Maximizing Instructional Time

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Maximizing Instructional Time

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Focusing on the Beginning
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Intro Activity

• Individually, take 1 minute to list 10 of your
  favorite foods.
• With your clock buddy, take 1 minute to merge
  your list into one with 10 foods you can both
  agree on. Write your list on chart paper.
• With your partner, you have 5 minutes to draw a
  person that represents all the foods on your list
• Be prepared to share your drawing.

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Purposes for Strategies Used in the Beginning of
a Lesson

• Build background knowledge about the concept
• Activate prior knowledge
• Discuss/ Introduce unfamiliar vocabulary
• Emphasize important concepts for the day
• Grab their attention/Set the stage for learning
• Generate questions/ make predictions
• Set a purpose for reading, listening, or viewing

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Purposes for Strategies Used in the Beginning of
a Lesson

• Build background knowledge about the concept
• ABC Brainstorm, Table Talk, Corners
• Activate prior knowledge
• Anticipation Guide, Think-Pair-Share, Quick
  Write, Five Word Prediction, Pre reading Plan,
  Semantic Map, Word Splash, Frame of Reference
• Discuss/ Introduce unfamiliar vocabulary
• Pre reading Plan, Five Word Prediction
• Emphasize Important concepts for the day
• Snowball Fight, List-Group-Label
• Grab their attention/Set the stage for learning
• Story, Real life application, Create tension
  with a question, Video Clip, Movement , Creative
  Activity, Props, Music
• Generate questions/ make predictions
• Five word Prediction
• Set a purpose for Reading, Listening, or Viewing
• Three Column Charts, Corners, Anticipation
  Guide, Journals

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Before Strategy Samples

• Anticipation Guides
• Quadrant Card
• Vocabulary Word Map
• Create A Card Game

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Assessing Your Understanding

• Take 2 minutes to read the first page of the
  Middle School Science scenario.
• Identify the beginning activity used by this
  teacher on the first day of the unit on density
  and the evidence that supports the effectiveness
  of the strategy.