by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Draw To Remember Summaries In this activity students will draw and write a short description of something they just read. These drawings and summaries can serve as guides for students to go back and review events from previous readings to help with memory and...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Exemplar Jigsaw This activity immerses students within a particular format, genre, or style of work, and guides them towards recognizing its characteristics, features, and purpose. Using a jigsaw format, students analyze exemplars in pairs, then “teach” their exemplar...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Costa’s Questioning This activity helps students to generate and classify questions at three levels: Gathering Information, Processing Information, Applying Information. This framework helps to expand and structure students’ questioning processes so that they...
by reDesign | Sep 30, 2020
Coding the Text This activity provides an organized and time-sensitive way for students to respond in multiple ways to a text as they are reading. By using a pre-established “code,” students indicate a variety of responses they may have to a text without significantly...
by reDesign | Sep 30, 2020
Book Pass This activity helps students to find books that they are interested in reading, and that are at an appropriate reading level. It provides a structured way for students to examine many books in a brief amount of time. CONTENT AREA ELA LEARNING CYCLE STAGE...
