Process Skills: for Teaching, Learning and Performing

Writing:
Informational: Directions, Explanations, Descriptions, Reports
How to manual or webpage
Argument: Stance/evidence/editorial:
http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/56069187 ;
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/pedagogies/argument.shtml
Narrative: personal, historic, fictional:
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/narratives/index.html
Description/Details: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/3rd-grade-descriptivewriting
Using Models: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lessonplans/writing-flashback-flash-forward-94.html
Literary: stories, poems, dramas, music and lyrics:
Diaries: real or imagined
Illustrated Books:
Question and Answer Books: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/creating-question-answer-books-353.html
Letters: to authors, characters, real people, self, editor:
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-declaration-of-independence
Brochures, ads, flyers, want-ads, memoranda:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/travel-brochureshighlighting-setting-961.html
Summaries, paraphrases: http://homeschoolbin.com/somebody-wanted-butso.php
Exit Tickets: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teacher-assessment-strategy
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-daily-assessment :
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/daily-lesson-assessment
Menus: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/descriptive-details-sensorylanguage

Perspective writing opposing view-points, RAFTS (Buehl, 2001), Same issue:

different time periods, rewrite stories, history, etc. from a different
perspective: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-french-revolution
Quick Writes: http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies/strat_quick.pdf ;
http://nrhs.nred.org/www/nred_nrhs/site/hosting/Literacy%20Website/Literacy
%20Strategy%20Templates/Quick_Write__description.pdf
Create Questions: www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.org;
http://www.mrbisson.com/AVID/Forms/costa.pdf;
Journals: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/journal/index.html
Reading Response Journal:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/lesson-plan/43186.html
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/responsejournal/index.html
Project Journal:
Historical Figure/ Character/ Element Journal:
Learning Log: www.leaningchannel.org/videos/science-lesson-magnets
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/logs/index.html
Question Log (Jim Burke):
http://www.hcschools.org/literacy/Resources/independent%20reading/Beyond
%20Questions.pdf
Sticky Note Responses: http://www.edutopia.org/stw-assessment-authenticreading-skills-teacher-video
Brainstorming/ categorizing/ Affinity Diagram/ Consensigram:
www.learningchannel.org/videos/brainstorm-speeches ;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Collaborative Writing: www.edutopia.org/blog/6-strategies-motivate-studentparticipation-maddie-witter www.teachingchannel.org/videos/high-schoolwriting-lesson-idea (grade 9)
Scales (Kagan, 1994:) www.edutopia.org/blog/6strategies-motivate-studentparticipation-maddie-witter
Newswriting, Script for a newscast:
Blogs, Tweets: www.edublogs.org
http://teachersnetwork.org/videos/onlinevideoBloggingInTheClassroom.htm

Sentence frames/ Starters: http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/SomebodyWanted-But-So.html http://homeschoolbin.com/somebody-wanted-but-so.php

Text-tapping (Meeks and Austin, Literacy in the English Classroom):
Notes, Emails:
Graffiti: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/03/guidedreading-fun-graffiti-tables
Critique, Review: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lessonplans/what-think-writing-review-876.html?tab=1#tabs
Writing Process: Planning and prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing,
Publishing: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-writing (grade
5) www.teachingchannel.org/videos/high-school-writing-lesson-idea (grade 9)
Creating and using rubrics: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teachingmethods-and-management/rubrics/4521.html
Publishing: http://www.edutopia.org/self-publishing-student-writing
Organizing:
Comparison/Contrast:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/comparecontrast.html
Cause-Effect:
Categorizing/ Sorting/ Classifying: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/sortingclassifying-expectations-discussion ;
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/booksorting-using-observation-145.html
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/categorizing/index.html ;
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/sorting-classifying-equations-overview?fd=1
Problem/ Solution: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/psolving/index.html
Evidence/Claim:
Experiment- Evaluation: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/science-lessonmagnets
Developing and Refining Research Questions:
Outlining:
Note-taking/ Cornell Notes:
http://lsc.cornell.edu/Sidebars/Study_Skills_Resources/cornellsystem.pdf

Action Plans:
Drawing Conclusions or Generalizations:
Scientific method: creating hypotheses, and checking:
Simulations:
RAFTS: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/raft/index.html
Survey/ Data: www.pollseverywhere.com
iREAP (Read, Encode, Annotate and Analyze, Ponder and Perform) (Marzano,
2002:
Graphic Organizers: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer ;
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/research-reports-graphic-organizers-97-2-1 ;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies ;
http://www.dgelman.com/graphicorganizers/#GENERIC
For Math: http://www.dgelman.com/graphicorganizers/
Venn diagram:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/printable/44877.html?detoured=1
Concept Map:
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/conceptmap/index.html
Conversation Roundtable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k7You4uMhw
Thinking Map:
Vocabulary Map Word families:
Timeline:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/timeline/
Data Chart:
Story Frames/ Event Frames:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/storymap/
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/storymapping/index.html ;
http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Somebody-Wanted-But-So.html
Wall Text/Graffiti/ Charting Artifacts:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/03/guided-readingfun-graffiti-tables

