Activating Prior Knowledge and Building Background

READY SET GO WHOA

What do I know? What new information do I What new information do I What questions do I still have?
think I will gather? have?

Within our discipline, teachers Specific Techniques for Accessing prior knowledge is
will activate prior knowledge by accessing prior knowledge. particularly vital when using
referring to the previous day’s text to distribute content.
content. Students analyze and interpret
new content through what they
already know.
What are some techniques for
activating students’ prior
knowledge at the start of the
school year?