- Onslow County School District
- Pictures and Pictographs
Explanation of Tools
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- Using the tool students create visual and linguistic representations of new learning.
- First, divide and present (or have students read) the content in meaningful chunks.
- After each chunk of content is deliverered students stop and think about the key concepts/big ideas presented.
- Students create simple images depicting those "big ideas".
- Students then partner, guess the meaning behind the images and explain the relationship between the images and new learning.
- At this point students are ready to summarize their learning.
- As a class share ideas and check for meaning. Students adjust and elaborate on the notes that they caught.
- The process is continued until all of the content in the lesson has been delivered.
- After all chunks have been delivered "Assign a task that requires students to review, synthesize, and summarize the key ideas from their notes". (Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works, p. 134-135).
