Taylor Wallischs Teacher Tool Kit

Strategy Description Where/When Used? Purpose or Function

1. Graphic Is a visual aid that This can be used Can be used to for
Organizers shows relationships before, during, and multiple purposes:
between key after a lesson. comparing and
concepts and other contrasting, showing
important ideas that the order of an event
they are related to. or events, relating
components to one
another, showing
hierarchical
relationships, and
support solutions to
problems.
2. Concept Is a form of This can be used Aids in establishing
Mapping graphically before, during, or relationships with a
organizing a concept after a lesson. specific concept.
and its
subcomponents. The
main idea is placed in
the center, and
different related
subconcepts spiral
from it.
3. Brainstorming When students share This is prominently Activates prior
their own used before a lesson, knowledge about a
connections with a but can be used topic.
specific topic. during a lesson as
well.
4. Readers Allows students to This can be used Practices public
Theater read their own work before, during, or speaking and fluency
or select a piece and after a lesson. skills.
read it to the class
with drama and
expression.
5. Quick Writes Students are given This can be used Activates prior
approximately 1 to 6 before, during, or knowledge about a
minutes to record after a lesson. topic and allows
their thoughts about students to capture
a particular topic. their thoughts on
paper.
6. Free Writes Are similar to quick This can be used Used to inspire ideas.
writes, but are before, during, or Allows students to
longer and usually after a lesson. create a more
more open ended. formalized piece of
This allows for more writing from said
speculative thoughts ideas.
about a particular
topic.
7. Story Maps Is a graphic organizer This is predominantly Helps students
of the elements of a used after a lesson, remember the
story they have read, but can be used elements of the story
as well as building a during a lesson. they just read. This
plan for their own can also be used to
writing. These create a plan for
elements consist of students own writing
setting, characters, of a story.
problem, rising
action, climax,
solution, and lesson
learned.
8. Story Boards Is a graphic organizer This can be used Helps students recall
that consists of blank during or after a a narrative presented
squares, one after lesson. by a teacher or allows
the other. In each students to create
box, students pencil their own.
in a drawing, state an
idea, or both.
9. Drawing This strategy can be This can be used Helps students
used with students before or after a memorize content
of any age and can lesson, however it information.
be used in any would be most
content area. For beneficial to use this
example, drawing strategy during a
and labeling the lesson.
steps of the water
cycle.
10. Interactive Students can select This can be used Promotes
Journals their own topic, the before, during, or individualized
teacher can select after a lesson. conversation in
the topic, or both. writing between the
Students then write teacher and the
in their journal about student.
the topic selected or
given.
11. Double Entry Each journal page is This is used during a Promotes
Journals folded in half lesson. individualized
lengthwise. While interaction with a
reading, students can selected text.
write a question, list
words, or note a
phrase in the left-
hand column. After
reading, in the right
side column students
respond to
information selected.
12. Plus/Minus/ The main idea of a This strategy is used Allows students to
Interesting selected text is either before a lesson. connect with a text
stated, summarized, before they start
or quoted and reading.
students are asked to
analyze and
comment upon the
issue. The students
will use the plus,
minus, and
interesting format to
write one good thing,
one bad thing, and
what they found to
be interesting, or any
questions that they
have regarding the
main idea.
13. Question- This strategy This can be used Promotes
Answer- requires students to during a lesson. understanding of the
Relationships analyze the types of interactive nature of
questions, their the reader and the
answers, and the text.
relationship to the
text.
14. Timelines Are graphic This strategy can be Helps students recall
organizers that used before, during, important events or
allows students to or after a lesson. dates.
plot specific events
that happened in
sequential order.
15. Think-Pair- The teacher asks a This strategy can be Poses higher-order,
Share question. Next, the used before, during, open ended
students think about or after a lesson. questions.
their thoughts and
write them down.
After that, students
pair up and share
their thoughts with
each other. Finally,
everyone shares
their thoughts with
the entire group.
