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Title III addresses English Learners (ELs) including what other status of students?

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Migrant Children and youth

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A student is learning to speak English. She knows the meaning of about 1000 words and can speak some words. What is this stage of second language acquisition?

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Early Production

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A student’s native language is English and the student is in the preproduction stage of learning to speak Spanish. What is an activity this student can complete?

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Practice pronouncing words

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A special education team has determined that a student with a learning disability learns best in a regular classroom for most of the day and in a special education classroom for two hours a day.
Which component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is being addressed?

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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

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Who must give input in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) placement process?

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Parents

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What is one function of the Home Language Survey for English language (EL) students?

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Determines the potential need for a language assistance program

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An EL student was placed in a special education program. It was determined later that this student was incorrectly placed in this program. What may be the reason for this?

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The student was identified as having a learning disorder before being assessed as a second language learner.

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A student is learning to speak English as a second language. This student can speak simple sentences but still relies heavily on context clues. What is this stage of second language acquisition?

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Speech Emergence

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In the US, which ethnic group do the majority of second language learners represent?

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Hispanic and Latino

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of English Learners?
A: They progress through developmental stages of second language acquisition.
B: They learn best in collaborative and cooperative classes where they can practice using American Standard English
C: They learn faster if they practice English in academic settings.
D: They need their own class.

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D: They need their own class.

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Which of the 13 IDEA categories includes dyslexia?

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Specific Learning Disabilities

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A student performs well on mathematics tasks, but often struggles with reading assignments. Which inference can be made?

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The student may have a learning disability

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What is one difference between an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and a 504 plan? (Who governs these plans?)

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An IEP is governed by the department of education and a 504 plan is governed by the US office of civil rights.

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A teacher observes disruptive behavior among a number of students in the classroom. Which change can the teacher make to attempt to prevent disruptive behavior?

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reduce long delays between activities to hold students’ attention.

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Which curriculum adjustment will help students who are bored in class?

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Adjust assignments to include student interests.

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What is a good first step to create a test-taking routine for students?

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Remind them to read the directions first.

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Who is responsible for creating assessments in a co-teaching classroom?

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Both co-teachers

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Wich task must both co-teachers undertake in co-teaching every day?

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Planning Instruction

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A teacher allows students to choose between taking an exam and completing a project. Why is this an example of a teacher using the action and expression aspect of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a classroom?

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The action gives students more than one way to interact with the material.

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A teacher uses pre-assessments to determine where each student’s instruction should begin and then matches students with appropriate activities. Which differentiation method is the teacher using?

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Content

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A student’s IEP says that she should sit near the teacher, or in the first or second rows of desks. Which type of differentiation is addressed in the IEP?

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Environment

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A teacher uses reading materials at different readability levels. Which method of differentiation is the teacher using?

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Content

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A student seems to get easily confused when completing complex tasks or answering multi-part questions. What can the teacher do to provide a differentiated assessment?

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Design tiered activities

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A teacher wants to use an alternative assessment with students believed to be gifted and talented. Which option would allow these students to showcase their best work and provide insights to their progress over time?

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Portfolios

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Which question should students be able to answer using any feedback they receive?

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What specifically should I do next time based on this feedback?

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How can data be used to change teaching practice for students who underperform on a formative exam?

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By temporarily decreasing task demands to build their content mastery.

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A student with movement impairment is given extra time and adaptive technology to answer a question. Which differentiation strategy has been applied?

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Multiple means of action and expression

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Which statement describes what modifications and accommodations change in education?

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Modifications change what the student learns. Accommodations change how the student learns.

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Why is it difficult to assess giftedness and talent?

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Students can be gifted and talented in many areas and ways.

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What is a fundamental cultural purpose of language outside of communication?

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Identity

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A student sees a teacher holding a large pile of papers and bags about to open the door. The student opens the door to help the teacher.

Which element of culture most influences the student’s behavior?

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Norms

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What is equity pedagogy?

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Using different teaching styles to meet the diverse needs of students.

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Which attitude towards mistakes helps students develop self-efficacy?

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Mistakes are an opportunity for a student to learn.

