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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






2. Multiplication and beginning division






3. The smallest unit of language that has meaning and may be a part of a word






4. Teaching reading and spelling that stresses basic symbol - sound relationships and their application in decoding words in beginning instruction.






5. Follow the child






6. Systems - order and organization - evidence - models and explanation - change - constancy and measurement - evolution - equilibrium and cycles - form - function and structure






7. Determined amount of fat cells in comparison to the amount of lean cells within a person's body mass






8. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






9. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






10. Music






11. Level of readiness must be reached to learn






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






13. Literal and figurative meanings of words - metaphors - similies - patterns of language






14. Collection of completed student work selected by the student and the teacher






15. Modeling






16. Discovery learning and constructivism






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






18. Direct instruction






19. Emotional variables such as anxiety - motivation and self confidence play a part in language aquisition






20. classroom teacher supports student development with the writing process. Students are required to write sentences or passages while the teacher guides the process and instruction through conferences and minilessons.






21. Identify words that don't belong in a set






22. Music and songs - poetry and rhymes - games and puzzles






23. Grammatical structures need not be the center of cirriculum organization. Certain rules are acquired before others.

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24. Equity - curriculum - teaching - learning - assessment - technology






25. An outdated reading strategy that attempts to teach students to read by having them follow other students in reading specific passages of text identified by the teacher. This technique is not recommended because it hampers reading fluency - its borin






26. Ongoing evaluation during an instructional sequence to allow midstream adaptation and improvement of the project.






27. Ideas - organization - voice - word choice - sentence fluency - conventions






28. Developmentally appropriate practice - integration - scaffolding - cooperative learning - questioning - task analysis - content enhancements - graphic organizers - wait time - peer tutoring - student responses - instructional pacing - feedback






29. Understands conventional alternative for sounds and structure of words






30. Teacher choose topic of study and identify process - students construct own investigation - determine needed resources - find answers and organize information






31. Influences from home - school - and community affect how well the student will learn






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






33. Rhyming and alliteration - sentence segmentation - syllable blending and segmentation - onset rime - blending and segmentation - phoneme blending and segmentation






34. The division of words into syllables [the minimal units of sequential speech sounds comprised of a vowel sound or a vowel - consonant combination - as /a/ - /ba/ - /ab/ - /bab/ - etc.]






35. Children develop motor skills at different rates - child's ates doesn't predict motor ability but obtained through use and practice - children develop motor skills through play






36. Promotes understanding of alphabetic principles and relationship between phonemes and graphemes






37. Operant Conditioning






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






39. How government works - ways to change society for the better - value - based decision making - analyze social settings and conditions - define key political issues






40. Congitively undemanding






41. A minimal sound unit of speech that - when contrasted with another phoneme - affects the naming of words in a language - such as /b/ in book contrasts with /r/ in rook - /l/ in look. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that change the meanings o






42. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






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






44. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






45. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






46. Solve realistic problems and completing projects using close to real - life situations






47. Behaviors and conditions to ensure proper health - instill skills to use behaviors - teach attitudes - values and knowledge of behaviors - provide opportunities to practice skills






48. The flow and the structures of a conversation or topics within






49. Integrates other subjects - promotes symbol systems - improves language - uses higher order thinking skills - allows creative self - expression - develops independence - self - concept and self confidence - encourages use of personal strengths - enha






50. 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







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