Benefit- Thoughts are important because they eventually become words.

Benefit- Activates prior knowledge and primes students for new vocabulary.

TEKS 6.1E – "The student is expected to create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas."

Benefit- It is easy to initiate conversations and get to a deeper level.

Allow one to think critically to respond with a strong argument.

Benefit- Discussion setting will be more organized, and this setting can be found in the presidential debate.

Benefit- Brainstorming, and producing words that are under the same category.

Benefit- Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening

Benefit- To promote academic discourse, deepen comprehension, and support language development, especially for multilingual learners (ELLs) and students who benefit from scaffolded discussions.

Benefit- QR Codes for Literacy Strategies in the classroom is an engaging, tech-enhanced way to promote reading, writing, and critical thinking.

Benefit- Be able to recall any thoughts by glancing at the icons.

Benefit- Selling ideas as quickly as possible. First impression and words are important.

TEKS 7.1E – "The student is expected to explain and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication."

Benefit-Word Sorting is a hands-on literacy strategy where students categorize words based on patterns, meanings, or sounds.

TEKS 6.1D – The student is expected to communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate.

Mathematical languages.

Benefit-List-Group-Label (LGL) is an interactive vocabulary-building and categorization strategy that enhances students' critical thinking, word analysis, and conceptual understanding.

TEKS 5.1D – "The student is expected to communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate."

Students brainstorm and list all the words they know about quadrilaterals (e.g., square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, angles, sides, etc.).

Benefit-Dueling Dice is an interactive, game-based learning strategy that promotes critical thinking.

Benefit- Inner Clock, Outer Clock for editing and proof reading purpose.

Benefit- to help students actively engage with new topics by organizing prior knowledge, setting learning goals, and reflecting on new understanding.

TEKS 4.1A – The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.

Students design a garden layout using graph paper, label dimensions, and calculate the area and perimeter, applying what they’ve learned to a real-world context.

Benefit-collaborative learning research, emphasizing peer interaction to deepen understanding.

TEKS 4.1C – "The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems."

Benefit-Improves reading comprehension of complex texts.

TEKS 7.1C – The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems.

This builds problem-solving techniques, helping students make sense of complex word problems—a core part of TEKS 7.1C.

Benefit-Quick formative assessment.

TEKS 6.1F – "The student is expected to analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas."

Exit Tickets are short assessments at the end of a lesson that allow students to reflect on their learning, demonstrate understanding, and communicate their reasoning.

Benefit- Teacher models metacognition by verbalizing their reading process.

TEKS 5.1B – "The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding.

The Think Aloud strategy encourages students to verbalize their thought process as they work through a problem.

Benefit- Promotes collaborative meaning-making. Small groups read and discuss different texts on a theme.

TEKS 6.1E – The student is expected to create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.

Read and discuss math-related texts, word problems, or real-world scenarios.