Time out can backfire because a student may be able to avoid a particular activity.

5. The birth rate in Africa has increased from million births per year to million births per year, where t is the number of years since 2000. Find the total increase in population that will result from this higher birth rate between         . ​ A   B   C   D   E  

Calling or emailing parents should be avoided to the greatest extent possible because they do not appreciate teachers invading their privacy.

Marcie is a student in your fifth-grade class, and her best friend Tara is in the classroom directly across the hall from yours. Marcie often gets up and goes to the doorway to ostensibly use the pencil sharpener, which is located near the door, or to throw something away in the garbage can (also located near the door), but you know she’s hoping to catch a glimpse of Tara. You suspect that Tara is doing the same thing in her room, because you see her at the classroom door frequently. The scenario above is an issue of

Your friend Keeyah is soft-spoken and a bit timid, but she desperately wants to be a teacher. She says to you, “I wish I could communicate as well as you do! You seem to be calm and cool and you communicate your needs and expectations so clearly, but you never make people feel bad when you do it. I’m always afraid when I have to confront someone. I’ll probably never be able to be good at this sort of thing…maybe teaching isn’t the right job for me.” Your response is

A potential drawback of individualized instruction is that a teacher can get so busy with recordkeeping and monitoring students that little interactive instruction occurs.

You’re teaching a lesson and Stanley burps loudly. You give him “the look” but do not otherwise react. He does it again – this time, a really loud, long burp. You say, “Stanley, you are rude to burp out loud like that. How gross.” Your response is

Give an example of whales that can only be found in one ocean basin. Give the name of the species and the location.

Beluga whales have unfused neck vertebrae, allowing them to have more flexible necks

3. Which list of numbers represents all of the critical values of the function graphed below? A none B   5 C   0, 5 D   0, 10 E   0, 5, 10