Norwood+Elementary+Teaching+Strategies+Implemented

Teaching Strategies used during practicum at Norwood Elementary: *LEA teaching strategy: used during Jane Yolen’s //__Encounter__//. Students experienced sensory imagery via closing eyes with instruction on their surroundings and dream they were having while meditating. *LEA teaching strategy: used during Patricia Polacco’s //__Thunder Cake__// lesson plan. Students all got to eat the Thunder Cake they had read about. *Web 2.0 teaching strategy: used throughout Patricia Polacco author study. Students learned about Patricia Polacco through a mock Facebook page, and would leave comments throughout week about their favorite books they had read and a little bit of why it was their favorite. *Explicit teaching strategy: used during independent lesson on discrimintaion between a simile and a metaphor. Students learn difference between simile and metaphor and displayed gained knowledge by correctly placing simile and metaphor in correct category in pocket chart. *Readers’ Theatre teaching strategy: used for an extension activity on Jane Yolen’s //__Encounter__// lesson. Students picked parts in a Columbus readers’ theatre script and we practiced for the first 10-15 minutes of recess, and then performed in front of class.