Collection of Instructional Strategies

Personal Favorites

• The Teaching Channel

• Edutopia

• Ted-Ed Lessons

• Lead4Ward

• Khan Academy

Formative Assessments

• Quizlet

• Kahoot

• Stop-Light Feedback

• Tiered Daily Exit Cards

• U-P-S Check Progress

• Shining Moments

• Exit Tickets for Planning

Socratic Seminars

• Guidelines

• Practice & Patience

• The "N" Word

• Claims & Counter-Claims

Questioning Techniques

• Asking Effective Questions

• Using Questions to Develop Understanding

• Costa's Levels of Questioning

• Verb Starters from Bloom's Taxonomy

• Wingman Strategy for Reluctant Students

• Supporting Quieter Students

• Question Stems with Bounce Cards

• Writing Higher-Order Questions

• Reading like a Historian: Focus Questions

• Frayer Model

• Structuring Questions: Content, Meaning, Style

• Popcorn Share

• A Path to Deeper Learning

• Writing/Responding to Open Ended Questions

Ideas for Integrating Technology (+)

• AASL's Best Websites for Teaching & Learning

• AASL's Best App for Teaching & Learning

• ISTE's Ideas, Content & Resources List

Information Literacy & Digital Citizenship

• Common Sense Resources

• ACRL Framework Activities

Group Work Ideas

• 1-3-6 Protocol

• Mixed-Abililty Groups with Roles

• Choosing Groups

• Collaborative vs. Cooperative

Rigor & Relevance

• Increasing R & R

• AP & Project-Based Learning

• Cross Curricular Teaching

• Deeper Learning through Projects

Differentiated Instruction

• Getting Started with DI

• Activating Prior Knowledge

• Snowball Technique

• Pinwheel Discussions

• Hint Cards

• Reading like a Historian: Philosophical Chairs

• Reading like a Historian: Turn to Your Partner

• Post-It Notes

• Comic Book Templates for Informative Text (Scaffolding)

• Learning Menus

• Art + Politics Integration Project

• Jigsaw: Tackling Difficult Texts

• Gallery Walk

• Interactive Stations

• Think-Pair-Share

• Vocabulary Development Through Interaction