Texas Teachers Assessment 4

Which of these is NOT an example of how to teach/incorporate digital citizenship into the classroom?

A history teacher has decided to use digital textbooks in his classroom. During the first week of class he explains to students how to access and read the digital text in a meaningful way.

Cooperative learning can best be described as...

A teaching strategy that allows students the opportunity to learn by doing and working both alone and together to complete a task or project.

What is the main purpose for understanding and using the ISTE Standards for Teachers, Students, Coaches and Administrators?

Allows for the successful implementation of digital strategies that impact learning, teaching, and working in a digital world.

How does blended learning meet the diverse needs of students in a classroom?

Because it allows students the opportunity to control the time, pace, path, and pace of their learning so they can be engaged both in and out of the classroom.

Why is differentiation of process necessary for English Language Learners?

Because they need sheltered instruction and language supports to understand and make sense of content.

Why is it necessary for students to be able to decode words?

Being able to decode words allows students to build fluency and increases their reading comprehension.

Determine which of the following collaborative learning expectations would be MOST useful for effective group work?

Come prepared and/or be responsible for your work. add another answer

When using technology in the classroom, what should teachers consider first before using it?

Curricular learning objectives.

Mrs. Jameson is teaching students sh sound and the ch sound. Students learn, practice and review words such as "share," "chair," and "ship," "chip." What is teaching?

Diagraphs

What are the five guiding principles of cooperative learning?

Face to face promotive interaction, positive interdependence, individual accountability and personal responsibility, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and reflection or group processing.

Identify which of the following tools can help you build your Professional Learning Network:

Facebook, Twitter, & Blogs

What makes a classroom group and collaboration successful?

Flexible norms, trust, and community

What does flexible grouping allow?

For learning that is appropriately challenging and avoids labeling a student's readiness as static.

In her third-grade English and Language Arts class, Mrs. Ferdinand is teaching her students how to write an acrostic poem for springtime. After showing the class of an acrostic poem for the word spring, she asks the class to list a few other spring related words. Once they do, she chooses one and they work through each letter together as a class to write the acrostic poem for that word. Then, she assigns groups of four another springtime word to create an acrostic poem together.

Guided Practice

Mr. Gonzalez is a third-grade writing teacher. Over the school year he has been collecting student's writing in a portfolio. During each writing unit, he reviews each student portfolio to see how students have grown in their writing skills and where they still may need practice. What is Mr. Gonzalez doing and why?

He is collecting artifacts of learning as a form of formative assessment to better plan future lessons.

Mrs. Johansen has devised a strategy for calling on students in class during the question and answer portion of her lessons. Instead of calling only students who have their hands up, each student has been assigned a number and a family in a deck of cards. (i.e. queen of hearts) She asks her question, pausing for a moment, then she pulls a random card from the deck. If that student's card is pulled, he/she can answer the question.

Including all students and keeping them engaged. add another answer

The __________________________________ of lesson delivery is the identification and teaching of the main concepts and skills that students need to achieve mastery of the objective. It emphasizes clear explanations, provides models which are accurate and effective, and invites active student participation.

Input phase

Mrs. Jacobs wants her students to collaborate, communicate, and submit work online for a group project they need to work on both in and outside of class. Which of the following tools could best help her achieve these goals?

Learning management systems like Edmodo and Schoology.

Media literacy is taught in schools because:

Media is another form of communication that is everywhere and it is important for our students to learn how to understand, appreciate and interpret these messages.

In which of the following scenarios is the teacher differentiating the learning environment:

Ms. Gonzalez, a fifth-grade reading teacher has a variety of reading "nooks" in the room. During silent reading time, some students sit in bean bag chairs, others on the floor with blankets and pillows, some in desks and a few outside in the hallway right outside her room.

Which of the following is an example of differentiating the product for students in a fifth-grade reading class who are supposed to read and describe the parts of a story in a book they've read?

Providing some students with a story map after they read the book to outline the events of the story, allowing kinesthetic or tactile learners the opportunity to rewrite the book as a skit and perform it for the class, and letting visual learners draw out the events of the book and deliver a presentation on the visuals.

Mr. Johnson is a second-grade teacher. He is teaching students about including adjectives in their writing to make it more interesting. Which of the following questions could he ask that would be MOST effective during a check for understanding?

Question C because it is an open-ended question with multiple correct answers that would allow many students the opportunity to respond.

Ms. Jackson, middle school science teacher has placed students in groups of three. She has provided each group with a tablet. For their assignment, students are taken outside and asked to take photographs of plant life and insects. As a group, they will then have to try and use what they've learned about environmental science to research and label the plants and insects. Ms. Jackson would like students to be able to collaborate on the final product and share their images for all to have access to the information for future reference. Which of the following tools would BEST help her achieve these goals?

Students can use Padlet or create a Wiki to post their labeled pictures and create a pinboard or permanent webpage with their findings.

A second grade teacher is teaching her students multi-syllable words. Before they read a short story, she introduces multi-syllable words students may have difficulty decoding. She sounds out the words such as: beau/ti/ful and com/plete/ly and asks students which letters make each sound. She then writes the word on the board and asks students to copy it and say it aloud. Then, they take turn reading parts of the story aloud sounding out the multi syllable words. Which method of phonics instruction is she using?

Synthetic phonics

Which of the following teachers has provided students with specific and timely feedback?

Teacher B is providing timely and specific feedback because she returns graded rubrics to students within one day of completing their speeches and provides notes that align with the objectives on the rubric.

What is the difference between the input phase of the lesson and the anticipatory phase of the lesson?

The input phase is a time to inspire students to learn and model what they will be able to do whereas the anticipatory phase engages students and introduces the content.

During guided practice, why should a teacher begin with simple examples first?

To build student confidence so that as they move to more complex examples they feel prepared to complete the task.

True/False: The action-flow lesson plan provides ample opportunities for student engagement and variety within the lesson.

True because the action flow lesson plan moves quickly building momentum throughout the lesson.

True/False: A teacher wants to incorporate technology into his/her own classroom but is afraid and isn't sure where to begin. A recommendation you could make is to have him/her review their course objectives and decide where technology could be substituted to achieve the same goals.

True because the teacher should always consider the learning objectives first and then start small with a lesson he/she is comfortable with.

True/False: Differentiating content requires that students be pretested.

True- because it can help you identify which students do and don't require direct instruction.

Mr. Rodriguez has been working with ESL students on writing complete sentences with a subject and verb. After reading students first three sentences, Mr. Rodriguez realizes that about sixty percent of the students have mastered this objective but about 8 students are still struggling. He asks students to work in pairs to come up with a short story using complete sentences. He then pulls the 8 struggling students into a small group, and works with them using specific feedback. He says things like "I see that you have a noun which is your subject, but what action is your subject doing?" He then works individually with them until they are ready to move forward.

Using student feedback to adjust instruction.

Based on what you've learned about teaching K - 3 elementary students the alphabetic principle, choose the list of words below that is in the most effective order. In other words, which word would you teach first, second, third, and last based on the alphabetic principle?

cat, doghouse, ugly, should

Differentiation of the curriculum falls into what three main categories?

content, process, product

Identify the four factors you should consider when planning differentiated lessons?

student readiness to learn, student background, student learning style, student interest.