Four Corners and Anticipation Guides:Both of these techniques “activate schema” by asking students to react in some way to a series of controversial statements about a topic they are about to study. In Four Corners, students move around the room to show their degree of agreement or disagreement with various statements — about, for instance, the health risks of tanning, or the purpose of college, or dystopian teen literature. An anticipation guide does the same thing, though generally students simply react in writing to a list of statements on a handout. In this warm-up to a lesson on some of the controversies currently raging over school reform, students can use the statements we provide in either of these ways.
Reading Strategies for 'Informational Text' - NYTimes.com - 172 views
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Gallery Walks:A rich way to build background on a topic at the beginning of a unit (or showcase learning at the end), Gallery Walks for this purpose are usually teacher-created collections of images, articles, maps, quotations, graphs and other written and visual texts that can immerse students in information about a broad subject. Students circulate through the gallery, reading, writing and talking about what they see.
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Graphic Organizers:
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Always Write: Cobett's "7 Elements of a Differentiated Writing Lesson" Resources - 10 views
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One of the goals I ask teachers to set after my training is to find new ways to push students to analyze and evaluate as they learn to write.
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As part of my teacher workshop on the writing process, we investigate multiple uses of student samples. One of my favorite techniques involves having student compare and contrast finished pieces of writing. During both pre-writing and and revision, this push for deeper student thinking both educates and inspires your students.
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Differentiating Instruction with Technology - 111 views
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instructionalstrategies
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1.Recognizing similarities and differences
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Graphic organizers such as the Venn diagram and Comparison matrix
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Popplet - 225 views
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Another way to present information visually. Very neat and easy to use.
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story map for your ideas; demo tool for showing what you know.
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Collect ideas, brainstorm, collaborate. Easy to use site.
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