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Make sure that technology is available to the whole class.

Make sure students have access to many online tools like Survey Monkey, Digital Videos, Prezi, Google Drive, IWB software, and Wordle.

Students need to know how make and use graphic organizers.

Clickers need to be easily accessible.

Use a generator first to see how it works.

Get feedback from your students to see what strategies are working well.

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Teacher creates a list of key words and phrases from the new content, presents the list to students, and has them to classify them into categories.

Once the terms are categorized the teacher leads the students in a whole-class discussion about the sorting of the terms, how they relate to one another, and what students already know about the topic.

Technology Enhancement

Wordle

Allows students to create a word cloud that represents the frequency of words.

Used to stimulate class discussion about the content.

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Classroom Games: How to Use Word Splash - TeachHUB

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Learning vocabulary and terminology can be boring for students, but using a game can increase student engagement. Learn how to use Word Splash in your class

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This is used to pique students' interest and activate background knowledge.

Teachers can create a series of statements and have students respond to them.

After students have time to work through anticipation guides, the teacher leads them in a whole group discussion.

Technology Enhancement

Use clickers to have students respond to anticipation guide questions at the beginning of the lesson.

Use a random name generator to choose students to defend their answers.

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Teacher distributes blank graphic organizers that students fill in during the introduction of new content.

Allows students to visualize the structure, organization, and flow of information.

Helps students make connections between new content and previously learned content.

Technology Enhancement

Create a graphic organizer that previews new content, its connections, and its sequence using online presentation software.

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Know, Want to Know, Learned process

K column of the chart:  Class brainstorms about what they already know about the topic.

W column of the chart:  Class brainstorms information they want to find out about the topic.

L column of the chart:  Class generates a list of information they learned throughout the lesson.

Technology Enhancement

Use technology to create interactive, multi sensory  versions of the K-W-L elements.

Use IWB software to add textual element.

Use hyperlinks to argument the K-W-L chart with supporting information.

Use clickers to suggest elements for the     K-W-L chart.

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Making Personal and Cultural Connections Using A Girl Named Disaster
Struggling to survive is one of the many themes explored in A Girl Named Disaster. As students read, they look for connections between themselves and the main character, Nhamo.

Engineering the Perfect Poem by Using the Vocabulary of STEM
Students research engineering careers and create poetry to understand the vocabulary of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
Making It Visual for ELL Students: Teaching History Using Maus
Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel Maus. The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.
Creating Question and Answer Books through Guided Research
This series of activities is designed to teach research strategies. Students use KWL charts to guide their inquiry and publish their results in a collaborative question and answer book.
Critical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
Students critically explore the moral issue of slavery through reading fiction and nonfiction children's literature about the Underground Railroad, and they extend their understanding through creative writing projects.
Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.
Using the Check and Line Method to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Do your students skim assigned text material without even engaging their brains? The Check and Line method encourages students to think about what they are reading and monitor their own comprehension of the information.
Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing
Students investigate issues of plagiarism, fair use, and paraphrasing using KWL charts, discussion, and practice.

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Making Personal and Cultural Connections Using A Girl Named Disaster Struggling to survive is one of the many themes explored in A Girl Named Disaster. As students read, they look for connections between themselves and the main character, Nhamo.

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Students will glance at headings, subheadings, and images to make inferences about the meaning of text before reading.

Students will then try to summarize the main ideas in the section, make predictions, or compose questions about the content.

Technology Enhancement

Presentation Software (Prezi or Google Drive) or IWB software.

Can be used as a visual prompt to skim each heading and stimulate student discussion prior to the lesson.

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Highlights critical information to guide students in knowing what information they should be listening for.

Teacher asks questions and shares information to catch the attention of the class and activate background knowledge students may have about new content.

Technology Enhancement

Survey Monkey

Online surveying tool used to conduct surveys with students before lessons.

Polling Technology

Great tool for drawing out students' understanding or misconception while previewing new content.

Students can respond to questions using clickers and then the results can be displayed.

Digitized Primary Source Documents

Used to help students generate links between past knowledge, related knowledge, and new content.

Digital Videos

Used for previewing new content and activating students' prior knowledge.

Students can compare and contrast the clips and discuss the similarities and differences as a class.

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Preview Questions

Skimming

K-W-L Strategy

Advance Organizers

Anticipation Guides

Word Splash Activity

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Intro: Previewing refers to any activity that initiates student thinking about the information students will encounter in class. This practice is beneficial even for students who do not have any background knowledge on the topic, because at the very least, they will be able to activate   related knowledge, which will allow them to formulate crucial links between new and previously acquired content.