Quiz: Learning Students' Names

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Which of the following strategies can help you learn students' names?

Listen carefully when students say their name.

Repeat it until you get it right.

Ask students to record their names for you so that you can hear their pronunciation.

All of the above

Which of the following should you not do?

Give students a nickname or use a different name

Make jokes about students' names

Tell students that their names are "spelled wrong"

All of the above

Which of the following shows respect for students' names?

Joking about how hard students' names are to pronounce

Asking students to share a story about their name

Giving a student a name that is easier to pronounce

Complaining about students' names in the teachers' lounge

Misspelling students' names can lead to errors, confusion, and missed services / opportunities.

True

False

A new family registers their daughter for school. The administrative assistant notices that the mother writes "Janeth" on the form. What should the assistant do?

Politely confirm that "Janeth" is the spelling of her daughter's name

Erase the "h" from the form

Tell the mother that "Janet" is the correct spelling

Enter the name as "Janet" in the records system so teachers don't get confused

A Spanish-speaking family registers their son for school. His name is Juan Carlos Moreno Guzmán. How should his last name be entered in her school record?

Carlos Moreno Guzmán

Moreno

Guzmán

Moreno Guzmán

Which of the following is a naming convention in Arabic?

Arabic first names may have two or more parts.

Arabic last names are often preceded by articles, such as "el" or "al" (the).

Names may include hyphens.

All of the above

In which of the following languages is the family name written first and the given name written second?

Hindi

Vietnamese

Ukrainian

Spanish

What is one way that teachers can empower students regarding their names, according to author Juana Martinez-Neal and teacher Lori Dodson?

Making name tags in students' favorite colors

Asking students to sign a banner on the first day of school

Supporting students in correcting others who mispronounce their name

Telling students it's rude to correct mispronunciations of their name

Why did Sylvia Acevedo's name get shortened when she first went to school?

Her teacher couldn't say her name.

Her teacher changed her first name to something different.

Her teacher shortened her name to fit the form.

Her teacher gave her a nickname.

What happened when author Hena Khan invited students at a summer camp to talk about how people said their names?

The students stayed quiet.

The students shared the ways people mispronounced their names.

The students made up poems about their names.

The students talked about the story of their names.

Which experience from her childhood did Hena Khan include in her book "Amina's Voice"?

Her best friend giving her an engraved bracelet with her name

Her best friend giving her a nickname

Her best friend wanting to change her name

Her best friend making fun of Hena's name

How did Dr. Edward Fergus' third-grade teacher respond when he introduced himself as 'Eduar' or 'Eduardo'?

By expressing surprise that he spoke Spanish

By saying, "It's nice to meet you, Eduardo."

By saying, "No, I won’t call you that; you can choose either Eddie or Ed."

Dr. Fergus chose "Eddie" instead of "Ed" because he didn't want to be associated with Mr. Ed, a talking horse.

True

False