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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Used prior to occurence of inappropriate behavior - use positive interaction - elimiate differential treatment - and prompting






2. The study of the meaning in language and the analysis of the meanings of words - phrases - sentences.






3. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






4. Formal standardized evaluation comparing a student to other peers in the same age group






5. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






6. Simple maps to begin - instruct on simple symbols used - students construct a map






7. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






8. Anecdotal records and checklists to record students being observed doing tasks






9. Zone of proximal development






10. The structural (grammar) organization of English that regulates how words are combined into sentences. Word order is important in English and during the pre - school years - children learn to understand - ask questions - construct statements - and ma






11. Number sense - counting objects - comparing - classifying objects - sets - exploring sets - number patterns






12. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






13. Events are formed by human perceptions of places and regions - events of past provide insights into climate - resources - ecosystems - and migration of humans - why certain events happened a certain way






14. Determines student progress and performance based on lessons presented in curriculum






15. A word that is easily recognized as a whole and does not require word analysis for identification or pronunciation - (i.e. - Dolch 220 Sight Vocabulary List).






16. Daily assessment of a student's performance on the skills taught each day and used to modify instruction






17. You give a list of vocabulary words in L2. Classes are taught in L1.






18. Creating arts - arts as inquiry - arts in context






19. Study of social - political - and cultural values and their impact on scientific research and techological innovation as well as society - politics and culture as a whole






20. Class newsletter - classroom management system - individual service projects - discuss public issues - participate in elections - school councils - create logo - motto or rules for class






21. Stages of the ethic of care






22. Self - paced instruction - mentoring - ability grouping - compacting - telescoping - tiered lessons






23. Unusual phenomenon demostrated or described to students






24. The teacher remains mainly silent - to give students the space they need to learn to talk. In this approach - it is assumed that the students' previous experience of learning from their mother tongue will contribute to learning the new foreign langua






25. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






26. Formal measure of tests to evaluate student ability to acquire skills






27. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






28. Phonemic awareness - word recognition - phonics - comprehension - fluency






29. Motor development - body awareness - social adjustments and interaction






30. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






31. Student names - nursery rhymes - sound games - read poems - sing songs - alphabet books - discuss words and sounds - word banks - point out consonants and vowels






32. Refers to the observed results of the learners efforts






33. Changing one phoneme for another to make a new word






34. Aerobic and basic skills - recreation activities and formal sports - cardiovascular activities






35. Doubles - five facts - zeros and ones - nifty nines






36. Two - vowel combinations where both vowels are heard - but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending - i.e. - oy in TOY.






37. Communicate at basic level in four disciplines - communicate proficiently in at least one art form - develop and present basic analysis of works of art






38. Formal evaluation that measures student progress towards meeting goals






39. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






40. Blending sounds in a word to say the word






41. A strategy where the teacher reads a line or passage with good expression - and calls on students to read it back. This is a good technique to use with Emergent Readers to help them build reading fluency.






42. New vocabulary - descriptive words - realistic viewpoints of people and environment






43. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






44. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






45. The initial creative stage of writing - prior to drafting - in which the writer formulates ideas - gathers information - organizes or plans.






46. Words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) .






47. Language Acquisition hypothesis






48. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






49. Recognize the same sounds in a variety of words






50. Development of spoken language system






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