WGU-DTC1: Pre-Assessment and answers well elaborated success guaranteed.

1. Two strategies that appropriately introduce and reinforce new vocabulary for elementary students - Correct Answers*Words Sorts *Semantic Mapping 2. Which lesson plan models developmentally appropriate English instruction for fifth-grade students? - Correct Answers*Teaching outlining by having students read a brief passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. 3. A teacher creates a lesson plan to teach the steps involved in planting a garden. The teacher would also like to teach students to develop formal English structures. Which 2 teaching strategies should be integrated into the lesson plan to meet the objectives? - Correct Answers*Have students brainstorm the step-by-step, detailed procedures for creating a garden. *Use co-shaping to help students develop responses to questions about steps involved in planting a garden. 4. Which activity is an example of developing good listening and speaking skills for 5th graders? - Correct Answers*Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence. 5. Which lesson plan activity will help 3rd grade students learn the meaning of unknown words while developing their oral language and speaking skills? - Correct Answers*Divide students into small groups and have them dramatize the meanings of new words by putting the words in the context of simple skills. 6. A 1st grade teacher wants to develop students' oral language skills while helping them identify the main topic and key details of a text. How should the teacher modify the lesson plan to help students develop oral language skills? - Correct Answers*Have students retell the story to the teacher after reading the book. 7. A reading and writing activity where students use a diagram to show relationships among words or ideas - Correct Answers*Graphic Organizers 7. A pre-reading activity in which students respond to 2 or 3 content related debatable questions before reading - Correct Answers*Anticipation guide 7. An end-of-class activity where students respond to 2 or 3 open ended prompts about the day's lesson - Correct Answers*Exit cards 7. A middle of the lesson activity in which students respond to a prompt framed on the content of the lesson - Correct Answers*Quick writes 7 & 8. A technique that students can use before, during and after reading that provides brainstorming, categorizing and summarizing - Correct Answers*KWL charts 8. A graphic organizer in which students use lines and circles to categorize information - Correct Answers*Semantic Map 8. An activity that models comprehension processes such as linking new information with previously learned information - Correct Answers*Strategy Guide or Semantic Map 8. An activity that helps students comprehend and organize information during reading - Correct Answers*Think aloud 8. An opening class activity where students respond to 2 or 3 prompts reviewing the previous day's lesson - Correct Answers*Admit Slip 9. A 3rd grade teacher wants to include varied text in literacy lesson plan including comprehension and word recognition. Which activities support the objectives? - Correct Answers*Choose to read an article, mini-book or internet site in groups of 3. *Identify the unknown words and dramatize their meanings. *Put unfamiliar words into a graphic organizer. 10. A 5th teacher presents an essential question to students: How can characters in a story influence each other? She then directs students to read a self selected book, choose characters, and write an essay responding to this essential question. In which processes should students engage to complete this assignment? - Correct Answers*Plan and produce their essay by pre-writing composing revising and editing. *Read actively for deeper understanding by focusing on the essential question. 11. Which two activities help integrate word recognition and comprehension into units of instruction? - Correct Answers*Using graphic organizers to assist with remembering word relationships. *Grouping unfamiliar vocabulary into categories and discuss why terms are related. 12. Which activity increases word recognition and comprehension in a unit of study? - Correct Answers*Have students experience the new vocabulary and terms in a variety of different contexts. 13. A 5th grade language arts teacher wants to help students examine a historical topic from multiple perspectives. Which 2 ways using a variety of texts and other print material help the teacher achieve this objective? - Correct Answers*Providing students with a variety of sources increases student motivation to investigate the historical topic. *Having students read about the historical topic in a variety of sources requires them to synthesize various perspectives. 14. A 2nd grade teacher is trying to reinforce word recognition and comprehension in a standards based lesson plan using the basal reader. How should this teacher include varied texts and print materials to improve word recognition? - Correct Answers*Have students use an early reader dictionary to view words and definitions. 15. Which 2 strategies increase respect and the value of differences in an elementary classroom? - Correct Answers*Assign students to collaborative projects with diverse partners. *Introduce balanced grouping to create a community of learners. 16. A 5th grade teacher wants students to evaluate texts while engaging in small group discussions but worries some students will not show tolerance with those unlike themselves. Which 2