Teaching Strategies Library
![Small Changes That Make a Big Difference in Group Work](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Small Changes That Make a Big Difference in Group Work
Even though cooperative learning is supported by research, so many teachers struggle with it and ...
![Authentic Small Group Discussions with the Real Talk Strategy](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Authentic Small Group Discussions with the Real Talk Strategy
Real Talk is a small group discussion strategy for teachers who are ready to try ...
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Ethics of AI Project
AI is here and everyone is paying attention, including our students. Maybe they’re wondering how ...
![10 Ways to Give a Better Lecture](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
10 Ways to Give a Better Lecture
Mostly due to overuse and poor execution, lecturing has come to be frowned upon in ...
![Collaborative Project Ideas](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Collaborative Project Ideas
Working together to solve problems and create new things is a vital part of life, ...
![Hexagonal Thinking Actvities](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hexagonal Thinking Actvities
Hexagonal thinking is a simple method that yields big critical thinking results. Kids take a ...
![Exit Tickets](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Exit Tickets
Exit tickets collect feedback on students' understanding at the end of a class and provide ...
![Worst Presentation Ever!](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Worst Presentation Ever!
Giving an effective presentation is not easy, especially for students. Here is a fun way ...
![How to Talk to Students About Cheating](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
How to Talk to Students About Cheating
Although some behaviors are pretty much universally identified as cheating (e.g., copying exam answers), students ...
![Matt Thomas' EL Video Archives](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Matt Thomas’ EL Video Archives
Here you will find all the video workshops created by our very own Matt Thomas ...
![Station Rotations](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Station Rotations
The Station Rotations Model is essentially the secondary version of Learning Centers, which are commonly ...
![Nearpod 101 (It's Not Just for Distance Learning!)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Nearpod 101 (It’s Not Just for Distance Learning!)
The premium version of Nearpod is now FREE for PUHSD teachers! If you've never heard ...
![How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom
Educational podcasting has been growing in popularity in recent years. Students can listen to a ...
![Icebreakers & Community Builders](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Icebreakers & Community Builders
Taking time to build community, nurture relationships, and support students’ social-emotional needs first will lay ...
![Thin Slides EduProtocol](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Thin Slides EduProtocol
In this EduProtocol, students are provided a word and asked to create a slide with ...
![Frayer-a-Thing EduProtocol](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Frayer-a-Thing EduProtocol
In the Frayer EduProtocol, students use a collaborative slide deck to define target vocabulary and ...
![Iron Chef EduProtocol](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Iron Chef EduProtocol
The Iron Chef EduProtocol, modeled after the Iron Chef Cooking show, is a modernized version ...
![Cyber Sandwich EduProtocol](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Cyber Sandwich EduProtocol
The Cyber Sandwich EduProtocol is a lesson frame in which students work in pairs or ...
![Thinking Routines for the Online Classroom](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Thinking Routines for the Online Classroom
Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education has created a collection of Core Thinking ...
![Virtual Station Rotation Lessons](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Virtual Station Rotation Lessons
Instead of rotating physically like they would in a typical classroom, virtual station rotations have ...
![6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021
The six tech tools described in this post are from Cult of Pedagogy's 2021 Teacher's ...
![Creating Moments of Genuine Connection Online](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Creating Moments of Genuine Connection Online
With 100% of our instruction being online, it is more crucial and more difficult than ...
![10 Ways to Stay Motivated as You Work on Student Motivation](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
10 Ways to Stay Motivated as You Work on Student Motivation
As we're working to increase our students' motivation, how do we not become demotivated ourselves? ...
![4 Ted Talks to Teach Executive Functioning Skills](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
4 Ted Talks to Teach Executive Functioning Skills
Executive functioning skills are key for our students to find success in the classroom and ...
![Building a Better Breakout Room](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Building a Better Breakout Room
Google Meet now gives you the ability to put students into smaller meetings, or breakout ...
