Author Question: When she asked students to summarize information from a science presentation, fourth grade teacher ... (Read 352 times)

james · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When she asked students to summarize information from a science presentation, fourth grade teacher Gloria McCall wrote their comments on the whiteboard. Of the following, the best instructional reason for writing notes on the whiteboard is to:

a) teach the use of journals
b) focus on literal comprehension
c) model note taking skills
d) demonstrate orthographic skills

Question 2

Fifth-grade teacher Joe Gillespie enjoyed the novel Hoot, which tells the story of a boy dealing with ecological issues in Florida. When he read Hoot aloud to his students in Alaska, however, they had difficulty understanding the novel. The Alaskan students most likely had difficulty understanding the story because:

a) the teacher read too quickly
b) the teacher related his own experiences
c) the students lacked background knowledge
d) the students preferred to read independently