FTCE PK-3 Developmental Knowledge Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the FTCE PK-3 Developmental Knowledge lecture notes.

Asthma and Tooth Decay

Examples of how illness and poor health affect a child's development.

Times when negative environmental factors such as drugs, viruses, malnutrition, and extreme stress have the greatest impact on children's development.

Critical Periods

Kinesthetic Perception

Area of development that a preK student needs increased activity in if they exhibit difficulty moving from place to place without running into other children or stumbling over objects.

Socioeconomic Status

Factor that has the greatest effect on language development.

Guided Reading

A literary application model that provides small group instruction to students at their instructional level.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

A professional organization for those working with and on behalf of children from birth through age 8.

Accreditation

Means that a preschool or early childhood program meets standards of quality established by the accrediting agency.

Differentiated Instruction

Type of instruction a 1st grade teacher should use to help meet the needs of each student in a diverse group of students.

Multidisciplinary Units of Study

What must be included in an integrated curriculum.

Sociodramatic Play

A child's emotional development can be best observed and fostered through which kind of play?

Aesthetic Domain

A program that offers dance, drama, music and art as a part of the curriculum is addressing which of the following developmental domains?

Advance Organizer

When a teacher discusses what will be covered in the upcoming lesson, it is a critical listening activity called a(n):

Segment

When a teacher says a word and asks a child to say the individual sounds of the sound of that word, the child is being asked to:

Expressive language

A 4yo child speaks in one word phrases and has a limited vocabulary. This is most likely indicative of:

Collaborative agreement with local business

An example of an effective strategy that a school could adopt to develop and enhance partnership with the community

Least restrictive environment

Classroom that provides students with disabilities the chance to work and learn to the best of their ability with as much contact as possible with students without disabilities.

Recite and singing nursery rhymes

Activity to use to help student with identifying individual sounds in single-syllable words

Cultural sensitivity

The most important abilities for early childhood teachers when conducting family conferences.

Proximal-distal

Motor control that begins at the middle of the body and moves to the extremities is

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Flat affect, asymmetrical body features, and language delays in a child who has difficulty retaining information may be indicative of:

Dramatic

Expressing and exploring personal feelings and understandings of the child's world characterizes what type of play?

Letter name knowledge

K students are talking about their favorite food, their responses are recorded. Attention is directed to the beginning and ending of each line and then is orally repeated the dictation to reinforce:

Inclusion

A major trend in the education of students with exceptionalities.

Word mapping

Vocabulary approach that would be most appropriate for an English language learner who is having difficulty with multi-meaning words in English

Development checklist

What instrument should the teacher use to determine whether a child's motor skills are within the normal range for the child's age?

Intervention strategy would accelerate the student's academic progress of a 3rd grade student who's reading ability and written communication are well below grade level

Peer tutoring

One informal method of assessing the independent reading level of students includes an error analysis of the first 100 words of a passage. This informal diagnostic method is called:

Running record

Legislative mandate provides the opportunity for all 4yo in FL to attend publicly funded programs for free?

Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK)

A professional assessment has determined that a 1st grader who is struggling with gross motor skills qualifies for resource services. Which of the following professionals would provide these services?

Physical therapist