Triangle Organizers (Swartz and Bone, 1995):

Hierarchy Chart:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wordhelp/create-a-hierarchy-HA010336065.aspx
Sequencing Chart:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/sequence.html#probsolut
ion http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/sequence.html#web
; http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/printouts/sequence-events-chart-30580.html
T-Chart: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/tchart/ ;
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/comparecontrast.html
Fishbone: http://quality.enr.state.nc.us/tools/fishbone.htm;
http://www.bing.com/images/search?
q=Blank+Fishbone+Diagram&FORM=RESTAB
KWL/ KPC/KIC (Know, Interests me, Choice/ Know, Predict, Check)
(Gregory and Kumach, 2005):
Inter-relationship Diagram:
Tree Diagram:
http://www.usca.edu/Free/mmp_counting/tree_diagrams.html
Four-corner graphic organizer:
Models, Graphs, Flow charts, Charts:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/sequence.html#web
Cross-Classification Chart:
Visualizing:
Artistic Expressions: artwork, sketches, songs, music, dance, collages,
models, slide show, multi-media presentation, posters:
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/gallery-walk-lessonplan (grade 11)
Comic Strip; http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschoolresources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
Radio Spot/ Drama/ Public Information Announcement:
Plays, skits, dialogue or interview:
www.teachernetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoMonsterandMyth_AHumanity
%20UnitforMiddleSchoolers.htm

Podcast, webpage:
http://teachernetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoPodcastingWithYourStudents.htm
Build Models or Prototype:
www.teachernetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoMonsterandMyth_AHumanity
%20UnitforMiddleSchoolers.htm
Graphic depiction of concepts and abstracts: www.visualthesaurus.com

Reading:
Teacher Read aloud/ Think aloud:
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=116101;
http://teacher.depaul.edu/ResearchBase/ThinkAloud.pdf;
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/102/;
http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/56069187
Skim/Scan: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lessonplans/research-building-blocks-skim-155.html
Text mark-up/ Sticky-note/ highlighting:
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/enhance-student-note-taking ;
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-annotated-reading-strategy
Paired Reading: http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/55954403
Independent Reading: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/dear-reading
Choosing Just-Right books: www.busyteachercafe.com
Jig-Saw Reading: www.teachingchannel/videos/jigsaw-method
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/jigsaw/index.html
Finding the GIST and main idea: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/gist-summarizing-strategy-content-290.html;
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/get-the-gist-of-an-essay-how-todetermine-theory-main-points.htm
Reading Primary Documents: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/745 ;
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/choosing-primary-source-documents
Identifying Author, Purpose, and Audience:
Questioning the text, making predictions, visualizing, making inferences:
http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/56069187

Close Reading: www.vimeo.com/47315992

www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-annotated-reading-strategy;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu6ivz0N2Ao
Guided Reading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVK9ZV-AinA
Anticipation Guides:
http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/anticipexs.html;
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/anticiguide/index.htm
SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review( (Andersen and Armbruster,
1984):
Reading from different points of view:
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-french-revolution
Vocabulary Processes:
Word Walls: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/wordwall/index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20031209123643/http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/ideas/id
ea3.html
Context Clues:
Vocabulary Paint Chips: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/build-studentvocabulary
College Talk/ Academic Vocabulary:
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improving-stuent-vocabulary
Breaking down words: Word families/word history/word parts:
Visual representations: www.visualthesaurus.com
Frayer model/ graphic organizers (Example, Non-example, non-linguistic
representation, use): http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphicorganizers/frayer.html
Using Technology:
Researching: Narrowing topics, Finding sources, Evaluating sources, Using
information from sources, Citing sources : www.diigo.com;
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/05/15/3-video-lesson-guides-ondigital-literacy/ ; www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-strategiesinternet-research
Graphic Tools: www.sisirnath.com/degreework2010/digital-teaching-tools

Comic strip, cartoon: www.goanimate.com ;