![Creative Ways to Use Jamboard](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Creative Ways to Use Jamboard
Jamboard is Google's digital whiteboard that gives students a place to brainstorm and work collaboratively ...
![Silent Discussions](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Silent Discussions
Silent Discussions are a discussion warm-up activity that modifies easily to the online environment. Using ...
![Engage-Explore-Explain Choice Boards](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Engage-Explore-Explain Choice Boards
A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose different ways to ...
![Choose Your Own Adventure Project](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Choose Your Own Adventure Project
This creative "choose your own adventure" learning experience gives students lots of voice and choice ...
![Digital Bulletin Boards & Gallery Walks](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Digital Bulletin Boards & Gallery Walks
You don't have to give up Gallery Walks just because we're teaching online. Use this ...
![Intro to Eduprotocols](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Intro to Eduprotocols
EduProtocols are instructional lesson frames that are designed to engage students in online learning through ...
![Interactive Quizzes](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Interactive Quizzes
Learn how to create interactive quizzes using Google Slides. Template included ...
![Interactive Choice Boards](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Interactive Choice Boards
Choice boards are a form of differentiated learning that gives students a menu or choice ...
![Digital Interactive Notebooks](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Digital Interactive Notebooks
DINBs are virtual binders that students use to organize their class notes and activities, and to interact ...
![Virtual Icebreakers & Google Meet Games](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Virtual Icebreakers & Google Meet Games
Features an editable slide deck with yes/no, would you rather, and open-ended questions, and a ...
![Bitmoji Virtual Classrooms](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Bitmoji Virtual Classrooms
Learn how to use Google Slides to create a virtual bitmoji classroom. Includes a tutorial ...
![Templates for Organizing Weekly Content](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Templates for Organizing Weekly Content
This is a collection of Google Slides templates for organizing weekly lesson plans. Students click ...
![Meet the Teacher Templates](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Meet the Teacher Templates
This is a Google Slides template for introducing yourself to students. Topics include a quick ...
![Meet-the-Student Templates](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Meet-the-Student Templates
Give your students a creative way to introduce themselves. Here you'll find templates for virtual ...
![Distance Learning Expectations](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Distance Learning Expectations
There are 3 option in this post for communicating distance learning expectations: a Disney themed ...
![Syllabus Templates](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Syllabus Templates
This is an editable Google Slides template for making a digital version of your syllabus, ...
![Article of the Week](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Article of the Week
Part of the reason students struggle with reading is because they lack prior knowledge and ...
![Curation Assignments](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Curation Assignments
When it’s time to plan the learning experiences that would have our students operating on ...
![Crumple & Shoot](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Crumple & Shoot
This high-energy, low-tech game can be used in any subject area and is perfect for ...
![How to Teach Collaboration](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
How to Teach Collaboration
Before launching into literature circles, fishbowl discussions, Socratic Seminars, or any other small group pedagogy, ...
![Word Splash Worksheet](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Word Splash Worksheet
A word splash presents several new (and perhaps unfamiliar) vocabulary words and phrases randomly across ...
![Close Reading Bookmarks](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Close Reading Bookmarks
This simple tool is an excellent way to help students keep track of evidence as ...
![Turn & Talk Sentence Frames](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Turn & Talk Sentence Frames
Every 12-15 minutes, students should be given a short amount of time to consolidate their ...
![Send-a-Question](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Send-a-Question
This strategy promotes team building and concept review as well as explorations that are more ...
![Problem-Solving Carousel](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Problem-Solving Carousel
Each station has a different multi-step problem written on a large whiteboard or piece of ...
![Value Lines - Where do I Stand?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Value Lines – Where do I Stand?
This strategy is a blend of Bend the Line and Philosophical Chairs that has been ...
![Note-Taking: Research Round-Up](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Note-Taking: Research Round-Up
We all have our own half-baked ideas about what makes one note-taking approach better than ...
