Test 2 Flashcards
Microsystem
The environment in which individuals deal with family, friends, and schools. It consists of an immediate neighborhood in a child’s life.
Mesosystem
The system that links various Microsystems. It provides the overlap that occurs in our lives when one area of our experience intertwined with another.
Exosystem
The external environment that influences our lives. We usually have very little control over this.
Macrosystem
This is the overarching culture in which a child lives.
Chronosystem
The sequence of sociohistoric developments that occur during a child’s life.
TEKS
State standards that guide what content we teach.
Focus
Focuses the students on the learning objective.
Learning objective
Identifies what is to be learned by the end of the lesson.
Relevance
Explains why it is important to accomplish the objective.
Direct Instruction
Gives student information, sources, and skills they will need to accomplish the objective.
Modeling
Shows the process or product of what students are learning.
Check for understanding
Allows the teacher to informally verify if the student understands what they are learning throughout the lesson.
Guided Practice
Allows the students time to try the new learning under teacher guidance.
Closure
Allows students time to mentally summarize and internalize the new learning.
Independent Practice.
Students try new learning on their own to develop fluency.
Assessment
Links back to the objective; formal or informal; allows students to show individual mastery of the objective.
ELPS
Language proficiency standards.
Level 1- Knowledge
Bring to mind appropriate materials and answers.
Recall or recognize specific information.
Define, label, recite, memorize, name, identify, describe, locate, select, recognize, state, repeat.
Level 2- Comprehension
Understand the information given or communicated.
Make use of an idea in the similar situation.
Restate, rewrite, give examples, summarize, locate, paraphrase, convert, illustrate, explain, express.
Level 3- Application
Use ideas, theories, methods, concepts, or principles in new situations.
Uses something in a different way.
Apply, dramatize, demonstrate, modify, translate, construct.
Level 4- Analysis
Break down into smaller parts.
Make something clearer by examining it closely.
Analyze, distinguish, separate, examine, compare/contrast, classify, subdivide, differentiate, calculate.
Level 5- Synthesis
Put together parts into a unified whole.
Express original thoughts or make original products.
Combine, design, invent, plan, compose, organize, develop, create.
Level 6- Evaluation
Judge the value of something according to specific criteria.
Develop and apply standards and criteria.
Judge, recommend, debate, evaluate, summarize, criticize.
Verbal/Linguistic
Learn best through language.
Listening, speaking, reading, writing, telling, and discussing.
Logical/Mathematical
Learn best using numbers and analysis.
Visual/Spatial
Learn best when they can represent information visually.
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Learn best through action, hands-on activities, and the opportunity to manipulate materials.
Musical
Learn best through rhythm and music.
Interpersonal
Enjoy working and playing with others.
Intrapersonal
Enjoy working alone.
Naturalistic
Learn best when they can figure out how things work, observe, and investigate.
Mountain Basin Region
El Passo Fort Davis Big Bend Farming and ranching Least populated.
Great Plains
Amarillo, Odessa, Midland, Lubbock Windy Coolest temperatures. Rainy Farming Wheat and cotton Cattle, oil, and wind energy.
Central Plains
Abilene DFW Austin Hill country Hot Windy and flat. Oil Commerce Ranching Cotton Tourism
Gulf or Coastal Plains
Houston San Antonio Tyler Oil Fishing Humid Rainy NASA Pollution Factories.
Basin
A bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land.
Bay
Part of an ocean or lake that extends deeply into the land.
Canal
A channel built to carry water for irrigation or transport.
Canyon
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
Coast
The land along an ocean.
Delta
Land made of soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
Fault
The boarder between two of the plates that make up the Earth’s crust.
Gulf
Part of an ocean that extends into the land. Larger than a bay.
Harbor
A sheltered place along a coast where boats dock safely.
Island
A body of land completely surrounded by water.
Mesa
A hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau.
Mouth
The place where a river empties into a larger body of water.
Peninsula
A body of land nearly surrounded by water.
Plain
A large area of nearly flat land.
Plateau
A high, flat area that rises steeply above the surrounding land.
Port
A place where ships load and unload their goods.
Reservoir
A natural or artificial lake used to store water.
Source
The starting point of a river.
Valley
An area of low land between hills or mountains.
Urban
A big city or town. Crowded with skyscrapers. Downtown.
Suburban
Places outside of the city. People living here often commute to big cities.
Rural
Farm land. Less populated. More space between homes and most people own large amounts of land.
Native American Tribes in Texas
Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa, Kiowa, Tonkawa.
Local Leader
Mayor and city council
Responsibilities of local government.
Maintain roads Set speed limits Maintain parks City budget Planning and zoning Water/sewer/trash First responders.
Local education responsibilities.
School board in charge. How many schools Where are the schools Budgets Bus routes Hiring/firing.
State government executive branch
Led by governor and cabinet
Carry out laws
State legislative branch
House
150 elected members serve for 2 years and can be reelected.
Senate
31 elected members serve for 4 years can be reelected.
Writ laws
State government responsibilities
Taxes Highways State parks State police Prisons Planning and zoning.
State education
State board of education in charge. State testing Certification of teachers. Curriculum Budgets State colleges.
National government executive branch
President and cabinet
Carry out laws
All elected
National legislative branch
Write laws
House
Based on population all elected, 2 year term but can be reelected.
Senate
2 per state all elected, 6 year term can be reelected.
National judicial branch
Judges and justices
Appointed
Serve for life
Interpret laws.
National government responsibilities.
FDIC Banks Interstates Trade Healthcare Military Foreign Relations National Parks and Landmarks Budget Income Tax Medicare/Medicaid.
National Education
Standardized Testing (SAT and ACT) National Standards Budget Head Start No Child Left Behind Race to the Top
