Teaching in which key concepts and principles are stressed instead of "facts."
What is concept-based teaching
100
A center that is designed to motivate student’s exploration of topics in which they have a particular interest.
What is an interest center
100
Write a musical, compose a song, or write a poem.
What are 3 product assignment ideas for the musically gifted student.
200
A three stage process of pre-assessing a student’s knowledge base on the content and assigning meaningful work in place of repeating learned content
What is compacting
200
A board that is divided into blocks (usually) with a variety of assignments that are organized by levels of difficulty or student interest.
What is a choice board
200
Create a series of murals, develop a museum exhibit, illustrate a book or story
What are 3 product assignment ideas for the creative/artistic student.
300
A negotiated agreement between teacher and student that gives students some freedom in acquiring skills and understandings that a teacher deems important at a given time
What is a learning contract
300
A large amount of content is divided among different groups with the purpose of learning a piece of the content and being responsible for teaching their piece to the rest of the group.
What is Jigsaw
300
Present a mime, write a play, choreograph a dance
What are three product assignment ideas for the drama/performance interested student.
400
The reteaching of a part of a lesson to a group of students to assure understanding, or to extend skill and understanding.
What are minilessons
400
A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea
What is mind mapping? What is a mind map?
400
Write a story, create a newsletter, write a biography.
What are three product assignment ideas for the linguistically interested student.
500
Employing different levels of complexity, abstractness, depth and breadth of books and resource materials.
What is using varied texts and resources.
500
An activity that requires students to look at a topic from six different angles such as: Describe It!, Compare It!, Associate It!, Apply It!, Analyze It!, Argue For or Against It!.
What is cubing?
500
Design a structure, draw a set of blueprints, invent or design a new product
What are 3 product ideas for the logical/mathematical student.