INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TANGIBLE

COOPERATIVE LEARNING-Means numerous ways to group students. Students work together to complete task and effective organized structured lessons are in place. The goal depends on all students working together to accomplish goals. Each student is a resource needed to succeed as a group. There is positive interdependence. Elements of communication, decision making, conflict resolution and time management are in place.
IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES COMPARE AND CONTRAST- challenge NONLINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS/GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS- instead of lectures and reading. Involves visual imagery, auditory experiences, kinesthetic or whole body mode. Integrate all senses, and modes of learning when building your lesson plans. Examples of using graphic organizers to facilitate in using nonlinguistic representation are thinking maps and, software, concept maps, idea webs, dance and music.

students to link, make connections with and integrate ideas. Have students focus or bridge the relationships between ideas. Students should be allowed to come up with their own strategies to compare and contrast. Use non linguistic representations to accomplish this task. Have students use symbolic and graphic representations. Use analogies and classification systems. Examples are Venn diagrams, comparison charts/tables, hierarchal taxonomies, linked maps.

MARZANOS SIX INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

ADVANCED ORGANIZERSSTUDY GUIDES- kwl charts are a great example. K is for information the student already knows. W is for what the student wants to know and L is for what the student learned afterwards. These allow students to organize themselves before a lesson begins. Advanced organizers facilitate a way for students to organize their thoughts more constructively. CUES AND QUESTIONS-HIGHER THINKING SKILLS- Focus questions on what is most important not on what is most interesting. Ask students to analyze information not just pull answers from text or from recall. Give students enough time to answer, thus increase wait time. Ask questions to introduce topics not just at the end of lessons. Give students and overview of the whole picture of your lesson. Cues give hints about what you are about to teach. This activates their thinking and prepares them for what is coming ahead. HOMEWORK AND PRACTICEuse as a focused strategy for increasing understanding. Practice to achieve mastery levels. Homework should match student skills. Provide positive consequence for completion. Provide positive feedback. Helps develop good study habits. Focus on fewer skills but deeper level. Parents should facilitate not teach/ do their homework. Use advanced organizer (KWL) to prepare ahead for the next days lesson. 10 min for each grade level. Make goal of hw clear to every student. Support structures like journals made available.