![Two No-Prep Strategies to Crowdsource Student Learning in Your Classroom](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Two No-Prep Strategies to Crowdsource Student Learning in Your Classroom
In this post are two strategies you can use in your classroom that engage students ...
!["Two Things": A Quick, No-Quiz Retrieval Strategy](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
“Two Things”: A Quick, No-Quiz Retrieval Strategy
How can we use retrieval practice to break up our lessons, quickly and easily, without ...
![Brain Dumps: A Small Strategy with a Big Impact](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Brain Dumps: A Small Strategy with a Big Impact
Here’s a small strategy that makes a big impact on student learning – based on ...
![5 Ways to Turn a Worksheet into a Collaborative Critical Thinking Activity](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
5 Ways to Turn a Worksheet into a Collaborative Critical Thinking Activity
Here are 5 no prep ways you can turn just about any lower level thinking ...
![Make It Stick: 4 Powerful Teaching Strategies Based on the Science of Learning](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Make It Stick: 4 Powerful Teaching Strategies Based on the Science of Learning
Over the past few decades, cognitive scientists have been trying to pinpoint exactly which activities ...
![How to Build a Better Slideshow](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
How to Build a Better Slideshow
Far too many PowerPoints and other slideshow presentations (by students AND teachers) are suffering from ...
![Tech Tools for Mind Mapping](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Tech Tools for Mind Mapping
Graphic organizers, or “mind maps,” make thinking visual, organizing concepts in a way that shows ...
![10 Review Activities for Any Unit](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
10 Review Activities for Any Unit
It's easy for review to get a little mundane, quickly going back over everything through ...
![SOAPSTone Analysis: Essay Planning](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
SOAPSTone Analysis: Essay Planning
Good composition, whether written, spoken, or drawn, is carefully planned. This composition has integral parts ...
![Forced Choice Partners (Would You Rather...?)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Forced Choice Partners (Would You Rather…?)
This activity can be used as an icebreaker or as a way to move students ...
![Infographics Project](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Infographics Project
A good infographic can distill a concept so clearly. Take a hugely complex issue and ...
![Discussion Warm-Ups](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Discussion Warm-Ups
Most students just don't respond well to walking into class and kicking off a discussion ...
![Exit Ticket Sorting Bins](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Exit Ticket Sorting Bins
Having students self-sort their exit tickets according to their confidence level with the knowledge or ...
![Teacher Clarity](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Teacher Clarity
Teacher clarity is a measure of the clarity of communication between teachers and students in ...
![Getting Started with Genius Hour](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Getting Started with Genius Hour
Do you find yourself searching for that one project that would truly engage your students? ...
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Sketchnoting
Sketchnotes are like one-pagers that you create on the fly, making your choices rapidly as ...
![One-Pagers for the Art-Phobic](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
One-Pagers for the Art-Phobic
One-pagers are becoming increasingly popular as a way to help students process what they have ...
![Pop-Up Debates](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Pop-Up Debates
Pop-up Debate is a method for managing and facilitating in-class debates; it is easily modifiable ...
![Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher-Order?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher-Order?
It’s kind of a given that most teachers want their students to be doing rigorous, ...
![Wicked Problems & Impossible Projects: 33 Questions at DOK Level 4](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Wicked Problems & Impossible Projects: 33 Questions at DOK Level 4
Wicked problems and impossible projects are complicated by nature because of the many components, factors, ...
![DOK Ceilings](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
DOK Ceilings
This visual, designed by Erik Francis of Maverick Education, is intended for teachers to use ...
![DOK is NOT a Wheel!](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
DOK is NOT a Wheel!
Depth of Knowledge. It’s a concept we in education have heard a lot about since ...
![What Does DOK Level 4 Look Like?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
What Does DOK Level 4 Look Like?
Curricular elements assigned to this level demand extended and integrated use of higher order thinking ...
![What Does DOK Level 3 Look Like?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
What Does DOK Level 3 Look Like?
Tasks and classroom discourse falling into this category demand the use of planning, reasoning, and ...
