Building Background Knowledge is a current strategy that I use in my class. This particular strategy is important to ensure student engagement.
Strategy 2-Inductive Learning might be a bit of a challenge but students would rise to the moment. Implementation of this strategy would be essential to its success.
My favorite strategy is #4 Ten Most Important Words. During my previous year of teaching we analyzed test results that provided information that our students were extremely low in the area of vocabulary acquisition. So this would not only address that academic need and provide movement and promote engagement.
I agree that building background knowledge is essential when activating a scholar’s learning and prior knowledge. If they are able to feel connected to what they’re learning they will put forth more effort while learning more about the topic.
I currently use a toned down basic version of Anticipation Guide. It gets the students ready to discuss the topic.
To be honest, I felt like a lot of these strategies would be difficult to implement in 1st grade. I will talk with my 1st grade team in collaboration to see how or if we can implement. Most will take a lot of changing to make it work with such young scholars.
One strategy that I thought would work well with 1st graders is the cubing strategy. I think it would grab their attention and instigate some good discussion.
I love the anticipation guide strategy. This is a great strategy to use with young learners to activate prior knowledge and getting them excited for the topic. I agree that some of these strategies seem challenging to implement in a early childhood classroom. As I was reading the strategies I was thinking of ways to tweak these just a little for early learners myself!
I felt that many of these strategies would be difficult to implement with the younger students. Some can be adapted, but I feel like they wouldn’t have the same level of depth. Brittany Connett PLA@93
Two strategies that I have used multiple times in my Kindergarten classroom is the Gallery Walk Strategy and directed-reading thinking activity. I used these when introducing our book for the week to active/establish a purpose for reading the text, to activate reading comprehension, and helping students with making predictions over the text we were about to read. I love how these strategies have an engagement/hook piece to get the students excited about the book we were reading and also a collaboration piece with other students as well.
A strategy that I found as a challenge to implement is the fishbone cause and effect strategy. When thinking about my kindergarten classroom/ being a reading interventionist this strategy seemed challenging to implement when students are struggling with their reading skills.
One Strategy that I want to implement in the future is the visual thinking strategy 11. I think this will helps provoke scholars in critical thinking and for scholars to make connections/ get them excited for reading a new book that maybe challenging to them!
Allison you bring up a valid point with many scholars are struggling with reading skills makes the fishbone cause and effect strategy challenging. However I think if done in a smaller group you could use a video/audio to help scholars stay engaged.
+Strategies that we already use: Media Metaphor, Concept Maps, Gallery Walks, and Visual Thinking
-One Strategy that I think would be difficult in primary: SWOT Analysis. I feel like this is activity that is so complicated the learning/objective might get lost in the procedures/process.
Amanda Rouse PLA@103 + Visual Thinking (11), Concept Maps (12), Mind Maps (13), Anticipation Guide (15), Cubing (16), Directed Reading-Thinking (19), Gallery Walk (24) - I think Concept Attainment (7) and Metaphor (8) would be more difficult for scholars, but could be modeled and practiced in a way which would lead to them eventually being able to use the strategies successfully. * I like/want to try Extent Barometer (22), Discrepant Event (21), Fishbone Cause and Effect (18), and Consensogram (17)
I agree with Robbin and Teresa that Vocabulary acquisition is very important at the lower levels. I input vocabulary as often as possible with my scholars.
The moist difficult strategy in Primary for me would be the SWOT. Scholars haven't gotten to that level of thinking at that point. But we could probably be introducing it.
I liked the Cubing and the Consensogram. They both sound like activities students would enjoy and remember.
+ Strategies that I have observed being used (or similar strategies) on our campus are 12). Concept map, 13). Mind mapping, 18). Fishbone Cause and Effect, 19). Directed Reading Thinking, 24). Gallery Walk - I think strategy #8, the metaphor strategy, would be difficult because it is a different way of thinking that scholars have not been exposed to. Scholars would need modeling and guided practice. * Anticipation Guide
+ Strategies that I have observed being used (or similar strategies) on our campus are 12). Concept map, 13). Mind mapping, 18). Fishbone Cause and Effect, 19). Directed Reading Thinking, 24). Gallery Walk - I think strategy #8, the metaphor strategy, would be difficult because it is a different way of thinking that scholars have not been exposed to. Scholars would need modeling and guided practice. * Anticipation Guide Brooke Berk - CHA
I agree that the metaphor strategy would be difficult for younger students. In third grade students are just learning what a metaphor is. I feel like they need a better understanding of metaphors before being able to use this strategy.
The strategies that are already aligned with my existing instructional practices are: -Concept Attainment Strategy/ Compare and Contrast- I have I have used this strategy using two different text or stories. Also with analyzing characters. -Visual Thinking Strategy -Metaphor -Anticipation Guide- I have never used the true or false method, but I have used the KWL strategy. -Concept Maps-tree map, bubble map, flow chart map, double bubble map, etc. -Hear, Think, Wonder- I have never used this strategy with lyrics from song, but I have used it with audio books. -Fishbone Cause-and Effect Analysis- I have not used the fish diagram, but have utilized other maps to identify or help scholars understand cause-and-effect. -Directed Reading Thinking- this help scholars understand how to pull out supporting details to support their thinking, thoughts, or ideas. -Discrepant Event- using problems/ events from a story. The strategies that may be challenging to implement scholars or curriculum are: -Gallery Walk -SWOT Analysis There were so many strategies that peaked my interest from this chapter. It’s hard to pick just one as being my favorite. The strategies I’m going to try explore and implement in the future are: -Media Metaphor -Quote it! Code it! -Dive deeper into Mind Maps and Concept Maps -Anticipation Guide (at a deeper level) -Cubing -Consensogram -Overhead Quotes -Extent Barometer
Over this last year a strategy I tried to use, but in a much more informal way, was Hear, Think, and Wonder. Now that I have read more on this strategy, I am excited to try to more formally, and hopefully more successfully, incorporate this strategy into my classroom.
I also want to try and do more of Concept Mapping. This last year, when I taught music theory concepts I usually gave away the concept answers. Going into this next year I would like to try and show the scholars some of the different music notation markers and ask the scholars to start putting them into concept maps and categories themselves and ask for justifications for those groupings.
