by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
KWL/KWHLAQ K-W-L charts are graphic organizers that help students organize information before, during, and after a unit or a lesson. They can be used to engage students in a new topic, activate prior knowledge, share unit objectives, and monitor learning. KWHLAQ...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
KNWS This activity helps to guide students through the process of solving a mathematical word problem. Students fill out a chart with the following columns as they complete a word problem:K: What do you know?,N: What is not relevant?,W: What do you want to find...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Math Process Logs Using a Math Process Log, students describe their understanding of a problem, and the steps they use to solve it. Their worksheet guides them through the problem solving process, without prescribing a particular method or order. This activity helps...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Scene it In this activity students will visualize and draw events from a text. The purpose of this activity is to help students remember what they read. This activity is best completed at the end of a reading or after a revealing moment in the text that was built up...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Jigsaw In this activity students are divided into groups. Each group has a different focus related to a common theme or topic. Students are then regrouped so that one member from each of the original groups is able to teach the other students what they learned. The...