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Sherry Franklin

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Instructional Strategies for Feedback

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate

Try some of the instructional strategies in this collection to help students provide feedback on what they have learned or on their peers' work. Student feedback is an important tool for educators to gauge how well students understand and engage with the material. It enables teachers to identify areas... Read more »

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Active Engagement, Analyze, Collaborate, Compare & Contrast, Critical Thinking, Elaborate, Evaluate, Identify, Problem Solving, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Summarize, Synthesize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate
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Time Frame
Cognitive Comics With Canva

Time Frame Time Frame

  • More Than 30 Minutes
Instructional Strategy

In this strategy, students create short comics to artistically express their understanding of a concept or share a related experience.

Tech Integration

Create beautiful things with this easy drop-and-drag graphic design tool.

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Tech-Integrated Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Small Group

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • More Than 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Present, Problem Solving, Summarize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - 12th
Instructional Strategies for Formative Assessment

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate

This collection contains strategies for implementing formative assessment in the classroom. Formative assessment is a method of evaluating student learning throughout the learning process rather than just at the end. It enables teachers to identify areas where students need additional support and to... Read more »

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Analyze, Collaborate, Compare & Contrast, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Elaborate, Evaluate, Identify, Organize, Physical Movement, Problem Solving, Reason, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Summarize, Synthesize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate
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Time Frame
Instructional Strategies for Explaining

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Secondary

This collection contains several strategies that help students explain their learning. Explaining one's learning and thinking is important for academic growth and development. It helps students develop metacognitive skills. These skills include the ability to process one's own thinking and learning.... Read more »

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Analyze, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Compare & Contrast, Critical Thinking, Elaborate, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Infer, Interpret, Physical Movement, Reason, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Summarize, Synthesize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Secondary
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Time Frame
Instructional Strategies for Comprehension

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - 12th

This is a collection of instructional strategies to help students comprehend information. Comprehension is critical in understanding and retaining the information students are reading or listening to in the classroom. It also includes making connections between different pieces of information and ensuring... Read more »

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes, More Than 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Analyze, Annotating Text, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Elaborate, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Identify, Infer, Interpret, Organize, Reason, Recognize, Reflection, Speak & Listen, Summarize, Synthesize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - 12th
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Time Frame
Mirror, Microscope, Binoculars

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary

This reflection strategy is a way for students to look at their learning through three different lenses: self-reflection, learning reflection, and social/global reflection. This strategy is best used at the end of a unit or activity. Read more »

Strategy Instructional Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Analyze, Critical Thinking, Reflection, Self-assessment

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary

Districts review their previous Strategic Action Plans. They work to adjust their plan for updated student achievement data. Leaders determine action steps to keep, delete, or add for the next 3 years. Read more »

Professional Learning

Tag Target Audience

  • Administrators, Other Stakeholders

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10)
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Time Frame 840
Scoot With Blooket

Time Frame Time Frame

  • 20 - 30 Minutes, More Than 30 Minutes
Instructional Strategy

Scoot is a strategy where students move to complete tasks that have been placed at different locations in the classroom. After spending a specified...

Tech Integration

Blooket is a free educational tool that enables teachers to gamify quizzes, homework, and other activities using a variety of game modes.

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Tech-Integrated Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explore/Learning Activity, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • 20 - 30 Minutes, More Than 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Identify, Physical Movement, Problem Solving, Recognize, Review, Self-assessment, Synthesize, Vocabulary

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - 12th
Instructional Strategies for Classifying

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate

This is a collection of instructional strategies that can be used in the classroom to help students improve their classifying skills. Classifying is a valuable skill for students to develop as it allows them to organize information and see relationships between different items. This process helps them... Read more »

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Small Group, Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing, Extend/Additional Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Analyze, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Compare & Contrast, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Evaluate, Identify, Interpret, Organize, Reason, Recognize, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment, Student Choice

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Undergraduate
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Time Frame
Responsive Circle

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Secondary

Responsive circle is a strategy that builds a positive classroom community through discussion. It can be used for academic, conflict, and proactive community-building discussions with teachers and students. Read more »

Strategy Instructional Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explore/Learning Activity, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • More Than 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment, Speak & Listen, Student Choice

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - Secondary