40 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, Grades K-5

by Linda Schwartz Green

• ISBN13: 9781412981705
• ISBN10: 1412981700
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781452269368
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-24
• Publisher: Corwin Pr
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Summary

This practical guide connects research and application with over 40 strategies for today's inclusive classroom, including methods for differentiating instruction for children with special needs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Engaging Students in the Inclusion Classroom: Research and Theoretical Underpinning

The Blueberry Story: The Teacher Gives the Businessman a Lesson

Inclusion: Definition and Research

Students in the Included Classroom: Who Are We Teaching?

Helping Teachers Meets the Inclusion Challenge

What is Active Learning? Defining Our Terms

Brain Based Learning

Information Processing

Information Processing Model

Connections to Differentiated Instruction

Supporting State Standards and Assessments

Motivating Learners Through Active Learning Strategies

Access Is Not Enough: The Critical Need to Address Diverse Student Populations

The Beginning

Selecting and Implementing Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom

Introduction

Classifications and Characteristics

IDEA Classification Chart

Other Diverse Populations

Assessing Students and Identifying Learning Characteristics

Using Strategies: Before, During, and After

Before the Strategy: Considerations When Choosing a Strategy

How to Choose a Strategy to Meet Individual Student Needs

Strategies That Address Specific Learner Characteristics

Learner Characteristics

Metacognitive Issues

Auditory Processing

Visual Processing

Memory Issues

Low Experiential Base

Attention

Social Skill Issues

More Abled/Higher Aptitude Learners

Interpersonal Preferences

Language

How to Choose a Strategy to Meet Individual Teacher Needs

During: Considerations for Implementing a Strategy

After: Considerations After Using the Strategies

Learning Communities

Teacher Notes and Reflections

Grouping for Instruction: Who Goes Where With Whom to Do What?

Introduction

How Do I Manage Everyone?

Whole Group Instruction

Small Group Instruction

Different Ways to Form Groups

Tips for Choosing and Using Instructional Groups in the Inclusion Classroom

Active Learning Strategies

Introduction

Acrostic Topics

Baggie Stories

Ball Toss

Barometer

Chain Reaction

Classification Capers

Classroom Box Bingo

Exit Cards

Fishbowl

Four Corners

Howdy Partner

If I Were

Information Rings

Job Wanted Poster

Line Up

Listening Teams

Outline Plus

Paper Pass

People Movers

Play Dough Construction

Puzzle Pieces

Quick Questions

Rainbow Ball

Round Robin

Sentence Starter Poster Session

Snowball Fight

Spider Web

Think Pair Share

Timeline

Two Truths and a Lie

Venn Hoops

Walking in Their Shoes

What's in the Bag?

What Up?

What Would It Say?

Who Am I/What Am I?

52 Things to Do

Participation Prompts

Conversation Cues

Talking Tickets

Whip

The Journey Continues

Index

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