I am also incredibly interested in adding the Overheard Quotes in this next year. I would likely pull lyrics from a song to introduce what that song is talking about, or a series of songs to discuss a theme from an artist or a time period.
I personally believe the Metaphor and Media Metaphor options may be harder to do in a music class simply because often times lyrics are already metaphorical, so a metaphor for a metaphor may start to just get confusing and too far away from the point.
+ I have used visual thinking, anticipation guides, and gallery walks in my instruction. -I think strategy 8 would be the hardest strategy to implement and would take a lot of practice and modeling for students to do independently. * I want to implement cubing, directed reading-thinking activity, and SWOT analysis.
+ I currently use the following strategies: Visual Thinking, Mind Map, Anticipation Guide, Gallery Walk
- As a special area (Media/Library) class, some of the follow strategies do not seem like that can be modified to the setting: Consensogram, Discrepant Event, Extent Barometer
* Hear, Think, Wonder: As I have been planning for the upcoming school year, I have thinking about how to incorporate current events as lessons. I feel like this would be the strategy I would use, because it seems like it would create very rich dialogue about events happening in our world. Directed Reading-Thinking Activity: I would like to implement this strategy to increase scholars' depth of knowledge past just basic comprehension questions during our read aloud.
This chapter was packed with many different ideas. My three favorite were concept maps, consensogram, and overheard quotes. I would like to try all three different strategies in my classroom. I think the cubing strategy would be for my scholars and the extent barometer. This chapter gives many great examples of each strategy using many different subject areas. I think it would take time to model some of these examples before the students would be able to demonstrate what is expected of each exercise.
+ A strategy that lines up with my existing instructional practices would be the extent barometer. My students love to debate each other about various topics, and this activity would be a great one to change things up and assist with this.
- An activity that would be challenging for my students would be "Overheard quotes". It would be challenging for them because they struggle with connections and inferences. Even though it would be challenging, I still think that it would be a great activity to try to help them improve in these skills.
* An activity that I am excited to try would be the cubing activity. I think that adding in the die adds a level of engagement, while also causing them to think deeply about the topic they are studying.
11 Visual Thinking (A Modified version) I use a picture as a Hook for Math and allow scholars to look at picture and tell what they see using numbers.
19 Directed Reading Thinking Activity my scholars loved to make predication about a story this really helps scholars stay engaged to see if the predication are correct.
- The strategy that I think that would be hard to implement would be the 23 SWOT Analysis. Most scholars in kindergarten haven't gain the understanding of analyzing.
* An strategy that I excited to try is the Gallery Walk with how last year went I'm excited to allow the scholar to move around while learning.
1. As an educator who was around when the National Urban Alliance (NUA) was doing professional development in Indy, all the strategies that incorporate graphic organizers (mind maps, concept maps, fishbone) are very familiar and effective ways to engage scholars at a higher level. These are ways to have scholars analyze their thinking, and apply it to new situations.
2. All the strategies require extensive "front loading", both from a procedural standpoint, and with expectations. Most of them are student-led, and the two biggest aspects for success is making sure the scholars understand what is expected, and to be able to let just enough of the responsibility to be shifted from the teacher that the scholars take ownership. There can be a temptation to abdicate responsibility for the learning completely, and forget that being the "guide on the side" requires just as much involvement as being the "sage on the stage".
3. I really enjoyed the SWOT strategy (#23). Many times, the scholars can be somewhat single minded in their views, and the SWOT strategy allows them to analyze a concept from many different angles.
I also remember NUA. The initiative was helpful to me as a beginning teacher. I also agree that "front loading" is key for teachers to be successful in the classroom. Well Done Mr. Coffey!
The strategies I have used in my classroom are the gallery walk, discrepant event( which I used in social studies and my students loved it), directed reading, and the visual thinking. I think that the Media metaphor and quote it! Code it! may be a little bit difficult to implement but with some practice and lots of modeling, I think it would be beneficial. The strategies that I would love to implement in my classroom would be the SWOT analysis and the cubing. I think these two strategies would lend well to science and Social studies. Jennifer Janusaitis- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy
One strategy that I used in my classroom is Visual Thinking. I strived to get my scholars to become critical thinkers. This strategy allowed for classroom dialogue so each could share with one another. As I have stated multiple times, lesson planning is vital. Planning ahead and "front loading" (Coffey, 2021) is a lot of work that pays big dividends in the long run. One strategy that I would've like to implement in my classroom is Media Metaphor, but the creative side of my brain struggles in this area.
I love using Visual Thinking. One of my favorite things to do is engage my scholars in conversation. I want them to always feel safe to express themselves. The Media Metaphor would be very difficult for my first grade scholars. The strategy I want to use more is Gallery Walk. Jenelle Miller PLA103
I use Gallery walks, visual learning, and think, hear, share, but call it think pair, share in my classroom . These strategies help students communicate effectively and see others perspectives. The stratrgy that i think would be challenging is the SWOT, but thats due to my unfamiliarity. I am going to really look into this strategy more becauae I think it would have a deeper impact on the scholars learning. My favorite strategy is the Extent Barometer. I like this because students are able to analyze others work and see the pros and cons of how the students solved the problems in math. I also feel that it woukd serve as a great running record of level of understanding and depth of knowledge on specific skills.
One strategy I already use in my classroom is visual thinking. We analyze illustrations in our read alouds and math talk pictures during math block. I think the cubing strategy would be difficult to implement in a kindergarten classroom. One strategy I would like to implement is the media metaphor. I would need to tweak it a bit for Kindergarten, but I like the idea of using songs and song lyrics. Brittany Connett PLA@93
Mindi Spychalski-PLA@103 Strategies that I have used in my classroom would be visual thinkin with my math pictures and reading books. We discuss what math we see in the pictures and the illustrations and text from the books we are reading. I like the scholars to share their visual perspective. I think the SWOT strategy would be difficult for younger scholars because of not comfortable with analyzing information. The strategy that I would like to use more this year would be Gallery walk.
Strategies which already align with my existing instructional practices are: (8) Metaphor, (9) Media Metaphor, (12) Concept Maps, and (13) Mind Maps. I use these with variations I have adapted to be more age appropriate for first graders.
I feel the majority of the strategies in this chapter might be challenging as they are geared toward older students, but feel with adaptations I would be able to incorporate them without too much of an issue.
