First grader Miguel is receiving reading support services through a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking students offered by the school district. His regular classroom teacher should:
a. Provide required instruction only; the student is already getting supplemental support.
b. Send Miguel home with books written in English and tell his family to practice with him.
c. Assign extra homework in English to Miguel.
d. Provide more opportunities in the regular classroom for Miguel to read with a partner, aide, volunteer, cross-age tutor, or the teacher.
Question 2...When sending a note home to a student's single-parent mother who does not speak or read English, the teacher should:
a. Send the note in English only.
b. Send the note in her native language if at all possible, along with the English version, and ask how she prefers to be contacted.
c. Require her to come to the school for a conference instead.
d. Give the note to the bilingual program coordinator and ask him to contact the parent.
Question 3...A parent approaches his first grade daughter's teacher and asks what he can do at home to avoid problems with reading later on. The child is doing very well with reading in school thus far. What is the best advice?
a. Connect everyday experiences with printmake a shopping list, write notes to one another, read and discuss books, write down the words to a song, or make a simple recipe with pictures and words.
b. Leave it all to the professionals. You may want to find a tutor for her if she doesn't improve.
c. Make an appointment with the principal and tell her that you want your daughter enrolled in a reading intervention program.
d. Invest in computer software that teaches reading skills or buy workbooks so that she'll get more practice.
Question 4...The mother of a child who has a visual impairment explains to the school principal that she is looking for a school where children with special needs are placed in a regular classroom with their peers to the greatest extent possible. This mother is referring to:
a. Inclusion
b. Special education
c. Intervention programs
d. Ability grouping
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