FTCE Elementary Education K-6 case studies
FTCE Elementary Education K-6 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The FTCE Elementary Education K–6 (060) is a Florida Teacher Certification Examination subject-area test listed in the FTCE/FELE program on Pearson's Florida testing site. It is intended for candidates pursuing certification to teach elementary grades in Florida - typically people completing a state-approved teacher preparation program or an alternative certification route, and anyone whose statement of eligibility from the Florida Department of Education names this subject area. The FTCE Elementary Education K-6 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,167 words.
1Running Record With a Comprehension–Accuracy Gap
Alvarez listens to Marcus, a third grader, read a 150-word passage from a leveled reader. He finishes in 1 minute 25 seconds with 12 miscues: 9 substitutions (e.g., "huge" for "hugely," "discover" for "discovery"), 2 omissions of the last word in a line, and 1 repetition.
643 words, about 3 min2Same Spelling Score, Different Instructional Needs
Okafor gives a 20-word spelling inventory to his fourth graders. Both students below score 11/20, so his team's plan is to place them in the same "below grade level" spelling group.
586 words, about 3 min3"It's a Primary Source, So It's True"
Rivera's fifth graders are studying the Boston Massacre with two sources: (1) an excerpt from Captain Thomas Preston's account, written weeks after the event, describing a crowd throwing snowballs and clubs and soldiers firing in fear; (2) Paul Revere's engraving, which the class text describes as showing a neat line of Redcoats firing in unison on unarmed, orderly colonists. Rivera has 40 minutes before the unit moves on to the Declaration of Independence, and the district assessment in two weeks asks students to compare two accounts of an event.
621 words, about 3 min4Three Fertilizer Investigations, Three Broken Designs
Three fourth-grade groups are testing the claim "Fertilizer X makes bean plants grow best." Group 1 puts three cups with 5 g of fertilizer on the windowsill and three cups with none in a dark closet. Group 2 puts all six cups on the windowsill; the three with fertilizer get 50 mL of water daily and the three without get 100 mL.
612 words, about 3 min5Exit Ticket Splits Subtraction With Regrouping
On a three-item exit ticket (45 − 18, 62 − 37, 53 − 26), Ms. Boone's 24 third graders sort into four groups: 11 students correct on all three; 7 students answered 33, 35, and 33; 4 students traded correctly on item 1 but wrote 45 − 18 = 37; 2 students got all three right but, when asked how, said "I just know it" and could not show any method or explain a trade.
705 words, about 4 min