An emerging trend in early childhood teacher training is a blend of the best practices of early childhood and special education
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Two steps that competent schools take to prevent ________ include implementing a schoolwide social skills curriculum and hiring adults who model the positive social behaviors expected of the students.
A. bullying and violence B. aggression and suicide C. fear and anger D. homelessness and poverty
In 2000, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
a. published the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. b. decided that computation skills were no longer important. c. emphasized skills needed for survival in a nontechnical age. d. emphasized the Back-to-Basics movement.
Which of the following is true about bullying?
a. Bullying can include direct methods (e.g., teasing, taunting, and hitting) and also indirect methods (e.g., social isolation through exclusion). b. There are no differences between bullying behaviors of boys and girls. c. Considerable bullying is actually provoked by the victims. d. Girls are more often victims of bullies than boys.
Mattie is the four-year-old daughter of Nicole, a single mom living in poverty in an urban community. When Mattie enrolled in preschool, she didn't talk to the teacher or the other children. At snack time, she used two words to ask for more. When her mom filled out the enrollment form, she checked boxes indicating that Mattie has no books, watches TV a lot, and doesn't play with other children
As the teacher, you are prepared to give the mom activities to do at home to help Mattie develop the emergent literacy skills needed for reading. Describe Mattie's current state of language development. Explain at least five activities you recommend to Mattie's mother and describe how each activity helps with inside-out and/or outside-in (code and oral language) skill development.