TeachingStrategies
TeachingStrategies
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INNOVATIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES
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A Resource Book for 21st Century Teachers
Milagros Lim-Borabo, Ph.D.
Heidi Grace Lim-Borabo, Ph.D.
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FOREWORD
Brenda B Corpus
BRENDA B. CORPUZ, Ph.D.
President, PAFTE
PREFACE
The Interactive and Innovative Teaching Strategies: A Resource Book for 21st
Century Teachers is especially prepared and written to respond to the needs,
interests and abilities of diverse types of learners.. The forty 40) strategies
contained in each volume will challenge the pre-service and in-service
teachers to use/employ these strategies that cater to the learning styles and
modalities, multiple intelligences of the learners.
Teachers and pre-service teachers are also given the opportunity to be flexible
and to be more creative in the application of these strategies as long as these
strategies are aligned with the learning outcomes.
Each learning strategy contains the following components which were
creatively designed and planned to improve the quality of instruction.
Procedures
This part explains the step-by-step activity of the strategy. This will help the
teachers use the strategy for better results.
Templates
These are prototype examples which can be used by the teacher to perform
the strategies well. The sample templates are found immediately after the
strategies.
May this Resource Book give you all the motivation and encouragement to
make every moment in the classroom meaningful, rewarding, memorable and
exciting to your students!
Happy learning! Happy teaching!
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Interactive and Innovative Teaching Strategies
Accordion
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the
activity.
2. Let students prepare an accordion based on
the concept for the day.
3. Present the accordion to the class.
4. Display finished accordion on the class
bulletin board.
Advertisement
Description of the Strategy
This is a business-like strategy for advertising the
concept/topic/ or idea for the day. The students are
encouraged to be creative in promoting their products
(concepts or ideas in class). This can be a pre-assigned
activity for learners to enjoy.
WANTED:
Efficient
Resourceful
Committed and
Excellent
Teachers!
Teaching Procedures
. Pre-assign the next lesson by allowing your class to make an
advertisement through oral or print. This can be assigned
individually or by group.
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the activity.
2. Let the students present their advertisement of the
lesson at the beginning of the lesson, discussion or at the
end of the activity.
3. Evaluate the activity.
Answer Relay
Description of the Strategy
This is a strategy where the students answer the question
in the form of a relay. This will make the class highly
engaged and lively. This will also strengthen students'
interpersonal
relationship.
Teaching Procedures
1. Start the lesson/topic by discussing the salient points.
2. Explain the objectives/procedures of the answer relay.
This shall form part of the discussion.
3. Let the students group themselves equally into 4
teams.
4. State the rules of the game, that if they answer the
question correctly they will make one (1) step forward,
the one who reaches the finish line is declared the
winner/s of the game.
5. Ensure that the question covers all the salient points
of the lesson.
6. Process the activity.
Appointment Clock
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the
activity.
2. Provide the template on page 43.
5. Let them evaluate the said activity.
3. Let them mill around to find their 3, 6, 9 and 12
appointments.
4. Inform them that you shall give them the signal to
go to their respective pairs. This will give them the
chance to share, comment, react, evaluate, predict or
compare salient points on the topic.
Beauty Pageant
Teaching Procedures
1.Pre-assign students who should be included in
the beauty pageant.
2.Give them the points to be included in the
interview.
3. Let this be the discussion points of the lesson.
4. Evaluate the activity.
Bet on your Classmates
Description of the Strategy
This is a questioning strategy allowing the members of the
class to bet on how many questions can be answered by their
classmates based on the discussion of the lesson or topic.
Teaching Procedures
1. State the objectives and the procedures of the activity.
This can be pre-assigned for the class members to read
the topic in advance.
2. Discuss the lesson and allow the students to formulate
their questions.
The questions may also be prepared by the teacher or
assigned group.
1. Call on students to answer the questions through a
lottery.
2. Let their classmates bet on how many questions may be
answered by their classmate.
The one who guesses the correct bet wins and gets a point.
1. Call on others to do the same. The game continues until
the lesson/questions are fully discussed.
