During a unit on United States geography, a fourth-grade teacher wants to include student projects. How can creative projects be incorporated into geography?
A) Have students design a project showcasing the interesting geographical characteristics of a region.
B) Have each student complete a written report and read it aloud to the entire class.
C) Have students complete an Internet search and find an assortment of pictures from each geographic region.
D) Show students a virtual field trip of different geographic regions and have them vote on their favorite destinations.
Question 2
While helping fourth-grade students with reading comprehension difficulties, a teacher tries to think of an approach that would support them in this important learning. What is one effective instructional strategy to use?
A) Let the students complete workbook pages in small groups rather than individually.
B) Identify pairs of students, one of whom is an accomplished reader and the other, a child with comprehension difficulties. Give the former an explicit strategy for pausing at natural breaks in the story to ask the latter student to ask a question, explain an idea, or summarize what has happened thus far.
C) Have students work independently on workbook pages and provide them with an answer key to check their own work. Use the results to form reading groups.
D) Allow students to choose whatever skills pages they would like to complete and have a classroom aide check them.
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