What are the four things that Tan says that the power of language evokes?

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  1. What are the four things that Tan says that the power of language evokes? (4pts)
    2. What is your perspective on what Tan means when she says she uses “all the Englishness
    3. When Tan was giving a talk to a large group of people, what did she say was one major difference that made the “whole talk sound wrong”? Explain in detail. (5pts)
    4. What is the one common denominator that runs through every experience Tan writes about in the reading that makes her suddenly aware or “conscious of the English” she was using? (5pts)
    5. Explain how Tan describes the type of language she uses with her mother and her husband. (5 pts.)
    6. If you had to describe to someone the type of “English” that Tan’s mother spoke based on the example that the author shares at the bottom of pg. 225, how would you describe it to someone in comparison to standard English? Be detailed. (5 pts)
    7. Describe what Tan’s perspective is on her own mother’s English (226) as opposed to how she views it through a stranger’s eyes where she begins, “Lately, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks…” and to the end of the page (226). (5 pts)
  2. In Tan’s narrative about the experience during the CAT scan, what does that say about many people’s views of individuals that speak broken English and how they are treated as opposed to native speakers? (5pts)
    9. How does Tan say that her mother’s English may have affected her success in life? (5 pts)
    10. What did Tan choose to do to rebel against the Asian stereotypes when she entered college? (2 pts)
    11. Who became Tan’s audience for her stories as she wrote them and WHY? (5 pts)
    12. What did Tan want to capture in her stories? (3 pts)
    13. After she finished reading Tan’s first book, her mother told her it was “so easy to read.” WHY? (5 pts)

Discuss what sources you would use to decide on what to do about furthering your education.

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Using the six questions for examining a source’s reliability, discuss what sources you would use to decide on what to do about furthering your education. In no less than five paragraphs, compile a list of at least five reliable resources and give your explanation about why or how you know they are reliable.

Share ways to create multiple entry points for students ranging from those who may struggle to those who need to be stretched.

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Multiple Entry Points

The brain thrives on curiosity unless it has been curtailed by experience. A one-right-answer approach negates possible places to start solving a problem. By generating starting points, learners can explore a range of possibilities to reach a similar conclusion.

Use the questions to guide your response. APA 7th citations are required

  • Describe a problem your students struggle to solve.
  • Share ways to create multiple entry points for students ranging from those who may struggle to those who need to be stretched.
  • How does this approach shift your thinking?

 

What are two questions/concerns you have about play, or what are two important things you learned about play from this letter?

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“If you trust play, you will not have to control your child’s development as much. Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine.” – Vince Gowmon
Many skills are developed in a play-based curriculum. Setting up centers in the classroom provides the opportunity for you to plan for learning experiences to strengthen skills in each domain. In addition to this type of structured play, there are also many opportunities for children to learn through play in the form of unstructured activities. However, you may come across parents or other professionals who do not understand the importance of play in supporting early childhood growth and development.
To prepare for this discussion,
• Read Chapters 7 and 8 in your course text.
• Read The Case of Brain Science and Guided Play: A Developing Story (Links to an external site.).
• Review your post from the Developmentally Appropriate Practice: The Key discussion in Week 2.
For this discussion, imagine that you are a teaching assistant for a 3-year-old classroom and are helping the lead teacher with the yearly open house. As families are touring the classroom, you overhear several conversations regarding how much playing children do in this school, and the concerns families have about the academic growth of their children. After everyone has gone, you talk with the lead teacher about what you overheard. The teacher comes up with a plan to send home a one-page informational letter that highlights the importance of play and why it is essential to this classroom. The teacher has asked that you take the lead on this project and create the letter.
For your initial post, develop a one-page informational newsletter to educate families about the importance of play in learning. You may use the Weekly Food For Thought template provided or you can create your own using Word Newsletter Templates or another format of your choice. Your newsletter must include
• A brief introduction that explains play as it pertains to early learning.
• A general quote or saying about play.
• Research that supports play being a developmentally appropriate practice for young children.
• Specific examples of how you use play in your classroom (what types of activities children engage in).
• A quote or saying that supports your classroom activities.
• A discussion of how play is integrated into learning by showing how the classroom examples of play you chose specifically meet the needs of children in this age group (age 3) in each domain of development (include at least one example for each domain).
Upload your newsletter to the discussion board as an attachment.
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. Imagine you are one of the parents concerned about play and have just received this newsletter. What would you say to the teacher in response to the information?
Was the letter convincing enough to change your mind about play? Provide a rationale. What are two questions/concerns you have about play, or what are two important things you learned about play from this letter?

