Five Strategies

what is the strategy that allows students to explore thinking

• Encouraging Curiosity

• Reward Struggles

• Visual Directions

• Making corrections without consequences

Match the following

• Encourage Curiosity

• Mrs. Smith explain an assignment to the class verbally then hands out the assignment on paper

• Reward Struggles

• Tommy is told to find the answer to his question in the book

• Provide visual Directions

• Students are allowed to choose their own book for the upcoming book project. They must make sure that they choose a book fits the perimeters.

• Taking Ownership

• Mr. Wilford tells the students that today in class they will be making test corrections

• Corrections without Consequences

• Michelle has been having problems in calculus all year. Her teacher adds that the first step of learning is struggling then overcoming. Her teacher then offers her help during a free period in the day.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Reward Struggles

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(b) Having Ownership

• Students taking responsibility of their actions

• Setting up a way for the students to communicate with the teacher that they are struggling.

• Putting stickers on good grade papers

• Allowing students to choose their own seat for a day

• having choices within an assignment

• Offering a special privilege like being line leader for a day

What is one way a teacher can help a dependent student become independent?

• Offer them candy

• Walk them through every problem step by step

• let them make corrections without penalizing them

• Fail them and hope they get it next year

A teacher that​ (a)   gives out the instructions verbally before giving the students a paper with the instructions on it so that they can gain independence.​

• gives out candy
• provides visual instruction
• explains every step
• is Mrs. Murphy