![What Does DOK Level 2 Look Like?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
What Does DOK Level 2 Look Like?
Level 2 includes the engagement of mental processing beyond recalling, reproducing, or locating an answer ...
![What Does DOK Level 1 Look Like?](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
What Does DOK Level 1 Look Like?
Curricular elements that fall into this category involve basic tasks that require students to recall ...
![History of Higher Order Thinking Tools](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
History of Higher Order Thinking Tools
Cognitive Rigor: Blending the Strengths of Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge to Enhance ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Classroom Walk-Through Tool)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Classroom Walk-Through Tool)
Looking for rigot walk-through tool: teacher and student roles ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (CTE)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (CTE)
Hess’s Interpretation Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in Career and Technical ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (World Language)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (World Language)
Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in World Language ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Health/PE)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Health/PE)
Applying (Hess’s Interpretation of) Depth of Knowledge to Porter’s Cognitive Demand Categories in Health and ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Fine Arts)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Fine Arts)
Applying (Hess’ Interpretation of) Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Artistic Practices ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Social Studies)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Social Studies)
Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in Social Studies ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Writing/Speaking)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Writing/Speaking)
Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in Writing/Speaking ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Math/Science)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Math/Science)
Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in Math and Science ...
![Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Reading)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Reading)
Applying Webb’s Depth-of-Knowledge Levels to Bloom’s Cognitive Process Dimensions in Reading ...
![What's It Really About Carousel](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
What’s It Really About Carousel
"What's It Really About?" Carousel What It Is This activity is similar to the Debate Team ...
![A Better Table Summary](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
A Better Table Summary
This activity allows students to process the most essential elements of the day’s lesson. They ...
![List, Group, Label](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
List, Group, Label
List, Group, Label is an excellent way to have students collaboratively “spill their brains” onto ...
![1, 2, 3 O'Clock](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
1, 2, 3 O’Clock
This wrap-up technique allows you to quickly review three important questions by having students respond ...
![A-Z Sentence Summary](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
A-Z Sentence Summary
In this activity, students use alphabet refrigerator magnets to create a Chalkboard Splash review. At ...
![Three-Sentence Wrap Up](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Three-Sentence Wrap Up
By asking students for Three-Sentence Wrap-Ups, you eliminate their tendency to add every peripheral item ...
![The Biggest Aha Bar Graph](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The Biggest Aha Bar Graph
The Biggest Aha Bar Graph allows you to capture what students feel are their most ...
![The Biggest Aha Quick-Write](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The Biggest Aha Quick-Write
The Biggest Aha Quick-Write is a quick, versatile activity that can provide closure to almost ...
![One Word Summary](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
One Word Summary
One-Word Summaries to allow students to summarize the essence of the content presented that day ...
![IQ Cards (Insight & Question)](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
IQ Cards (Insight & Question)
IQ Cards allow all students to share two things: an insight (I) and a question ...
![Debate Team Carousel](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Debate Team Carousel
Debate Team Carousel is an activity in which students debate a position from various angles ...
![Pause, Star, Rank](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Pause, Star, Rank
This activity allows students to review their notes while the concepts are still fresh in ...
![Lecture T-Chart](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Lecture T-Chart
A Lecture T-Chart can be very useful to students by allowing them to review their ...
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Picture Notes
Picture Notes can provide an excellent way for students to stop and process what they ...
![Confer, Compare, and Clarify](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Confer, Compare, and Clarify
This activity allows students to read each other’s notes, make comparisons, and add their own ...
![The Ripple](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The Ripple
In the traditional question-and-answer approach, a teacher poses a question to the class as a ...
![Bounce Cards](https://secondaryclassroom.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Bounce Cards
Bounce cards are a way to help students who struggle to get academic conversations started ...
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Categorizing & Sorting
Categorizing and sorting can be used to help students understand a wide variety of unique ...
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Networking Sessions
A Networking Session is a simple mix-it-up activity that allows students to talk to others ...
