students create their introductory sentences while
Graphic/Visual Organizer,
Guided Activity, Jigsaw,
Lateral Thinking
Graphic/Visual Organizer
Visual thinking tools like graphic
organizers help you visualize your thoughts. As
you create the map or diagram, the images will
help you think about how facts, concepts, or ideas
relate to one another and guide your thinking.
- Circle Map
- Concept Map
- Spider Map
- Venn Diagram
- Tree Chart
- T Chart
- Flow Chart
Guided Activity
Guided Practice is interactive instruction
between the teacher and students. After the
teacher introduces new learning, he/she begins the
student practice process by engaging students in a
similar task to what they will complete later in the
lesson independently.
Why is Guided Practice importance
for Students?
Guided practice is important for students
because it allows thinking about the new topic on
their own. It allows the students to practice with a
safety net. The students know the teacher is ready
to help at any point. It also builds confidence.
How do you do Guided Practice?
When beginning guided practice, the
teacher should first model the exercise for the
students. Next, the students work with the teacher
or groups to complete an activity. For example, a
teacher could model how to write a proper
introductory sentence on the chalkboard. Next,
the teacher walks around and monitors progress.
The teacher could then offer guidance as needed.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a cooperative learning strategy
that enables each student to become an expert on a
certain topic, through communication and
discussion with others reading the same text,
researching the same topic to unit, and then
sharing their findings to their original “home”
group.
The Jigsaw strategy is a student-centered
strategy that increases students’ participation,
which creates a supportive and motivating
environment.
To give students the opportunity to be the
teacher, build confidence and responsibility, and
work collaboratively with others to come up with
the main ideas of a text.
Lateral Thinking
The term lateral thinking refers to a
problem-solving strategy that utilizes creative and
indirect reasoning. We might colloquially call it
“thinking outside the box”.
Edward de Bono who invented the term
“lateral thinking” in 1967 is the pioneer of lateral
thinking. Lateral thinking is concerned with the
generation of new ideas. Liberation from old ideas
and the stimulation of new ones are twin aspects
of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is a creative
skill from which all people can benefit
enormously.