Cues, Questions & Graphic Organizers

When to Use

Use during lessons to help students develop understanding of new content and deepen understanding.

DOK Level: 2-3 understanding and analyzing

Recommendations for Classroom Practice

• focus on important information with cues and questions

• use explicit cues

• ask inferential questions and

• ask analytic questions

Examples

• use a KWL chart to connect prior knowledge to what they need to learn.

• Use cues to hint at what students are about to experience before reading.

Assessing Student Impact

• Rubrics are one tool you can use to gauge students' progress.

• Analytic questions lend themselves to student assessment.

Sample Inferential Questions that Requires Students to Make Inferences

• What action does this thing or person usually perform? (What actions does the U.S. press secretary usually perform?)

• How is this thing usually sold? ( How is a consumer service usually sold?)

• How is the value of a thing changed by this action? (How is the value of a novel changed when its turned into a movie?)

• How does this action change the state of a thing? (How does United States monetary policy affect inflation?)

• What is the basic process involved in reaching this state? (What is the basic process involved in becoming hypothermic?)

Benefits

• "Visually organized information can help students see connections between the ideas and information they are learning."

• Organizers allow students to put information into their own words.

• Students can choose an organizer to aid in their understanding of content.

The Why

McRel- Cues, Questions and Advanced Organizers