Lesson Planning
Question: What is the first part of a lesson plan that tells what students should learn?
Answer: What is the objective/learning target?
Question: What do teachers create to help students know expectations and stay organized?
Answer: What are classroom rules/procedures?
Question: Kahoot, Blooket, and Quizizz are examples of what?
Answer: What are educational technology/review games?
Question: Early one-room schoolhouses usually had students of many ages learning together. True or False?
Answer: What is True?
Question: What is the name of the experience where future teachers observe classrooms?
Answer: What is classroom observation/job shadowing?
Question: This part of the lesson helps students practice the skill with teacher support.
Answer: What is guided practice?
Question: Positive reinforcement is used to encourage this.
Answer: What is good behavior?
Question: Students learn best when they are actively doing this instead of just listening.
Answer: What is participating/engaging?
Question: What is the purpose of public education?
Answer: What is to educate all students?
Question: Teachers must be skilled in communication, organization, and this important skill when working with students.
Answer: What is patience?
Question: Teachers use this to check if students understand the lesson before moving on.
Answer: What is assessment/check for understanding?
Question: What is the term for keeping students focused, involved, and on-task?
Answer: What is engagement?
Question: Think-Pair-Share is an example of this type of learning strategy.
Answer: What is collaborative/cooperative learning?
Question: Technology has changed education by making this easier for students and teachers.
Answer: What is communication/research/access to information?
Question: What professional organization has competitions and opportunities for future educators?
Answer: What is Educators Rising?
Question: Name the 3 main parts of a lesson opening that grab students’ attention.
Answer: What are the hook, objective, and bellringer/anticipatory set?
Question: A teacher standing near a disruptive student to stop behavior is called this.
Answer: What is proximity control?
Question: Why are movement activities helpful in class?
Answer: What is they increase focus and engagement?
Question: What was one major difference between schools long ago and schools today?
Answer: Possible answers: technology, discipline, curriculum, diversity, classroom setup, etc.
Question: Name one job in a school district besides classroom teacher.
Answer: Possible answers: counselor, principal, secretary, librarian, paraprofessional, coach, nurse, etc.
Question: This teaching model includes “I Do, We Do, You Do.”
Answer: What is gradual release?
Question: Why is consistency important in classroom management?
Answer: What is because students know expectations and consequences are fair?
Question: Name one way teachers can build relationships with students to improve engagement.
Answer: Possible answers: showing interest, greeting students, positive communication, getting to know students, etc.
Question: Why is learning about the history of education important for future teachers?
Answer: What is understanding how schools have changed and improved?
Question: What does “differentiation” mean in teaching?
Answer: What is adjusting instruction for student needs?