A first year teacher is told by his principal that he needs to do a better job of integrating technology during language arts instruction. What is the best way he can respond to the principal's request?
a. Use online resources to identify worksheets that can be printed out and completed during the language arts time block.
b. Give students a list of websites they can access at home.
c. Identify and use high-quality resources recommended by colleagues, rated highly by consumer groups, and endorsed by professional organizations.
d. Wait for more professional development opportunities focused on technology use in language arts.
Question 2...A developmental checklist can be used for:
A. Determining what age group a child should be placed with
B. Determining the needs of individual children
C. To compare children's growth and development
D. To exclude children
Question 3...A five-year-old girl has made a picture of her classroom that uses shapes to represent each child's desk and attempts to write some of her friends' names using shapes that have some letter-like characteristics. This student's work would best be described as:
a. Early representational drawing, mock letters, and letters.
b. Writing letters or numbers randomly or in a string.
c. Preschematic drawing and semiconventional alphabetic writing.
d. Schematic drawing and conventional writing.
Question 4...Maggie's muscles are very flaccid and weak. Her condition is known as:
a. Hypertonia
b. Hypotonia
c. Spasticity
d. Mixed tone
Question 5...During center time, a four-year-old makes a painting for his father but the picture looks nothing like what the child says it is supposed to be. The teacher should:
a. Give the child a pattern to trace so that a better picture goes home.
b. Ask the student to tell her about the painting.
c. Suggest that the child use markers or crayons instead of painting.
d. Prepare the child to be disappointed by telling him that his father won't know what the picture is supposed to be.
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