A kindergarten teacher labels common items (door, window, chair, etc.) throughout the classroom in order to:
a. Build children's vocabulary as well as their knowledge of the alphabet.
b. Show adults that she is competent.
c. Teach children to recognize familiar items in the classroom.
d. Help children with idiomatic expressions.
Question 2...It is impolite to ask parents about their home life:
A. True
B. False
Question 3...At a family gathering, one of your elderly relatives finds it amusing that a new mother constantly talks to her three-month-old baby. Why, that baby can't understand a word you're saying the older family member exclaims. Based on what you know about early language development, what would you say to this?
a. Babies really can understand what is being said.
b. Long before children can speak or understand, they learn about language from hearing it spoken.
c. Most babies will start to talk by six months of age.
d. Yes, that's right. You are wasting your time and just talking to yourself, really.
Question 4...A first grade teacher sends home a list of dates and activities so that family members can volunteer to participate. Some of the activities are include sharing a children's game, rhyme, or artifact from their culture, preparing a snack together, attending an authors' tea at which children read their original picture books, and participating in a family fun night in which the whole family creates reading games. Times for the activities include mornings, afternoons, and evenings. This teacher appears to be:
a. Attempting to accommodate the different cultural backgrounds and work schedules of families.
b. Reflecting middle-class, Christian values.
c. Expecting too much from today's busy families.
d. Relying on outmoded perspectives about family participation.
Question 5...A child with cerebral palsy who presents slow, writhing movements, more pronounced in the head and hands is said to have a condition called:
a. spasticity.
b. athetosis.
c. ataxia.
d. hypotonia.
Question 6...At the conclusion of a parent-teacher conference, a parent remarks, Both my husband and I have multiple jobs, so time is very limited. Can you suggest just one thing that we can do with our daughter that would help her with reading? Which of the following is the best advice?
a. Do literacy activities while doing something else. For example, have her practice words posted on the refrigerator with magnets while you are preparing food. Take advantage of otherwise wasted time, such as waiting at the doctor's office or sitting in traffic, by bringing along a bag of books and a whiteboard and marker.
b. Give your child books well above her reading level to challenge her thinking.
c. It sounds as though you just don't have time so leave it to us here at school to teach your daughter to read.
d. Buy a workbook and see to it that your child completes one page every day.
Question 7...Serena is having a difficult time learning and understanding English at school. Everyone in her house speaks Spanish and has only a low level of English proficiency. When Serena's parents ask the teacher for advice, she should:
a. Tell the family that, without their support, there is little hope of Serena succeeding in school.
b. Ask the family to stop speaking Spanish at home as this is probably confusing to her.
c. Assure the family that skill in one language supports and complements the other, and encourage them to use both languages when they can.
d. Remind the family that they are in the United States now and must learn English.
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