Designing & Leading Learning Experiences

Below please find links to a few websites with pedagogical ideas and tools to consider as you design and plan your learning experiences.

• Teaching ideas from Facing History
• The Teacher Toolkit! | Engaging techniques for effective teaching
• Activators and Summarizers – Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
• Group work and teamwork
• Discussion-based teaching
• Discussions
• Preparing For Discussion
• Instructional Strategies – Teaching Excellence & Educational Excellence

Reading Comprehension Strategies From Reading Rockets

Strategy	Focus	B/D/A
Concept Maps	Comprehension	During reading
Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)	Comprehension	During reading
Exit Slips	Comprehension	After reading
Inference	Comprehension	During reading After reading
Inquiry Chart	Comprehension	During reading
Jigsaw	Comprehension	During reading
Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD)	Comprehension	Before reading During reading After reading
Paragraph Shrinking	Comprehension	During reading
Partner Reading	Comprehension	During reading
Question the Author	Comprehension	During reading
Question-Answer Relationship (QAR)	Comprehension	After reading
Reading Guide	Comprehension	During reading
Reciprocal Teaching	Comprehension	During reading
Story Maps	Comprehension	During reading After reading
Story Sequence	Comprehension	Before reading During reading After reading
Summarizing	Comprehension	After reading
Think-alouds	Comprehension	During reading
Think-Pair-Share	Comprehension	Before reading After reading
Visual Imagery	Comprehension	During reading