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What must objectives be?
They must be Clear and Obtainable by the students or student
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What do the objectives need to focus on?
Need to focus on knowledge, a skill, or reinforcement of a skill or strategy
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What format do objectives need to follow when writing them?
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Why do we need objectives?
- To provide direction to instruction
- To provide guideance for assessment
- To convey instructionsl intent to others
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What are academic objectives?
these objectives address the cognitive and metacognition
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What are affective objectives?
These describe the attitudes, appreciation, and relationships you want students to develop
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All objectives must be what?
All objectives must be specific and measurable.
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What is bloom's Taxonomy? From bottom up?
- Knowledge
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyze
- Evaluate
- Create
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What words should a teacher use when writing objectives?
Should use words that indicate an action, that focuses on knowledge and skills or reinforcement
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Why should teachers plan?
- Planning helps teachers organize their thoughts
- gather materials in advance
- link goals and objectives to standards
- address the whole child
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What are some teacher roles?
- Diagnosticians
- Designers
- Organizers
- Evaluators
- Writers
- Researchers
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Why are group times special times?
- They create a sense of community
- They bring everyone together for mutual benefit and enjoyment
- Convey information to all at once; no one is left out
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What are the three parts to a group time?
- Opening: Capture children's attention
- Body: Main Purpose
- Closing: signals end and serves as transition to next portion of the day
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What do group-time transitions do?
They lead from the opening, to the body, and from the body to the closing.
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What should be considered in advanced during group-time preparation?
- Location
- Focus
- Pace and Variety
- Materials
- Active Involvement
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What are some group-time strategies?
- Make group time part of each day
- Use props effectively
- Use your voice, face, and gestures
- Sit so you can see all the children and children can see you
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How can we tune-in to children during group-time?
- Change or shorten activities that are not working
- Extend activities children enjoy
- Pan future group times based on what you observe
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What are some variations on standard group time?
- Storytelling
- Music
- Read-Aloud
- Class Meetings
- Author's Chair
- Reporting
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Pitfalls to avoid during group-time
- Being unprepared
- using large groups when small groups would be better
- inappropriate materials
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What is the purpose of family invovlement?
- Essential partners in education
- Positive interacton and adult self-esteem
- Joint decision making about their own children
- Exchange information to benefit the child
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What are five types of family involvement?
- Support family members in helping the child acquire knowledge
- Communicate effectively with family members- family members respond
- Solicit classroom participation and organize the work that adult family members can do
- Implement strategies that support the child's learning at home
- Recruit and prepare family members for decision making in program policies
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What are some barriers to family involvement?
Discomfort in interacting: family members may feel rebuffed or ignored; professionals may hold negative perceptions of families; new professionals may feel scared or threatened
Practical considerations
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Characteristics of effective family involvement?
- Collaboration
- Variety
- Intensity
- Individualized
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Techniques to family inclusion
- Establishing relationships
- keeping families informed
- Establishing 2-way communication
- Involving men in the program
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How to establish relationships wiht adult family members
- Show that you care for the child by paying attention to details
- Face-to- Face contact is essential; greet people by name
- Listen carefully and maintain eye contact
- Be courteous
- Maintian family confidentiality
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Ways of gathering information from families?
- Use enrollment or intake information
- invite families to share informally
- ask families about learning goals for their children
- seek out cultural information
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Ways of keeping families informed?
- Develop written materials for the classroom
- Share your educational philosphy, program goals
- write one or two line notes regardng children's positive experiences
- Use electronic communication when appropriate
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How to establish two way communication
- Establish telephone or email hours
- Introduce yourself early in the year
- Create notebook for journaling to send back and forth from school to home
- Contact noncustodial family members
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How to integrate families into the program
- Maintain an open-door policy
- Invite family members to visit for particular occasions
- Invite family members to volunteer
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How to involve men
- Greet men individually and welcome them
- Men are more likely to respond to specific requests for participation
- Plan specific activities for men
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How to provide family education
- Conduct a simple needs assessment
- Invite family members to workshops that invovle the children
- Provide take home materials
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How to arrange for family-to-family support
- Arrange for informal conversation opportunites
- Work with others to support a family-to-family mentoring program
- With your administrator set up special support groups
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