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comiccreator-a-30237.html
Podcasts:
http://teachersnetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoPodcastingWithYourStudents.ht
m
Storyboards: http://www.printablepaper.net/category/storyboard
Graphic novel:
Brochures:
I-Search: http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=I-Search
Magazines, newspapers, newsletters:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant/teachingtips/making-a-class-magazine ;
http://jobs.languagelink.ru/tefl_clinic/practical_teaching/teaching_youn
g_learners/young_learners_teenagers/making_a_class_magazine.php
http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/14-simple-pointsto-make-a-class-magazine-831848.html
Web Quest:
Word Clouds: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-teachingstrategy
Video, audio recording: http://audacity.sourceforge.net;
Game Creation: http://www.edutopia.org/is-school-enough-gamebased-learning-stem-video; http://www.edutopia.org/blog/gamestar-mechanicgamification-made-easy-andrew-proto
Video Conferencing: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/3rd-gradedescriptive-writing
Video Book Talk:
http://drscavanaugh.org/booktalk/making_a_video_book_talk_PhotoStory.htm
Slide show www.animoto.com
Oral:

Think-Pair-Share: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/think-pair-share-lessonidea (Grade 7 Math) http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/think/index.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Brainstorming: http://creatingminds.org/tools/tools_ideation.htm ;
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/brainstorming/index.html ;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Readers Theater:
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/readerstheatre/index.html
Rotating Role Reading: www.kaganonline.com/online-magazine/featuredstructure.php
Cooperative Group Learning:
http://teachersnetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoClassroomManagementThroughCoope
rativeGroups.htm
Accountable Talk: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-as-a-group;
http://vimeo.com/album/2192389/video/55950928;
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/sorting-classifying-equations-overview?fd=1
(math)
Peer reading and discussion:
http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/55954403
Four Corners: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Discussion clustering:
Peer Evaluation:
Peer Editing and Revising: http://vimeo.com/album/2192378/video/55965890
Peer Teaching: www.teaching channel.org/videos/peer-teaching2:
http://vimeo.com/album/2192378/video/55965890
Reciprocal Teaching:
Pairs Check: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Group Discussion: www.teachingchanney.org/videos/strategies-for-studentcentered-discussion
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing=text-brainstorming
Consensus- making: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/sorting-classifyingequations-discussion

Speech presentation of information:

Debate: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teachingeconomics=with=debating; http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/56069189
Courtroom Trial:
Text-Talk: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-as-a-group
Seminars/ Fishbowl discussions: http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-criticalthinking-professional-development-video
Inside-Outside Circles (Kagan & Kagan, 2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/Kagan-Strategies
Thinking Hats (deBono, 1999)
Perspective Analysis (Marzano, 1992)
Book Talks: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/booktalks/index.html
Authors Chair: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/author/index.html
Re-Telling:
Say Something: http://spedlit.k12.hi.us/Strategies/Say_Some.htm
http://literacyacrossdisciplines.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Say+Something+Strategy
Questioning Follow-up Questions: http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html
Question Swap/ People Hunt: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52105928/KaganStrategies
Scenarios- Problem Solving:
Role-Play: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/roleplaying/index.html
Gallery Walk: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/gallery-walk
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/gallery-walk-lesson-plan (Grade 11 SS)
Literature/Information Circles: http://litcircles.org/ ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDlt6WVwUPk; http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=yVK9ZV-AinA ; www.readingandwritingproject.com
Interviewing:
Presentation and speaking skills: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachingpresentation-skills-with-ignite-andrew-miller
Teach Someone Else:

Interactive Lecture:
Listening/ Viewing:
Active Listening: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-learning-positions
Evaluating speeches:
persuasive-speeches

www.teachingchannel.org/videos/brainstorm-

Evaluating films, podcasts, etc.:

Viewing films as models: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/writing-flashback-flash-forward-94.html
Note-taking from speeches/presentations:
Procedures and Classroom Processes:
Safety procedures:
Goal Setting:
Self-assessment: http://vimeo.com/album/2192390/video/55951743
Creating Group Norms:
Break Out Groups/ Grouping/ Teams: www.kaganonline.com/onlinemagazine/spencers_thinkpad.php
Cooperative/Collaborative Learning:
http://teachersnetwork.org/videos/onlinevideoClassroomManagementThrough
CooperativeGroups.htm; http://www.edutopia.org/stw-collaborative-learningresources
Rituals and Routines:
http://teachersnetwork.org/videos/onlinevideoClassroomManagementElement
ary.htm ;
http://teachersnetwork.org/Videos/onlinevideoClassroomManagementSecond
ary.htm
Teacher Modeling:
Interactive Film Viewing- Viewing Guides:
Managing Transitions: www.teachingchannel.org/videos/managing-transitions
Learning Centers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6v9gCq7oM&list=PLF35BD218F11CC7F2