Visual Puzzle
Visual Puzzle
Levels PK-12 Content - In a visual puzzle, students or partnerships of students receive a puzzle piece. Students analyze their own piece and interact with classmates to complete the puzzle. Once completed, each puzzle (4-6 puzzles depending on class size) depicts a concept, idea, clue, key term, ect. that builds context for the next area of study. The activity concludes with a gallery walk and class discussion that launches the learning.
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Here is how it works.
Step 1: Select a handful of unexpected, interesting images, graphs, photographs, ect. that connect to or depict the topic or theme.
Step 2: Print the images and cut each into a puzzle of 4-7 pieces, enough pieces so that each student can have one piece.
Step 3: Give each student one puzzle piece and time to study the piece.
What do you notice? What part is
missing? What do you predict the
whole might be and why?
Step 3: Establish norms and challenge students to look at each other's pieces, attempting to assemble each complete puzzle.
Step 4: Silent Gallery Walk with notebook
What connections do you see between
the images? What is clear? What is
confusing? What do you predict we are
going to learn about?
Step 5: Class discussion and reflection on the process
PRO TIP
PRO TIP
PRO TIP! Use a google slide deck and insert your pictures as a slide background. Go to SLIDE > BACKGROUND > CHOOSE IMAGE. Then you can print the slides and cut your puzzles and way you want.
In which phases of the instructional model might this strategy be used? ALL
In which phases of the instructional model might this strategy be used? ALL
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