methods and strategies

Task:
Describe the important classroom factors (demographics and environment) and student factors (IEPs, 504s, ELLs, non-labeled challenged students), and the effect of those factors on planning, teaching, and assessing students to facilitate learning for all students.Identify the relevant grade level standards, including the strand, cluster, and standards by number Include instructional strategies for teaching the selected academic vocabulary terms, as well as vocabulary development activities to allow students to practice and apply the terms.Designed to help students understand the learning task and make connections to past and present learning experiences. It should stimulate interest and prompt students to identify their own questions about the topic. Typical activities in this stage include posing a question, defining a problem, or demonstrating a discrepant event, then using small group discussions to stimulate and share ideas. Instructors help students connect previous knowledge to the new concepts introduced in the unit.Students have the opportunity to get directly involved with key concepts through guided exploration of information. They begin identifying patterns and make connections to other disciplines. Frequently, students will diverge from the slated activity to explore their own questions, continually building on their knowledge base. In this stage, instructors observe and listen to students as they interact with each other and the information provided. Probing questions help students clarify their understanding and redirect their investigations when necessary. 



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