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Thumbs Up/Down Vote
Thumbs Up/Down Vote is another one of those quick techniques that many teachers use frequently ...
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Thumps Up When Ready & Processing Cards
Allowing students to take even a brief moment to process their reflections to a prompt ...
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Chalkboard Splash
Chalkboard Splashes provide a quick way to debrief students’ responses, Quick-Draws, or abbreviated Quick-Writes. ...
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Quick-Draw Gallery Walk
Quick-Draws are opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of an abstract term or concept ...
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Quick-Draws
Quick-Draws are opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of an abstract term or concept ...
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RallyCoach
Partners take turns providing ideas/ answers or solving problems orally or in writing. Variations include ...
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RallyTable
Partners take turns providing ideas/ answers or solving problems orally or in writing. Variations include ...
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Stand Up – Hand Up – Pair Up
Students stand up, put their hands up, and quickly find a partner with whom to ...
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Timed Pair Share
In pairs, students share with a partner for a predetermined time while their partner listens ...
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Three-Step Interview
Students interview their partner and then each share with teammates what they learned ...
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Talking Chips
Teammates place talking chips in the center of the table to make sure everyone contributes ...
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RoundTable
In teams, students take turns generating written responses, solving problems, or making a contribution to ...
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RallyRobin
Partners take turns providing ideas/ answers or solving problems orally or in writing. Variations include ...
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Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Students quiz a partner, get quizzed by a partner, and then trade cards to repeat ...
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Pairs Compare
Pairs generate a list of possible ideas or answers. Pairs compare their answers with another ...
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10-24-7 Note Review Strategy
Offers a schedule for student interaction with notes 10 minutes, 24 hours, and 7 days ...
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Model Cornell Notes
EQ: How do students use Cornell notes to record, revise, question, review, and summarize new ...
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Promoting Rigor with Higher Level Prompts
Provides verbs and teacher prompts for each level of thinking ...
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Mix-Pair-Share
The class mixes until the teacher calls "pair." Students find a new partner to discuss ...
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Mix-Freeze-Group
Students rapidly "mix" around the room, "freeze" in their tracks, and frantically "group" to avoid ...
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Match Mine
Partners on opposite sides of a barrier communicate with precision, attempting to match the other's ...
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Inner-Outer Circle
Students rotate in concentric circles to face new partners for sharing, quizzing, or problem-solving ...
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Flashcard Game
Partners proceed through three rounds as they quiz each pther with flashcards, mastering the content ...
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Find-the-Fiction
Students write three statements and read them to teammates. Teammates try to find which of ...
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Find Someone Who
Students circulate through the classroom, forming and reforming pairs, trying to find "someone who knows" ...
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Fan-N-Pick
Teammates play a card game to respond to questions. Roles rotate with each new question ...
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Gallery Walk/Carousel Feedback
Teams rotate from project to project to leave feedback for other teams ...
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Student-Authored Textbooks
Student-Authored Textbooks What if instead of approaching vocabulary as something they had to learn each ...
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Vocab Magic Spells
Vocab Magic Spells Like the Tattoo Design activity, I think magic spell vocabulary has the potential to ...
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Vocab Post-It Stations
Vocab Post-It Stations Stations are a great way for you to get your kids up ...
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Vocab Tattoo Design
If you’re really struggling to get kids interested in the power of words, try an ...
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Vocab Review Games
Online Review Games By now, Kahoot and Quizlet are much loved tools for the teachers of a gamer generation ...
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Vocab Word Wall Posters
Vocab Word Wall Posters Have you heard of a word wall? Basically you put vocabulary ...
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Vocab Postcards
Vocab Postcards I've got a weakness for buying postcards, but I've turned it into a ...
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Vocab Video Journals
Vocab Video Journals You know how you sometimes stumble upon AMAZING Youtube videos and you ...
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Vocab One-Pagers
Vocab One-Pagers Another great way to get students thinking carefully about their words is to ...