Ch 1: Planning, Organizing, and Managing Reading Instruction (10% no essay)

Question 0

Comprehensive instructional program

Answer 0

when the teacher helps students achieve all the grade level standards, the teacher does not get bogged down on any one component of the reading/language arts program

Question 1

Balanced instructional program

Answer 1

characterized by the strategic and appropriate selection of what skills should be taught, given a child’s level of reading development

more time is devoted to some categories of skills than others (example: first grade time is on word recognition, sixth grade time is on comprehension)

Question 2

Systematic and explicit instruction

Answer 2

helps prevent reading difficulties before they occur (early intervention)

systematic (two dimensions) knowing what skills and strategies each student should know at their grade level and the results of assessments focus instructional planning

direct/explicit - teacher directed and the objective is to teach the specific reading skill or strategy

Question 3

How to engage and motivate students

Answer 3

• stimulating learning environment that promotes success (passion and enthusiasm from the teacher, encouragement)
• appropriate reading materials
• read aloud to students so they can develop good habits
• book clubs (small groups of students having discussions about literature) or literature circles (students select what they will read) or author studies

Question 4

How to support parents of English Learners

Answer 4

acknowledge the bilingual status, communication to parents should be in their language, parents should be encouraged to read to their children in native language AND in english if books are available (develop good reading habits)

Question 5

skill vs strategy

Answer 5

skill- something a reader does automatically (ability to decode)

strategy- something a reader consciously chooses to implement (if a reader wants an overview of the chapter, they preview it by looking at subtitles)

Question 6

role of the standards and framework

Answer 6

teachers should plan instruction with the goal of having students meet all the standards

framework is a supplemental state approved document that helps determine what you teach and how you assess the content, provides guidelines for the selection of the instructional materials (calls for instruction that is balanced and comprehensive)

Question 7

differentiated instruction

Answer 7

teachers address the full range of learners in the classroom and convey high expectations

adjustments need to be made for students of the same need in strategic groupings

examples are EL, learning disability, language dialects, advanced learners

Question 8

components of effective instructional delivery in the CA ELA Framework (think lesson plan structure)

Answer 8

• orientation (what we call the set)
• presentation (what we call the modeling)
• structured and guided practice
• independent practice and application

Question 9

1+1 strategy for reluctant readers

Answer 9

connecting the students independent reading level with their personal interests

Question 10

assessing student independent reading

Answer 10

• student maintained reading logs
• book reports
• formal and informal oral presentations
• individual conferences **