My favorite strategies from this chapter that I would implement in the future are:
(14): Hear, Think and Wonder, (16): Cubing and (24): Gallery Walk.
Wow, a lot to absorb in this chapter! The strategy that I already use is Visual Thinking. I use pictures for so many things - introducing a new theme, making predictions and inferences, looking for nouns, verbs and adjectives, using for writing a simple sentence or asking who, what, when, where, why questions - just to name a few.
So many of these strategies would be challenging to do with kindergarten. Most would have be hugely modified. Strategies 8 and 9 on Metaphors would be difficult.
The strategy that I would like to try this year is Strategy 14 - Hear, Think and Wonder. I use a lot of music in class but have never used it in a way that analyzes the lyrics. I think this can be modified very simply for 5 year olds.
I love the visual thinking strategy. There is so much that can be unpacked within this strategy. One I would like to include is the Gallery Walk. There were also a few other strategies such as, Cubing, that I think could be difficult for the younger students to do. Taylor Pritchard PLA 103
I love all of these strategies!!! As an administrator, I have seen most of these in action. Teachers who are good using wait time will have great success with any of these strategies.
Some strategies I’ve utilized are Visual Thinking Strategy (11), and Directed Reading-Thinking Activities (19) during read alouds and small group reading lessons. We’ve also used gallery walks to share independent work and group work from lessons.
Quote it! Code it (10) would be difficult to do in a first grade classroom as it involves a lot of writing and explicit instruction on how to use the graphic organizer. Though it is an amazing strategy and I think it would engage students really well. SWOT (23) would also be a difficult strategy to use because it has many different steps to implement correctly.
I want to use more Concept Maps (12), Hear, Think, and Wonder (14), and Mind Maps (13).
Hi, Concept maps are wonderful to use during ELA lessons to describe different topics. Nonfiction books are a good resource to support this strategy, and there is a ton of simple maps to use with the little ones. I can share if you need.
Strategies I've used in my class before include Visual Thinking, Concept Maps, Mind Maps, Anticipation Guides, Directed Reading-Thinking, and Gallery Walks. Kids really like Gallery Walks because they are up and moving and talking to classmates.
I feel like some of the other strategies would be difficult for 3rd graders and would require a lot of practice before they reached the level of thinking necessary. SWOT Analysis would be especially difficult for them.
Strategies I would like to try include Hear, Think, and Wonder; Consensogram, and Extent Barometer.
I have used the Concept Map strategy where my students would research an animal and create a concept map with the findings. The students really enjoyed learning about the animals and sorting the information they found. This one would be a challenge for me would be the Hear, Think and Wonder strategy. This would be challenging for me because I like and listen to music but I really don’t know my music. So it would be difficult for me to find music that relates to my subject matter. My favorite is Overheard Quotes. I agree that students would love to walk around and talk to each other. So this gives them the opportunity to do that while working and trying to figure something out. They like competition and the group or person that can figure out the topic using the giving clues/quotes would be pleased with their accomplishment.
The competition and mystery that can be included when using overheard quotes is what I like the best. I know I've had surprise "competitions" or "contests" with small incentives to motivate scholars, especially when I know there are some in a class who wouldn't normally participate, but like the idea of an incentive. I've also done an escape room in classroom before and overheard quotes could be used in that as well!
In my past career as a teacher, I have used Gallery Walks a lot to engage my students and promote discussion.
The strategy that I think would be difficult for younger students would be cubing. However, I think this is a great strategy for older students.
As an instructional Coach, I would encourage teachers to use Hear, Think and Wonder. I think this strategy can be used schoolwide and foster higher order thinking questions and comprehension.
Media Metaphor is the strategy that I have used in my classroom to teach "figurative language". I used the song, "Fireworks" by Katy Perry. Some of the lyrics are as follows:
"Do you ever feel like a paper bag?" "You're a firework come let your colors burst" "Like a lighten bolt, you heart will glow"
What's the meaning and interpretation are the questions, which leads to an excellent discussion with students.
Dr. Deborah Godwin-Starks Timothy L Johnson Academy
Chapter 5 - I have always loved doing visual thinking activities with my students. It is such a great way to to have them focus on what they actually see and identify and use evidence.
One strategy that would be a challenge for our scholars is using s Fishbone Cause and Effect graphic organizer. Not only would students need to analyze information, they would need to categorize it in a sophisticated manner. This activity would need some heavy scaffolding.
A strategy that would be great to try is cubing! Having a cube/dice manipulative is always engaging for students and the task is perfect for chunking information. A next step with this activity would be doing a gallery walk to complete the information analysis.
I use the visual thinking strategy, and the concept maps strategy in my classroom. I think the metaphor and media metaphor would be difficult for 3rd grade students. They would do ok with the understanding level but the analyze would be hard. I would like to use the hear, think and wonder strategy in my room. I think it is really close to a KWL chart but on a deeper level.
Thinking about the curriculum used at the two campuses I support, I believe that concept maps and anticipation guides would work well in the classrooms. As for the strategy that would be difficult I believe the metaphor and media metaphor strategies would be difficult. My favorite strategy from this chapter is cubing.
Angela Posey PLA@103 Chapter 5 I definitely use the Directed Reading and Thinking Activity with the students in small groups. This strategy encourages dialogue and supports comprehension. I have also use the the Anticipation Guide with the students which gives the teacher information on students' prior knowledge. Using the metaphor strategy would require the students to have a lot of modeling and practice. I enjoyed reading about the Fishbone Cause and Effect Analysis. I plan to use this strategy with my small group instruction this year. Students are able to use a variety of skills such as analyzing, problem solving and summarizing.
I would say the strategy that I use the most with the younger scholars would be concept maps. We would make maps for most of the skills or subjects we learned. The students loved making charts that showed what they learned. I think a strategy that would be hard for my scholars would be anticipation guide. The strategy that I would like to try with my scholars is Hear, Think and Wonder. But, I would also like to try Mind maps with my scholars. There are many that I think would be good for me to try.
This is a good idea. Have you heard of One Page Notes? The scholars take what they have learned and make a graphic organizer kind of page with pictures and short notes or words to help them remember. Here's an example you can look up if you want or need to. Of course this example for high grades. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/one-pagers/
In the past I have used Concept Maps, Mind Maps, and Visual Learning. These are powerful strategies to support young and ELL learners. I use them a lot during our lessons.
