Isolated instruction of individual words is an ineffective use of instructional time and is proven to be inadequate to keep pace with content area needs. Instead, effective teachers rely on a range of approaches to foster learning of general, specialized, and technical vocabulary. Choose one strategy for developing vocabulary presented in this chapter and complete the “Making Content Connections” graphic organizer.
What will be an ideal response?
Graphic organizer must include the following:
Research that supports lesson goal o Steps of strategy
Description of strategy application must be content specific
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When using a guided imagery script with children, make sure you:
A. let children wonder what is about to take place. B. create a complex journey without music. C. reassure your children that there are no right or wrong imaginary pictures. D. do not allow children to reflect on the experience.
Online surveys may not be valid because ___________________________.
a. It is difficult to determine who has responded. b. It is nearly impossible to make them random. c. They do not include people who do not have access to the Internet. d. All of the other answers are correct.
List your three top priorities and explain why they are your top three.
What will be an ideal response?
Recently hired sixth grade teacher Betty McIntyre went to the library to select trade books
for a thematic unit. Experienced teachers correctly advised her to: a) select only books written on a sixth grade level to give consistent instruction b) select books written on a range of reading levels to meet the needs of all students c) select only informational texts so that students learn facts d) select only narrative texts to build the students' vocabulary