Schema-Background-Knowledge

Instructions:
Add whatever you want to Strategies, Activities, Informal Assessment and Formal Assessment. Start by clicking "edit page" and then it is like a word processor. If you want to change the wording of what has been already written, treat it like your own text and change it. That is, if you have a more explicit way of saying something, or want to add more and change the wording, just do so. We will be able to track what has been changed, so we can discuss any discrepancies (let's not worry about "hurt feelings" here--this is academic meaning negotiation, and important for critical thinking!!). When you add something, put your initials in parentheses behind it. That will help us to negotiate meaning.

Strategies
Brain storm Create a web with the class before reading on given topic Read varied types of books about same topic

Activities
Read aloud where teacher models making connections to their own schema. Writing parallel stories based on read aloud or independent read from student's own life/experiences Pre-reading activities to help build background knowledge of a given topic Watch video/cd about topic to build background knowledge Read other books about topic to build background knowledge KWL to activate schema (a.p)

Informal Assessment
Response journaling-making connections Verbal connections to personal experiences, which are tied to text Brain storming. free write