by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Photo Drop This activity, adapted from Facing History and Ourselves (www.facinghistory.org) helps students consider what they already know about a topic or a text through visual media. Students examine relevant photographs and identify what they see, make inferences,...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Tap and Count This activity helps students to organize the process of planning and writing a composition. It focuses students on remembering their purpose in writing, the audience they are targeting, and that their composition should include a beginning, middle, and...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Closed and Open Word Sorts Word Sort is a simple small group activity. Students list key words from a reading or a unit of study, or alternatively, the teacher may provide a list of terms prior to the sort. Students identify the meaning and properties of each word and...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Summarizing Summarizing is an important skill for initial consolidation of information, and for later review. Through the act of summarizing, students process information and make meaning of it as they make decisions about main ideas versus details, and as they...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Anticipation Guide Anticipation guides consist of statements about themes from a text and ask students to evaluate their own thoughts about those themes. Anticipation guides help students build background when they think about ideas before they engage in a text. The...