16. Pantomime Students are asked This is used during a Action learning
to silently act out a lesson. strategy. Allows
scene or story that is meaningful
read aloud by engagement with the
another student. content.
17. Role Play Has students try on This can be used Used to engage
another characters during or after a students in the
point of view and lesson. targeted content and
engage in dialogue allows students to
with a partner. analyze different
characters/individuals
point of view.
18. Buddy Gives students the This strategy is used Allows students to
Reading opportunity to read during a lesson. discuss what has
together in pairs. been read. This also
They can take turns provides the
and then propose opportunity for less
questions or talk fluent readers to
about what has been partner up with more
read. fluent readers who
can assist them in
their reading.
19. Read When reading a This strategy is used Provides practice of
Aloud/Think passage, students during a lesson. the seven habits of
Aloud can think out loud good readers.
to a partner,
explicitly stating how
they are determining
what is most
important in the
passage.
20. Reciprocal This strategy uses This strategy is used Encourages students
Teaching four types of during a lesson. to interrogate the
questions: text.
questioning,
summarizing,
clarifying, and
predicting. A student
reads a chunk of a
passage and the
other student asks
the four types of
questions.
21. Cooperative All members of the This strategy can be Holds all students
Learning group rely on each used before, during, accountable to do
other to solve or after a lesson. their part in the
problems, create group work and
solutions, practice focuses on
skills, or develop communication and
ideas. social skills.
22. Literature A small group reads This strategy is used Provides the
Circles the same book. The during a lesson. opportunity for
same book can be smalls groups to read
assigned to each the same book and
group, or each discuss certain
literature circle can aspects of the text.
select its own text
based upon interest
or reading level.
23. Jigsaw Is an approach that This strategy is used Promotes learning by
has students divide during a lesson. teaching it to other
into small groups and individuals.
learn different
aspects of a single
topic, then has
students share what
they learned with
the entire class.
24. Acting Students dramatize This strategy is used Allows students to
Scenarios important during a lesson. engage with
information from important
each content area. information from
each content area
and aids in helping
 students to recall this
important
information.
25. Carousel Teacher created This strategy is used Allows students to
stations that during a lesson. engage with many
contain materials topics while being
such as a historical able to discuss them
document, a text, a with their peers.
law, a character, or a
photograph. Groups
of students begin at
one station and the
teacher gives a signal
to move on to the
next.
26. Carousel Works the same is a This strategy is used Allows students to
Graffiti Carousel, but is during a lesson. write down their
different in that ideas and have them
students are be shared and
required to write a discussed with the
response on the class.
document given.
When all the stations
have been visited,
the teacher can
select certain
responses and
discuss them with
the class.
27. Anticipation Prepares students to This strategy is used Incorporates student
Guides read through asking before a lesson. interest and allows
students to respond students to compare
to a series of brief their original
statements about responses and
the upcoming readjust their
content by thinking.
answering agree or
disagree.
28. Predictions Asks students to use This can be used Activates prior
information at their before and during a knowledge and
brain tips to make lesson. assists in
an informed guess comprehension.
about what will
happen next.
 29. KWL Is a graphic organizer This strategy is used Activates prior
with 3 columns. The before, during, and knowledge, allows for
first column asks after a lesson. student input, has
what the student students reflect on
already knows, the what they learned,
second asks what the and assists in
student wants to recalling the
know, and the final information that they
column asks what learned.
the student learned.
30. Classification The teacher selects a This can be used Aids in developing
key concepts and before, during, or students higher-order
asks the students to after a lesson. thinking skills.
brainstorm
associated words.
When all of the
words are written
down, the students
group them into
classifications.
31. Webs Are graphic This strategy can be Visually shows
organizers that show used before, during, students how specific
how concepts are or after a lesson. concepts are related
related to one to one another.
another.
