jenks is working with a group of high school students. They are about to read a science book about fossils. Before they begin, she writes the words stromatolites, fossiliferous, and eocene on the board. She explains the meaning of each word. These words are examples of:
11. Another name for a persuasive essay is:
12. A teacher is working with a group of third graders at the same reading level. Her goal is to improve reading fluency. She asks each child in turn to read a page from a book about mammal young. She asks the children to read with expression. She also reminds them they don't need to stop between each word; they should read as quickly as they comfortably can. She cautions them, however, not to read so quickly that they leave out or misread a word. The teacher knows the components of reading fluency are:
13. Phonemic awareness is a type of:
14. The following is/are (an) element(s) of metacognition:
15. A cloze test evaluates a student's:
16. A teacher is working with a group of third graders at the same reading level. Her goal is to improve reading fluency. She asks each child in turn to read a page from a book about mammal young. She asks the children to read with expression. She also reminds them they don't need to stop between each word; they should read as quickly as they comfortably can. She cautions them, however, not to read so quickly that they leave out or misread a word. The teacher knows the components of reading fluency are:
17. Sight words are:
18. 'Language load' refers to:
19. Train, brain, spring. The underlined letters are examples of:
20. Sea and see, fair and fare, are called:
21. Another name for a persuasive essay is:
22. Tea/tee, stair/stare, and shoe/shoo are:
23. The following is/are (an) element(s) of metacognition: