Harry Wong
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The only way you can have responsible students is if you have ___
procedures and routines to which the students can be responsible
100
Deficits in the ___ of disadvantaged students seems to be one of the primary causes of academic failure.
vocabulary
100
What is the difference between relative location and absolute location?
relative - The house is located near... absolute - The house is at the corner of ...
100
The __ the assignment, the more students will fail. The __ the assignment, the more students will succeed.
longer, shorter
100
To establish a procedure for gaining students' attention, ask yourself: Where are my students? ___ How many steps will I need?
What signal will I use?
200
Students risk failure because of lack of ____
structure
200
List 2 reasons you cannot teach all unfamiliar words in a text.
the # of unfamiliar words may be too numerous, not every unfamiliar word is critical to a student's comprehension of the text, students need opportunities to use vocabulary strategies to learn words on their own
200
Name one experience students should have with the globe in lower grades.
The globe is a model of Earth, show how land areas and water bodies are represented, show the North and South pole, explain that Earth is a planet, find their country
200
The greater the time students work together and the greater the responsibility students take for their work, the greater the ____.
learning
200
Effective teachers begin assignments with ____
motivators
300
The number of people in a group must equal the number of ___ in the group
jobs
300
Tarry Lindquist describes several ways we can know that teaching is meaningful. Give an example of one of those ways.
Students learn connected networks of knowledge that they will find useful both in and outside of school. Instruction emphasizes depth of development of important ideas with appropriate breadth of topic coverage. Meaningfulness of the content is emphasized in how it is presented and how it is developed in activities. Sustained examination of a few important topics Focus students' attention on the most important ideas Teacher is reflective in planning, implementing, assessing
300
Name one experience students should have with the globe in intermediate grades.
Elevation is measured from sea level, map scales, night and day are a result of the Earth's rotation, flat maps are distorted
300
Effective teachers change from curriculum of coverage to curriculum of ___
mastery
300
The highest form of teaching occurs when students are: Working ____ Solving open-ended problems Using ___
cooperatively higher-order thinking skills
400
Steps to creating an effective assignment: Thinking what you want the students to accomplish ____ Write in simple language ___
Write it down as a single sentence Duplicate the sentences and give them to students
400
List two vocabulary activities you could use with students.
draw a picture of the words, use magnetic letters, shaving cream, place words on the floor in a path and walk the path, use familiar songs, use a word web to brainstorm synonyms, create an alphabet book, create a book of figurative language
400
List the three types of map scales.
graphic inches-to-miles representative fraction
400
Characteristics of schools with high student success rates: Teachers - Held frequent school-wide faculty meetings ___ Worked together to come up with solutions
Identified problems
400
Learning has nothing to do with what the teacher ___. Learning has to do with what the student __.
covers, accomplishes
500
The role of a teacher is not to grade a student. The main role of the teacher is to ____
help every student reach the highest possible level of achievement
500
Lindquist describes the importance of exploring and valuing points of view in her classroom. She states: "One of the strengths of powerful social studies teaching is that it encourages respect for opposing points of view." Explain how you will value different points of view in your classroom.
Answers will vary
500
List the five essential features of all maps and globes.
grid, color, scale, symbols, legend
500
Give two reasons why it is helpful to teach current events in the classroom.
promote the habit of awareness and interest in current events, promote the growth of important skills, help children relate school learning to life outside school, build language skills
500
Keys to becoming an effective teacher: Undying belief that __ perseverance in the use of ___
every student has the ability to learn, new strategies
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