MTEL Early Childhood Questions and
Answers Verified by Experts
Identification of Gifted Students general guidelines: student should have above-average
ability, creativity, and task commitment.
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan: documents and guides the early intervention
process for children with disabilities and their families. It contains information about the services
necessary to facilitate a child's development and enhance the family's capacity to facilitate the
child's development. Through the IFSP process, family members and service providers work as a
team to plan, implement, and evaluate
services tailored to the family's unique concerns, priorities, and resources.
IEP Individual Education Plan:
-statement of performance level
- educational needs
- goals
- measurable objectives
- annual review
,504 Plan A legal document falling under the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
It is designed to plan a program of instructional services to assist students with special needs who
are in a regular education setting. Not an IEP, as is required for special education students,
however, a student moving from a special education to a regular education placement could be
placed under a 504 plan
Developmental Continuum for Writing Exploration: Scribbles, marks on paper
Early Pre-Conventional: Drawing with details
Pre-Conventional: Drawing, random letters
Emergent: Pictures, letter/sound connection, attempts words, directionality
Developing: Meaning in text with words, spaces, sentences
Developing Discovery: Expanded statements, moving toward more development
Beginning: General topic developed w/ expanded list, simple sentences, some conventions
Novice: Specific topic with supporting details and expan- sions, simple organization
Bridging: Develops several ideas on surface of specific topic, some coherence and organization
Expanding: Explores topic with focus, beyond surface, control of some aspects of writer's craft
Independent: Developed focus, sufficiently adequate craft
Fluent: Expanded focus, purposeful crafting, moving toward complexity
,Sophisticated: Insightful, expanded development with perspective, complexity, and significance,
well-crafted
Techniques for generating writing topics -Brainstorming
-Semantic Mapping
-Outlining
-Reading
-Research
Cardinal Numbers A whole number that answers the question "How many?"
Ordinal Numbers Numbers that describe position or order (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Nominal Numbers Numbers used for identification only (ex: sports jersey)
Properties of Real Numbers Commutative
Associative
Identity
, Inverse
Distributive
Commutative Property In mult or add, the order of two numbers may be switched around
and the answer is the same. Ex: a+b = b+a.
Associative Property Changing the grouping of numbers in addition and multiplication
will NOT change the value. Ex: (7 + 4) + 8 = 7 + (4 + 8)
2 x 2 (3y) = 3y(2 x 2)
Distributive Property If a term is multiplied by addition terms in parenthesis, we need to
"distribute" the multiplication over all the terms inside.
Ex: a(b + c) = ab + ac; ex: 4(3 + 8) = 4(3) + 4(8)
Density Property There is always another real number that lies between any two real
numbers.
Ex: between 5.61, 5.62 lies 5.611, 5.612, 5.613
Answers Verified by Experts
Identification of Gifted Students general guidelines: student should have above-average
ability, creativity, and task commitment.
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan: documents and guides the early intervention
process for children with disabilities and their families. It contains information about the services
necessary to facilitate a child's development and enhance the family's capacity to facilitate the
child's development. Through the IFSP process, family members and service providers work as a
team to plan, implement, and evaluate
services tailored to the family's unique concerns, priorities, and resources.
IEP Individual Education Plan:
-statement of performance level
- educational needs
- goals
- measurable objectives
- annual review
,504 Plan A legal document falling under the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
It is designed to plan a program of instructional services to assist students with special needs who
are in a regular education setting. Not an IEP, as is required for special education students,
however, a student moving from a special education to a regular education placement could be
placed under a 504 plan
Developmental Continuum for Writing Exploration: Scribbles, marks on paper
Early Pre-Conventional: Drawing with details
Pre-Conventional: Drawing, random letters
Emergent: Pictures, letter/sound connection, attempts words, directionality
Developing: Meaning in text with words, spaces, sentences
Developing Discovery: Expanded statements, moving toward more development
Beginning: General topic developed w/ expanded list, simple sentences, some conventions
Novice: Specific topic with supporting details and expan- sions, simple organization
Bridging: Develops several ideas on surface of specific topic, some coherence and organization
Expanding: Explores topic with focus, beyond surface, control of some aspects of writer's craft
Independent: Developed focus, sufficiently adequate craft
Fluent: Expanded focus, purposeful crafting, moving toward complexity
,Sophisticated: Insightful, expanded development with perspective, complexity, and significance,
well-crafted
Techniques for generating writing topics -Brainstorming
-Semantic Mapping
-Outlining
-Reading
-Research
Cardinal Numbers A whole number that answers the question "How many?"
Ordinal Numbers Numbers that describe position or order (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Nominal Numbers Numbers used for identification only (ex: sports jersey)
Properties of Real Numbers Commutative
Associative
Identity
, Inverse
Distributive
Commutative Property In mult or add, the order of two numbers may be switched around
and the answer is the same. Ex: a+b = b+a.
Associative Property Changing the grouping of numbers in addition and multiplication
will NOT change the value. Ex: (7 + 4) + 8 = 7 + (4 + 8)
2 x 2 (3y) = 3y(2 x 2)
Distributive Property If a term is multiplied by addition terms in parenthesis, we need to
"distribute" the multiplication over all the terms inside.
Ex: a(b + c) = ab + ac; ex: 4(3 + 8) = 4(3) + 4(8)
Density Property There is always another real number that lies between any two real
numbers.
Ex: between 5.61, 5.62 lies 5.611, 5.612, 5.613
