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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…

Charades - Modified

The purpose of this activity is to check for learning and build recall of key or target vocabulary for a lesson. In this…

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…

Memory (Modified)

The purpose of this activity is to provide a level of “desirable difficulty” by adding a memory component to an interpretive…

Museum Activity

This activity is an “art tour.” The purpose of the activity is for students to view and discuss famous works of art from the…

Respond to a Survey

This is a self-paced activity, in which students read questions or statements and select the most appropriate answer from a…

Say Something Reading Strategy

"Say Something" is an interpretive reading strategy that allows learners to increase understanding of the text as they read…

Story Maps

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

Pagination

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

Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (19)
  • (-) Interpretive (10)
  • Presentational (4)

Performance Range

  • Novice (1)
  • Intermediate (2)

Grade Level

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

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (7)
  • Online (7)

GRR Stage

  • I do (15)
  • (-) We do (7)
  • You do alone (5)
  • (-) You do together (3)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (2)
  • Pairs (4)
  • Small group (4)
  • Whole class (4)

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