Building Critical Thinking Skills and Independence
Strengthening Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Independent Students
Introverted and Extroverted Student
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True or False:
A positive learning environment includes only a whole class meeting area, vibrant colors, and cluttered areas.
False
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How can we give our struggling learners the opportunity to build independence?
a.) Give them choices
b.) Constantly have a planned activity
a.) Give them choices
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Saying "We are going to take a look at this character" and "We are going to examine this character" is an example of...
Teaching by saying things in two ways
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Children who read at their independent reading levels learn to read more effectively than those who do not?
True
100
Honoring differences is not a problem or an obstacle to teaching, but it is something that can make our learning communities stronger.
True
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Which option is not a way to structure your learning space?
a.) Whole group
b.) Partner students
c.) Neither a nor b
b.) Partner students
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What should we do with a text to help students create a visual image in their mind?
a.) Model your own experiences of creating a visual image
b.) Read aloud
c.) Create a thinking equation (X plus X equals understanding)
d.) All of the above
d.) All of the above
200
When differentiating instruction, we need to understand that children learn better by
a.) reading text
b.) moving their bodies
c.) listening to teachers talk
b.) moving their bodies
200
If you are working with your struggling reader but are not seeing results right away you should.
a. give it time, children learn at all different paces
b. change to another strategy
a.) give it time, children learn at all different paces
200
What is one way to help an introverted student to be heard in a different media?
offer different opportunities for the student to be heard such as online exchange or mobile technology
300
A student is struggling reading the on-level text that his peers are reading, what should we have in our classroom for students like this?
Variety of levels and genre of text
300
A child who struggles with reading in your classroom chooses a text below his/her reading level, why would we not ask the child to choose a higher level text?
Reading a lower-level text will help them practice higher-level thinking skills
300
These are simple acts that show a teachers admiration for a students work
a.) affirmations
b.) compliments
c.) reminders
a.) affirmations
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We as teachers should only keep texts that are on grade level for our students in our classroom.
False
300
What is an example of a way we can give extroverted students quick physical breaks?
Have these students be the errand runners whenever possible