Vocab Sentences
Vocabulary
Story Time
Independent Work
Excelsior Trivia
100
True or False: Vocabulary sentences are optional
FALSE
100
Name two different ways the book may require you to review vocabulary
Prefix, suffix, syllables, spelling, etc.
100
What do we call it when students are following along with their finger, pencil, etc., while others are reading?
Tracking
100
Approximately how much time should be given for independent work? (Not including paired reading)
20-25 minutes
100
In which year did Excelsior Academy open?
2008
200
Where can vocabulary sentences be found in the student books?
At the back
200
Are individual columns to be reviewed independently or only all together at the end?
Independently as well as all together at the end.
200
What is the name of the paper we track students' turns on?
DLDR or Daily Lesson Data Record
200
On which part of homework should students begin first?
Workbook
200
How many directors has Excelsior had?
5
300
Approximately how long should vocabulary sentence review take?
10 minutes maximum
300
What is the name of the activity where all columns of vocabulary are read in one long list?
Lightning Round
300
The letters SK is the error code for?
Skipped Word
300
What is new about workbooks this year?
Can't leave classroom, can't be written in.
300
Who was the longest reigning director of Excelsior?
Stephanie Eccles
400
When should vocabulary review sentences be reviewed?
Before the day's vocabulary
400
True or False: Vocabulary columns ONLY review words for that day's lesson
False
400
If a student makes a mistake on a word, explain the correction procedure.
Stop immediately. Correct the word, have student say the word, pick a few others to say it, have class say it, start over at the beginning of the sentence.
400
The workbook portion of the homework mainly focuses on today's lesson or all lessons learned thus far?
Today's lesson
400
What did Excelsior do to celebrate its 5 year anniversary?
Hosted a carnival
500
Why is it important that students are familiar with these sentences?
They will be asked to fill in the missing words of each sentence on the test.
500
At what point during the lesson should the vocabulary review take place?
The beginning of class, after homework corrections, and review vocabulary sentences, if any.
500
During independent reading time from the shape (diamond, etc.) to the end of the story, are students reading aloud or silently? What should the teacher be doing?
Aloud, walking around listening
500
At what time during the reading class should fix-ups be made if a student has scored lower than 80%?
At the beginning of independent work time.
500
At the end of the 2014, Excelsior announced a significant uniform reformation. Name 4 of the changes that took place in that meeting to create the uniform we have now.
No more yellow, white must be oxford, button-down, added red, added green, no more white polos, etc.
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