Instructional Strategy 1
Name:
Robert Lewis
Name of strategy:
Word Splash
Source (Where did this come from?):
World Affairs . org
Link to the strategy:
http://www.world-affairs.org/globalclassroom/curriculum/ReadingToLearn2.pdf
Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented.
This strategy is a before and after reading strategy that will first allow the students to get interested in the activity and then after the unit allow the teacher to assess the students knowledge of the subject.
The students will be handed out a word list of the chapter. They will then take these words and match them up in pairs of words that are related. For example if one word was sand then they would match that with beach. Of course, it would be geared to the unit of study. The students would be requested to explain how they matched these items. After the unit was over they would be requested to come up with a word splash of their own and explain the words they matched.
Explain what part of the standard course of study is addressed by this activity.
This activity can be used in any part of the standard course of study that is using a non fiction book or a text book. For this assignment, I think I could use it occasionally to switch out activities.
Explain why you think this strategy will work and how does the strategy help your students learn?
This strategy allows the children to learn about the key terms of the subject before they even get started. It also lets them get interested so they will want to find out more about the terms. I actually intend to try this before starting a lesson and see how it goes.
This sounds like it could be effective for elementary students, but I am thinking middle and high school students would find it a bit juvenile. Roberta Wilson
I like it, and think it can be adapted for older students.
Woody Trathen
This strategy sounds similar to the pattern puzzle I talked about. I think that this could be geared towards middle school students.