The children follow this every day when they start with circle time and then go to centers and then snack time.
What is a schedule?
100
The parents can send notes to the teacher in this and the children turn it in every day.
What is a folder?
100
Talking to and with children is essential. Everyday conversation is children's richest source of information about words, their meanings and the rules of social engagement. Preschool teachers need to make these opportunities authentic and ________ to be the most effective.
What is meaningful?
100
These are the stipulations and provisions you put into place to ensure the children's progress.
What are learning conditions?
100
One skill of oral language and literacy is how to listen for the number of words in a sentence.
What is phonological awareness?
200
The students know that when they come to school they first put their folder in the box, then they sign in and then they choose a book or puzzle to do.
What is a routine?
200
The teacher sends one of these home to the parents to let them know what is going on in the classroom.
What is a newsletter?
200
The teacher has one of these in place so the kids can participate and feel a part of the group even if they don't know the language.
What is a routine?
200
The settings, materials, experiences and social support create a strong community of learning and what type of climate in the classroom?
What is a positive climate?
200
Teaching a child a specific skill by breaking it down and showing them how to do it is a specific type of instruction. Do you know what it is? It starts with an "e"."
What is explicit instruction?
300
The children respond all together so they can answer at the same time as everyone else.
What is a choral response?
300
The teacher makes the first effort to meet the parents and is professional and friendly when they meet the parents to make this kind of impression.
What is a positive impression?
300
The teacher puts the child's name in their own language above their mailbox, along with the English letters.
What is multicultural sensitivity?
300
Encouraging children to stretch the conversation by adding details, using new words and new language structures, such as adjectives and adverbs.
What are conversation stretchers?
300
This is a term used to describe how adults help children learn complex tasks and skills. They introduce new information with supports so they can reach a higher level of learning.
What is scaffolding?
400
The children have many opportunities to talk to their peers in non threatening environments.
What is practice?
400
Being sensitive to other cultures and ways that families do things is what type of awareness?
What is multicultural awareness?
400
The teacher assigns a higher achieving student to a student that is struggling with skills so they can learn from a peer.
What is peer teaching?
400
Welcoming everyone when they arrive, including parents, smiling, using gentle reminders and asking genuine questions helps make these people feel comfortable in your classroom.
What are children and families?
400
Teachers use these to help guide their instruction.
What are observations and assessments?
500
The children hear lots of songs and rhymes to practice listening to the sounds to practice this skill.
What is phonemic awareness?
500
Teachers should provide their email address, cell phone number and address so parents can reach them 24 hours/day.
What is false? What should they provide parents?
500
The teacher pulls aside a group of ELL's and introduces the vocabulary to a story the day before.
What is pre teaching?
500
There is a person in charge of establishing the learning conditions in the classroom.
What is the teacher?
500
Teachers use these types of groups to teach children and they must decide what is the best size to teach an objective to the class.