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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…

Beginning, Middle, End

In this activity, students carefully examine an image or a piece of artwork that is culturally authentic and has an emotional…

Carousel Brainstorm

This activity gives students the chance to share their ideas about a topic or theme before the teacher begins a unit of study…

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Draw, Write, and Talk

The purpose of this strategy is to support students in producing language in the presentational mode (writing or speaking) by…

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Find Your Match

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice asking questions based on key information in order to find and…

Jigsaw: Base Groups/Expert Groups

The purpose of this activity is twofold: first, to comprehend and infer meaning from a text by becoming an expert on a portion…

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Magnetic Summary

The purpose of this strategy is to help students with the difficult task of condensing and organizing information. This…

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Name Game

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice asking key questions that will help them identify an object, place,…

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Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (21)
  • (-) Interpretive (12)
  • (-) Presentational (5)

Performance Range

  • Novice (5)
  • Intermediate (5)
  • Advanced (1)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (7)
  • 6-8 (15)
  • 9-12 (15)
  • K-2 (5)
  • Undergraduate (13)

Classroom Setting

  • (-) Face-to-Face (15)
  • Online (15)

GRR Stage

  • I do (13)
  • (-) We do (10)
  • You do alone (9)
  • (-) You do together (5)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (6)
  • Pairs (7)
  • Small group (3)
  • Whole class (5)

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