Explain the importance of effective communication

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Assessment tasks
Write about the following:
1.1 – Explain the importance of effective communication
1.2 – Identify barriers to effective communication
1.3 – Describe the reasons for carrying out supervisions
1.4 – Outline the correct procedure to follow when recruiting staff

Compose a 3-page argument essay about a topic in your area of certification area

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In the first part compose a 3-page argument essay about a topic in your area of certification area (e.g., in biology one can compose an argument about evolution vs creationism, etc.; in earth science one can compose an argument about carbon dioxide and its effects on global warming, etc.). This essay should assert your thesis (position statement) with claims containing evidence supporting your thesis (position statement). The argument should close with and a conclusion (warrant). You can include a refutation of the counter-argument but it is not required for this assignment.

What could Tyler’s teachers do to help him continue to progress to the next level? Discuss and record your ideas below. 

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Module 3 Week 3 Assignment — Using Data: Scenarios 

Instructions

Once you have finished watching Using Data to Inform Teaching, you will be prepared to complete the activity Using Data: Scenarios. In this activity, you will read various classroom scenarios and discuss ideas of what the teachers might do next when a child is making steady progress. The scenarios will be sequenced in the order below, which will correspond with the sequence of your responses. Your responses will be evaluated based on your demonstration of critical thinking, clear understanding, and application of the content.

  1. Persistence Scenario
  2. Direction-Following Scenario
  3. Expressive Language Scenario
  4. Early Writing Scenario

(Source: The materials referenced in this activity can be accessed from the Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center and are shared with open-access permission)

Please Answer Each Question Separately. Please write in the boxes under each question provided.

What could Tyler’s teachers do to help him continue to progress to the next level? Discuss and record your ideas below.

The teachers in the scenario below collect information from multiple sources to evaluate children’s progress. What changes could they make in their instruction to help a specific subgroup of children? Discuss and record your ideas below.

The teachers in the scenario below collect information from multiple sources to check the progress of a child who is reluctant to talk in the classroom. What changes could they make in their instruction to help Dina? Discuss and record your ideas below.

The teachers in this scenario collect information from multiple sources to evaluate children’s progress. What changes could they make to help the 4-year-olds in their class develop early writing skills? Discuss and record your ideas below.

Summarize the philosophy of education conveyed by the 1787 Northwest Ordinance

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• Plan Key Points: Decide on key points that you will make in your 3 to 5-minute video. Do not plan on reading what you may have already written. You may, however, create an outline or notes to follow. Your key points should be clear to your audience and accomplish your purpose for the video.

• Finalize Content & Image(s): Consider how you will package the content and the logical flow of progression you will use to make your point. What image(s) will you use? Will the image(s) be digital, such as a PowerPoint slide or an Adobe Spark Page, or will you use a physical image that you hold or show alongside you in the video view? Citations and references are optional for this assignment; they are not required.

Prepare a comparative analysis of student poverty and educational issues present in the United States and in Finland.

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Students must prepare a comparative analysis of student poverty and educational issues present in the United States and in Finland. The research paper must have a cover sheet and a bibliography.

What can be concluded in a general and specific sense from this situation/experience and the analyses you have undertaken?

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Complete reflect on each of the 5 play cards in the playbook using the guiding reflective questions
Directions:
Self-care for the student as well as the educator is critical to building the resiliency needed to cope with traumatic events. Complete the 5 play cards attached. These have prompts to guide your reflections for each play card. Use these reflections as well as the Act on it sections of each play card to inform the final project “To create a resilience classroom plan”. Your reflections should be submitted in narrative form. Please consider the tips for writing your reflections below. Your reflections should be more than a summary of what is found in each play card.
Tips for writing your reflections
1. Focus on the areas which pose the most problems or difficulty in addition to those which are less problematic.
2. Write, record describe the scenario (the course, the context, environmental scan)
o Reflect, think about What are your reactions?
o What are your feelings?
o What are the good and the bad aspects of the situation?
o What you have learned?
3. Analyze, explain, gain insight
o What was really going on?
o What sense can you make of the situation?
o Can you integrate theory into the experience/situation?
o Can you demonstrate an improved awareness and self-development because of the situation?
4. Conclusions
o What can be concluded in a general and specific sense from this situation/experience and the analyses you have undertaken?
o Personal action plan What are you going to do differently in this type of situation next time?
o What steps are you going to take on the basis of what you have learned?