ESOL Online has a helpful list of strategies for activating prior knowledge that are useful for multilingual or monolingual classrooms.
Why UDL?
The strategies listed on the ESOL site, such as concept maps, KWL charts, and graphic organizers, are effective examples of ways to activate and supply students' background knowledge.
On this Doing What Works site, understand the research-based recommendation to teach vocabulary, watch videos on how actual schools are teaching vocabulary, and find a collection of tools and ideas to help you improve your practice.
Why UDL?
This site provides excellent examples as to how to support vocabulary development in the classroom.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Why UDL?
Scratch provides students with an array of ways to demonstrate learning - through creating interactive stories, animations, games, art.
Visuwords is an online graphic dictionary and thesaurus that helps develop word knowledge. Word relationships are illustrated by the color and pattern of the link between words.
Why UDL?
Flexibility of color and contrast is a great example of customizing the display of information so that it is accessible to a broader range of users.
"Focus on Effectiveness" offers research-based strategies on providing feedback to students.
Why UDL?
The strategies offered in this article will help educators to increase the mastery-oriented feedback that they give to students.
"This five-part series explores how one teacher designs, refines, and implements rubrics in a variety of subject areas."
Why UDL?
This series reveals how implementing rubrics in the classroom help to make the goals and the objectives of activities and assignments more explicit.
Assignment Calculator allows users to create a time management guide for writing assignments.
Why UDL?
A personalized time management guide is an effective way to support planning and strategy development.
This teaching module explains how rubrics can make a positive impact in your classroom, discusses different types of rubrics, and offers tips on getting started.
Why UDL?
Rubrics are an effective strategy for heightening the salience of goals and objectives.