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Classroom Activities

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Agreement Circles

Agreement Circles is a kinesthetic process that engages students in debating ideas concerning the topic of study, allowing…

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…

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…

Chat Stations

Chat stations are low-prep, small-group discussions on different topics that allow students to practice asking and answering…

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Clothespin Sliders Partner Conversations

This is a structured conversation activity in which students take turns asking and answering multiple questions (an initial…

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Elevator

Elevator is a presentational speaking activity that engages students in short bursts of meaningful communication in partners…

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Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (19)
  • Interpretive (13)
  • Presentational (8)

Performance Range

  • Novice (5)
  • Intermediate (9)
  • Advanced (4)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (17)
  • 6-8 (36)
  • (-) 9-12 (37)
  • (-) K-2 (6)
  • Undergraduate (37)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (28)
  • Online (28)

GRR Stage

  • I do (15)
  • (-) We do (12)
  • (-) You do alone (10)
  • (-) You do together (18)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (10)
  • Pairs (14)
  • Small group (11)
  • Whole class (14)

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