You have been hired as a Head Start teacher for a mix-age group of children. You have 5 three-year-olds, 10 four-year-olds, and 3 five-year-olds in your classroom. What are do you need to consider when planning for this class? What are some of the positive and negative results of this type of classroom, if any?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: You should consider where the children are developmentally and assessing each stage of development. In a multi-age room the material selection should be more open ended. The positive aspect is the shared learning with children who have a more developed skill. The cons include engaging all children in the learning.
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Vocabulary instruction should be __________
a. limited to a few rare words b. occurring throughout the day c. highly structured d. both a and c
Historically, there have been two problems in the evaluation and identification process: ____________________ of students from diverse racial/cultural backgrounds
A) overidentification B) underidentification C) overidentification and underidentification D) misinterpretation