Teaching Terminology

 

GENERAL

• "IS IT GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT MY NAME ON IT": each child is continually asked to reflect upon the quality of his/her work by asking this introspective question
• HEADINGS: headings refers to the information a student places at the top of a paper to identify his/her work (name, subject, date, etc.)
• RUBRICS: components with grading values

PLANNING INSTRUCTION

• CONTENT, PROCESS, PRODUCT: teachers consider these three components when developing lesson plans
• CONTENT: information students should master
• PROCESS: teaching strategies and learning activities designed to help students master content
• PRODUCTS: finished work
• BLOOM'S TAXONOMY: teachers expose students to all levels of thinking skills; we strive to reach higher-levels as frequently as possible

LANGUAGE

• PARTS OF SPEECH (NOUN, VERB, ADJ, ETC. - VS. "GLUE WORD")
• STATE OF ILLINOIS ISAT WRITING VOCABULARY & STRUCTURE
• LITERAL/INFERENCE
• SEMANTICS: (e.g. root words, base words) - commas in a series: place a comma before the word "and"
• INFORMATION LITERACY PACKET (EX. WORKS CITED VS. BIBLIOGRAPHY): the publication style students use when documenting research sources
• BIG 6
• 6+1 WRITING TRAITS
• SELF-MONITORING STRATEGIES
• CONTENT-AREA READING STRATEGIES
• SELF-SELECTION OF BOOK STRATEGIES

MATHEMATICS

• BORROWING - TRADING - REGROUPING (KNOW AS SYNONYMOUS)

SCIENCE

• SCIENTIFIC PROCESS/SCIENTIFIC METHOD consistent with ISAT - is used whenever students do scientific experiments or activities

SOCIAL STUDIES

• SUMMARY CHART

CONDUCT

• CLOW CHARACTER
• RESPECT
• RESPONSIBILITY

ABC BEHAVIOR

• A: Always demonstrating respect and responsibility because it is the right thing to do
• B: Behaving responsibly and respectfully because a teacher is present
• C: Choosing not to act responsibly or respectfully