Teaching ELLs (PPR)

Which question bellow would help fourth-grade students to use metacognition when completing reading comprehension questions on a standardized practice test?

• Did you read the question and directions?

• Which learning strategies have you used for this question?

• Is this passage fiction or nonfiction?

• Who is the narrator in this passage?

Which of the following classroom strategies would best show sensitivities for ELL language challenges?

• dividing students into homogenous language skills groups

• bulletin boards with displays of first draft student work

• bulletin boards with pictures of students

• word wall with pictures of vocabulary words

What is the greatest benefit in teaching English language learners' new vocabulary with interconnected communication rather than in an isolated format?

• Students can use context clues to decipher meanings of words, providing them a context for the new word.

• Students can gain a clear understanding of the definition of a word.

• Students are not overwhelmed with the many words that they may not know.

• Students do not try to predict the meaning of words based on context clues.

A fifth-grade teacher's science class includes several English language learners who have varying levels of English language proficiency. As the teacher considers ways to adapt instruction to meet these students' learning needs, what approach would be most important?

• Focus primarily on teacher presentations and guided practice to help students learn.

• Group these students together so that the teacher can work with them efficiently.

• Present simplified, less-demanding versions of the content in the original lessons.

• Address the same instructional goals and objectives as those in the original lessons.

Ms. Winski, a second-grade teacher, notices that her newest English language learner is struggling to communicate with his peers. Which option below would best encourage her new student to practice speaking to and interacting with his classmates?

• Allow time before and after activities for students to chat with their deskmates.

• Assign an oral report to give before the whole class.

• Plan small group activities to discuss the main ideas from the class' reading assignment.

• Assign the new student a buddy who also knows the same first language.

Which of the following would NOT be an indicator that an English language learner has reached a high oral proficiency?

• sounding like a native speaker

• being comfortable speaking in any situation

• listening and understanding the message of most speakers

• generally speaking with accurate grammar

A social studies teacher has students work together to create a "smart" city. As part of the assignment, students must interview someone from City Hall and the teacher helps make arrangements. This approach to learning is considered:

• cognitive learning

• discovery learning

• metacognition

• social learning

Mr. Blanson is planning a unit on land formations. Which of the following would serve as an effective introduction activity to activate prior knowledge?

• With students in pairs, provide a list of land formations and ask the students to sketch a picture of each from memory.

• Provide a list of terms and provide class time for students to look up the definitions.

• Provide the name and description of a land formation to each student and have them take turns presenting to the class.

• Show students a powerpoint with images of the land formations and their names.

Which of the following terms best describes a cognitive process that uses indirect and creative approaches to solve problems?

• conjecture

• creative thinking

• lateral thinking

• stream of consciousness

Which of the following describes the practice of a teacher having the students of a class with many Latino students study Latino traditions of oral storytelling and give their own presentations of stories to the class?

• normative assessment

• the think-pair-share strategy

• activism

• culturally responsive pedagogy