Kerri Honeycutt

EC-6
June 2014
Marzano's
6
Instructional
Strategies
Cooperative Groups
-Emphasizes the importance of cooperation rather than competition
-Students at any age studying any topic can enefit
-Sma!! groups or pairs "or# est
-High engagement "hen students share a tas#
-$ncreased sense of team"or#%community
Identifying Similarities and Differences
-&o e most effecti'e in c!assroom management( teachers must
#no" and understand the cu!tura! differences in their c!assroom
-)nderstanding students cu!tures%ac#grounds he!ps educators
understand "hy chi!dren do and act the "ay the do
-&eachers must a!so e a"are of the persona!ity differences and
*ifferent !e'e!s of understanding of their students
-Kno"ing simi!arities and differences of their students p!ays direct!y
into the many options educators ha'e for c!assroom management
Non-linguistic Representation Grap!ic "rganizers
-$n order to e an effecti'e teacher you must de!i'er engaging
instruction
-Smi!e at your students( ha'e &+,S of CH-.$S/-( don0t ta!# more
than your students do( use mu!tip!e modes of of !earning
-)se graphic organizers to engage students
-1hen students create graphic organizers they can see the
re!ationships among the important e!ements of the assignment
-2raphic organizers can e used for a 'ariety of purposes3
-ta#ing notes( to compare and contrast( to c!assify and
organize( to so!'e pro!ems( to understand cause and effect
-&ypes of graphic organizers inc!ude3 Concept /aps( *escription
maps( &ime Se4uence maps( Cause and Effect maps
#ome$or% and &ractice
-Home"or# is necessary to he!p reinforce and master s#i!!s and
#no"!edge
-$t is important for teachers to create a home"or# partnership "ith
parents and students
-Sending a home"or# !etter to parents out!ining your home"or#
po!icy "i!! he!p faci!itate that partnership
-&he numer of minutes of home"or# that is recommended
is 105 their grade !e'e! per night 6 for a!! c!asses
-$t is important to ha'e a po!icy for home"or# and to stic# to it
Cues and 'uestions
-7uestions can e used oth to as# students to reca!! information
y rote and to de'e!op or in'ent their o"n ans"ers to comp!e5(
+pen-ended pro!ems
-8our steps to egin using essentia! 4uestions3
--9egin "ith a thematic unit or a strong interest of your students
--1or# "ith students to rainstorm( then use c!assic 4uestions
that e5pand in'estigations3 "ho( "hat( "here( "hen( "hy( ho"
--he!p students ma#e predictions( use p!anning too!s and e'a!uate
materia!s( resources and information
---s students gather information decide ho" to synthesize it(
determine ho" you "ant them to present their "or#
(dvance "rganizer
--n -d'ance organizer is a too! used to introduce a !esson topic
and i!!ustrate the re!ationship et"een "hat the students are aout
to !earn and the information they ha'e a!ready !earned
--d'ance +rganizers act as a ridge from o!d information to ne"
information
-different types of ad'ance organizers inc!ude3 e5pository( narrati'e(
s#imming and graphic organizers