This is for the class:

 

Creative Expression and Play.

 

Could you please help me with these questions.

 

 

1. While helping fourth grade students with reading comprehension difficulties, a teacher tries to think of an approach that would support them in this important learning. What is one effective instructional strategy to use?

 

a. Let the Students complete workbook pages in small groups rather than individually.

 

b. Identify pairs of students, one of whom is an accomplished reader and the other, a child with comprehension difficulties. Give the former an explicit strategy for pausing at natural breaks in the story to ask the latter student a question, explain an idea, or summarize what has happened thus far.

 

c. Have students work independently on workbook pages and provide them with an answer key to check their own work. Use the results to form reading groups.

 

d. Allow students to choose whatever skills pages they would like to complete, and have a classroom aide check them.

 

 

2. Which of the following encourages thinking?

 

a. "lets look at these two pictures"

b. "what did you think of the story"

c. "what do you predict will happen when....?"

d. "how do you know that is true?"

 

 

3. Embracing responsibility for promoting children's creative growth is done by all of the following EXCEPT:

 

a. keeping interests of children a priority

b. respecting the whole child.

c. interacting with families compassionately

d. preparing children to be masters of factual knowledge.

 

 

4. A student teacher was observing her cooperating teacher leading a lesson on colors. When teacher held up a red paper plate, one of the children said, " it is pink." The teacher said, " No, it is not pink. Who knows the name of this color ?" This is an example of a teacher whose insecurity might come from:

 

a. fear of taking a risk

b. premature criticism

c. immaturity

d. low self esteem

 

 

 

5. A representative of a parent group affiliated with the school approaches a teacher about making improvements to the playground. She asks for suggestions from the teacher about establishing a creative, safe play environment for students. what are good suggestions the teacher can offer?

 

a. Remove all the existing equipment and replace the surface with natural materials that provide some cushioning so that wide, open spaces are maximized.

 

b. Gather information on children's preferences and developmentally appropriate play spaces, consider how many children can be accommodated by each piece of equipment, designate areas in which children can engage in different types of outdoor activities, and consider how to make the playground accessible to children with special needs.

 

c. Hire a professional designer to make the playground visually appealing to adults and install as much stationary new equipment as the group can afford.

 

d. Focus on inexpensive equipment ( e.g. balls, hula hoops, jump ropes, hopscotch ) to get the most for the money spent.

 

 

 

6. Several first grade students are playing a matching game of beginning sight words. one of the students becomes very frustrated and starts crying. he tells the teacher " i'm stupid and this game is stupid!" how should the teacher respond?

 

 

a. " if you can't play by the rules, then go to your seat. i cannot allow outburst like that during class".

 

b. "don't be so upset. its only a game and doesnt matter that much whether you play or not".

 

c. "please do not say that; it hurts my feelings because i spent alot of time making that game".

 

d. "come with me and lets talk about it. it can be hard to play a gam the first time. why dont we practice it together?"

 

 

7. An example of materials that can be used for both indoor and outdoor activities would be:

 

 

a. vegetable and clothing dyes

b. symmetry blocks

c. sawdust dough

d. sand and water

 

 

8. To effectively modify materials for diverse learners, teachers should:

 

 

a. order only special materials

b. understand the child's cognitive, physical, and social level of functioning .

c. limit what can be used.

d. always pair a child with a disability with a non disabled peer.