Correct Answer Words

Accommodation

Modifying instruction or using supports to help special education. But do not involve lowering the standard or delaying learning

Action research

Process of evaluating data in the classroom to identify issues and implementing effective and quick actions to solve problems

Allocating Resources

Portioning resources so all students have equal opportunity and time while balancing curriculum and instruction

Assessments

Using formative and summative data to monitor progress and measure outcomes

Authentic instruction

Providing students with meaningful, relevant, and useful learning experiences and activities

Balanced literacy

Reading and writing instruction hat uses a variety of literary genres including literary and informational texts

Bilingual instruction

Helping students use elements of their first language to support learning in English

Celebrate culture

Finding materials and resources to celebrate that different cultures represented in your classroom

Classroom management

A verity of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during class.

Collaborative learning

These are strategies that are student centered and self directed rather than led by the teacher. This includes working with colleagues or stakeholders to improve, create, or produce something

Comprehensible education

Making info and lessons understandable to students by accommodating and using ancillary materials to help with language barriers

Concept map

Visual representation of content. Very useful for illustrating concepts of cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast

Consent decree

Protects students right to free, comprehensible education, it addresses civil and academic right of English Language Learners and requires instruction to be delivered in a comprehensible manner so all students can fully participate.

Critical thinking

Higher-order thinking skills that involve evaluating, analyzing, creating, and applying knowledge

Cultural responsiveness

Instructions as a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, and emotionally celebrating and learning and our other cultures. This includes recognizing the importance of including students cultural references in all aspects of learning and designing a productive learning environment

Data driven decisions

Using scores, writing samples, observations, and other types of qualitative and quantitative data to make instructional decisions

Depth of knowledge

Framework that is used to identify the cognitive complexity of a problem

Developmentally appropriate instruction DAP

Choosing text, tools and activities that are appropriate for the students’ grade level

Differentiated Instruction

Providing all learners in a diverse classroom with different methods to understand instruction

Diversity as an asset

Seeing diversity in the classroom as an opportunity to learn new things through the perspectives of others

Evidence- based

Providing instruction using materials with the best scientific evidence available

Follow the IEP

A students individualized education program (IEP) is a legal document. If you see the IEP in the answer choices it is most likely the correct answer

High expectations for ALL learners

Holding every students no matter achievement level, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status each student is held to high academic standards

Horizontal alignment

Organization and coordination of standard and learning goals across content areas in the same grade level

Inclusive

Providing students with resources and experiences that represent their culture and ethnicity

Informal learning

Supporting students with self-directed, collaborative learning outside of the classroom

Interdisciplinary activities

Activists that connect two or more content areas; promotes relevance and critical thinking

Intrinsic motivation

Answers that promote autonomy relatedness, and competence are ways to apply intrinsic motivation. Be on the lookout for this one!

Metacognition

Analysis of your own thinking

Modeling

Demonstrating the application of a skill or knowledge

Modifications

Changed to the curriculum and learning environment in accordance to a students IEP. Change the expectations for learning and the level of assessment

Outcomes

Results of program, strategy, or resources implemented in the classroom

Performance assessment

An activity assigned to students to assess their mastery of multiple learning goals aligned to standards

Primary reason r

These are materials and information in their original form like diaries, journals, songs, paintings, and autobiographies

Prior knowledge

What students know about a topic from previous experiences and learning

Progress monitor

Keeping track of a student or whole class leaning in real time. Quantifiable measures of progress, conferring, observing, exit tickets, and self assessments

Relevance, real world, and relatable

Real world application

Reliable

Consistent, producing consistent results

Remediation

Correcting something to make it better

Rigorous

Word to describe a challenging curriculum making students use higher order thinking

Scaffolding

Using sports to help students achieve a standard that they couldn’t on their own

Secondary resource

These are materials and information derived from the original, like newspaper

Specific and meaningful feedback

Included post I’ve aspects with how students can improve and how to apply the corrections

Standards-aligned

Ensuring that curriculum and instruction aligned to the state -adopted standards

Student centered/ learner centered

Variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic support strategies that address students distinct learning needs, interests or background

Validity

Accuracy how acutely knowledge and skills are measured

Vertical alignment

Organization of standards and learning goals across grade levels

Vocabulary in context

Always teach vocab in context in real world

Wait time

Time between a question and when a student is called for response

Bias - not good

Inserting your own beliefs and opinions not needed

Calling parents or principals

You need to manage your classroom on your own and not defer responsibility onto others

Extra homework- not good

You should be including all instruction in the classroom not at home

Extrinsic motivators- not good

Pizza parties, recess time, motivation should come from within- self confidence accomplishment and success

Hiring a contractor or vender - not good

Again it should just be the teacher no one else

Homework- not good

Assigning hw is not the best for this exam especially if student is struggling

Homogenous grouping - not good

Grouping by gender, English proficiency or leaning level

Punitive solutions - not good

NO ANSWERS THAT SOUND LIKE PUNISHMENTS

Student aides - not good

Using other students as translators this is not a students job