Add Support Quiz

Using gestures to point to the rocking chair will help the Beginner and Intermediate understand that the teacher is asking the students to set on the floor by the rocking chair.

True (1)

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced ELs will show no gap when the teacher tells them that they will spend 20 minutes at each center to complete the task.

False (2)

When the teacher walks the students through each of the four centers, explaining what they will do there, advanced ELs will not understand the words without nonverbal support.

False (3)

When the teacher asks the students to write three facts about what they learned on their worksheet from the drawing center, Advanced ELs will not understand words without nonverbal and verbal support.

False (4)

Looking at a picture of the symbol of the day and an equivalent symbol from another country, the students compare the two symbols as a group and each student completes his/her own Venn diagram.

In the above activity, a Beginner will benefit from a modified worksheet that lists the colors, shapes, and other details in English and the student’s native language.

True (5)

Using a different font color for important information on each slide will benefit Intermediate ELs when they are asked to view a narrated, teacher-created presentation that provides facts about the symbol.

True (6)

When the teacher displays a collage of American symbols on the whiteboard and asks what they are, the Beginner and Intermediate will not need the support of simplifying teacher talk.

False (7)

When evaluating the students through discussions, group participation, and daily journaling, Intermediate ELs will benefit from the support of simplifying teacher talk.

True (8)

When the teacher points to one of the symbols on the collage and states that it represents what the children will learn about today, Intermediate ELs will benefit from gestures when used by the teacher.

True (9)

When the teacher displays a collage of American symbols on the whiteboard and asks what they are, the Advanced will benefit from the support of the teacher checking often for understanding.

True (10)

Looking at a picture of the symbol of the day and an equivalent symbol from another country, the students compare the two symbols as a group and each student completes his/her own Venn diagram.

In the above activity, being paired with a native-speaking partner is the ONLY support a Beginner EL will need to write and proof sentences.

False (11)

Showing flags and other symbols that represent each EL student’s culture will help the beginner ELs learn the meaning and the history of the American symbols.

True (12)

When the teacher discusses what the students found out back on the floor, Beginner and Intermediate ELs will benefit from the teacher’s support using leveled questions.

True (13)

Focusing on English only in the classroom will benefit Intermediate ELs.

False (14)

When the teacher asks each student to draw the symbol of the day, Beginner ELs will benefit from the teacher’s support of modeling how to draw on a worksheet.

True (15)

Drawing Center: Each student draws the symbol of the day on a worksheet that has a large empty space for the illustration on the left-hand side and three to four boxes for writing on the right-hand side.

Based on the above activity, match the two columns below. You can only use each option ONE TIME.

Will understand better with nonverbal and verbal support

Will show no gap

Will not understand words without nonverbal support

Will understand better with nonverbal and verbal support = Intermediate

Will show no gap = Advanced

Will not understand words without nonverbal support = Beginner

Reading Center: The teacher conducts a read-aloud on the symbol, working on conceptual understanding of the symbolism and vocabulary development. Divide students into equal groups and tell them to go to the centers; rotate the groups every 20 minutes.

Which of the following supports will benefit Beginner ELs? Select ALL that apply.

• Modeling and gestures

• Incorporating leveled questions '

• Using different voice intonations when reading