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 * DID YOU KNOW? 4.0 Sept. 2009 ** ** Resources for Teaching Copyright - includes video **

Building Academic Vocabulary Resources for implementing Marzano's research-based 6-step process for building academic vocabulary

One-page Guide to the 6-Step Process



Building Academic Vocabulary Marzano's 6-Step Process Research-Based Vocabulary activities - Scroll down for reproducibles More Ideas from Visual Thesaurus

Technology Activities for Building Vocabulary

**Non-Linguistic Representation** Designs for Thinking - David Hyerle's Site about Thinking Maps Thinking Maps - Visual Tools for Activating Habits of Mind - A chapter by David Hyerle Cognitive Bridge to Literacy - A graphic organizer detailing use of the maps


 * The Maps:**

**defining** this idea in context? ||= How am I **describing** this thing? || ||= **Classify** How do I group these things together? || **parts** fit together to form a **whole**? ||= How do I see this **sequence** of events? || **causes** lead to this event and what were the **effects**? ||= **Analogy** How do these ideas transfer to other ideas ? ||
 * = How am I
 * = **Compare** How are these alike and different?
 * = How do the
 * = How did these

Cooperative Learning The Jigsaw Classroom in Ten Easy Steps

Note Taking

Summarizing Focus on Effectiveness: Summarizing and Notetaking - Scroll down for simple directions for implementing Delete-Substitute-Keep strategy - EXCELLENT article from Rick Wormeli with activities for teaching summarizing Beginning Summarizing for Grades 1-2 - Nice activity using the poetry of Shel Silverstein - Graphic organizer from the article above

Summarizing Strategies - Includes VIDEO examples of teachers implementing strategies with students at elementary and secondary levels!

Generating a Hypothesis Mission Critical: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning


 * Identifying Similarities and Differences**
 * Focus on Effectiveness - Identifying Similarities and Differences**

Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers Focus on Effectiveness - Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers Filling the Toolbox - Classroom Strategies to Engender Student Questioning Inviting Student Engagement through Questioning

Concept Mapping References

Interactive Graphic Organizers

Homework and Practice

Think Tank: Flip Thinking

Flip Teaching for 21st Century Classrooms

Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

Ideas and Strategies for Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Focus on Effectiveness - Reinforcing Effort

Effort and Achievement Rubrics

Setting Objectives (student goals) and Providing Feedback

Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals

Setting Objectives

Providing Feedback