GACE Elementary Education (P-5) (702) study guide
GACE Elementary Education (P-5) (702) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The GACE Elementary Education (P-5) assessment is the subject-area test Georgia uses to evaluate candidates who want to teach in elementary classrooms serving prekindergarten through grade five. It is typically taken by aspiring teachers who have completed or are completing an educator preparation program and need to demonstrate content knowledge before certification. The GACE Elementary Education (P-5) (702) study guide has 6 sections and about 1,817 words.
01Reading and Language Arts
The Reading and Language Arts domain tests the science of reading and how it plays out in a P-5 classroom. Know the five pillars: phonemic awareness (hearing and manipulating sounds), phonics (letter-sound correspondence), fluency (accuracy, rate, prosody), vocabulary , and comprehension .
318 words, about 2 min02Mathematics
Mathematics for P-5 centers on number sense and operations , algebraic thinking , geometry , measurement and data , and fractions . Understand the base-ten system and place value, the meaning of the four operations, and the relationship between them (inverse operations, fact families).
343 words, about 2 min03Science
Elementary science spans physical, life, Earth/space, and engineering content plus scientific practices . In physical science, know states of matter, properties of materials, forces and motion, energy transfer, and simple circuits.
295 words, about 1 min04Social Studies
Social studies integrates history, geography, civics/government, and economics . In history, know chronology, primary vs.
293 words, about 1 min05Health, Physical Education, and the Arts
This domain covers health , physical education , and the arts (visual art, music, dance, theater). In health, know nutrition (food groups, balanced diet), personal hygiene, disease prevention, safety and injury prevention, mental/emotional health, and substance-abuse awareness appropriate to young children.
291 words, about 1 min06Professional Knowledge and Practice
Professional knowledge covers child development, learning theory, classroom management, assessment, planning, and ethics . Know developmental stages (Piaget's cognitive stages, Erikson's psychosocial stages, Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and scaffolding).
277 words, about 1 min