These last years I have taught Kindergarten and a lot of these strategies I find would be difficult to implement, Quote it! Code it! Would be a hard strategy to apply in the classroom, but I think it would work with some adaptation to the age group. The strategy I look forward in trying to adapt to Kindergarten is Hear, Think, and Wonder. Also, Cubing I think could be adapted to this age group and be fun.
Strategies I already use are concept attainment, gallery walks, anticipation guide, and a watered down version of concept maps.
I feel like a lot of these strategies will be difficult to use with my kindergarten scholars as they seem to be geared for older scholars.
I am excited to try the Consensogram strategy in my classroom. I love the idea they gave about using it during math to determine which step should be made when solving a problem. I think that would be easy to adapt to my kindergarten classroom when working on word problems.
I totally agree. I can use this with my 4th and 4th grade math scholars. Word problems are very difficult even in the upper grades especially with challenged readers.
A strategy that I have used with my scholars is the concept map especially for social studies and science. Students can classify plants and animals by filling out the concept map. It's great because I can differentiate the concept maps for more advanced or struggling scholars.
I have some blank dice so I would like to try cubing when introducing new material either in small group or whole group settings.
I use mind maps. I usually start a unit with this so the scholars can 'see' what we are doing and where we are going. I think the most challenging strategy for me would be 22, Extent Barometer. It is hard to think about something from a viewpoint other than your own! My favorite is the Gallery Walk. I like rotating to different areas. It gives a sense limited time to complete the current task, an anticipation of the next activity and participating in a small group.
I love the idea of mind map, especially where the scholar can complete the task and be anticipating the next. I think this would be rather successful in a classroom where there is a clear routine too, but yet, making it exciting by slightly changing a rotation and such. Thanks for clearly sharing this example
I would like to use Strategy 11: Visual Thinking. My school being an art school, I think this technique would work with my scholars. I can see using this strategy in Social Studies and Science the most. I want them dive deep into what an artist or author was intending to say or imply from the imagine.
The strategy that I have used is visual thinking. I use it in many different ways in my first grade classroom to introduce concepts, reinforce vocabulary, math talks, etc. I think the SWOT Analysis would be difficult for first graders. Some of these are not geared towards primary grades and this one would be one of them. This year I would like to try hear, think, wonder! Heather Hill PLA @93
Background knowledge is something that already exists within the lessons in the library, where I utilize media to present a variety of stories to scholars. I have utilized a range of materials, from encyclopedias to picture books. Many times background knowledge of these formats are presented to scholars, where they will then utilize the media (again, something like an encyclopedia) and they will organize the information to answer a question. This lesson is better suited for older scholars, something that can be more difficult for younger scholars and currently the level not utilized in the library.
I would like to integrate more lessons and activities where scholars are using the organization method, while utilizing the media, something that could be achieved through careful lesson planning and bringing younger scholars to the level of actively engaging in this strategy.
I really like the strategy that focused on scholars answering a question, one that is controversial, that could lead to discussion and offer a variety of answers. Again, this is a strategy that would likely be most successful with older scholars, one where technology and a variety of media utilized to seek information for a topic. Last year we briefly focused on global warming, with this topic maybe being broadened to further discuss in the library and to attempt the execution of this strategy. Using this strategy for younger scholars may be more difficult, one that would take a longer period of time to develop a topic, present and execute, so definitely is not taking place for younger scholars.
(+) I have implemented visual thinking (11), mind maps (13), and gallery walk (24). These visual based strategies worked really well in first grade since scholars are better at vocalizing their thoughts instead of recording them.
(-) strategies that would be a challenge are metaphor (8), and cubing (16) because these strategies rely heavily on students understanding content vocabulary. I have found this to be a weak point for me.
(*) My favorite strategies that I want to implement would be Media Metaphor (9 - finding popular songs with lyrics that relate to the text), Hear, Think, & Wonder (14 - analyze song lyrics like you would a text, break it down line by line, use context clues to find meaning) and Fishbone Cause and Effect (18 - particularly analyzing someone’s math problem like in the example).
+ I have previously used media metaphors, concept maps, and gallery walks. I've used music in class to connect with our texts, multiple styles of concept maps to use as visual aids, and gallery walks to frontload a unit. Using different strategies such as these livens lessons up between day to day and breaks up the monotony of using a computer.
- The fishbone cause-and-effect analysis and SWOT analysis might be challenging to implement with my scholars and curriculum because we are learning how to use Google apps. If I was able to include an article concerning social media, I would be able to discuss cause-and-effect. With multiple apps, it is hard to go through more than two in a year.
* My favorite strategy from this chapter that I will implement in the future is cubing! One of my close friends has gotten into D&D recently and I've seen some of the cool kinds of dies they use. I think the scholars would like the use of different colored dies and the surprise choice of what task they'll work on next.
Building Background Knowledge is a current strategy that I use in my class. This particular strategy is important to ensure student engagement.
ReplyDeleteStrategy 2-Inductive Learning might be a bit of a challenge but students would rise to the moment. Implementation of this strategy would be essential to its success.
My favorite strategy is #4 Ten Most Important Words. During my previous year of teaching we analyzed test results that provided information that our students were extremely low in the area of vocabulary acquisition. So this would not only address that academic need and provide movement and promote engagement.
We have the same difficulties with vocabulary acquisition. I agree with you anything we can do to improve the student's vocabulary is time well used.
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DeleteI agree that building background knowledge is an extremely important part of each lesson.
I love the most important word strategy.
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I agree that building background knowledge is essential when activating a scholar’s learning and prior knowledge. If they are able to feel connected to what they’re learning they will put forth more effort while learning more about the topic.
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Teresa Jones, 1st grade, TLJA at Fort Wayne
ReplyDeleteI currently use a toned down basic version of Anticipation Guide. It gets the students ready to discuss the topic.
To be honest, I felt like a lot of these strategies would be difficult to implement in 1st grade. I will talk with my 1st grade team in collaboration to see how or if we can implement. Most will take a lot of changing to make it work with such young scholars.
One strategy that I thought would work well with 1st graders is the cubing strategy. I think it would grab their attention and instigate some good discussion.
