Georgia Experience Teacher Toolbox SAMPLE - Grade 5

GEORGIA EXPERIENCE | GRADE 5 | CHAPTER 11
CONTENT
Instructional Strategies
and Teaching Tools
AND SKILLS
The tools on the following pages are designed to be used in conjunction with the
Student Workbooks. Paired together, they give you exactly what you need for
thorough, standards-based instruction that incorporates inquiry, literacy, primary
source analysis, writing, project-based learning, map skills, technology skills, 21 st
Century skills, and much more!
Each tool can be used in multiple ways, and you can choose the best use for
your class. You can also pick-and-choose which tools to use. Ideas for effective
variation of adapting these tools into your classroom lessons and routines include:
• Items can be completed together as a class, in small groups, in pairs, or by
students individually.
• Assignments can be graded with a numeric score based on accuracy and
completeness, as done/not done, or as extra credit.
• You can project any tool on your whiteboard, making it easy to complete or review
map skills, graphic organizers, and other activities as a class.
• With some tools, you can reduce copy usage by projecting and reading instructions
aloud or by placing instructions in centers and having students complete the activity
on their own paper or digital device.
• You can incorporate technology by having students define vocabulary on digital
flashcards, complete writing prompts on blog, word processing, or collaborative
digital platforms, produce performance-based tasks using digital presentation
software, and through a variety of other creative ways.
SAMPLE
• You can assign items to be started for homework, and then launch an in-depth class
discussion and review the next day in class, in a flipped-classroom format.
(This can often be useful for DBQs and primary source analysis, or with any activity
where students benefit by having time to observe, analyze, hypothesize, or create
without tight time pressures or class distractions.)
• Many instructional items also make great authentic assessments. You can easily
select which tools to use to measure and document student understanding and
performance to inform instruction and recognize any need for intervention.
Assignment responses provide work samples perfect for student portfolios and
grades.
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