Social Studies
The website "Dogo News" features news articles written for students. Which aspect of civics education would this site support the teaching of?
What are current events
The teaching of word parts and their meaning to support students with reading, spelling and vocabulary
What is Morphology/study of morphemes
The keywords "as a result of", "because", "due to" might signal which non-fiction text structure?
What is Cause and effect
This stage of the writing process involves fixing errors in mechanics such as spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
What is editing
The term refers to support provided during instruction that assists in student learning. An example might include a graphic organize to organize thoughts around finding the central idea in a text
What is scaffolding
A mock election where students vote would be an example to teach this theme of social studies.
government/civic duty/civics
The fundamental part of a word that contains the word's primary meaning.
What is a root word
This step in guiding student comprehension requires students to think about previous knowledge or terms they already know related to the lesson.
What is activating background knowledge
This initial stage requires students to brainstorm ideas, select a topic, and begin their research
What is drafting/prewriting
Teaching method where the teacher systematically explains instruction and provides guided practice before students work independently.
What is explicit instruction/gradual release of responsibility
What is the guide for teaching social studies that helps students focus on inquiry based learning/question forming?
What vocabulary instructional tool has students rate their level of knowledge of given vocabulary words
What is a Dale scale
The use of specialized comprehension strategies unique to a discipline (historical thinking, corroboration, evaluating sources).
What is disciplinary literacy
What is it called when students get a few minutes to jot down all of their thoughts about a given idea?
What is a quickwrite
What is a discussion for the purpose of making a decision that will be binding on everyone?
What is a deliberation
Looking around the room, collaborating with students showing different primary sources or non-fiction texts is what activity?
what is a gallery walk
Choosing and teaching vocabulary words that are specific to a certain discipline.
A: What are Tier 3 Words?
The keywords “similar to”, “different from”, “on the other hand” might signal which non-fiction text structure?
A: What is compare and contrast?
What is Critical thinking, syntax, text structure, writing crafts, and transcription part of?
A: What is The Writing Rope?
The practice that teachers use that is structured as “I do, we do, you do”
A: What is the gradual release of responsibility?
A student-centered teaching method that encourages students to ask questions and investigate real-world problems.
What is Inquiry-based learning?
These tiers categorize vocabulary from everyday language to highly specialized academic terms.
Answer: What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 words?
The skill involves using context clues, ones background knowledge and details from a text in order to figure out something the author does not directly state
Answer: What is making an inference?
In this stage of the writing process, students take their ideas from brainstorming and graphic organizers and turn them into sentences and paragraphs.
Answer: What is drafting or a rough draft?
This term refers to the method of teaching reading by connecting sounds of spoken language to the letters and letter patterns that represent those sounds.
Answer: What is Phonics?