LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION
C 365.
Designed to boost confidence and grades!
Which strategy appropriately introduces and reinforces new vocabulary for elementary
students? - Answer: Word sorts
Which lesson plan models developmentally appropriate writing instruction for fifth-grade
students? - Answer: Teaching outlining by having students read a brief passage and
identify the main idea and supporting details
A teacher creates a lesson plan to teach the steps involved in planting a garden. The
teacher would also like to develop the students' writing.
Which two teaching strategies should be integrated into this lesson plan to meet the
teacher's objectives? - Answer: Use co-shaping to help students develop responses to
questions about steps involved in planting a garden
Have students brainstorm the detailed, step-by-step procedures for creating a garden
Which activity is an example of developing good listening and speaking skills for fifth
graders? - Answer: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each
claim is supported by reasons and evidence
Which lesson plan activity will help third-grade students learn the meaning of unknown
words while developing their oral language and speaking skills? - Answer: Divide
students into small groups and have them dramatize the meanings of new words by
putting the words in the context of simple skits
A reading and writing activity where students use a diagram to show relationships
among words or ideas - Answer: Graphic organizers
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, A middle-of-the-lesson activity in which students respond to a prompt framed on the
content of the lesson - Answer: Quick writes
An end-of-class activity where students respond to two or three open-ended prompts
about the day's lesson - Answer: Exit cards
A pre-reading activity in which students respond to two or three content-related
debatable questions before reading - Answer: Anticipation guides
A technique that students can use before, during, and after reading that provides
brainstorming, categorizing, and summarizing - Answer: KWL charts
A third-grade teacher wants to include varied text in a literacy lesson plan including
comprehension and word recognition.
Which activities support the lesson objectives? - Answer: - Choose to read an article,
mini-book, or Internet site in groups of three- Identify unknown words and dramatize
their meanings- Put unfamiliar words into a graphic organizer
A fifth-grade teacher presents an essential question to students: How can characters in
a story influence each other? The teacher then assigns students to read a self-selected
book, choose two characters, and write an essay responding to this essential question.
Which process should students engage in to complete this assignment? - Answer:
Read actively for deeper understanding by focusing on the essential question
Which activity increases word recognition and comprehension in a unit of study? -
Answer: Have students experience the new vocabulary and terms in a variety of
different contexts
Which activity helps integrate word recognition and comprehension into instructional
units? - Answer: Using graphic organizers to assist with understanding word
relationships
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APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
C 365.
Designed to boost confidence and grades!
Which strategy appropriately introduces and reinforces new vocabulary for elementary
students? - Answer: Word sorts
Which lesson plan models developmentally appropriate writing instruction for fifth-grade
students? - Answer: Teaching outlining by having students read a brief passage and
identify the main idea and supporting details
A teacher creates a lesson plan to teach the steps involved in planting a garden. The
teacher would also like to develop the students' writing.
Which two teaching strategies should be integrated into this lesson plan to meet the
teacher's objectives? - Answer: Use co-shaping to help students develop responses to
questions about steps involved in planting a garden
Have students brainstorm the detailed, step-by-step procedures for creating a garden
Which activity is an example of developing good listening and speaking skills for fifth
graders? - Answer: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each
claim is supported by reasons and evidence
Which lesson plan activity will help third-grade students learn the meaning of unknown
words while developing their oral language and speaking skills? - Answer: Divide
students into small groups and have them dramatize the meanings of new words by
putting the words in the context of simple skits
A reading and writing activity where students use a diagram to show relationships
among words or ideas - Answer: Graphic organizers
1
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
, A middle-of-the-lesson activity in which students respond to a prompt framed on the
content of the lesson - Answer: Quick writes
An end-of-class activity where students respond to two or three open-ended prompts
about the day's lesson - Answer: Exit cards
A pre-reading activity in which students respond to two or three content-related
debatable questions before reading - Answer: Anticipation guides
A technique that students can use before, during, and after reading that provides
brainstorming, categorizing, and summarizing - Answer: KWL charts
A third-grade teacher wants to include varied text in a literacy lesson plan including
comprehension and word recognition.
Which activities support the lesson objectives? - Answer: - Choose to read an article,
mini-book, or Internet site in groups of three- Identify unknown words and dramatize
their meanings- Put unfamiliar words into a graphic organizer
A fifth-grade teacher presents an essential question to students: How can characters in
a story influence each other? The teacher then assigns students to read a self-selected
book, choose two characters, and write an essay responding to this essential question.
Which process should students engage in to complete this assignment? - Answer:
Read actively for deeper understanding by focusing on the essential question
Which activity increases word recognition and comprehension in a unit of study? -
Answer: Have students experience the new vocabulary and terms in a variety of
different contexts
Which activity helps integrate word recognition and comprehension into instructional
units? - Answer: Using graphic organizers to assist with understanding word
relationships
2
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
