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    This document discusses activating prior knowledge and building background. It provides a framework to help students identify what they already know about a topic, what new information they expect to learn, what new information they did learn, and any remaining questions. Different teachers activate prior knowledge in various ways, such as telling a story or asking a general question. The content area and teacher affect how students connect new information to their existing knowledge and engage with the topic.

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    This document discusses activating prior knowledge and building background. It provides a framework to help students identify what they already know about a topic, what new information they expect to learn, what new information they did learn, and any remaining questions. Different teachers activate prior knowledge in various ways, such as telling a story or asking a general question. The content area and teacher affect how students connect new information to their existing knowledge and engage with the topic.

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    What do I know? What new information do I What new information do I What questions do I still have?
    think I will gather? have?

    ● Prior knowledge helps ● I hope to find new ● Different teachers ● I still want to see what
    students connect content to information about how activate knowledge in elective classes do to
    their lives. to make effective different ways. Some activate knowledge.
    ● I know that prior knowledge connections. may tell a story, others ● How is prior knowledge
    is useful for introducing a ● I would also like to may ask a general activated with younger
    new topic or idea. learn what ways are question. kids and how do you
    ● Prior knowledge gives a little good for activating prior ● The content and keep them on topic
    bit of comfort in learning knowledge. teacher affect how the once they make that
    because you tend to be more ● What do the different student will respond connection?
    confident about things you content areas do to and what things trigger ● Are there any ways that
    already know about. activate knowledge? their learning. work universally?
    ● We all activate
    knowledge in different
    ways. There is no right
    or wrong way, though
    other ways have been
    seen as more effective.

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