This chapter provided a wide range of strategies that teachers can use to build and activate background knowledge. Choose one strategy you could implement in your content area to build and activate background knowledge and complete the graphic organizer “Making Content Connections”.
What will be an ideal response?
. Complete the graphic organizer “Making Content Connections” for one strategy that
teachers can implement to build and activate background knowledge in your content area.
• Graphic organizer must include the following: a. Research that supports lesson goal b. Steps of strategy c. Description of strategy application must be content specific
• See sample graphic organizer.
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a. True b. False
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What will be an ideal response?
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