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,C365 - Language Arts Instruction and
Intervention
Question 1
Which activity is an appropriate example of developing the listening
and speaking skills of 5th grade students?
a) After reading or listening to text, asking and responding to questions in
order to further their understanding.
b) After reading or listening to a text asking the students to retell the order
of events from the story.
c) After reading or listening to a text, asking the students to discuss the
theme and support their opinion with appropriate details.
d) After reading or listening to a text, ask students to recount an
experience.
Answer: c) After reading or listening to a text, asking the students to
discuss the theme and support their opinion with appropriate details.
Rationale: Discussing theme and supporting opinions with details requires
higher-level thinking and oral language skills appropriate for 5th graders.
This activity promotes critical thinking, verbal expression, and the ability to
articulate and defend ideas—all key components of advanced listening and
speaking development. Options a, b, and d represent lower-level thinking
skills (recall and comprehension) that are more appropriate for earlier
grades.
Question 2
,Responding to questions to further understanding, retell, and recount
are all _____-level thinking skills in learning.
Answer: lower
Rationale: These activities involve basic comprehension, recall, and
retelling of information rather than analysis, evaluation, or synthesis. Lower-
level thinking skills (as defined by Bloom's Taxonomy) include
remembering, understanding, and applying basic knowledge. Higher-level
thinking would involve analyzing, evaluating, and creating new
understandings from text.
Question 3
A 4th grade teacher notices that her students need more
reinforcement on vocabulary words they are using in their new unit.
She wants to modify her lesson plan to support students'
understanding of the new words. What could the teacher do to modify
the lesson plan?
a) Have students select vocabulary words to be displayed on a word wall.
b) Have students use the vocabulary words to create a skit that connects
what they know to the new concepts.
c) Have students add electronic flashcards to their wiki page.
d) Have students play hangman using the vocabulary words as their bank.
Answer: b) Have students use the vocabulary words to create a skit
that connects what they know to the new concepts.
Rationale: Creating skits requires students to actively use vocabulary in
context, connecting new words to prior knowledge and demonstrating
, understanding through application. This kinesthetic and creative approach
reinforces vocabulary through multiple modalities (speaking, listening,
acting). While word walls (a) and flashcards (c) can be helpful, they are
passive strategies. Hangman (d) focuses on spelling rather than meaningful
vocabulary acquisition.
Question 4
A 4th grade class is currently working on their poetry unit. The teacher
would like to support awareness & inclusivity of cultural differences.
Which could successfully address that goal?
a) Have students share out different opinions and perspectives on a given
poem.
b) Assign students to groups based on their ethnicity and have them
discuss their favorite poems.
c) Allow students to individually select poems to read from a pre-approved
bank of material.
d) Have students compare and discuss poems that highlight diverse cultural
experiences.
Answer: d) Have students compare and discuss poems that highlight
diverse cultural experiences.
Rationale: Comparing and discussing poems from diverse cultural
experiences explicitly addresses the goal of cultural awareness and
inclusivity. This approach exposes students to multiple perspectives and
fosters understanding of different cultural traditions through authentic
literary experiences. Option a focuses on opinions but not specifically