https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1 By: Brooks Bradshaw en-us 2018-05-25 20:49:33 UTC 2025-09-26 05:42:08 UTC hello@padlet.com bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736567 Previewing refers to an activity that initiates student thinking about what the students will encounter in class. This is also beneficial for students who don't have any background knowledge on the topic because they will be able to activate related knowledge. This will allow them to create links between new and previously learned content. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736567 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736738 When you preview questions you highlight information that the students will be learning. 

Technology Enhancement- Polling technology can be used for drawing out student's understanding. You can also use digital videos to grab students attention for new content. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736738 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736875 The teacher walks the students through headings, subheadings, and images. After skimming a student can summarize the main ideas in the section. 

Technology Enhancement - Use the interactive whiteboard to effectively show students how to skim and what to look for. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736875 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736994 KWL stands for know, want to know, and learned. First, the class brainstorms information that is already known about the topic. When they get to the "W", they record the information they want to learn. When the students get to the end of a lesson they fill out the "L". This explains what they learned. 

Technology Enhancement - Students can use their Chromebooks to create and manipulate their own KWL Chart. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263736994 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737065 First, the teacher hands out a blank graphic organizer to the students. The students will fill in this organizer as they are being introduced to the new content. This will give the student visual structure, organization, and flow of information. 

Technology Enhancement - The teacher can send out the blank graphic organizer using Google Classroom. To fill in the graphic organizer, the teacher can use the interactive whiteboard to show pictures and videos. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737065 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737237 To grab student attention, the teacher can create a series of statements that the students can respond to. The responses can be as simple as "I agree", "I disagree",  true, or false. 

Technology Enhancement - The teacher can send the questions through Google Classroom on a Google Form. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737237 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737375 The teacher can create a list of words or phrases and ask the students to classify them into categories. After the students categorize the terms, the teachers asks for the strategies the students used to classify the terms. 

Technology Enhancement - Have the students create word web to categorize their words using online software. ]]> 2018-05-25 20:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263737375 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263738567 These are all excellent strategies to use in your classroom. You can pick and choose depending on your grade level and content that you teach. I like to use the word splash activity when introducing new social studies or science terms. This allows the student to think about previously learned terms and link them together. I also like to give preview questions because this gives me a starting point of what my students know and do not know. ]]> 2018-05-25 21:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263738567 bradshawb1 https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263738731 Magana, S., & Marzano, R. J. (2014). Chapter 4: Interacting with New Knowledge. In Enhancing
             the Art & Science of Teaching with Technology (pp. 51-54). Bloomington, IN: Marzano 
            Research.]]> 2018-05-25 21:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bradshawb1/h84osdg8lqe1/wish/263738731