Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Question 1

Type of instrument that produce sound by vibration of mouthpiece reeds..

Answer 1

woodwind

Question 2

Speed or pace of a given piece of music

Answer 2

tempo

Question 3

Words written by a playwright and used as conversation by the characters in a play

Answer 3

dialogue

Question 4

Most important for elementary students to develop as they progress in the area of art production

Answer 4

• using art materials effectively
• seeing relationships among their work, their world and their imagination
• employing multiple processes in creating artwork

Question 5

Type of graph used when wanting to show changes over time

Answer 5

line and bar graphs

Question 6

Type of graph used when showing relationships between the parts and the whole and are good for comparing and contrasting

Answer 6

pie chart (circle graphs)

Question 7

Pairs of colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel

Answer 7

complementary colors

Question 8

What is America’s first constitution

Answer 8

Articles of Confederation

Question 9

Powers of the President consists of..

Answer 9

• appointing federal judges
• granting pardons
• vetoing legislation

Question 10

This freed only those slaves who were living in the states or parts of states still in rebellion

Answer 10

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 11

Formed when sediments, carried by a river, are deposited at the mouth of the river

Answer 11

river delta

Question 12

Fundamental process by which scientific knowledge changes

Answer 12

scientific method

Question 13

Used to determine the mass of an object

Answer 13

triple beam balance

Question 14

Average of a given set of numbers

Answer 14

mean

Question 15

Number that occurs most often in a given set of numbers

Answer 15

mode

Question 16

Plotting points in the coordinate plane..

Answer 16

• plot points- a movement left or right according to 1st value
• movement up or down according to 2nd value

Question 17

Trading also known as borrowing or carrying

Answer 17

regrouping

Question 18

Help students collect and display data to answer statistical questions

Answer 18

*questions about total number of cubes in data set, the color occurring most frequently in the data set, and difference between numbers of the most represented color and least represented color

Question 19

The best way to provide students with a model to learn about negative numbers

Answer 19

using a thermometer showing temps above and below 0 degrees

Question 20

Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling and meaning

Answer 20

homophones (ex: “son” and “sun”)

Question 21

Understanding how to represent three-dimensional figures using nets

Answer 21

before creating a net of geometric solid: the shape of each face of the geometric solid and where the faces can be connected

Question 22

This is made from the faces of 3D figures connected at certain edges so that it unfolds into 2D figures

Answer 22

net

Question 23

This type of chart is used for listing two separate viewpoints on a topic. Topics can include: two opposing views, such as pros and cons of an issue or two sides of an argument

Answer 23

T-Chart

Question 24

Early letter name alphabetic stage:

Answer 24

• use consistent directionality but not spacing between words
• demonstrate letter-sound correspondences
• spell consonant blends partially
• focus on consonant sounds heard in words
• begin by using only initial consonant sounds then move to final consonant
• medial vowel sounds are absent from their spelling
• ex: “U” for “you”, “BD” for “bed”, “Y” for “when”, “DF” for “drive”, “SHP” for “ship”

Question 25

Use of two negative words in a single clause

Answer 25

double negative (ex: "can't" and "hardly" used in the same clause)

Question 26

Extravagant expression used for emphasis or effect

Answer 26

hyperbole (ex: "mile high ice cream")

Question 27

What is reciprocal teaching?

Answer 27

Approach to instruction that features interactive dialogue between teachers and students. The teacher models comprehension-fostering and comprehension monitoring strategies then gradually turns over the responsibilities to the students. The students take turns being the teacher and leading small group discussions of the text.

Question 28

This requires using similar words and phrases to restate what a speaker says and this shows a person is listening to and understands a speaker

Answer 28

paraphrasing

Question 29

Act of drawing a conclusion based on information that is not directly stated in a story

Answer 29

making an inference

Question 30

Ways to promote students comprehension

Answer 30

* identify main ideas the writer is attempting to express by reading * readers use background knowledge to help comprehend info in a text * make judgements and evaluate a decision or course of action taken

Question 31

Important benefit of a story-mapping activity

Answer 31

to improve their comprehension of the story by organizing and sequencing events

Question 32

Type of text that retells familiar stories, writes sequels for stories previously read, writes stories about events in his/her own life or create original stories

Answer 32

Narrative

Question 33

What type of pronouns are the following: I, he, she, we

Answer 33

subject pronouns

Question 34

What type of pronouns are the following: me, him, her, us

Answer 34

objective pronouns

Question 35

Concepts of print are:

Answer 35

* reading from left to right * reading from top to bottom * fact that letters and words convey a message * print is what we read * "return sweep"- to move from one line to the next * illustrations in a book correspond to the print * every book has a front, back and an author

Question 36

The size of the surface of an object is called

Answer 36

area * triangle: 1/2xbxh * square: a(squared) * trapezoid: 1/2(a+b)xh * rectangle: wxh * circle: (pie)x r (squared) * parallelogram: bxh

Question 37

The measurement of how much space a 3D object takes up

Answer 37

volume | *length x width x height

Question 38

The distance around the outside of an object or shape

Answer 38

perimeter * square: side + side + side + side * rectangle: length + width + length + width * triangle: side + side + side

Question 39

The perimeter of a circle is called

Answer 39

circumference * circumference/diameter= (pie) * pie=3.14

Question 40

The distance across the center of a circle is called

Answer 40

diameter