CST 211 Nystce

* A kindergarten teacher informally gauges students' social language skills throughout the year by conferring with the students as they engage in the free-play classroom center and keeping anecdotal records. The teacher has the following interaction with a new student who is an English language learner. Teacher: I see you're building something; do you like playing with blocks? Student: Yes. Teacher: What are you making? Student: School. Teacher: (pulls out a bin of blocks from a higher shelf) Here are some blocks that have different colors. Could you fit them in your school? (Student pulls a block out from new bin and looks at it before incorporating it into the existing structure.) Given the student's responses and interaction with the teacher, the student's English language acquisition most likely falls in which stage of development? - B.early production Correct Response: B. (Competency 0001) During the early production phase of new language development, students can speak some words and begin to form short phrases in the new language. Students can comprehend approximately 1,000 words in the new language, but their phrases and speech may not be grammatically correct. This particular student speaks the words yes and school, using them correctly, and silently responds to a question that the student may not have the words to answer. These actions demonstrate that the student understands what is being asked and is beginning to develop the ability to respond verbally. * A teacher has written instructions posted around the classroom in locations that require sequential directions, such as various classroom centers. The teacher also refers to these instructions before and during student use. Which literacy skill is the teacher most directly promoting? - D. Print Concepts Correct Response: D. (Competency 0002) Print concepts include the awareness that print carries meaning, which is a foundational early literacy skill. Print concepts are most effectively and authentically taught in environments that expose students to a wide variety of print. Teachers can facilitate student interaction with print by displaying printed instructions in the classroom and reinforcing the sequential directions that match the printed text as the students perform the associated tasks. 1. A four-year-old child has not yet grasped the alphabetic principle. Which statement is the most likely explanation of the child's ability to recognize some printed words in the environment (e.g., a popular brand name; a stop sign)? - C.The child is familiar with graphic elements associated with the words