Teaching Strategies
Differentiated instruction: teacher will make sure that every student understands content at their level. For example, the teacher will use an article from Freckle but each student will read that article at their present level of reading performance. With differentiated instruction, assignments are created to fit the needs of each student. The content, processes we use or actual learning environment can be differentiated so that students understand. Differentiated instruction allows us to be flexible as educators.
Behavior Management: Establishing and sustaining an orderly environment increases meaningful academic learning and facilitates social and emotional growth. It is important to establish this in any classroom but especially where topics and conversations can become intense.
Double Entry Journal: The students will use a double entry journal to understand vocabulary and for writing quotations from the text to check for their understanding. For the vocabulary words, students may draw pictures instead of words to help them understand the concepts.
Visuals to teach vocabulary/concepts - The teacher will use visuals to teach vocabulary and concepts. This will allow our students to have a greater understanding of the vocabulary. For example, visuals of vocabulary concepts such as: flags, the constitution, elections, voting and freedom will be used in this unit.
Think Pair Share - This strategy will first allow students to think critically on their own. They will then pair with a partner and then share their thoughts with each other. To extend this activity further, students will pair with other pairs of students to share their thoughts on whatever the subject matter is.
Silent Conversations: Teacher will post questions, quotations or thoughts on big chart paper for the students to respond to. Students will also respond to one another.
Gallery Walk: During the gallery walk, students will explore various pictures depicting the various concepts of democracy, inequality and voting. They will leave comments using a post it note near each picture to share what the picture means to them. Students will verbally discuss the pictures collectively as a group. This is an excellent strategy for students that are kinesthetic learners and like to move around while learning.
Debate - Students will be given a topic to argue their point. The topics are student centered and teacher created. This will teach them how to think quickly on their feet recalling facts.
Student Led Activity - Students will create an election of their own. They will formally go through the process. This will be created and led by the students with very little input from the teacher unless they ask for guidance.
Word Wall - teacher will create a word wall with pertinent vocabulary words that relate to our unit. Students will be able to refer back to those words throughout the unit. This will assist them with using the vocabulary words they have learned throughout the unit. We will also use “me on the map” which will allow them to have an interactive sound wall.
Dialogue/Skit: Students will create a very short dialogue/skit in Spanish speaking up for their rights. Students will select premade sentence stems to assist them with developing their sentences.
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