A+ Teacher Strategies

Deeper understanding of• Why we need to engage

students in the learning process

• How we create meaning and memory for the students

A+ Teacher Strategies

• Sorting

• Jigsawing

• Power Point

• Graphic Organizer

• Inside,Outside Circle

A+ Teacher Strategies

• Sorting

• Jigsawing

• Power Point

• Graphic Organizer

• Inside,Outside Circle

WHY?

• Connections

• Meaning

• Patterns

(M. Diamond; W. Greenough)

SPARSE

WEAKCONNECTION

S

DENSE

STRONGCONNECTIONS

Your brain seeks to make

meaning out of its perceptions!

Your brain seeks to find

patterns!

Your brain likes

connectio

ns

Neural Networking•Thinking•Learning•Memory•Connections

Jigsaw Directions• Read the Strategy

• Think about how you could use this in your classroom

• Classify this strategy

Jigsaw Strategy• Discuss the strategy with

your teammates• How can the strategy be

used in your area• How can it be tweaked to

work in other areas• Classify the strategy• Think globally (K-12)

A+ Teacher Strategies

Investigate strategies for• Opening class• Processing information• Assessing information• Organizing information• Reviewing information• Closing class• Working in Groups

Opening strategies?

Closing/Review strategies?

Assessment strategies?

Processing strategies?

Where do they belong?

Inside/Outside Circle• Pick a strategy that you

are going to use in the next 2 weeks

• Explain how you are going to use it

• Rotate• Explain what your partner

is going to do• Repeat what you are going

to use

Questions for inside, outside

• Explain jig sawing to your partner!• Tell your partner 3 things your brain

loves!• Why is it important to have a toolbox

full of strategies?• What new strategy will you use next

week and how will you use it?