Cues,+Questions,+&+Advance+Organizers

**Cues, Questions, & Advance Organizers**

Read and Reflect - Cues & Questions
 * The purpose of using cues in the classroom is to engage students and activate prior knowledge. It is a way to hook students and make them present for learning.
 * I tend to cue students prior to a new unit in Science and Social Studies. For example, before studying Earth Science I had the kids fill in the first two colums of the K W H L chart. I had them tell me what they know about Earth's Surface and what they want to know.
 * I tend to use more lower level thinking skills with my third graders and could work on designering higher level thinking questions. I would like to know if there are websites, or activiites that promote higher level thinking skills to activate students prior knowledge and engage all learners.
 * After reading about cues and questions, it affirms that using higher level thinking skills requires students to analyze the information and use proro knowledge.

Checking My Understanding
 * First Learning Goal
 * How does the value of physical labor differ for the North and the South?
 * Women used to disguise themselves as men to fight in the war.
 * Why would someone consider using people to produce goods like using machines to make goods
 * Second Learning Goal
 * How does music change the way a person feels
 * At the end of one of Mozart's concerts, he jumped into the lap of a young lady and asked, "Will you marry me?" Who was the young lady?
 * What is a reason musicians like Mozart create emotions within their listener

Module Reflection
 * Now I better understand that I should plan lessons with a learning goal, cues I will use, and a way to monitor the effects the cues and questions have on student learning. I will utilize the inferential questions that require students to make inferences in figure 21.2 to aid in my development of lessons.
 * I think I will change how I use cues and questions in my classroom in one subject area to start. I plan to begin in my next unit of Social Studies, The Early History of Michigan with the arrival of the French and British.

Read and Reflect - Advance Oganizers
 * Currently I use K, W.L charts, and two column chart with my students in Science and Social Studies.
 * I include key concepts and vocabulary to keep students focused on the topic.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are there different types of organizers? Which organizers work best in each subject area? Are there organizers that work best with elementary aged students?

Checking my understanding <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will construct my advance organizer using Mimio software. I will use various shapes and colors for each item in a web fashion. My focus will be to spotlight Democracy as the power of the people by voting, that candidates belong to different parties, and identifying the criteria to become a president.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Module Reflection
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading about advance organizers affirms that using these tools can help students learn facts and details about a topic and get ready to use the information. These tools are also beneficial for various types of learners like visual and kinesthetic learners.
 * Now I understand skimming before reading can be a powerful form of advance organizing. I have used skimming in the past but didn't realize it was an organizer. I also understand that students can utilize rubrics as part of the self-assessment process to help them reflect on their work.
 * I think I will use more advance organizers to help focus students' attention and learn key concepts. My school district has a subscription to both United Streaming and Brain Pop. I plan to use these multimedia tools to activate prior knowledge and develop a mental model to help them understand new information.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Apply and Reflect**
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It took some time getting comfortable using Glogster. Eventually I'm sure I will get faster. In order to use this type of technology in the classroom with third graders, I will first need to teach them how each feature works. I think at the early elementary level uploading graphics and videos from other files will be quite challenging. I will definitely need to do this type of assignment as a cooperative learning experience. Once my students are comfortable with Glogster I can teach them how to use it for presentations. An idea I have is to show my students how to use Glogster in my first year of the two year cycle. Then in the second year they will be able to focus on the content. **
 * One way I plan to use Glogster is to support my Social Studies curriculum. In the past I've had students do an oral presentation on a place they've visited in Michigan. The criteria was that they had to use visual aids like pictures of the place, brochures, and include a map. Using Glogster would be a useful tool for this project. Another way I could use Glogster is as an advance organizer to introduce my monthly Character Education themes.

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