Activating+Strategies

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Learning Focused Schools stresses that we need to get kids "hooked' at the beginning of lessons, and that we should use this "hook" to lead into our lessons. Below are some examples of how technology can be used to achieve this. ======

 Wordle - Just like in training, you can use a world splash to help activate thinking and prior knowledge before a lesson.

[|Graphic Organizer Creator]  - This tool allows your students to create their own graphic organizer, from home or school. Have them map out a word they know, or make a web of information they already know about the topic you are about to start studying.

Senteo  - Using the Senteo Student Response System (also called SMART Response), you can create some simple questions to use as an activating strategy at the beginning of a lesson. For example, you could ask some true/false questions about what you are going to be learning, then have your lesson, and then at the end come back to the questions and have students rewrite the questions so they are all true.

Google Earth  - Take your students on a tour of places you are going to study! Whether it be places mentioned in the Shakespeare play you are about to read, or a trip up the Nile through Egypt, your students will get to see where they will be studying before they study it! You can extend this activity by adding a discussion or writing prompt (example: looking a the geography of Egypt during our Google Earth tour of the Nile, why do you think the ancient Egyptians settled there? or What conclusion could you draw about the theme of the story we are about to read from looking at the sites you just saw on our Google Earth tour?)

​  – This document is a collection of activities from the Greensville, South Carolina School District.

This powerpoint slide contains the Student Learning Mape Template that can be used to present the information. Any content can be typed in the template and then presented. Essential Questions, Concepts, and Key Vocabulary are all programmed to slide into the presentation as you progress through the slide.

Activate a student's thoughts / prior knowledge using an acrostic.

Sample of a graphic organizer that can be utilized with students.

Activating strategy that is quick and requires little preparation.

Using visualization to activate and summarize.

A creative way to assess and link prior knowledge.

Students use unit vocabulary to come up with possible sentences using the vocabulary.

Students circulate about the classroom in search of partner for this activity. Promotes collaboration and active movement.

Instructions for the Give One Get One activity that is utilized during the LFS strategies training.



Using your body to spell words.

A format for students to share their ideas.

Some of the Ideas and information provided on this page have been collected from other sources that includes LFS trainings, district websites, and personal teacher collections.