Instructional+Strategies


 * Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks ** [[image:dese.gif width="274" height="133" align="right"]]

**Universal Design for Learning (UDL) = structuring curricula and lessons to provide options to meet the variety of needs of all learners.**
 * Consider multiple ways to represent information
 * Multiple methods of engaging the participants
 * Multiple means for individuals to express what they know

A wide array of technologies are utilized by educators to provide these options to those participating in the learning environment. Along with text, consider providing audio clips, images, video clips, and interactive simulations for the learner to experience.

Visualization - 10 tips to making infographics and a list of sites to find existing visual representations of all kinds of data. Daily Infographic - a new infographic every week. Search by category or key word to find something specific. **Cross-curricular strategies for vocabulary, comprehension, and writing from** AdolescentLiteracy.org

** Reciprocal Teaching : **
 * Definition:** Reciprocal teaching refers to an instructional activity that takes place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students regarding segments of text. The dialogue is structured by the use of four strategies: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. The teacher and students take turns assuming the role of teacher in leading this dialogue.


 * Purpose: The purpose of reciprocal teaching is to facilitate a group effort between teacher and students as well as among students in the task of bringing meaning to the text. Each strategy was selected for the a purpose. [[file:Reciprocal Teaching.docx]] **