32. Songs Students can sing This strategy is used Promotes the
songs to remember during a lesson. retention of targeted
certain skills. For knowledge.
example, singing the
Spanish alphabet
song.
33. Call and The teacher makes This can be used Allows students to
Response oral statements and during or after a review the
has students respond lesson. information
with a brief presented aids in
statement. recalling the
information that was
presented.
34. Class Cue, Similar to call and This is used during a The teacher can see
Individual response, but lesson. which students are
Response different in that the struggling and
students can be and students get to see
all questions and
 answer it each other examples of
individually. students work.
35. Conference An interaction Can be used before, Allows the students
between the teacher during, or after a specific learning
and the student lesson. needs to be met
where the students individually.
needs and issues can
be met.
36. Debate Students take This strategy is used Allows students to
positions on specific during a lesson. analyze various issues
issues and discuss on specific topics.
each of their sides
with each other.
37. Demonstration An activity in which This strategy is used The students see
the teacher or during a lesson. first-hand how to do
student shows something.
someone how to do
something.
38. Independent A student proposes a This strategy can be A student becomes
Study project where he or used before, during, an expert at a specific
she will research or after a lesson. topic
extensively the topic
independently of
other classwork or in
lieu of course work.
39. Project A unity activity This strategy can be Allows students to
where students used during a lesson. use their problem
investigate problems solving skills to come
and the solutions to up with a solution.
them.
40. Seminar A group activity This strategy can be Allows students to
engaged in research used before, during, discuss a topic in
meets together for a or after a lesson. depth and provides
discussion of opportunities for
problems of similar collaboration.
interest.
41. Simulation An experience that in This strategy can be Action learning
which the learner is used during a lesson. strategy allows
given the students to apply
opportunity to their learning to a
respond to a lifelike real life situation.
situation and Student input is taken
through feedback, into account.
 gets to see the
consequences of his
or her actions.
42. Work-Based Students are This strategy can be Hands on learning
Learning connected to the used during or after and shows the
Opportunities world of work. This a lesson. students what
can be done through working out in the
multiple modes such real world is like. It
as clinical, co-ops, also gives them the
youth opportunity for them
apprenticeships, or to experience this
public service work first hand.
activities.
43. Reading Obtaining This strategy can be Practices reading
information from used before, during, skills and allows
books, periodicals, or after a lesson. students to obtain
encyclopedias, and information about a
other printed specific topic.
sources. This can be
done silently or done
in partners.
44. Inquiry/ This approach This strategy is Provides students the
Discovery consists of predominantly used opportunity to
attempting to during a lesson, but become autonomous
answer questions, can be used before a learners.
seek information, lesson if desired by
process data, and the teacher.
develop concepts of
logic and causality.
45. Drill A repetitive activity This strategy is used Allows students to
intended to help during a lesson. practice a certain
develop or fix a skill, it is repetitive so
certain skill or it helps with memory,
component of aids in helping
knowledge. developing skills or
skills that students
need work in.
46. Field Trip An educational trip This strategy is used Provides students the
that the entire class during a lesson. opportunity to learn
takes where they can in the actual setting.
study the content of Hands on learning.
instruction in its
actual setting.
47. Lecture Where the teacher This strategy is used Provides a way for
provides an oral during a lesson. the teacher to give
presentation of facts out information to
or principles while the entire class and
the class is taking gives students
notes. kinesthetic input for
memory while taking
notes.
48. Concept This strategy engages This strategy can be Helps students clarify
Attainment students through the used before and ideas and introduces
usage of illustrations, during a lesson. aspects of the
word cards, or content.
examples.
49. An activity where This strategy is used Allows students to
Experimentation there are controlled during a lesson. discover relationships
conditions where and evaluate their
students make hypothesis.
observations and
note their results.
50. Media Usage Could be an activity This strategy is used Allows the students
as in watching a during a lesson. to engage differently
video or having the with the content and
students work on the receive information
computer or using from different
some type of modes.
equipment.