T-Chart
KWL
What do you
KNOW?
What do you WANT
to know?
What have your
LEARNED?
Name:
Topic:
Common Core/Essential Standard:
Key Vocabulary to Preview:
Graphic Organizers:
Instruction:
Summarizing:
Venn Diagram
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Frayer Diagram/4 Square
Summarizing Strategies for EVERY Classroom
Ticket Out the Door
On a post it, students answer a
question related to the lesson
taught. Students stick their post it
to your Ticket Out the Door poster.
Error Analysis
Easily used with Ticket Out the
Door, Think Pair Ink and Think Pair
Share, incorrectly answer a question
related to the lesson taught. Allow
students the opportunity to identify
and correct the mistake, explaining
their understanding of the concept.
3, 2, 1
Can be used in any grade with any
topic. For example, write three
fractions greater than ½, two
fractions equivalent to ½ and one
fraction less than ½.
$2.00 Summary
Each word is worth 10 cents. In
around 20 words students should be
able to tell you the most important
thing from the lesson.
Dear ???
Students write a letter to a person
of their choice explaining what they
have learned.
KWL
Students complete the L column of
their KWL graphic organizer, listing
what they have learned throughout
the unit.
Anticipation Guide
If a lesson/unit is started with an
anticipation guide, allow students the
opportunity to go back over their
answers and change any answers they
would like to based on what has been
learned.
Think Pair Ink
Pose a question to the students
related to the current concept.
Allow students to discuss their
response with a partner prior to
writing their response onto a post it
(which can be easily stuck to your
Ticket Out the Door poster).
Carousal
Each table receives a question on a
large piece of chart paper. Each
student at the table writes their
response. Tables/students then
rotate to other tables to respond to
what has been written.
Snowball Fight
On a piece of scrap paper students
respond to a question related to the
concept. After students respond to
the question they ball their piece of
paper up and toss it around the
classroom for a few seconds.
Students then pick up a piece of
paper and respond to what is written
on the paper.