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Classroom Activities

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Anticipation Guide

Anticipation Guides are used to activate curiosity and prior knowledge about a topic. Before reading a fiction or non-fiction…

Find Someone Who…

This activity allows students to ask and answer questions with many different partners (ideally most if not all other students…

Give One, Get One, Move On

This is a low-prep, kinesthetic brainstorming activity that allows students to move around the room to ask and answer…

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Guess Who (Modified)

The purpose of this activity is for students to independently ask questions to find out the identity or name of the person,…

Nested Conversations

This activity is intended for teachers to use after introducing a text, document, or presentation. The purpose of the activity…

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Stand If…

The purpose of this activity is for students to demonstrate their understanding of key vocabulary illustrated with images by…

Story Maps

A story map is graphic representation of the structure of a story. The graphic makes clear the language elements of the story…

Tea Party

This strategy allows students to analyze and discuss portions of a text before they read the text in its entirety. Students…

Pagination

    • Current page 1
    • Page 2
    • Next page Next
    • Last page Last

Mode of Communication

  • (-) Interpersonal (6)
  • (-) Interpretive (5)

Performance Range

  • Novice (3)
  • Intermediate (2)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (7)
  • (-) 6-8 (9)
  • (-) 9-12 (10)
  • K-2 (2)
  • Undergraduate (10)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (9)
  • Online (9)

GRR Stage

  • I do (11)
  • (-) We do (9)
  • (-) You do alone (2)
  • You do together (6)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (7)
  • Pairs (7)
  • Small group (4)
  • (-) Whole class (10)

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