Academic Language
What is academic language?
it is the language of the school, content and classroom.
What is Feedback?
information provided to a student that causes an improvement in learning.
When filling out a time analysis sheet what do the letters M, I and A stand for?
Movement, Instruction and Activity.
What is a convergent question and what is a divergent question?
convergent: questions that have one correct or a best answer.
divergent: open-ended question that may have many appropriate answers.
When writing a learning objective what categories should be included?
Behavior, condition and criterion.
What are the three ways to teach academic language?
through function, demand and vocabulary
What are the different categories of feedback?
positive, negative, congruent, incongruent, general, specific, individual, class/group, corrective and evaluative.
What is the time allotted for each decision and what is the percentage for determination?
10 second interval, over 51% of students should be doing either management, activity or listening to instruction.
What are the 3 types of questions that a teacher can ask?
Probing , prompting and focusing.
What is the purpose of anticipatory sets?
To introduce objectives, refresh material, engage students for upcoming content, add vocabulary and activate a students prior knowledge.
What are some language support tools?
graphic organizers, sentence frames, anchor charts, think aloud, maps etc.
What type of feedback is given for these sentences?
1. That's a good job Kayla.
2. No Lance, you can not change the denominator that way.
3. Excellent! Great Job! Super Work!
1. Evaluative
2. Negative
3. General
What is the definition for management?
Time when most students (over 50%) are not receiving instruction or involved in lesson activity.
eg. changing activities; getting out or putting away materials; listening to behavior rules reminder.
What type of question is displayed?
Can you explain how you got the answer 546?
How does the author's use of language affect the tone of the story?
Based on the problem of the story, how would you say that the solution was successful?
probing
focusing
prompting
What does TLWBAT mean?
The Learner Will Be Able To
What is Syntax?
organizing symbols, words and phrases together into structures.
How do we know feedback is congruent?
if you know the task that is being taught.
How do you calculate percentage of time spent in your lesson?
When should questions be asked? How long should a teacher wait for a response?
A teacher should asks questions before, during and after the lesson.
A teacher should wait three to five seconds.
What does qualitative and quantitative mean?
qualitative-Is specific about what must be done to show mastery.
quantitative-measurement of mastery for the behavior.
a sentences structure of how long it is, grammar, word order, arrangement of phrases and whether is it using an active or passive voice?
Is this feedback congruent or incongruent? Why?
Be sure to indent each paragraph.
Incongruent. Because we do not know the focus of the lesson.
I=45
M=5
A=56
total number of intervals= 106= 100%
What was the total time spent on activity?
52/53%
What are the four different levels of Webb's Depth of Knowledge?
What are the Bloom Taxonomy levels.
Recall, skill/concept, strategic thinking and extended thinking.
Creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding and remembering.
How should a learning objective be written?
Directly aligns with a state standard, speaks directly to the learner, not the teacher, uses clear, concise language all students can understand, contains no jargon or acronyms, is student-centered, appropriate for the level of learners in the classroom.