by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Connect Two In this activity students will make connections between concepts/terms. The purpose of this activity is to help students better understand concepts and how they relate to each other. This activity is best used as a review of key vocabulary. CONTENT AREA...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Connection Graphic Organizer This activity provides a highly structured way for students to identify, organize, and process the connections they make with a text. Students are able to recognize and then categorize different types of connections: to their personal...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Feelings Annotation Through this activity, students focus on the emotions and internal thoughts of an important character in a text. As they read, they imagine what a key character is feeling, and why. They annotate the text with notes and explanations about the...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
First Lines First Lines is a pre-reading activity that promotes comprehension by helping students to anticipate a text based on its opening. It helps students to become more adept at framing a text efficiently, and to focus their attention on what they can learn from...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Gallery Walk In this activity student work is posted and the students walk around and look at their classmates’ work. The purpose of this activity can vary depending on the assignment. In its simplest form a gallery walk is an opportunity for students to see the work...