A teacher wants to incorporate more creativity into a lesson on community helpers for kindergarten ...

A teacher wants to incorporate more creativity into a lesson on community helpers for kindergarten children. Which of the following strategies would be an effective way of accomplishing this goal?
 
  A) Show students a virtual field trip highlighting community helpers.
  B) Invite guest speakers who serve as community helpers.
  C) Have the students research the roles of community helpers.
  D) Allow the students to dress and re-enact the roles of various community helpers.

Ques. 2

Teachers can most effectively use retellings to determine a child's:
 
  a) phonemic awareness
  b) word recognition skills
  c) understanding of story structure
  d) understanding of orthography

Ques. 3

During language arts, a fourth-grade teacher notices students struggling with organizing information related to story elements. What is one effective way the teacher can help students better organize story elements and related details?
 
  A) Let the students create ways to organize the information.
  B) Distribute copies of different graphic organizers and allow students to choose the best one.
  C) Model the use of appropriate graphic organizers and allow students to build independence in their use.
  D) Allow the students to discuss the story elements in small groups

Ques. 4

As she was reading the novel Esperanza Rising, Irina recalled her childhood in Mexico. Irina made a personal response to this novel because she applied her:
 
  a) knowledge of text structures
  b) background knowledge
  c) knowledge of literary elements
  d) word attack skills

Ques. 5

A preschool teacher wants to support children's creativity and play in her classroom. How can she provide these opportunities for them?
 
  A) Designate time in the daily schedule for free play, centers, and other activities that will allow children to follow their interests.
  B) Take the children to the playground for recess.
  C) Schedule ample time for large group and circle time activities.
  D) Purchase pre-made centers and let the children play when they have time.

Ques. 6

Of the following, the technique that can most directly help students become more fluent readers is:
 
  a) Miscue Analysis
  b) Elkonin Boxes
  c) Sketch-to-Stretch
  d) Readers Theatre

Ques. 7

The SCAMPER strategy was originally developed by Osborn (1948/1972 ) and elaborated on by Barnes (2002). The acronym SCAMPER stands for:
 
  A) substitute, combine, adapt, modify, magnify, minify, put to other uses, eliminate, reverse, rearrange
  B) state, clarify, advance, motivate, participate, estimate, retain, restate
  C) simplify, calculate, articulate, manage, mediate, perfect, elaborate, record
  D) seek information, circulate, allow for choices, maintain, produce, emphasize, recognize

Ques. 8

Texts which present some challenging vocabulary and concepts that may require explanation are judged to be at a child's:
 
  a) frustration level
  b) instructional level
  c) independent level
  d) narrative level

Ques. 9

All of the following are observable characteristics of children's creative thought processes except:
 
  A) formulates hypotheses and conducts trials to test the ideas
  B) enjoys thinking and working independently
  C) asks few questions
  D) are capable of tolerating ambiguity as they explore ideas
  E) tries to bring order out of chaos by organizing their environment