Case analysis: You are a first-grade teacher, and a girl comes to your class from a foster home. She has lived in several different homes, and no one has introduced her to prereading activities. She cannot cut, paste, draw, look at books from front to back, recite nursery rhymes, or play simple games. Most of the other students have been to kindergarten and are well beyond her level of performance. How can you differentiate instruction for this student without neglecting the rest of the class?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but responses should cover the following:Emergent literacy skills can be taught during the context of authentic literacy activities. [Explanations of activities that would address the whole class and this student would be acceptable.]

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a. analogy e. correspond i. exclude m. innate b. blatant f. counterfeit j. formidable n. retaliate c. component g. diminish k. gist o. subsidiary d. consensus h. disregard l. inclination p. superficial It is silly to do something wrong in a(n) _____ way because everyone will know.

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Why does Mabel say her actions were "the right thing to do" and not foolish?

What will be an ideal response?

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Write a sentence of your own including each of the following items.

1. a five-digit salary 2. your mother’s date of birth 3. the full address of your school 4. the city and state where you last vacationed 5. the estimated distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco

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Staples freely expresses the rage he feels for being mistaken for a criminal

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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