I love the anticipation guide strategy. This is a great strategy to use with young learners to activate prior knowledge and getting them excited for the topic. I agree that some of these strategies seem challenging to implement in a early childhood classroom. As I was reading the strategies I was thinking of ways to tweak these just a little for early learners myself!
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Teresa being a kindergarten teacher I totally agree that most of these strategies would be difficult to implement in the lower grades.
DeleteI felt that many of these strategies would be difficult to implement with the younger students. Some can be adapted, but I feel like they wouldn’t have the same level of depth.
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I agree! Being in first grade, I would need to adapt many of these.
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Two strategies that I have used multiple times in my Kindergarten classroom is the Gallery Walk Strategy and directed-reading thinking activity. I used these when introducing our book for the week to active/establish a purpose for reading the text, to activate reading comprehension, and helping students with making predictions over the text we were about to read. I love how these strategies have an engagement/hook piece to get the students excited about the book we were reading and also a collaboration piece with other students as well.
ReplyDeleteA strategy that I found as a challenge to implement is the fishbone cause and effect strategy. When thinking about my kindergarten classroom/ being a reading interventionist this strategy seemed challenging to implement when students are struggling with their reading skills.
One Strategy that I want to implement in the future is the visual thinking strategy 11. I think this will helps provoke scholars in critical thinking and for scholars to make connections/ get them excited for reading a new book that maybe challenging to them!
Allison Kelly PLA103
Allison you bring up a valid point with many scholars are struggling with reading skills makes the fishbone cause and effect strategy challenging. However I think if done in a smaller group you could use a video/audio to help scholars stay engaged.
Delete+Strategies that we already use: Media Metaphor, Concept Maps, Gallery Walks, and Visual Thinking
ReplyDelete-One Strategy that I think would be difficult in primary: SWOT Analysis. I feel like this is activity that is so complicated the learning/objective might get lost in the procedures/process.
*My favorite: Discrepant Event!
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I like the Discrepant Event as well! I think it lends itself very well to certain subjects, but I'd like to use it in several areas of learning.
DeleteAmanda Rouse PLA@103
ReplyDelete+ Visual Thinking (11), Concept Maps (12), Mind Maps (13), Anticipation Guide (15), Cubing (16), Directed Reading-Thinking (19), Gallery Walk (24)
- I think Concept Attainment (7) and Metaphor (8) would be more difficult for scholars, but could be modeled and practiced in a way which would lead to them eventually being able to use the strategies successfully.
* I like/want to try Extent Barometer (22), Discrepant Event (21), Fishbone Cause and Effect (18), and Consensogram (17)
I agree with Robbin and Teresa that Vocabulary acquisition is very important at the lower levels. I input vocabulary as often as possible with my scholars.
ReplyDeleteThe moist difficult strategy in Primary for me would be the SWOT. Scholars haven't gotten to that level of thinking at that point.
But we could probably be introducing it.
I liked the Cubing and the Consensogram. They both sound like activities students would enjoy and remember.
+ Strategies that I have observed being used (or similar strategies) on our campus are 12). Concept map, 13). Mind mapping, 18). Fishbone Cause and Effect, 19). Directed Reading Thinking, 24). Gallery Walk
ReplyDelete- I think strategy #8, the metaphor strategy, would be difficult because it is a different way of thinking that scholars have not been exposed to. Scholars would need modeling and guided practice.
* Anticipation Guide
+ Strategies that I have observed being used (or similar strategies) on our campus are 12). Concept map, 13). Mind mapping, 18). Fishbone Cause and Effect, 19). Directed Reading Thinking, 24). Gallery Walk
ReplyDelete- I think strategy #8, the metaphor strategy, would be difficult because it is a different way of thinking that scholars have not been exposed to. Scholars would need modeling and guided practice.
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I agree that the metaphor strategy would be difficult for younger students. In third grade students are just learning what a metaphor is. I feel like they need a better understanding of metaphors before being able to use this strategy.
DeleteThe strategies that are already aligned with my existing instructional practices are:
ReplyDelete-Concept Attainment Strategy/ Compare and Contrast- I have I have used this strategy using two different text or stories. Also with analyzing characters.
-Visual Thinking Strategy
-Metaphor
-Anticipation Guide- I
have never used the true or false method, but I have used the KWL strategy.
-Concept Maps-tree map, bubble map, flow chart map, double bubble map, etc.
-Hear, Think, Wonder- I have never used this strategy with lyrics from song, but I have used it with audio books.
-Fishbone Cause-and Effect Analysis- I have not used the fish diagram, but have utilized other maps to identify or help scholars understand cause-and-effect.
-Directed Reading Thinking- this help scholars understand how to pull out supporting details to support their thinking, thoughts, or ideas.
-Discrepant Event- using problems/ events from a story.
The strategies that may be challenging to implement scholars or curriculum are:
-Gallery Walk
-SWOT Analysis
There were so many strategies that peaked my interest from this chapter. It’s hard to pick just one as being my favorite. The strategies I’m going to try explore and implement in the future are:
-Media Metaphor
-Quote it! Code it!
-Dive deeper into Mind Maps and Concept Maps
-Anticipation Guide (at a deeper level)
-Cubing
-Consensogram
-Overhead Quotes
-Extent Barometer
Abbigail Brantch, Music Education at JRPLA
ReplyDeleteOver this last year a strategy I tried to use, but in a much more informal way, was Hear, Think, and Wonder. Now that I have read more on this strategy, I am excited to try to more formally, and hopefully more successfully, incorporate this strategy into my classroom.
I also want to try and do more of Concept Mapping. This last year, when I taught music theory concepts I usually gave away the concept answers. Going into this next year I would like to try and show the scholars some of the different music notation markers and ask the scholars to start putting them into concept maps and categories themselves and ask for justifications for those groupings.
I am also incredibly interested in adding the Overheard Quotes in this next year. I would likely pull lyrics from a song to introduce what that song is talking about, or a series of songs to discuss a theme from an artist or a time period.
I personally believe the Metaphor and Media Metaphor options may be harder to do in a music class simply because often times lyrics are already metaphorical, so a metaphor for a metaphor may start to just get confusing and too far away from the point.
+ I have used visual thinking, anticipation guides, and gallery walks in my instruction.
ReplyDelete-I think strategy 8 would be the hardest strategy to implement and would take a lot of practice and modeling for students to do independently.