2. Process the activity.
Big Books
Description of the Strategy
The Giant's Ice Cream
This is a good project especially for literature
classes where students will make a big book
based on the stories discussed in class. This can
be done individually or by groups.
Desired Learning Outcomes
promote creativity and resourcefulness enhance
oral and written communication skills
strengthen unity and cooperation
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of
designing big books.
2. Let them agree if they will do this
individually or by groups.
3. Tell them to look for commercially made
materials to guide them in making the big
books.
4. Allow them enough time to prepare their big
books.
5. Let them share and present the big book in
class.
6. Evaluate the activity.
7. Have a corner to display the big books.
Calendar of Activities
Description of the Strategy
This is a good recording strategy to enhance the
written language proficiency of students.
This will also enhance the skills of students in
recording significant events in their life as a
student.
This may also be used to enrich lessons on verbs
and nouns.
Desired Learning Outcomes
improves writing skills
enhances certain concepts in grammar
strengthens intrapersonal intelligence
Teaching Procedures
1.State the objectives and procedures of
preparing the calendar of activities.
2.Instruct the students to record
important/significant events in a month.
3. Let them share their calendar at the end of the
activity. This can be done during their homeroom
sessions/ supervised lunch or recess in order to
get to know your students better.
4. Evaluate the activity.
Classroom Buntings
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the
activity.
2. Tell them that there will be a classroom fiesta at the
end of the activity.
3. Discuss the lesson.
4. Let them write the terms, ideas, concepts learned in
the prepared
classroom buntings. Sample template is on page 49.
5. Allow them to read what they wrote and to staple
the buntings in the piece of strings, yarn or colored
paper.
6. Process the activity.
Coded Terms
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the strategy "Complete the
Story." This may be done at the end of the lesson.
2. Let them create their own endings through illustration, gestures or
statement.
1. Discuss the lesson for the day.
3. Give time to the students to design their group or individual banners.
2. Explain the objectives and procedures of concept parade.
1. Let them have a concept parade in the class.
2. Assign one member to explain their concepts.
3. Evaluate the activity.
Numbered Mystery Word Card
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the "open
the basket" which is similar to the rules that children
play. State that the "it" shall be the first one to
formulate/answer the question. This shall be done during
the discussion or end part of the lesson.
1. Let the children form the open the basket formation,
be the first one, to formulate the question - let the
"it" answer the question and to formulate another
question and says "open the basket".
2. Inform the class that the game continues until
he/she says that the game is over.
Pick your Colors
Description of the Strategy
This is a strategy to enhance the visual-spatial
intelligence of the class. This is also a creative way to
express how they feel about the lesson. This will also
give them the chance to summarize the lesson through
colors.
Desired Learning Outcomes
enhances visual-spatial intelligence promotes creativity
and ingenuity
encourages all class members to be highly engaged in
the activity
gives life to the class activity through colors
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and the procedures of the
activity.
2. Assign the class to bring colored papers in class.
3. Discuss the lesson of the day.
4. Recapitulate the lesson by asking the class to
represent their learnings/feelings by choosing a
color.
5. Let them explain the reason why they chose that
specific color.
6. Group the colors that the class represents.
7. Summarize and evaluate the discussion.
Pick your Numbers
Teaching Procedures
1. Discuss the topic/lesson for the day.
2. Explain the objectives and procedures of the
picture frame.
3. Let the students express their feelings or
emotions by having their photo taken in the
prepared picture frame.
4. Summarize the lesson and process the
activity.
Point-Counterpoint
Teaching Procedures
1. Explain the objectives and procedures of the
activity.
2. Present the template on point-counterpoint on
page 77.
3. Let the students write as many examples of
point-counterpoint.
5. Process the activity.
4. Summarize the concepts learned.
Positive-Negative (POS-NEG)
Teaching Procedures
1. Inform the class about the objectives and procedures
of the activity.
2. Discuss the lesson of the day.
3. Let them write the summary of the lesson using the
consecutive triple letters of their choice.
4. Let them share their triple letters.
5. Allow them to post their triple letters on the class
bulletin board.
Trivia