What is the Suzuki method? - ANSWER The Suzuki method empathizes memorization and repeatedly playing the same music. It is based in the theory that kids learn to speak before they can read.
What tool is most appropriate for a 4th grade music teacher to assess students playing ability? - ANSWER P...
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What is the Suzuki method? - ANSWER The Suzuki method empathizes memorization and repeatedly
playing the same music. It is based in the theory that kids learn to speak before they can read.
What tool is most appropriate for a 4th grade music teacher to assess students playing ability? - ANSWER
Providing students with self assessment scoring rubric.
What factors should a 4th grade teacher take into account when qualitatively measuring a text's
complexity? - ANSWER The literal and inferential levels of meaning of the text.
In a phonemic awareness lesson, what question would help students practice segmenting phonemes? -
ANSWER How many sounds do you hear in the word crush?
A blend (e.g., fr) counts as how many sounds? - ANSWER Two
A digraph (sh) counts as how many sounds? - ANSWER One
What is a VCV word? - ANSWER The first syllable ends with a vowel. Se-cond, le-mon, de-mon.
What is a CVC word? - ANSWER Closes with consanant. Cat, gel, rim, hop, bud.
What is a diphthong? - ANSWER A diphthong is one vowel sound formed by the combination of two
vowel sounds. example: oil, boy, out.
Which exercise is best for teaching students automaticity when reading high frequency regular and
irregular words? - ANSWER Having students engage in repeated oral reading aloud with a recorded
version of a text that includes targeted words.
,What are regular words? - ANSWER Words in which the letters made their most common sound, such as
kin.
What are irregular words? - ANSWER Words in which the letters make their least common sound, like in
the word kind.
What is word consciousness? - ANSWER An awareness of and an interest in words, their meanings and
their power; helps students develop vocabulary.
How can a teacher encourage word consciousness? - ANSWER Encourage students to discuss well-
chosen language they notice in literature.
What is close reading? - ANSWER Close reading means reading to uncover layers of meaning that lead to
deep comprehension.
If a 3rd grader is able to read accurately but cannot answer text-specific questions, what might be
causing the problem? - ANSWER The students lacks the necessary vocabulary and academic language.
What is the method of counting on? - ANSWER When a person begins at the value of one number and
counts up the number of units until they get to the second number.
How should you set up a problem where you are changing units? - ANSWER 94 inches 1 foot 1 mile
---------- x ---------- x -----------
1 revolution 12 inches 5,280 feet
How do you read a box plot? - ANSWER A box plot shows a 5 number summary in a data set. The line of
a box plot begins at the minimum value and ends at the maximum value. The beginning of the box is the
1st quartile and the end of the box is the 3rd quartile. The line inside the box is the median. The stars on
the outside of the graph are outliers.
How do you find the missing value in a congruent triangle? - ANSWER Set up an equivalent proportion to
find the missing value.
, A square can also be classified as a... - ANSWER Rectangle or rhombus.
What part of a triangle changes if you move the third vertex? - ANSWER The perimeter.
When balancing, why does it help to bend the knees? - ANSWER It lowers the center of gravity.
What type of movement helps kids practice dressing, putting on shoes, reading and writing? - ANSWER
Crossing the body's midline (passing a ball, making a figure-8 shape with streamers).
What strategy would be most helpful for teaching 1st graders catching and throwing a ball? - ANSWER
Offering a variety of balls for students to choose from, including textured or soft, or slightly deflated balls
of different weights and sizes.
Activities in weight-bearing such as jumping, skipping or climbing playground equipment benefits
students' growth in what areas? - ANSWER By stimulating calcium uptake and new bone cell information.
What body system is most effected by vaping? - ANSWER The circulatory system, plaque forms on artery
walls and clotting tendency increases, as does the risk of harmful blood clots.
What activity would best promote core strength in 1st and 2nd graders? - ANSWER Playground activities,
such as sliding down slides, balancing on wobble boards and crossing monkey bars.
What strategy is most appropriate for elementary students to use to prepare the body for moderate to
vigorous physical activity and minimize the risk of injury? - ANSWER Engaging in low intensity, large
muscle warm up for about 5 minutes just before the activity.
What scientific tool would be best used in a 6th grade experiment measuring density? - ANSWER Meter
stick
How could a teacher enhance a science experiment (using the scientific method) where students
measure the weight of a block using a lever? - ANSWER Ask students to modify their levers to make
lifting the original weight of the block easier.
, How do you correctly read the volume of a graduated cylinder? - ANSWER The marked increment
associated with the lowest point of the curved liquid must be used. This is known as the bottom of the
meniscus.
What is acid rain? - ANSWER Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes
environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes.
Where is acid rain most likely to occur? - ANSWER Downwind of areas with high concentrations of power
plants and factories.
From 1865 to 1924, the influx of new immigrants from diverse nations contributed most to the economic
growth of which part of the United States? - ANSWER Industrial cities near the Great Lakes.
What is a phoneme? - ANSWER A unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another in a particular
language. For example, S in Sat, CH in CHin, and IGH in lIGHt.
What are the steps of the scientific method? - ANSWER Observation, hypothesis, experiment,
conclusion, scientific theory.
What are the 3 components of MLA format? - ANSWER 1. Works Cited
2. Parenthetical Citations
3. Explanatory Notes (end notes or footnotes at bottom of page)
According to MLA guidelines, what is true about Web sources? - ANSWER The author's name is listed on
the site, just not easy to find at first.
What is phonology? - ANSWER Involves production of speech and phonemes, including segmentation
and blending.
What is syntax? - ANSWER The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a
language.
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