* I want to implement cubing, directed reading-thinking activity, and SWOT analysis.
Kaylee Briggs-PLA103
Megan Denton, PLA @ 48, Media Specialist
ReplyDelete+ I currently use the following strategies: Visual Thinking, Mind Map, Anticipation Guide, Gallery Walk
- As a special area (Media/Library) class, some of the follow strategies do not seem like that can be modified to the setting: Consensogram, Discrepant Event, Extent Barometer
* Hear, Think, Wonder: As I have been planning for the upcoming school year, I have thinking about how to incorporate current events as lessons. I feel like this would be the strategy I would use, because it seems like it would create very rich dialogue about events happening in our world.
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity: I would like to implement this strategy to increase scholars' depth of knowledge past just basic comprehension questions during our read aloud.
I agree about the Consensogram strategy, and have seen it used in a variety of ways.
DeleteAmylynn Faulstich PLA 48
ReplyDeleteThis chapter was packed with many different ideas. My three favorite were concept maps, consensogram, and overheard quotes. I would like to try all three different strategies in my classroom. I think the cubing strategy would be for my scholars and the extent barometer. This chapter gives many great examples of each strategy using many different subject areas. I think it would take time to model some of these examples before the students would be able to demonstrate what is expected of each exercise.
Sarah Wililams-Chapel Hill Academy
ReplyDelete+ A strategy that lines up with my existing instructional practices would be the extent barometer. My students love to debate each other about various topics, and this activity would be a great one to change things up and assist with this.
- An activity that would be challenging for my students would be "Overheard quotes". It would be challenging for them because they struggle with connections and inferences. Even though it would be challenging, I still think that it would be a great activity to try to help them improve in these skills.
* An activity that I am excited to try would be the cubing activity. I think that adding in the die adds a level of engagement, while also causing them to think deeply about the topic they are studying.
+ Strategies that I currently use are:
ReplyDelete11 Visual Thinking (A Modified version) I use a picture as a Hook for Math and allow scholars to look at picture and tell what they see using numbers.
19 Directed Reading Thinking Activity my scholars loved to make predication about a story this really helps scholars stay engaged to see if the predication are correct.
- The strategy that I think that would be hard to implement would be the 23 SWOT Analysis. Most scholars in kindergarten haven't gain the understanding of analyzing.
* An strategy that I excited to try is the Gallery Walk with how last year went I'm excited to allow the scholar to move around while learning.
1. As an educator who was around when the National Urban Alliance (NUA) was doing professional development in Indy, all the strategies that incorporate graphic organizers (mind maps, concept maps, fishbone) are very familiar and effective ways to engage scholars at a higher level. These are ways to have scholars analyze their thinking, and apply it to new situations.
ReplyDelete2. All the strategies require extensive "front loading", both from a procedural standpoint, and with expectations. Most of them are student-led, and the two biggest aspects for success is making sure the scholars understand what is expected, and to be able to let just enough of the responsibility to be shifted from the teacher that the scholars take ownership. There can be a temptation to abdicate responsibility for the learning completely, and forget that being the "guide on the side" requires just as much involvement as being the "sage on the stage".
3. I really enjoyed the SWOT strategy (#23). Many times, the scholars can be somewhat single minded in their views, and the SWOT strategy allows them to analyze a concept from many different angles.
I also remember NUA. The initiative was helpful to me as a beginning teacher. I also agree that "front loading" is key for teachers to be successful in the classroom.
DeleteWell Done Mr. Coffey!
The strategies I have used in my classroom are the gallery walk, discrepant event( which I used in social studies and my students loved it), directed reading, and the visual thinking.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Media metaphor and quote it! Code it! may be a little bit difficult to implement but with some practice and lots of modeling, I think it would be beneficial.
The strategies that I would love to implement in my classroom would be the SWOT analysis and the cubing. I think these two strategies would lend well to science and Social studies.
Jennifer Janusaitis- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy
One strategy that I used in my classroom is Visual Thinking. I strived to get my scholars to become critical thinkers. This strategy allowed for classroom dialogue so each could share with one another.
ReplyDeleteAs I have stated multiple times, lesson planning is vital. Planning ahead and "front loading" (Coffey, 2021) is a lot of work that pays big dividends in the long run.
One strategy that I would've like to implement in my classroom is Media Metaphor, but the creative side of my brain struggles in this area.
I love using Visual Thinking. One of my favorite things to do is engage my scholars in conversation. I want them to always feel safe to express themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe Media Metaphor would be very difficult for my first grade scholars.
The strategy I want to use more is Gallery Walk.
Jenelle Miller
PLA103
I use Gallery walks, visual learning, and think, hear, share, but call it think pair, share in my classroom . These strategies help students communicate effectively and see others perspectives.
ReplyDeleteThe stratrgy that i think would be challenging is the SWOT, but thats due to my unfamiliarity. I am going to really look into this strategy more becauae I think it would have a deeper impact on the scholars learning.
My favorite strategy is the Extent Barometer. I like this because students are able to analyze others work and see the pros and cons of how the students solved the problems in math. I also feel that it woukd serve as a great running record of level of understanding and depth of knowledge on specific skills.
One strategy I already use in my classroom is visual thinking. We analyze illustrations in our read alouds and math talk pictures during math block.
ReplyDeleteI think the cubing strategy would be difficult to implement in a kindergarten classroom.
One strategy I would like to implement is the media metaphor. I would need to tweak it a bit for Kindergarten, but I like the idea of using songs and song lyrics.
Brittany Connett PLA@93
Mindi Spychalski PLA@103
DeleteI love using Math Talk pictures for visual thinking. I love seeing their perspective of math in the whole. They love this activity.
Mindi Spychalski-PLA@103
ReplyDeleteStrategies that I have used in my classroom would be visual thinkin with my math pictures and reading books. We discuss what math we see in the pictures and the illustrations and text from the books we are reading. I like the scholars to share their visual perspective.
I think the SWOT strategy would be difficult for younger scholars because of not comfortable with analyzing information.
The strategy that I would like to use more this year would be Gallery walk.
Strategies which already align with my existing instructional practices are:
ReplyDelete(8) Metaphor, (9) Media Metaphor, (12) Concept Maps, and (13) Mind Maps. I use these with variations I have adapted to be more age appropriate for first graders.
