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Instructional Design and Planning Flashcards

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  1. A teacher is planning a lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) at varying proficiency levels. Which strategy BEST supports comprehensible input?

    Answer: Incorporating visuals, realia, and simplified language alongside grade-level content

    Comprehensible input (Krashen) is made accessible through visual supports, realia, and context clues while maintaining grade-level concepts.

  2. Which assessment type should a teacher administer BEFORE beginning a new unit to identify gaps in prerequisite knowledge?

    Answer: Diagnostic assessment

    Diagnostic assessments are administered before instruction to identify students' existing knowledge, skills, and misconceptions that will inform planning.

  3. When designing a lesson, vertical alignment refers to:

    Answer: Ensuring content builds logically across grade levels from one year to the next

    Vertical alignment ensures that curriculum content builds coherently from grade to grade so students develop deeper understanding over time.

  4. A teacher incorporates think-pair-share during a lesson. This strategy PRIMARILY promotes:

    Answer: Active student engagement and processing through peer discussion

    Think-pair-share increases active participation by giving all students time to think, discuss with a partner, and then share — deepening processing of content.

  5. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of an anticipatory set in a lesson plan?

    Answer: Capturing student attention and connecting new learning to prior knowledge at the start

    An anticipatory set is an opening activity that hooks student interest, activates prior knowledge, and prepares learners for the new content.

  6. A student consistently finishes work early and demonstrates mastery. Which instructional response is MOST appropriate?

    Answer: Provide enrichment tasks that deepen or extend the same learning objectives

    Enrichment tasks extend and deepen learning at a higher level of complexity, ensuring early finishers continue to grow rather than simply fill time.

  7. A lesson plan component that describes what the teacher will do if students do not master the objective is called a:

    Answer: Re-teaching or intervention plan

    A re-teaching or intervention plan outlines alternative strategies the teacher will use when students fail to master an objective after initial instruction.