Teaching Strategies

Question 1

concepts for effective reading instruction

Answer 1

1. reading is a skilled and strategic process in which learning to decode and read words accurately and rapidly is an essential feature
2. reading entails understanding and constructing meaning from text and is dependent on readers’ active engagement and interpretation
3. readings is a socially mediated language and learning activity

Question 2

RTI approach for struggling readers

Answer 2

ongoing screening, progress monitoring, early intervention

Question 3

RTI process-HOW

Answer 3

implement evidence-based reading instruction, data driven instructional decisions

Question 4

structural analysis

Answer 4

use of word structure such as compound words, root words, suffixs, prefixes, and intellectual endings and syllibication to decode multisyllabic words

Question 5

DISSECT

Answer 5

Discover the context of word
Isolate word’s prefix
Separate word’s suffix
Say word’s stem
Examine stem
Check with someone
Try finding word in dictionary

Question 6

KWL

Answer 6

What I Know-pre-reading
What I want to Learn-pre-reading
What I learned-post-reading

Question 7

RAP

Answer 7

Read paragraph
Ask yourself what it was about
Put main idea+2 details in your own words

Question 8

research based writing strategies

Answer 8

1. teach students writing strategies that include planning, writing, editing
2. help students combine sentences to achieve more complex sentence types and summarize text
3. establish goals for students +writing to improve outcomes
4. provide students with good models of writing to study + to compare with own writing

Question 9

characteristics of struggling writers

Answer 9

1. exhibit difficulty with generating and rarely engage in advance planning
2. have difficulty attending to whole text organization and meeting rhetorical goals
3. have difficulty writing essays that are logical, conviding, appropriately sequenced and take into consideration opposing points of view
4. require longer, more instructional support to develop deeper understanding of task

Question 10

SRSD using DARE

Answer 10

1. develop preskills/background knowledge
2. discuss strategies
3. model strategies
4. memorize strategies
5. support use of writing self regulated strategies
6. independent practie

Question 11

POW

Answer 11

Pick my idea
Organize notes
Write +say more

Question 12

TREE

Answer 12

1. the topic sentence is like the trunk. it is strong and every part of tree is connected.
2. the reasons are like roots. they support the trunk
3. the ending/explain reason is like earth. it wraps around tree
4. the last part is examine

Question 13

PLEASE

Answer 13

Pick topic, audience, paragraph
List information
Evaluate list +determine order
Activate your writing
Supply supporting sentences
End with strong concluding sentence

Question 14

research based principles for effective remediation for math

Answer 14

1. explicit instruction
2. instructional design to minimize learning challenge
3. strong conceptual basis
4. drill +practice
5. cumulative review
6. motivators to help students regulate attention+behavior to work hard
7. systematic ongoing progress monitoring

Question 15

Mneumonic strategy examples

Answer 15

FOIL, PEMDAS

Question 16

Concept Diagram

Answer 16

concept name
definition
characteristics-always, sometimes, never
examples + nonexamples

Question 17

MultiPass

Answer 17

a learning strategy for reading science+social studies
1. survey
2. size up-identify highlighted information, read questions at end of chapter, make up questions from statement, skim text to find answerss to questions, paraphrase answers without looking back at chapter
3. sort-out

Question 18

frequent daily lessons

Answer 18

handwriting is a motor skill and is best learned through spaced practice. short daily lessons or several lessons a week are preferred

Question 19

direct and explicit instruction

Answer 19

during separate and explicit handwriting lessons, teachers instruct students on how to form upper and lowercase letters in a specific order so that similarities or differences can be emphasized

Question 20

letter formation

Answer 20

teacher demonstrates how to form each letter

Question 21

pencil grip and paper position

Answer 21

teacher demonstrates correct pencil grip and paper positions

Question 22

tracing and copying

Answer 22

students trace and copy letters

Question 23

use of visual cues

Answer 23

students use worksheets with numbered arrows as a guide to letter formation

Question 24

fluency/writing from memory

Answer 24

students write letters from memory

Question 25

mechanics

Answer 25

teachers instruct students about correct grip, posture, paper position

Question 26

corrective feedback

Answer 26

encourage students to correct/rewrite poorly formed letters

Question 27

compliments

Answer 27

teacher praise student performance for correct letter formation

Question 28

evaluation/monitoring

Answer 28

teacher monitors student handwriting, paying attention to instructional needs in letter formation, spacing, slant, alignment, line quality

Question 29

writing opportunities

Answer 29

students are provided with plenty of opportunities to write

Question 30

goal setting

Answer 30

teacher asks students to set goals for improving specific aspects of handwriting

Question 31

self evaluation

Answer 31

students asked to identify and circle best formed letters

Question 32

integrated lessons

Answer 32

teach students to identify and name letters of alphabet while writing

Question 33

writing materials

Answer 33

several different types of writing instruments and papers should be available to students