When reading a nonfiction book about the rain forest, the teacher notices that her students are not asking questions or showing much interest in the material. Which of the following is most likely to promote more student engagement with expository text?
a. Reserve read-alouds for fictional material only from this point forward; the children don't appear to like nonfiction.
b. Criticize the children for being poor listeners and send them back to their seats.
c. Assess children's prior knowledge of the topic, ask them to make predictions, define key terms, and pause periodically to recap information.
d. Assign homework that requires the children to use the internet to find information about rain forests.
Question 2...When a first grade teacher picks up her class at the library, the librarian shares her frustration with one student who refuses to select a book to borrow. What can the teacher do to help the student and librarian?
a. Write a discipline referral slip and send the student to the principal.
b. Don't do anything; the student will select a book when he is ready.
c. Consider the child's interests, recommend some good books, and help him choose.
d. Call home and inform the parents that the student must select a book.
Question 3...When a mother comes to pick up her child from preschool, the teacher asks her if they would like to borrow a few books that her child really enjoyed that day for the weekend. The mother seems irritated by this suggestion and says, Nobody in our family reads English and then quickly ushers her child into the car. The teacher should:
a. Stop suggesting that any books go home with the child and send home workbook pages instead.
b. Seek out bilingual books and/or recordings in their first language and books about their culture.
c. Tell the mother that her and her family should learn English.
d. Follow them out to the car and insist that the books go home with them.
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