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Resources - Activating Prior Knowledge
| Activating Prior Knowledge | Strategies for activating prior knowledge from ESOL Online. |
| Class Discussions | An example of a teacher using a class discussion to activate prior knowledge. |
| Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student Contexts/Cultures | This NCREL article addresses the importance of activating student prior knowledge and provides instructional strategies related to this topic. |
| Developing Inferential Comprehension Through DL-TA and Discussion Webs | This Read*Write*Think1 lesson uses the narrative text Granddaddy's Gift by Margaree King Mitchell to help students improve their inferential comprehension, prediction, and discussion skills. Before reading, students answer discussion questions to help activate prior knowledge. Grade 3. |
| Graphic Organizers | These graphic organizers can be used to illustrate a student or class's prior knowledge about a topic or section of text. |
| Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge | Research has been conducted to determine the value of providing activities or strategies to assist in providing students with ways to activate their prior knowledge base. This ERIC Digest article investigates the results of the research and discusses classroom implications. |
Ready to Print Resources to Accompany Mosaic and Strategies that Work! |
Includes posters related to making connections: text to self connections, text to world connections, text to text connections. |
| The Tutor - Activating Prior Knowledge | Suggestions for reading tutors as they assist students. Included in this article is a sample KWL chart. |
1Read*Write*Think contains a wealth of reading and writing lessons. It is a collaborative effort between the International Reading Association, NCTE, and Marco Polo.
Instructional Resources Database: Instructional Activities from SEDL is a search tool for locating instructional activities.