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A teacher has a classroom of students who mostly share the same mainstream culture. The teacher has a different background and culture than many of the students in the class.

Should the teacher consider using culturally responsive teaching in the classroom?

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Yes, because all students can benefit from these teaching strategies.

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A teacher allows students to complete work together during study time, but he also keeps a quiet part of the room where students can do their work individually if they prefer.

Is the teacher using culturally responsive teaching methods?

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Yes, because the teacher is allowing students to choose a style of learning that best aligns with their individual style.

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What is an example of a student mastering cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP)?

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Understanding a story that uses figurative language.

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Maximum language acquisition happens when learners read or hear language that is a bit beyond their current level of understanding.

Which hypothesis of Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) includes this belief?

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input

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A teacher has a word wall with terms posted and asks students to write sentences using two words from the wall.

Which strategy is the teacher using in the classroom?

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reinforcing language

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An English learner (EL) student spends half the school day receiving instruction in the student’s native language and the other half of the day getting instruction in English.

Which type of EL program is the student enrolled in?

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Dual Immersion

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A English language (EL) program teacher has students leave the general education classroom to teach English in a small group in another room.

Which type of program does this scenario describe?

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Pull out

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A teacher gives English Learner (EL) students story maps, a Venn diagram, and a cause-and-effect sheet to use when expressing comprehension of colonization.

Which term identifies these resources?

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Graphic Organizers

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After finishing a unit about a famous explorer, a teacher asks English learner (EL) students to make a poster about a famous explorer.

Which instructional practice is the teacher using to support language development?

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Scaffolding

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A class is given a reading assignment with some words that English learners (ELs) are not likely to know.

What is the best way the teacher can help them understand the new words?

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Point to pictures that depict the words

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A teacher is asking English learners (ELs) to relate to a vocabulary word by sharing their personal experiences, thoughts, and ideas with it.

Which scaffolding strategy best describes what the teacher is using?

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Tap into prior knowledge

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Students want to convey the meaning of a vocabulary word with a hands-on demonstration.

Which demonstration is the best example of that?

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Acting with pantomime in a group

46
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A student will be receiving an individualized education program (IEP) for the upcoming school year.

Which person or group should be part of the planning team to make it successful?

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Parents

47
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Which IEP meeting stakeholder will give insight into a student’s classroom performance?

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General education teacher

48
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Two teachers are part of a Sheltered Instruction model. One teacher tends to shout instructions at the students as well as the co-teacher.

Why is it important for this teacher to use an appropriate tone with the students and co-teacher?

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people are more encouraged by and respond better to communication that is open, positive and pleasant

49
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A teacher asks prescreened and authorized community members to become mentors to students in the classroom.

Is the teacher using an effective method for building community and school partnerships?

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yes, because involving members of the community will increase knowledge about and investment in the school

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A teacher wants more parents to attend parent-teacher meetings.

Which strategy should the teacher use to encourage participation?

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acknowledge the hard work it takes to attend and encourage future participation

51
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Which principle guides the educational placement (LRE) according to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

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Attend classes with non-disabled peers

52
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What is an example of differentiating content?

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giving students different resources based on their comprehension

53
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Which statement is true about prejudice and sterotypes?

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prejudices often form because of stereotypes

54
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Which hypothesis of Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition indicates that people acquire language more efficiently under low stress conditions?

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Affective filter

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this section of ESSA spells out changes related to ELs among other things,_______ requires states to use standardized practices to identify students in need of English language instruction support, including assessment in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

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Title III

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To qualify under _______, a child must have a disability and need special education because of it. ________ gives parents a say in their child’s education, and many important rights.

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IDEA

57
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Which civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination at schools that get federal funding. Schools meet these requirements by removing barriers to learning.

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504 plan

58
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This federal civil rights law protects people from disability discrimination by the government, schools, etc. Accomodations can be anything from a wheelchair ramp to written text being available in an audio format.

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ADA

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When the IEP team looks at whether a child’s disability, which can include learning and thinking differences, causes or directly contributes to her misbehavior. Is their behavior a “manifestation” or a symptom of their learning and thinking differences? What is this process called?

