MCs Sub 2- R

A sixth-grade teacher creates a written assessment in which the teacher leaves a word out of the sentence and asks students which of four nonsense words would be the most appropriate to use to complete the sentence.  An example of this type of assessment is shown below.

George___________ a prize at the fair yesterday.

Twibly 

Norfing  

Lubbed

Vishes

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  Is familiar with common story structure

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  Is able to analyze difficult sentence constructions.

  
  

• Intuitively make use of grammar when reading

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  Spontaneously chucks language into units when reading

An 8th grade science textbook contains the following passages: Mammals: Understanding how punctuation is used to set off nonrestrictive…would enable students to gain which of the following pieces of information from this reading passage?

• Reptiles need need outside courses of heat to keep them warm

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  Snakes are of often found basking on warm rocks

  
  

• All mammals are endotherms

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  Reptiles are known as exotherms

Mammal Part 2: One student comes to the teacher and says, “I get what an exotherm is but what's an endotherm?” This particular passage provides an especially good opportunity for the teacher to help the student?

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  Apply knowledge of suffixes to gain meaning from unfamiliar word

• Apply skimming and scanning strategies to..information from a text

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  Learn to use standard textural guides such as table of contents

• Recognize that an unfamiliar word’s …information necessary to define it.

Gerard's New Home:

Which of the following strategies for effective discussion…does the teacher demonstrate as the students talk about Gerard’s New Home?

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  introducing new vocabulary in a context that …meaning of the words

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  Using repetition to reinforce the students…concepts

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  promoting the students to relate stories to the …experiences

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  Encouraging the students to respond to another's idea and details from text

Gerard's New Home Part 2:

Which of the following comprehension strategies does Student 3 demonstrate during the group discussion?

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  Testing prediction he/she had made about the…

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  Drawing on prior knowledge to clarify meaning…

• Using knowledge of text structure to enhance…

• Referring to the text to clarify meaning

Gerard's New Home Par 3:

During the group discussion, which of the following strategies does the teacher use to help students develop these responses to…?

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  Encouraging students to provide evidence from the text to support their interpretations

• Prompting students to make personal connections to events described in the text

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  Prompting students to analyze the use of figurative language in the text

• Encouraging students to recognize how..establishes the mood

A fourth grade teacher asked her students to break into groups and each student read  a different passage from the same story in their respective group.  The students are to discuss their passage in the group and then report the important elements back to the whole class. What is the primary reason or what is the teacher trying to achieve through this instructional technique?

• The students gain a deeper understanding of the passage and have an opportunity to clarify by discussing it with peers.

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  Teaching students how to develop academic language

• Collaborative conversations

• Teaching students independent strategies for vocabulary knowledge

A first-grade teacher plans to assess a student's comprehension of a short story through oral retelling. After the student silently reads the story, the teacher will prompt the student's retelling by asking open-ended questions. To prepare for this assessment, the teacher reads the story carefully and composes the questions. Which of the following additional steps would be most helpful for the teacher to take before the retelling activity begins?

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  Prompt the student to recall similar tasks the student has previously performed.

• Review grades earned by the student on recent tests and quizzes in language arts.

• Prepare a checklist of the key elements that an effective retelling of this story should include.

• Remind the student to concentrate on recalling as many details as possible during the retelling.

8th grade teacher having trouble with her class connecting literary text too and not referring to the text at all. What strategies could she use to fix the problem?

• The teacher needs to model for the student.  The student needs to see examples of what is required. 

• the teacher needs to give a set of questions the students have to discuss and answer

•  A graphic organizer for the student to connect their answer to the text.

• Having the teacher ask questions about the book and telling the students to use examples from the book in their answers.

What study skill would you use for upper grade elementary?

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  Taking detailed notes as they are reading.

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  Work in small groups and read aloud and then silently

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  Have them write questions to later answer during reading

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  Work in small groups and quiz each other

• Have the students look for main topic and titles and create questions to answer while reading