mgs: 3Q Week 1 Instructional Strategies

Welcome to week 1 of 3rd quarter! I wanted to share a SMORE that I put together for our monthly BTNT meeting. We had a really good discussion about the book, Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain
Written by Marcia Tate.

You can watch a video from Marcia below.

You will also find many links in the SMORE that will help you engage the brain during instruction.

Be sure to check out this Spotlight on Strategy link from Discovery ED. This strategy helps students learn to summarize information and analyze it at a deeper level. Click the image to download.

I also made a Google Slide for you to use with your students. It even has a video to go along with how to use it in class. Click the image to make a copy of the file.

I love the ideas in this blog post from The Thinker Builder. It is filled with ideas to easily differentiate your large group.

Check out this 5E Model of Instruction!

From Teach Like This

How many Es do meet in your lessons?

You can read more about the 5Es by clicking the image below.

Kindergarten:

RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)

K.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4

+ 1)

First Grade:

RL.1.2. Retell familiar stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

NBT.6 Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences), using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used

Second Grade:

RI 2.5 Glossary/ Index/ Table of Contents

Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

2.G.1 Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.1 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

Third Grade:

RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

3.MD.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different area or with the same area and different perimeters.

PE Connection:

Building a Snowman PE Game