https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna Reviewing Content en-us 2019-04-01 14:22:08 UTC 2025-11-08 06:30:19 UTC hello@padlet.com jesbizzle https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347193244 Cloze reading is used to assess a student's understanding of vocabulary, it also helps a teacher determine if students are comprehending the information presented. In a cloze activity, the teacher presents previously learned information with missing pieces and has students  fill in the missing parts. Teachers can also have students create their own cloze reading passages. This makes learning more authentic. It also helps students find and make connections between key vocabulary within in the story and how their meaning enhances the story. Finally, students can exchange their cloze reading passages with other classmates. This naturally reinforces the critical components of the story including key vocabulary as students interact with each other and share what they created. This gives students ownership in the learning process. Technology allows students to complete interactive cloze activities online incorporating images or even video and audio clips. Students can check their answers when finished to see if any modifications are necessary. Teachers can also use clickers and polling software for real time whole class instruction. ]]> 2019-04-01 14:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347193244 jesbizzle https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347206450 To review previously learned content, the class can discuss the information they remember using short summaries. This helps them compare their knowledge with other students, gives a variety of perspectives and viewpoints, helps students process the information and allows them to prepare for new content. Technology can enhance how students summarize new knowledge by providing multiple ways for students to record and organize information. Allowing students to use audio recording software like Audacity, or the audio record feature on Chromebooks and phones can also assist with voice summaries. Students should include the main ideas, important details,  and understanding of key vocabulary. Verbal communication skills are important for students. Verbal communication encompasses both how you deliver messages and how you receive them. Skills that are enhanced through this communication are: active listening, clarity and conciseness, confidence, empathy, giving and soliciting feedback, confidence, respectfulness, and non-verbal (body language, tone of voice, eye contact) communication. I've included a link: Tips for Teachers to Utilize Summaries Wisely. ]]> 2019-04-01 14:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347206450 jesbizzle https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347227283 The teacher can engage students in a review by having them demonstrate a skill or process that requires them to use previously learned information or a previously learned procedure.  Exposure to demonstrations improves students' perceptions of their learning, the importance of the subject, and also enhances the students'understanding of concepts.  Demonstration sessions can promote thinking skills and enable students to think more creatively. These demonstrations can also allow diverse learners or those with specific needs to gain a better understanding of content. I've attached a list of 100 things students can create to demonstrate what they know. This list also offers several digital tools for students to consider using in a technology rich environment. A specific example of using technology to demonstrate their knowledge is to have students use Animoto or a video creation tool to create a video where students narrate the lesson and display understanding of the concept by teaching others a specific skill. ]]> 2019-04-01 15:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347227283 jesbizzle https://padlet.com/jesbizzle/2d8gg7kdofna/wish/347253112 Teachers can use questions to probe students to recall, recognize, identify, or apply previously learned content. Teachers can also use questioning for students to infer what the new content may include. Open-ended and Reflective questions promote critical thinking skills and deeper understanding of content.  Students can learn to engage in meta-cognition if they are regularly asked self-assessment questions, which require reflection on their own thought processes. When students learn to routinely ask themselves these questions, the depth and quality of their thinking are enhanced. To incorporate technology teachers can use student response systems (SRSs) to record and analyze the amount of time students take to answer review questions to determine where students might be struggling. Using games like Kahoot, Jeopardy, and online flashcards can allow students practice while completing an enjoyable task.  Revisiting questions posed in a beginning of unit activity (such as a KWL) and allowing students to answer those questions is another useful strategy in deepening understanding. I've included a link with some quality information for teachers to generate effective questions. Per the article:
 Good questions can:

• Motivate student learning and fuel curiosity
• Foster intellectual development and stimulate critical thinking
• Assess student understanding
• Guide discussion and shape a positive learning environment
• While mastering the art of asking good questions is a lifelong pursuit, the following are four steps you can take to begin improving your question-asking practices.

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