4.+Cues,+Questions,+and+Advanced+Organizers

 __**Expository advanced organizers**__
 * Recommendations from //Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works// (Pitler)**
 * Use expository advance organizers.
 * Use narrative advance organizers.
 * Teach students skimming as a form of advance organizer.
 * Teach students how to use graphic advance organizers.
 * Use explicit cues.
 * Ask questions that elicit inferences.
 * Ask analytic questions.
 * 1) Brochures
 * 2) Definitions
 * 3) Rubrics
 * 4) Programs


 * __Narrative advanced organizers__**
 * 1) Stories
 * 2) Articles
 * 3) Artistic works


 * __Graphic advanced organizers__**
 * 1) Tables - 2 columns - first column has terms or concepts and second column has students notes, links, pictures
 * 2) Charts
 * 3) Artistic works


 * __Skimming__**


 * Word Processing:**
 * I Am Poem[[file:I AM template.dot]]

**Spreadsheet Software:** Can use to create rubrics and automatically tabulate scores.

**Organizing and Brainstorming Software** Tell students what content they are about to learn Incorporate the essential question 
 * [|www.mywebspiration.com]


 * [|5th Grade Rock Cycle]
 * [|5th Grade Explorers]
 * [|5th Grade Explorers2]
 * [|3rd Grade Simple Machines]
 * [|Kindergarten Wants and Needs]

 **Multimedia: **
 * [|BrainPop]
 * [|Discovery Education Streaming]
 * [|Internet Archive]
 * [|Creative Commons]
 * [|Stellarium]

**Resources focusing on higher level thinking:**
 * [|Applying Bloom's Taxonomy]

**Resources:**
 * http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/9advorganizers.htm