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Having all participants be engaged.

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As much as possible within your classroom.

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It is an easier way for the teacher to adjust the instruction to fit individual student learning needs. It also makes it easier to include differentiation for each student.

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It depends on the reason for the small group. However, typically when it comes to literacy/reading small group instruction you want to create groups based on similar assessment data and scores.

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Teachers can incorporate students' interests within instruction to keep them engaged.

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Culturally relevant and responsive instruction is important for multicultural learners because you want all students to feel represented and seen within their learning environment.

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One of the ways that you can implement culturally relevant and responsive pedagogies in your instruction is by choosing diverse books where multiple students can feel represented by the characters/mannerisms within the book. It is also important to research the authors of the book before you choose it to make sure that students' cultures are accurately represented.

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Personally, as a kid, when learning vocabulary I benefitted from interactive vocabulary games. Along with seeing how it is applied through real-world applications. So, I think that would be beneficial for teachers to do.

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I believe that vocabulary instruction is important for literacy development it is hard for readers to comprehend what they are reading without knowing what the words mean.

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Vocabulary instruction starts around kindergarten and progresses through third grade and beyond. It is important for teachers to remember this vital information because you can understand students' comprehension better.

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During student based learning lessons

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they can collaborate with their peers and have interactions where they can jump and hop off others ideas

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depending on what the small group is for I would say either based on their level (where all students are at the same learning curve) or have students that are at a higher level and lower level mixed so that they can help each other.

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uses topics students are interested in to help with their engagement

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it is important to make sure all students are represented and by using culturally relevant and responsive instruction no one will feel left out or feel like they are experiencing micro aggressions

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by making sure to use most up to date information and to do research on my own and make sure I am educated on things I may not see in myself or identify as

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I think teachers should use more interactive instruction to teach vocabulary and to make it feel less like something they have to do but something they want to do to grow as a learner

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vocabulary is important for literacy development because without vocabulary students will not be able to comprehend what they are reading

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vocabulary starts when students start to speak because they may not recognize it on paper but they understand the meaning of the word when they are heard. vocabulary teaching in school starts in kindergarten and continues through out elementary where students will be exposed to large number of vocal daily.

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active engagement - teach students something

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as much as the teacher can do

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it allows the teacher to meet the needs of certain students who may be falling behind. It also allows fro student collaboration.

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small groups should be 4-6 students and it is best to choose students that are at very similar reading/literacy levels

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teachers can include hands on or incorporate fun and engaging activities while learning to keep the kids actively engaging

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it is important to make sure as a teacher to make all students feel included and represented in their classroom environment

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something that can be done is having a culturally diverse library in the classroom. This can show that all cultures are being represented.

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vocabulary can be boring for many including myself. The way I learned was copying definitions in a dictionary in elementary school. Instead, you could have vocabulary games, like Kahoot.

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I believe it is important because learning more vocabulary and teaching it provides the students with more terms that they may come across when reading. It also allows them to comprehend the vocabulary when reading instead of just coming across the term and not knowing the meaning

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vocabulary instruction can start as early as kindergarten and work its way up. The more students learn their vocabulary, the better they can comprehend texts and their fluency will be greater

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It allows for teachers to tailor instruction more specifically. Students can be grouped by abilities or shared areas of improvement. Small groups also a create a space for student collaboration.

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I would say students should be groups based on smiliar abilities such as reading levels. They could also be based on areas for improvement. This way they could learn strategies and practice together.

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They can bring in students prior knowledge to the instruction as well as have students make personal connections with the material.

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Students should feel seen in the classroom.

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There are a lot of ways to create a culturally relevant classroom. You can provide books that represent many different types of people as well as books that are written by a diverse group. I also think bringing topics that are currently happening in the world into your teaching is another way.

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I think learning vocabulary in context would be beneficial. Such as reading a current news article or blog with vocabulary that students are learning. That way they have a context for the word.

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Vocabulary allows students to be able to comprehend a larger amount of texts.

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As often as possible

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Small group instruction allows teachers to address the very different needs and skill profiles of our readers.

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To form small groups, teachers must have access to reliable and informative assessment data. This will them understand how to place students in their appropriate reading levels and whether they need help with decoding, fluency, or comprehension.

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As often as possible

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Active participation - prompting students to talk about the subject and collaborate with eachother.

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Several times a day. At least once a day.

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It allows students to engage with peers who are in their gorup for a specific reason generated by the teacher. This allows the students to make more meaningful strides in their education. Also, the small group level provides a more individualized setting.

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This is up to the teacher and what they want out of the small group session. I think you can either group students in groups that are of equal level of reading or vary the level of readers in each group so they can help themselves.

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By reflecting the students every day lives within the instruction.

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This is important because we need to make sure that students see themselves and see others within literacy instruction. For multicultural learners specifically, they are often not represented in society so it is especially important to make them feel seen.

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I can do this by assessing what types of learners I have in my classroom. After i have an accurate understanding of what learners are in my classroom I can begin to implement strategies within my classroom to push for inclusion.

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To teach vocabulary teachers should use a very scaffolded procedure. Teachers should incorporate new words into students readings at a pace with which the student can handle. While doing this teachers should also explicitly teach what these words are to the students.

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Vocabulary instruction is important for literacy development because it is the key to students mastering literacy. The more words that a student knows in the text correlates to how well they will be able to read the text.

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I think that vocabulary instruction is an always an ongoing procedure. Students start learning vocabulary when their schooling starts and they never stop learning new vocabulary. Teachers need to keep this in mind because vocabulary is not just something to teach one time.

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Have all students be actively engaged

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As often as you can

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It allows students to work with children that are at a similar skill level and allows instruction to be more specific towards those skills

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Students should be grouped by their skill level for the most part. However, sometimes you could mix students that are at higher and lower skill sets, so that the students can help each other

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I think vocabulary instruction can start as early as prekindergarten and continue to build throughout their education. Teachers should keep this in mind because vocabulary isn't just in a vocabulary lesson but can be learned and built on throughout their days

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Explicit instruction and active engagement.  Also, listening, coaching, and prompting students.

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As much as possible.

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Small group instruction is beneficial because it allows you to target specific needs of students and tailor instruction to specifically fit their needs.  It also allows you to more closely see how a student is progressing with the material and if any changes need to be made in their instruction.

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I think that for literacy small groups students should be grouped together by their skill level. So that all students are working on similar goals.

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Teachers can make learning meaningful and engaging for learners during small group instruction by making sure that the material being taught is challenging for students and maybe difficult at times. Also, including topics and ideas that are relevant to the students' lives and interests.

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Culturally relevant and responsive instruction is important for multicultural learners because when students see themselves represented in school, it engages students and makes them feel more welcomed and comfortable in the classroom.

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One way that I could implement culturally relevant and responsive pedagogies in my instruction is by through the choice of books that I choose to share with the class. Making sure that children see characters that looks like them and learn about other cultures and characters that are different than them as well.

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A strategy that I believe teachers should use to teach vocabulary is to introduce new words and give students meaning behind them or a connection to something that is relevant to them.  I think that engaging the words with the students will help them stick better, rather than just listing off words and definitions.

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I believe that vocabulary instruction is important for literacy development because it gives students a strong back bone. Students could read fluently, but if they don't understand any of the vocabulary, they will have low comprehension.

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I think that vocabulary instruction starts as students beging to learn how to talk, as they are gaining new words all the time.  Vocabulary instruction is an ongoing thing that follows students throughout their years at school.  I think this is vital for teachers to remember because it acknowledges that every student's vocabulary develops at a different rate.