List-Group-Label is an interactive strategy that engages students in developing their vocabulary and connections between words and ideas. It helps students learn to better categorize and organize information by activating their critical thinking skills while working together as a group.
How do you help students become better at summarizing what they read and be more aware of when they are or are not understanding what they read? Paragraph shrinking combines summarizing with peer feedback to create a powerful approach to growing students’ understanding and confidence as readers.
Power Notes help students differentiate between main ideas and details while learning and writing, using a hierarchical structure that clarifies how ideas are connected.
Do your students have trouble answering questions? Are inferential and critical level questions particularly difficult for them to answer? If so, the QAR strategy may help them to identify the types of questions being asked and where to find the answers.
The RAFT strategy encourages students to write creatively, consider a topic from a different perspective, and to gain practice writing for different audiences.
