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Cognitive Devemopment - Answers brain development, processing and reasoning skills, use of
strategies for learning
Emotional Development - Answers emotional regulation, empathy, motivation
Social Development - Answers self-development; identity formation; relationships
Physical Development - Answers physical activities, sleep patterns, changes that come with
puberty, body image, nutritional requirements
The Role of Mental Health and Well-Being - Answers touch all components of development.
Educators promote positive mental health and well-being in the classroom.
With a broader awareness of mental health, educators can ... - Answers plan instructional
strategies that contribute to a supportive classroom climate for learning in all subject areas,
build awareness of mental health, and reduce stigma associated with mental illness.
To provide effective instruction - Answers teachers need to consider what they want students to
learn, how they will know whether students have learned it, how they will design instruction to
promote learning, and how they will respond to students who are not making progress
Instructional approaches should be - Answers informed by evidence from current research
about instructional practices that are effective in the classroom.
Differentiated approach to teaching and learning - Answers involves adapting instruction and
assessment to suit individual students' interests, learning preferences, and readiness in order to
promote learning
Engage students in a lesson - Answers activate their prior learning and experiences, clarifying
the purpose of learning, and making connections to help them see the relevance and usefulness
of what they are learning.
three part lesson design - Answers minds on, action, and consolidation
Beliefs about students - Answers - all students can succeed
- each student has their own unique patterns of learning
- successful instructional practices are founded on evidence-based research, tempered by
experience
- UDL and DI are effective and interconnected means of meeting the learning or productivity
needs of any group of students
,- classroom teachers are the key educators for a student's literacy and numeracy development
- classroom teachers need the support of the larger community to create a learning environment
that supports students with special education needs
- fairness is not sameness
teachers plan programs - Answers that are attuned to the diversity in their classroom and use
an integrated process of assessment and instruction that responds to the unique strengths and
needs of each student
teachers need to determine what is appropriate for the student - Answers - no accommodations
or modified expectations
- accommodations only
- modified expectations, with the possibility of accommodations
- alternative expectations, which are not derived from the curriculum expectations for the grade
or course and which constitute alternative programs and/or courses
Accommodations - Answers allow the student with special education need to access the
curriculum without changes to the regular expectations.
three types of accomodations - Answers - instructional accommodations
- environmental accommodations
- assessment accommodations
instructional accommodations - Answers are changes in teaching strategies, including styles of
presentation, methods of organization, or use of technology and multimedia.
Examples of Instructional accommodations - Answers - graphic organizers
- photocopied notes
- adaptive equipment
- assistive software
Environmental accommodations - Answers are changes that the student may require in the
classroom and/or school environment
Examples of environmental accommodations - Answers - preferential seating
- special lighting
Assessment accommodations - Answers are changes in assessment procedures that enable
, the student to demonstrate their learning
Examples of assessment accomodations - Answers - allowing additional time to complete
tests/assignments
- permitting oral responses to test questions
Modified expectations - Answers based on the regular grade or course expectations, with
changes in the number and/or complexity of the expectations. They must represent specific,
realistic, observable, and measurable goals, and must describe specific knowledge and/or skills
that the student can demonstrate independently, given the appropriate assessment
accommodations.
English Language Learners need frequent opportunities to use English at school, however -
Answers they also need to continue developing their first language.
English as a Second Language programs - Answers are for students born in Canada or
newcomers whose first language is a language other than English, or is a variety of English
significantly different from that sued for instruction in Ontario schools. Students in these
programs have had educational opportunities to develop age-appropriate first-language literacy
skills.
English Literacy Development programs - Answers are primarily for newcomers whose first
language is a language other than English, or is a variety of English significantly different from
that used for instruction in Ontario schools, and who arrive with significant gaps in their
education. These students generally come from countries where access to education is limited
or where there are limited opportunities to develop language and literacy skills in any language.
Schooling in their countries of origin may have been inconsistent, disrupted, or even completely
unavailable throughout the years that these children would otherwise have been in school.
"Silent Peirod" - Answers a time when students who are in an early stage of English-language
acquisition when they closely observe the interactions and physical surrounding of their new
learning environment.
Appropriate adaptations for ELLs - Answers - modification of some or all of the grade or course
expectations so that they are challenging but attainable for the learners at their current level of
English proficiency, with the necessary support from the teacher
- use of a variety of instructional strategies
- use of a variety of learning resources
- use of assessment accommodations that support students in demonstrating the full range of
their learning
Every student is entitled to learn in a - Answers safe, caring environment, free from