I feel the majority of the strategies in this chapter might be challenging as they are geared toward older students, but feel with adaptations I would be able to incorporate them without too much of an issue.
My favorite strategies from this chapter that I would implement in the future are:
(14): Hear, Think and Wonder, (16): Cubing and (24): Gallery Walk.
Heidi Hilt
AAA Fair Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
Wow, a lot to absorb in this chapter! The strategy that I already use is Visual Thinking. I use pictures for so many things - introducing a new theme, making predictions and inferences, looking for nouns, verbs and adjectives, using for writing a simple sentence or asking who, what, when, where, why questions - just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteSo many of these strategies would be challenging to do with kindergarten. Most would have be hugely modified. Strategies 8 and 9 on Metaphors would be difficult.
The strategy that I would like to try this year is Strategy 14 - Hear, Think and Wonder. I use a lot of music in class but have never used it in a way that analyzes the lyrics. I think this can be modified very simply for 5 year olds.
Brenda Kolkman
Kdg - TLJA
I love the visual thinking strategy. There is so much that can be unpacked within this strategy.
ReplyDeleteOne I would like to include is the Gallery Walk.
There were also a few other strategies such as, Cubing, that I think could be difficult for the younger students to do.
Taylor Pritchard PLA 103
I also liked the Gallery Walk strategy. I like the movement it has and also how it allows the students to respond in various ways.
DeleteSohn'a Duff @PLA103
I love all of these strategies!!! As an administrator, I have seen most of these in action. Teachers who are good using wait time will have great success with any of these strategies.
ReplyDeleteAlec Mayer, AP, PLA93, Indianapolis, IN
DeleteSome strategies I’ve utilized are Visual Thinking Strategy (11), and Directed Reading-Thinking Activities (19) during read alouds and small group reading lessons. We’ve also used gallery walks to share independent work and group work from lessons.
ReplyDeleteQuote it! Code it (10) would be difficult to do in a first grade classroom as it involves a lot of writing and explicit instruction on how to use the graphic organizer. Though it is an amazing strategy and I think it would engage students really well. SWOT (23) would also be a difficult strategy to use because it has many different steps to implement correctly.
I want to use more Concept Maps (12), Hear, Think, and Wonder (14), and Mind Maps (13).
Hi,
DeleteConcept maps are wonderful to use during ELA lessons to describe different topics. Nonfiction books are a good resource to support this strategy, and there is a ton of simple maps to use with the little ones. I can share if you need.
Strategies I've used in my class before include Visual Thinking, Concept Maps, Mind Maps, Anticipation Guides, Directed Reading-Thinking, and Gallery Walks. Kids really like Gallery Walks because they are up and moving and talking to classmates.
ReplyDeleteI feel like some of the other strategies would be difficult for 3rd graders and would require a lot of practice before they reached the level of thinking necessary. SWOT Analysis would be especially difficult for them.
Strategies I would like to try include Hear, Think, and Wonder; Consensogram, and Extent Barometer.
I have used the Concept Map strategy where my students would research an animal and create a concept map with the findings. The students really enjoyed learning about the animals and sorting the information they found.
ReplyDeleteThis one would be a challenge for me would be the Hear, Think and Wonder strategy. This would be challenging for me because I like and listen to music but I really don’t know my music. So it would be difficult for me to find music that relates to my subject matter.
My favorite is Overheard Quotes. I agree that students would love to walk around and talk to each other. So this gives them the opportunity to do that while working and trying to figure something out. They like competition and the group or person that can figure out the topic using the giving clues/quotes would be pleased with their accomplishment.
The competition and mystery that can be included when using overheard quotes is what I like the best. I know I've had surprise "competitions" or "contests" with small incentives to motivate scholars, especially when I know there are some in a class who wouldn't normally participate, but like the idea of an incentive. I've also done an escape room in classroom before and overheard quotes could be used in that as well!
DeleteAshley Pierce - 7th Grade @ JRP (Indy)
In my past career as a teacher, I have used Gallery Walks a lot to engage my students and promote discussion.
ReplyDeleteThe strategy that I think would be difficult for younger students would be cubing. However, I think this is a great strategy for older students.
As an instructional Coach, I would encourage teachers to use Hear, Think and Wonder. I think this strategy can be used schoolwide and foster higher order thinking questions and comprehension.
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ReplyDeleteMedia Metaphor is the strategy that I have used in my classroom to teach "figurative language". I used the song, "Fireworks" by Katy Perry. Some of the lyrics are as follows:
ReplyDelete"Do you ever feel like a paper bag?"
"You're a firework come let your colors burst"
"Like a lighten bolt, you heart will glow"
What's the meaning and interpretation are the questions, which leads to an excellent discussion with students.
Dr. Deborah Godwin-Starks
Timothy L Johnson Academy
Chapter 5 - I have always loved doing visual thinking activities with my students. It is such a great way to to have them focus on what they actually see and identify and use evidence.
ReplyDeleteOne strategy that would be a challenge for our scholars is using s Fishbone Cause and Effect graphic organizer. Not only would students need to analyze information, they would need to categorize it in a sophisticated manner. This activity would need some heavy scaffolding.
A strategy that would be great to try is cubing! Having a cube/dice manipulative is always engaging for students and the task is perfect for chunking information. A next step with this activity would be doing a gallery walk to complete the information analysis.
I use the visual thinking strategy, and the concept maps strategy in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI think the metaphor and media metaphor would be difficult for 3rd grade students. They would do ok with the understanding level but the analyze would be hard.
I would like to use the hear, think and wonder strategy in my room. I think it is really close to a KWL chart but on a deeper level.
Julie I see that we both put the same strategy down to try. We will have to each give it a try and compare.
DeleteKaren Prince PLA #93
Thinking about the curriculum used at the two campuses I support, I believe that concept maps and anticipation guides would work well in the classrooms. As for the strategy that would be difficult I believe the metaphor and media metaphor strategies would be difficult. My favorite strategy from this chapter is cubing.
ReplyDeleteAngela Posey PLA@103 Chapter 5
ReplyDeleteI definitely use the Directed Reading and Thinking Activity with the students in small groups. This strategy encourages dialogue and supports comprehension. I have also use the the Anticipation Guide with the students which gives the teacher information on students' prior knowledge.
