1. Big Idea Graphic Organizer Added value through focused material www.ccbd.net/documents/bb/BB16(3)%20Sundeen.pdf www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/toolbigidea.pdf Chris Rodkey

2. Student Service Learning Engaging students in meaningful learning Montgomery County Public Schools SSL Guide: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/ssl/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/05/AR2010100502816.html Chris Rodkey

3. Metacognition / Reflection METACOGNITION: Study Strategies, Monitoring, and Motivation: http://academic.pgcc.edu/~wpeirce/MCCCTR/metacognition.htm An essay on metacognition: http://gse.buffalo.edu/fas/shuell/cep564/metacog.htm Wikipedia http://ayjfblduzs.ru/people/?ZmxvcmlkYWNhcmRlYWxlcnMub3Jn Marc Pirner

4. Field Trips School Field Trips: Assessing Their Long-Term Impact: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2151-6952.1997.tb01304.x/abstract List of field trips by subject, age, and park: http://www.metroparks.org/GetOutside/EducationalFieldTrips.aspx http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/nov/12/4/living-history-field-trip-day-charleston-ar-1081828/ Marc Pirner

5. Debates and Role Plays Role Playing in Education: http://www.blatner.com/adam/pdntbk/rlplayedu.htm National model United Nations: http://www.nmun.org/ http://globalsolutions.org/blog/2010/05/all-cool-kids-do-model-un Marc Pirner

6. Songs and Video Clips tv.gawker.com/ Youtube.com The Dailey Show The Colbert Report The Simpsons South Park Educational Video Clip Forum: http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=6666 www.vilarpac.org/vpac/calendar.aspx?mode=detail&eventId=vpac_w_0910_62/sem-map.htm Chris Rodkey

7. Power Point Presentations Notes with easy differentiation potential www.teach-nology.com http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/arbach/arbach.html Chris Rodkey

8. Reading Road Maps Scaffold student reading assignments http://student.wartburg.edu/becker/ReadingRoadMap%2010-15-06.ppt gse.gmu.edu/assets/docs/lmtip/vol2/K.McGee.doc Chris Rodkey

10. Prompts HOTS

11. Stimulates anticipationwww.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/​lr1kwlh.htm Brennan Davis

13. Students analyzes different perspectives on an issue

14. Students use reasoning skills to draw conclusionshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf Brennan Davis

15. Cause & Effect Cause & Effect: Establishing a relationship between an action/event and its results – ‘the ripple affect’ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cause-and-effect http://www.bts-foundation.org How to Use Cause & Effect- http://urbanext.illinois.edu/ce/strat130.html http://www.personalbrandingblog.com/personal-branding-interview-jennifer-aaker-and-andy-smith/ Louis Sheppard

16. Venn Diagram Venn Diagram: Logically comparing and contrasting themes and vocabulary http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=venn%20diagram Simple & Advanced: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/venndiag.htm http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/3history.htmtp://ayjfblduzs.ru/people/?ZmxvcmlkYWNhcmRlYWxlcnMub3Jn Louis Sheppard

17. Semantic Mapping FREE SEMATIC MAP TEMPLATES: http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/teacher_resources/inspiration_templates/ http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/sem-map.htm Marc Pirner

18. Different Perspectives Social Studies Perspectives: http://www.hisd.k12.mi.us/gened/ssperspect.html http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/inform5.html Marc Pirner

19. Word Bank Word Bank: Categorized vocabulary to aid and stimulate the student Possibilities: http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/a/words.php?f=bank_1 http://www.toolsforeducators.com/wordbank/ Louis Sheppard

20. Browsealoud.com Designed to Assist with Reading Online- (This Website Highlights, Reads Aloud, & Offers Additional Links) http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80094&tile=USA Sites that Browsealoud.com offers include… http://americanhistory.si.edu/ http://nmaahc.si.edu/ http://americanart.si.edu/ http://www.smithsonian.org/ http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/accessibility.htm http://www.cua.edu/speech-enabled.cfm Louis Sheppard

21. Highlighter and Sticky Notes Tagging and/or marking certain selections of text as important The Importance of these Strategies: http://www.readingquest.org/strat/underline.html http://www.lexdis.org.uk/strategy/91 http://www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/13242.html Louis Sheppard

23. Intended for elementary students

24. Has applicability for older students with cognitive disabilities http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/inspirationprojects.cfm Brennan Davis

26. Allows equal access to text-based materials.http://www.pageflip.com/ Brennan Davis

28. Use of scribe can benefit both note taker and the person for whom notes are takenhttp://www.neo-direct.com/intro.aspx Brennan Davis