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PECT PREK-4: MODULE 3 COMPLETE TEST
Teacher is teaching lesson about factors. Gives students 8 plastic cubes. What question would she ask in order to teach factors? - ANSWER - How many different rectangles can you make? 100/(2/3) is the same as? - ANSWER - 100x3/ Game with kids, guess # between 1 and 20. Teacher says, "no it's more than this" or "it's less", etc. Why is she doing that? - ANSWER - building math with vocab How would you teach kids difference between size of apple and orange and about elapsed time? - ANSWER - put props in dramatic play area If child has IEP and cutting shapes and pasting to graphic organizer, what should you do? - ANSWER - Have them draw shapes to see if they can identify where to put shapes on organizer If teacher asks a child to cut two rectangles in half in a diagonal, what are they doing? - ANSWER - practicing right triangles
Congruency - ANSWER - exactly the same Similarity - ANSWER - only similar 1x5 rectangle plus 3x5 rectangle. What 2 things are being taught? - ANSWER - area and multiplication What is a variable? - ANSWER - x + 4 = 10. What is x? What is teacher working on with variables? - ANSWER - factoring How do you build math inquiry and how do they figure out the ANSWER? - ANSWER - allow students to listen to one another's problem solving skills; by sharing problems/skills Why use math journal? - ANSWER - to record strategies children talk about and build inquiry Student have trouble with single by double digit addition. What assessment would you use to pinpoint problem? - ANSWER - error analysis
Purpose of circle graph? - ANSWER - to show parts of a whole Line graph - ANSWER - 1 entity Bar graph - ANSWER - more than 1 at a time What is an abacus used for? - ANSWER - place value A child is counting blocks. Every time he is off by 1 # because he is not using one-to-one correspondence. What should you have child do? - ANSWER - drop blocks in buckets How do you know if a child displays number sense? - ANSWER - If they understand it is quantity, not quality/size of an object If a child sees the same number or elephants and same number of crayons and understand they are equal, what do they understand? - ANSWER - number sense What is counting on? - ANSWER - When a child does not go back to zero to add 2 things together (ex. 3+3 - 3, 4, 5, 6)
What is considered measurement? - ANSWER - comparing, sequencing, size, more or less Teacher asks students favorite ice cream. Collects ANSWERs and compares them. What is she using? - ANSWER - data/statistics Teacher asks student who is next to you, beside you, behind you, etc. What is she practicing with the student? - ANSWER - geometry If a teacher is having a convo with student and showing a circle, square, circle, square pattern, what is the teacher emphasizing? - ANSWER - algebra How to teach kindergarten weather? - ANSWER - sort clothes How to show difference between clouds and its different functions? - ANSWER - make cloud in a bottle How to identify different rocks and minerals? - ANSWER - put rocks on table, have kids walk around and identify How much energy is transferred from one ecosystem to the next? - ANSWER - very little, the least choice
How do you teach kids difference between Earth and Pluto? - ANSWER - make a proportional map/proportions and scale How many variables should you change at a time when teaching science? - ANSWER - one If kids are doing a project where they eval. themselves, how do you eval. their self evals? - ANSWER - Rubric Why does purple on wet coffee filter go halfway then turn blue/red? - ANSWER - Because colors travel different wave lengths and different speeds Why is it best to use inquiry instruction with kids? - ANSWER - Naturally curiosity What's the most accessible example of erosion? - ANSWER - show rocks in river stream Why use a sundial? - ANSWER - Rotation, shows 24 hours in a day What makes scientific research valid? - ANSWER - Backed up with research
If someone shares their opinion about seafood, should you believe them? - ANSWER - Only if they have back up research What would you do in order to simulate a pesticide? - ANSWER - Natural barrier Kids don't have prior knowledge of volcanoes, what should you do? - ANSWER - Review with whole class on subject What do you do if sorting leaves with kindergarteners? - ANSWER - Sit back and they sort themselves. Which manipulative do you use for fractions? - ANSWER - pattern blocks What do you use to teach fraction and multiplication? - ANSWER - manipulatives What to do to figure out problem solving skill? - ANSWER - conduct interview Importance about counting words? - ANSWER - in order
Why do you stretch? - ANSWER - Allows muscles to warm up and increase flexibility Where do proteins come from? - ANSWER - Dairy (think greek yogurt) Gross motor - ANSWER - arms/legs Fine motor - ANSWER - fingers/toes Loco motor - ANSWER - movement What should you teach about competitive sports in gym? - ANSWER - All kids involved, explain some rules, but not all How do you teach personal space to kids? - ANSWER - stand up, arms out, don't run into each other Why have meeting about health with teachers, parents, principals, etc.? What does it show to students? - ANSWER - to show you're supportive Kid kicks ball and misses, teacher doesn't do it for him. What does it teach him? - ANSWER - perseverance
Why have children do "army drill" (putting 1 foot in each hula hoop to get across)? - ANSWER - Agility Teacher notices kids being unsafe on playground. Talks to them. Follow up? - ANSWER - kids create rules for play ground Students coming to school tired and starting unit on nutrition. Intro activity? - ANSWER - make a snack. food = fuel Why do teachers pass out menus? - ANSWER - to see if they can pick out healthy choices Before nutrition unit, why send home survey to ask what they eat at home? - ANSWER - to use context they're familiar with Parallel paly - ANSWER - When students do something side by side but not interacting What's a way to do parallel play? - ANSWER - Kids walk around different barn yard animals How to teach traffic? - ANSWER - obstacle course on playground
- Commutative - ANSWER - 3+2=2+