Using the metaphor strategy would require the students to have a lot of modeling and practice.
I enjoyed reading about the Fishbone Cause and Effect Analysis. I plan to use this strategy with my small group instruction this year. Students are able to use a variety of skills such as analyzing, problem solving and summarizing.
I would say the strategy that I use the most with the younger scholars would be concept maps. We would make maps for most of the skills or subjects we learned. The students loved making charts that showed what they learned. I think a strategy that would be hard for my scholars would be anticipation guide. The strategy that I would like to try with my scholars is Hear, Think and Wonder. But, I would also like to try Mind maps with my scholars. There are many that I think would be good for me to try.
ReplyDeleteKaren Prince PLA #93 3rd Grade
This is a good idea. Have you heard of One Page Notes? The scholars take what they have learned and make a graphic organizer kind of page with pictures and short notes or words to help them remember. Here's an example you can look up if you want or need to. Of course this example for high grades. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/one-pagers/
DeleteIn the past I have used Concept Maps, Mind Maps, and Visual Learning. These are powerful strategies to support young and ELL learners. I use them a lot during our lessons.
ReplyDeleteThese last years I have taught Kindergarten and a lot of these strategies I find would be difficult to implement, Quote it! Code it! Would be a hard strategy to apply in the classroom, but I think it would work with some adaptation to the age group.
The strategy I look forward in trying to adapt to Kindergarten is Hear, Think, and Wonder. Also, Cubing I think could be adapted to this age group and be fun.
PLA @ 103
Strategies I already use are concept attainment, gallery walks, anticipation guide, and a watered down version of concept maps.
ReplyDeleteI feel like a lot of these strategies will be difficult to use with my kindergarten scholars as they seem to be geared for older scholars.
I am excited to try the Consensogram strategy in my classroom. I love the idea they gave about using it during math to determine which step should be made when solving a problem. I think that would be easy to adapt to my kindergarten classroom when working on word problems.
Alyssa Scott PLA@93
I totally agree. I can use this with my 4th and 4th grade math scholars. Word problems are very difficult even in the upper grades especially with challenged readers.
DeleteFrederick Pittman HIAT
A strategy that I have used with my scholars is the concept map especially for social studies and science. Students can classify plants and animals by filling out the concept map. It's great because I can differentiate the concept maps for more advanced or struggling scholars.
ReplyDeleteI have some blank dice so I would like to try cubing when introducing new material either in small group or whole group settings.
Frederick Pittman
HIAT 4th/5th math & science
I use mind maps. I usually start a unit with this so the scholars can 'see' what we are doing and where we are going. I think the most challenging strategy for me would be 22, Extent Barometer. It is hard to think about something from a viewpoint other than your own! My favorite is the Gallery Walk. I like rotating to different areas. It gives a sense limited time to complete the current task, an anticipation of the next activity and participating in a small group.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of mind map, especially where the scholar can complete the task and be anticipating the next. I think this would be rather successful in a classroom where there is a clear routine too, but yet, making it exciting by slightly changing a rotation and such. Thanks for clearly sharing this example
DeleteI would like to use Strategy 11: Visual Thinking. My school being an art school, I think this technique would work with my scholars. I can see using this strategy in Social Studies and Science the most. I want them dive deep into what an artist or author was intending to say or imply from the imagine.
ReplyDeleteThe strategy that I have used is visual thinking. I use it in many different ways in my first grade classroom to introduce concepts, reinforce vocabulary, math talks, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think the SWOT Analysis would be difficult for first graders. Some of these are not geared towards primary grades and this one would be one of them.
This year I would like to try hear, think, wonder!
Heather Hill
PLA @93
Background knowledge is something that already exists within the lessons in the library, where I utilize media to present a variety of stories to scholars. I have utilized a range of materials, from encyclopedias to picture books. Many times background knowledge of these formats are presented to scholars, where they will then utilize the media (again, something like an encyclopedia) and they will organize the information to answer a question. This lesson is better suited for older scholars, something that can be more difficult for younger scholars and currently the level not utilized in the library.
ReplyDeleteI would like to integrate more lessons and activities where scholars are using the organization method, while utilizing the media, something that could be achieved through careful lesson planning and bringing younger scholars to the level of actively engaging in this strategy.
I really like the strategy that focused on scholars answering a question, one that is controversial, that could lead to discussion and offer a variety of answers. Again, this is a strategy that would likely be most successful with older scholars, one where technology and a variety of media utilized to seek information for a topic. Last year we briefly focused on global warming, with this topic maybe being broadened to further discuss in the library and to attempt the execution of this strategy. Using this strategy for younger scholars may be more difficult, one that would take a longer period of time to develop a topic, present and execute, so definitely is not taking place for younger scholars.
From chapter five:
ReplyDelete(+) I have implemented visual thinking (11), mind maps (13), and gallery walk (24). These visual based strategies worked really well in first grade since scholars are better at vocalizing their thoughts instead of recording them.
(-) strategies that would be a challenge are metaphor (8), and cubing (16) because these strategies rely heavily on students understanding content vocabulary. I have found this to be a weak point for me.
(*) My favorite strategies that I want to implement would be Media Metaphor (9 - finding popular songs with lyrics that relate to the text), Hear, Think, & Wonder (14 - analyze song lyrics like you would a text, break it down line by line, use context clues to find meaning) and Fishbone Cause and Effect (18 - particularly analyzing someone’s math problem like in the example).
Stephanie Bell - PLA @93
+ I have previously used media metaphors, concept maps, and gallery walks. I've used music in class to connect with our texts, multiple styles of concept maps to use as visual aids, and gallery walks to frontload a unit. Using different strategies such as these livens lessons up between day to day and breaks up the monotony of using a computer.
ReplyDelete- The fishbone cause-and-effect analysis and SWOT analysis might be challenging to implement with my scholars and curriculum because we are learning how to use Google apps. If I was able to include an article concerning social media, I would be able to discuss cause-and-effect. With multiple apps, it is hard to go through more than two in a year.
* My favorite strategy from this chapter that I will implement in the future is cubing! One of my close friends has gotten into D&D recently and I've seen some of the cool kinds of dies they use. I think the scholars would like the use of different colored dies and the surprise choice of what task they'll work on next.
Ashley Pierce - 7th Grade @ JRP (Indy)