Exam 7: Supporting Play in Primary School

Large group meetings are not appropriate for primary classes.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics established state standards as guidelines for developing state requirements in math.

Primary teachers should design play places as carefully as preschool teachers.

Symbolic play decreases during the primary years and the use of games with rules increases.

Games can be used to teach academic concepts in multiage classes.

Olivia and Stephen are playing with blocks in their third grade classroom because this is a good way to develop their mathematical skills.

Children in the primary grades are generally in the ________ play stage.

The first step in developing a project involves ____________________ and ____________________.

Teachers can integrate curriculum through the use of units and themes.

____ is generally used to describe a chart that answers three questions: What do we know? What do we want to know? and What did we learn?

High-stakes testing , which occurs as a routine part of many primary classrooms, serves as a deterrent to innovative play based programs.

The developmental-interaction approach was developed by:

____________________ dominate primary play.

Local culture should be used to inform curriculum.

___________________________________ is the scale used to evaluate afterschool programs.