Teaching Strategies
Notice and Wonder
Notice and Wonder helps organize their thinking and promotes knowledge building. Using a Notice and Wonder chart, the students simply record what they Notice by observing written texts or multimedia. The wonder part of the strategy encourages students to look at texts or multimedia and come up with questions about historical significances, the meaning, or the purpose of what they see. Provide a scaffold for EL students. Sentence frame will help students discuss what they see and what they wonder about a text or multimedia.
Think Pair Share
Think Pair Share is designed for differentiating instructions by providing time and structure on a given topic to promote classroom participation. It creates classroom environment where all students are given an opportunity to share, as opposed to one student answering all the questions. Students are given an opportunity to formulate ideas, share ideas, and most importantly give them a sense of belonging. It’s also a great opportunity for informal assessment.
There are three steps to think pair share. When a question is posed about a given topic, the students are given a chance to think about their answers individually. After that, students pair up with another student and share their answers. Finally, the students share their answers with the whole group.
Story Map
Story map is a framework for identifying elements of a story in texts or films to improve students’ comprehension. It helps students organize information and ideas effectively. The strategy encourages students to read slowly to identify the characters, setting, plot, setting, character traits, and/or problems/ solutions. Story maps are used before, during, and after reading the text.
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