EDUCATION STRATEGY

Retelling is a comprehension strategy by which a student describes the events of a story. Primary students often struggle with the concept of retelling, choosing instead to repeat what they most recently read, rather than expressing a linear sequence of events. If your emergent reader struggles with this concept, try a tested strategy. Model, Model, Model First, and most importantly, model what you want to hear from your student. After reading together, retell the main events in the story to your child. Hearing how a retelling should sound is the first step in creating a reader who can apply what she has heard. The 5 W's Focus on the who, what, when, where and why of the story. For early readers, assign each of their fingers one of the 5 W’s and have them tick down a finger as they talk about that aspect of the story. When all five fingers are down, their retelling should be complete. First, Next, Then, Last Encourage the student to use the key words first, next, then a

The trend of incorporating students receiving special education services more into the general education classroom brings with it a challenge of providing these students with additional learning support. Mnemonic strategies can be used to enhance the learning experience for both special education and general education students. Mnemonic strategies are tools that use visual and verbal clues to help students retain important information, and they can be used in any subject area. The three main types of mnemonic strategies are: letter strategies, keywords and pegwords. Letter Strategy The sentence “Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally” is often used to teach Order of Operations, or the order in which mathematical operations should be performed when evaluating expressions or equations. The first letter of each word of the sentence forms the word PEMDAS. This stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. PEMDAS is an example of a mnemonic letter strat

The corners of teaching strategy can be easily adapted to any grade level and subject. It takes little teacher preparation yet results in motivated, engaged students. The strategy involves students moving to one of the four classroom corners to convey their feelings about a topic. It can be designed to take only several minutes of class or up to an entire session. Memorable and valuable class discussions are often the result of the four corners strategy. Visible Opinion Sharing The corners is a teaching strategy that works well to engage all students in conversations about controversial topics. For example, in a reading class you can ask questions about a character’s actions in a novel. Math students can debate if students should be able to use calculators. Science students can discuss the use of alternative forms of energy. While in social studies, students can debate the various forms of government. To prepare, write statements in a definitive manner. For example, nuclear energ

To local school officials, taxpayers in a community share much in common with stakeholders in a publicly traded company. The proof is that superintendents and boards of education spend months and even years designing strategic plans for education that serve almost the same functions as a company's annual financial reports. These educational road maps portray officials' vision for the schools' future while presenting strategies to improve results, objectives to realize goals and key indicators to measure performance. Methods Brainstorm a list of goals for improving student achievement. Arrange goals in order of importance to the district at large. For example, the first goal might be to boost the high school graduation rate. The last goal might be to revamp language arts instruction at one of the elementary schools. Write an introduction summarizing those goals and expressing the district's educational vision. Refer to successes and shortcomings of prior strategic p