Discuss language differences among families and paraphrase the four recommendations made by NAEYC for respecting linguistic diversity when working with families
What will be an ideal response?
? English, English language learners, home language, family literacy
? Active involvement with families
? Awareness of cognitive benefits of more than one language
? Strategies to help families to preserve home language
? Honoring home language and culture
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Blake complains to Mrs. Parks, "We shouldn't have to do these brutal word problems for homework. They don't help me understand geometry at all." Which of the following responses demonstrates empathetic listening?
a. "You don't like doing these word problems. You think they're really hard." b. "Let me help you. Maybe you're missing something." c. "Who do you say they're brutal? We did examples like these problems during class yesterday." d. "We'll go over the problems in class. Maybe you'll learn something then."
Which of the following would be considered a performance assessment?
a. Matching items b. True-false items requiring higher-level thinking c. Fill-in-the-blank items on new material d. Audiovisual presentations
Early Puritans stressed:
a) Self-adjustment b) Self-realization c) Work, effort and striving d) A life of leisure
At the end of meals, children should
a. wait until everyone has finished eating before they move to the next activity. b. be able to leave the table and go to a self-directed activity or to the next planned activity. c. wait until all the children at their particular table have finished. d. wait until a teacher formally dismisses them.