Cyber Sandwich is explained in Chapter 20 of the EduProtocol Field Guide Book 1.

Cyber Sandwich

Cyber Sandwich is the EduProtocol to use when students need to compare and contrast. Some teachers believe that Cyber Sandwich is the easiest EduProtocol to prep for—simply choose two sources of information for comparison and the rest is up to the students. In pairs, students divide up the work reading & analyzing the teacher selected sources of information. Using the Cyber Sandwich Google Slides template, student 1 takes notes on source #1 while student #2 takes notes on source #2 (10 minutes). Next, students compare their notes and highlight the similarities discovered on a shared slide (5 minutes). In the last step, each student writes a paragraph comparing the two teacher selected sources.

Template #1

TEMPLATE: Cyber Sandwich

Template #2

Template: Cyber Sandwich @historysandoval

Effect Size

A Cyber Sandwich combines elements of so many highly effective learning strategies like note-taking, scaffolding, summarization, reciprocal teaching, and feedback. The effect sizes of each technique, as determined by John Hattie's Visible Learning research, are listed below (links provided):


Reciprocal Teaching: 0.74

Summarizing: 0.74

Feedback: 0.62

Scaffolding: 0.58

Note-Taking: 0.51


For reference, an effect size of 0.40 represents one-year of growth per student.

Identify, Verb, Finish

I.V.F.Poster.pdf

Students who struggle with topic sentence creation might enjoy the IVF method. First identify who or what the paragraph is about. Add a verb indicating what the “who/what” has done or is doing. Finish the idea.

Frayer Models

Listed on a USC Foundations of Reading Instruction course handout, the following vocabulary instruction strategies are labeled as less effective and a “waste of time:”

  1. Asking “Does anyone know what ___ means?”

  2. Having students “look it up” in a typical dictionary

  3. Activities that do not require deep processing (word searches, fill-in-the-blank)

Created by Dorothy Frayer and her colleagues, Frayer models have been used for decades to help students develop a deeper understanding of vocabulary. The EduProtocols authors have adapted the 4-square format to suit the needs of other subjects as well.

The above site will identify Tier 2 vocabulary in copy and pasted text.

Vocabulary Template

Template: Frayer

Frayer Models are explained in Chapter 16 of the EduProtocol Field Guide Book 1.

Historical Figure Frayer

Template: Historical Person Frayer

Frayer a Historical Person is described in Chapter 9 of the EduProtocol Field Guide: Social Studies Edition.

Math Fraction Frayer

Template: Math Model Frayer

Math Fraction Frayer Models are described in Chapter 8 of the EduProtocol Field Guide: Math Edition.

EduProtocols #4 Workshops Will Be Virtual

Each EduProtocols workshop presents EduProtocols that are independent and unique from each other—there is no need to attend previous sessions to attend future sessions. EduProtocols #4 workshops will take place virtually on Monday, December 5th from 4:00 pm—5:00 pm as well as Tuesday, December 6th from 3:30pm—430pm. EduProtocols #4 will cover the following EduProtocols: Iron Chef and Hero's Journey.