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Manifestation Determination

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The guiding principle that helps determine placement of students with special needs.

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Least Restrictive Environment

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One teacher has lead role while the other observes. More detailed observation of students engaged in the learning process can occur.

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One Teach One Observe

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One teacher is responsible for teaching while the other circulates through the room providing assistance as needed to students.

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One Teach One Assist

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Teachers are both covering the same information, but they divide the class into two groups and teach simultaneously.

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Parallel teaching

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Both teachers deliver the same instruction and the same time

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Team Teaching

65
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One teacher takes responsibility for the large group while the other works with a smaller group

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Alternative Teaching

66
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What does PBIS stand for?

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

67
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A student who is gifted and talented and also has a learning difficulty

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Twice exceptional

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This term refers to what a child can do, from independent activities to those that require a caregivers support

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Zone of Proximal Development

69
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Multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement. Teacher delivers content in multiple ways, active learners, explore content, demonstrate skills and knowledge in several ways.

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Universal Design for Learning

70
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The materials the teacher will present to students aligns with their recognition network.

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Multiple means of representation

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The “why” of learning. Ways in which the student can practice what they’ve learned. Aligns with affective network.

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Multiple means of engagement

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The “how” of learning. Ways in which a student can demonstrate what they’ve learned. Assessment.

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Multiple means of action and expression

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Tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Covers content, process, products, and environment.

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Differentiated instruction

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What the student needs to learn or how the student will get access to the information.

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Differentiated instruction content

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Activities in which the student engages in order to make sense of or master the content.

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Differentiated instruction process

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Examples of this are customized assessment, teacher monitors and culminating projects.

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Differentiated instruction product

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The way the classroom works and feels. Is it tailored to the success of each student?

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Differentiated instruction environment

78
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I do, we do, you do

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explicit instruction

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Breaking complex skills into smaller, more manageable chunks

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Task Analysis

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Assessment designed to check for understanding during instruction.

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Formative assessment

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Assessment given at the end of instruction, determines level of mastery and is typically graded.

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Summative Assessment

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Effective means of evaluating and tracking student progress across the entire curriculum by administering frequent measurements.

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General outcome measurement

83
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The disparity in educational attainment between different groups

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achievement gap

84
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Silent period of language learning. Student absorbs, listens and observes. Lasts about 6 weeks.

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Pre-production

85
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Student begins to speak short words, phrases and sentences with many errors.

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Early Production

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Speech becomes more frequent. Words and sentences are longer, but student still relies on context clues and familiar topics for understanding.

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speech emergence

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Speech is fairly fluent in social contexts. Academic language and new contexts are still challenging.

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Beginning fluency

88
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Speech is fluent in social situations and almost fluent in new situations/academic context.

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Intermediate fluency

89
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Fluent in all contexts - native fluency

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Advanced Fluency

90
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Krashen’s theory - The acquired system or acquisition is the product of a subconscious process. They internalize language through meaningful interactions.

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Acquisition learning

91
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Acts in planning, editing and correcting function

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Monitor

92
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Speaking above an EL’s proficiency level adding gestures and cues so the student gets the “gist” of what is said. Helps maximize 2nd language acquisition

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Input

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Emotional influences on learning. Ex. anxiety, attitude, inhibition, self-esteem all affect a student’s learning experience.

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Affective filter

94
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In Cummins’ theory, this is the term for Playground language which can be picked up in a year or two.

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Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills

95
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In Cummins’ theory, this level of proficiency takes 5-7 years.

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Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

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This method causes students to miss out on content instruction

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Pull Out

97
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When language specialists come into the content class to provide assistance to ELs

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Push in

98
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Focus on integrating language and content instruction

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Sheltered Immersion Program Model

99
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Goal is to prepare students for English only classes

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Transitional Bilingualism Program Model

100
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Focus on developing biliterate bilingual students

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Dual Language Program Model

101
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Organization that develops and maintains English language proficiency standards used by a majority of states.

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WIDA consortium

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Who are the members of a student’s IEP team?

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Parent, One General Teacher minimum, One special teacher, LEA representative, interpreter of evaluations, child advocate, student (when appropriate)

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