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Read Aloud

The teacher will read the content text aloud (it should be a short passage or book). The first time the students will listen, the second time the students will take notes and after the third time the students will discuss with a partner. The teacher will them provided guided questions for students to answer that will determine their comprehension of the information.

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One Sentence Summary

Have students provide a one sentence summary of their thoughts about the lesson content for the day.

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Picture Perfect

Provide students with pictures that are representative of the upcoming topic and have them make inferences about what they think you will be discussing next. The teacher will facilitate a discussion after students have viewed the photos and made inferences.

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321

Students write 3 things they learned, 2 things they want to know more about and 1 thing they still have a question about on a Post-It note and stick it on the back of the classroom door as they exit.

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Cartoon

Have students work independently or in groups to create a digital cartoon of content material that includes captions. Have the students present to the class or share digitally and allow classmates to provide feedback about how well the cartoon provided or did not provide them with information regarding the topic.

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Debates

Provide students with a question or issue and have their team take a stance. Create 2-3 sections for agree, disagree or neutral and have students discuss and create evidence to support their stance. The teacher will facilitate the final debate.

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Social Media Post

Use a social media template such as (facebook, snapchat or instagram) and have students make a post regarding a particular question and allow other students to make comments, this can be done digitally or on paper.

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Guided Notes

Students have a notes template to follow along as the teacher gives critical information and students insert the correct words, phrases or statements within the notes.

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Kahoot

Students answer questions related to the content area classroom while being allowed to earn points and play a game based on how many questions they answer correctly. They can also play the games as a team for more competition.

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WebQuest

A WebQuest is a fun way for students to explore content as a journey using interactive web-based resources to retrieve information.

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Blogs

Students can create a blog and other students and the teacher can make comments and share their ideas.

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Prezi

Students can use technology to create a prezi informational board for their content area subject.

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Trashketball

Students are given a question for their group and time to discuss the answer. The teacher randomly calls on a student to answer for their group and if they get it correct the representative gets to shoot the trashball at the trash can and the team gets a point if the student makes the basket.

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Kick Me

Students have a vocabulary term on their back as well as a list of definitions on a sheet of paper. Each student walks around the room and attempts to find the term that matches the strategy. The teacher should determine a specified time frame.

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Whip Around

Students turn back to back and the teacher poses a question. The students write their answers on the whiteboard and when the teacher says "whip around" they turn facing one another and compare answers. This can continue as long as the teacher would like for it too.

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Learning Stations

Students rotate to various groups that provide hands-on activities related to the particular content. The stations can include computers, games, task or explore activity, or a choice board.

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Give One Take One

Write a question related to the content topic and post it on the board. Students answer the question and then walks throughout the room and collects different ideas from another student, then they repeat the process with other students. Each student collects at minimum number of ideas, for example 4 then everyone returns to their seats and the teacher begins the whole group discussion.

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Snowball Fight

Different questions are placed on sheets of paper and the student answers the question and then crumbles up the paper. The paper is thrown and another student picks it up and adds more to the answer currently on the paper. This continues until the teacher ends the game and then everyone picks up a snowball and the teacher faciliates a whole group discussion.

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Task Cards

Create cards with specific tasks on them and have them in different parts of the room. Have groups choose a card and answer the question and rotate to different cards to answer questions.

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Think Pair Share

The teacher poses a question and students think out it individually, then they discuss their ideas with a partner and the pair of students share their ideas with the class during a teacher led discussion.

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Jigsaw

Students are working in groups, which is called their home group and each group member is placed into an expert group where they become knowledgeable about some part of the lesson. After a specified time frame the experts return to their home group and share the information they learned in their own way and their group members take notes.

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Write a Song

Students can create a song to reflect the information they have learned concerning the content area topic. Teachers should create a rubric with specific criteria for lyrics and inclusion of content facts.

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Four Corners

Students are given a multiple-choice question and moves to the corner that corresponds with their answer and they discuss with those that agree with them and share out the justification for their answer.

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Pictionary

Students guess what key vocabulary works are as students model the words in the form of a drawing.

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Three Minute Review

The teacher pause after 3-4 slides of a lesson and allow students to discuss and review what was taught and ask each other qiestions.

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Pause Procedure

The teacher pauses to allow students to go back and make sense of their notes before moving on with instruction.

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Carousel

Student are in groups and rotate to each piece of chart paper, which has a question and they must answer it differently from the previous groups.

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Stand Up/Sit Down

A question is posed and students stand up if they agree and sit down if they disagree.

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Beach Ball

The beach ball strategy involves throwing and allowing the student to answer the question that their index finger lands on. If they get it correct, the throw the ball and sit down; if they don't get correct they must remain standing.

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Chain Note

Students will be in groups and each person will receive a different color paper with a different question for each group member. The students must answer the question and then pass their papers around their group until each group member answers the question. The group cannot answer the same or similarly to what the person prior to them has answered.