MODELING

The teacher models what is expected

of student. Usually a step by step
procedure. Student question: Could
you please show me how I would write
a sentence that asks questions

HANDS-ON
MANIPULATIVES

manipulatives are learning aids

such as microscopes, tiles for
counting/making sets. Student
question: What is the difference
between the length of the desk and
the width of the door?

USING OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

REALIA

COMMERCIAL OR
TEACHER-MADE
PICTURES

Students have
access to real THING, such as a
can of coke. Student question:
What information can I get from a
soda label?

COMPREHENSIBLE

Use of pictures
that depict any object, process or
topic. Student questions: Lets
look to see how to make a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich.

DEMONSTRATIONS

INPUT
To show clues by writing words,
sketching out by connecting verbal or written to
picture, must have both. Student question: I didnt
understand these words you used when you talked
about the water cycle: evaporation, condensing,
ground water. Could you please explain them to me?

MULTIMEDIA

Use of tape recorder,

video, computer, Elmo, etc.
Student question: What is the
Holocaust?

TECHNIQUES

TIMELINES

Visually represents
events in sequence/can be added on
to.
Student question: What happens
leading up to the first Tuesday in
November when we vote for the U.S
president?

Process of how something

happens. Student questions: How do artifacts get
buried deep underground?

GRAPHS

Visually
represents numbers and amounts.
Student question: We dont eat just
junk food. How can we prove to
everyone that we eat healthy things
too?

MAPS

Used in Science, Geography, or

History. Student question: Where
the remaining rainforests in the
world today?