Language Arts Teaching Strategies
Partner reading
Re-read
Small groups
Sustained silent reading
Checklists
Summarize
Popcorn reading
Generate questions
KWL
Graphic organizers
Pneumonic devices
Flashcards
Use vocabulary
Use students experts
Cues
Ask questions
Illustrations
ACE
Provide 1 to help 1
Redo work
Study models
Modeling
Reader’s theatre
Pre-teach vocabulary
Chunking words
Breaking words
Teach vocabulary in Spanish
Tactile objects
Manipulative
Word knowledge grid
Skill books
Real life examples
Personal examples
Clarifying
Use highlighters
Guided reading
Games
Paraphrase
Peer learning groups
Personal word list
Retell story
Peer buddies
Event maps
Predictable schedule
Personal pictures
Word wall
Beach balls
Reading for meaning
Cloze exercises
Skimming
Plot diagram
Reports
Green-red strategy (capitals & punctuation)
P*I*E strategy
Red-hots, macaroni & peas (red-hots for periods, elbow
macaroni and split peas for question marks)
Pocket folder research
Do the 2’s (cooperative learning strategy)
Word families
Decoding
Use word in a sentence
Multi-cultural activities
Strategies for Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
Surveys
Demonstrations
Dance/plays
Make a video
Field trips
Dress up as characters
Role play
Interviews
Charades
Projects
Walking and reading
Musical performances
Charades
Projects
Walking and reading
Musical performances
Science labs
Scrapbooks
Artistic creations
Dioramas
Posters
Games
Calculators
Puzzles
Mobiles
Collages
Computers
Sculptures
Strategies for Visual Learners
Diagrams
Games
Recipes
Cartoons
Displays
Posters
Writing
Reading
Power point or slide show
Flashcards
Bulletin boards
Illustrations
Photographs
Collages
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
Movies
Crossword or word puzzles
Maps
Strategies for Auditory Learners
Oral report
Oral presentation
Students “teach”
Panel discussion
Debate
Tape recordings
Songs/raps
Poems
TV or radio show
Verbal games
Show and tell
Share current events
Peer tutoring
Demonstrations
Strategies for Math
Fact games using 12 sided dice
Dominoes
Manipulatives
Color tiles
Protrators to measure angles
Math vocabulary bingo
Word and vocabulary wall
Fraction bars
Math war with cards
Math graphic organizers
Create tables, charts, graphs
Use calculator
Use reverse operation to check answer
Show and tell how you solved the problem
Relective writing about math
Virtual manipulatives
Use real money
Computer activities-specific one (s)
Flashcards
Peer learning groups
Math games-specific one (s)
Musical math
Small steps/break it down
Raps/songs about skills
Timers
Math relays
Use student experts
Personal scenarios for word problems
Draw pictures for word problems
Ask questions
Measure real life objects
Solve algebraic problems vertically
Other Teaching Strategies
Model how to work out problems for students.
Model strategies for students to assist in solving various
math problems.
Create a chart which shows students the key words to look
for in word problems and their meanings.
Give the class time to work in small groups with assistance
from teacher.
Play the game “Beat the Teacher” to practice problems.
Review the strategies learned during math at the end of
each day.
Conference with each student to ensure understanding of
skill.
Give “over the shoulder” feedback each day during math
Count to 100 with class each day.
Create focused problems for the class to practice each day.
Give students time to work in groups or independently.
Create a “step sheet” to demonstrate how problems are
worked out.
Use skill specific activities with the SMART board.
Create “hands on” activities to help with understanding.
Give the class time to play math games aligned to the
focused skill.
Teach the class the “TIPS” strategy for word problems (ask
Ms. Goodwin).
Create a reference wall – allowing children to make the
visuals for the reference wall.
Use mnemonic devices – allow children to generate the
ideas.
Have math competitions with other grade-level classes for
acquiring math facts.
Use individual white boards to practice – create teams using
them.
Have students make a comic strip or cartoon.
Use highlighters.
Partner read or echo read.
Have students do oral reports.
Construct a model or diorama.
Student Learning Strategies
Underline key words in word problems.
Practice problems daily with a partner.
Use tally marks to assist with understanding of addition.
Use manipulatives (base ten blocks, clocks, cubes, etc) to
assist in solving problems or to help with understanding.
Write your own math problems.
Work with a peer tutor who can show you how to work out
the problem.
Work on practice problems at home.
Draw pictures to help solve problems.
Create “cheat sheet” for reminders of strategies.
Practice using flashcards.
Use white boards to demonstrate understanding of concepts.
Check each others homework and help those who need it.
Create posters with math strategies.
Create quiz questions for classmates.
Get help from a math “expert” when you have a question.
Use reference wall/folder.
Reading Specific
Cognition:
 Vocabulary write word: def. in own words-picture,
vocabulary cartoons.
 Context clues-cloze activities, underlining word in text
to support
 Plot – flow map, oral retelling, story cards
 Main idea- detail graphic organizer, highlighting
 Author’s purpose-PIE charts, sorting books, reading
from a variety of books, tree map
 Character-drawing a picture, character maps, acting out
the character-role playing, poetry, bubble map
 Setting-video clips, drawing pictures, dioramas
 Details-underlining in text
 Graphic sources-making representations, integrating
with math/science, using multiple examples
 Reading to comprehend-journals, response notebooks
Interpretation:
 Figurative language-drawing a picture to show what it
means/representation
 Generalizing highlighting text to support,
generalization-supporting text graphic organizers
 Comparing/contrasting/analyzing characters across
selections Double Bubble Map, Venn Diagram,
character analysis activity, role playing
 Conduct research-research projects
Critical stance:
 Summarizing-highlighting, summarizing graphic
organizers, journals, using clue words
 Considering the author’s point of view RAFT’s
 Analyze characters, events, and plot character map
 Compare-contrast within the text Double Bubble Map,
Venn Diagram, character analysis activity T chart,
sorting
Connections:
 Text to self-journals, writing, Venn Diagram,
background building, KWL charts
 Text to text-Venn Diagrams, double bubble maps, using
a variety of texts
 Text to world-video clips, writing, field trips, internet
 Differences in genres-tree map