A Fourth-Grade Teacher Wants to Do What's Best for a Student

Multiple Choice

A fourth-grade teacher wants to do what's best for a student named Lily, who has difficulties with articulation and is sometimes difficult to understand. Which one of the following strategies is most likely to facilitate Lily's language development?

A) Regularly engage Lily in classroom conversations and ask for clarification when her meaning isn't clear.
B) Avoid calling on Lily in class so she will not feel embarrassed about speaking in front of her peers.
C) Finish Lily's sentences for her when she stutters so she doesn't have to struggle so much to make herself understood.
D) Encourage the other students to pretend they understand Lily even if they don't, so that she will gain confidence in speaking.