Strategy

Notebook:

Amanda Megela
Residency TAMCU

Table of Contents:
Mathematic Strategy
ELAR Strategy
Writing Strategy
Science Strategy
Social Studies Strategy

Mathematic Strategy
An interactive math strategy for students to
partake in is this program called Istation. It is an
Interactive way for students to be able to work
with math, but also to integrate technology into
the day for them as well. Istation simply provides
each student with an individual test according to
how well students are doing on the provided
questions. If students are maintaining a descent
average their questions tend to get harder with
time. If students are showing signs of struggling,
the program will automatically go down in
difficultness. Teachers also get immediate
feedback!

Mathematic Strategy
Using a deck of cards discarding the Jacks, Queens,
Kings & Aces, to practice math multiples with the
value of the card. Whatever the value of the card is
students can use this to multiply whatever factor
they are working on that week.
Using a spinner for division and multiplication
Versatiles (a game set that comes with sheets that
match the game pieces and a picture is usually
formed)
Visuals
MAP Testing
Multiplication Gum Ball game

Mathematic Strategy
Dice
Drawing math charts
White boards with expo
Fraction Stacks
Math vocabulary wall
Brain Pop Jr. Videos
Smart board activities
http://
www.edutopia.org/blog/9-strategies-motivating-stu
dents-mathematics-alfred-posamentier

ELAR Strategy
Having stations available for students to use
and ready to go allows students to expand their
knowledge on certain topics that the teacher
has noticed the class as a whole struggling with.
Having station time also allows the teacher to
have individual time with a student or small
group to re-teach a topic those might be
struggling with. Students can also have a
station that includes independent reading with a
group of maybe four or more students, reading
the same book. This will allow students to read
and converse about the book, but without
having to do writing over it. I love having the
idea of students being able to read at their own
pace, but get to talk about what they love about
the reading and share with the others.

ELAR Strategy
Word Wall at eye level
Graphic Organizers
Classroom Novels
Theatre
KWL Charts
Literature Circles
I-Station
Blue Bonnet Responses
ELAR Stations
I-Pads
Extensions
Independent Novels for higher students

ELAR Strategy
http://
batesteachingstrategies.weebly.com/elar-strateg
ies.html
http://
edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm

Writing Strategy
A writing strategy I have seen and am thrilled by
the outcome of it is the glow and grow. This is
where after each student has begun to write
their assigned writing piece they switch papers
with another student to read. That student they
switched with comes back with one glow, one
thing they really loved about their paper, and
one grow. A grow is something that student
believes they can work on and improve. I am
fascinated by the idea of students loving to do
this with one another, and having children of
their age read their papers allows feedback to be
more critical I believe.

Writing Strategy
Modeling
Writing Process
Writing Stations
Writing Journals
Writing Workshop
http://gse.buffalo.edu/org/writingstrategies/
http://
literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/writing.html

Science Strategy
Questioning students throughout the process of
a lab, or maybe when introducing a new topic in
science, I have found to be very helpful and
informing for teachers. During the lab with
questioning, you can asses students
understanding of the material and also their
knowledge of applying the scientific method to
what is being done. Questioning is also a quick
little informal assessment for teachers to see
which students might need more help on the
topic and which ones are set to go!

Science Strategy
Understanding the Scientific Method
Having visuals for students to understand how
things work using science
Hands on labs (inside & out)
Chunking of Science textbook/articles
Building through scientific vocabulary
I-Pads
Charts & Diagrams
Brain Pop JR
Visuals

Science Strategy
http://
www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/7079?ref=search

Social Studies Strategy

A great strategy to use with Social Studies is
graphic
organizers. There is so much important
information that social studies text brings to our
attention, that we need different ways to organize
what we learn. Having timelines of dates on
display in the classroom will help the students
remember the dates certain events happen on. A
compare and contrast is just another one of the
many graphic organizers that could be used in
social studies. Students could use that to compare
and contrast historical figures, historical events or
even historical places to learn more about each.
The following organizers are just a few more ideas
to use:
Charts & Tables
Ways of defining new words
Inferring

Social Studies Strategy

Reading Quest
Using imagery to ask what is important about
maps and graphs
Responses about important events in History
Self-Assessment
Globes & maps
First and secondary sources
Books
http://web.georgetownisd.org/ccorner/socstudie
s/InstructionalStrategiesforSocialStudies.asp