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Marzano's "Top 9" List  http://www.rcs.k12.tn.us/rc/instruction/marzano_strategies.htm

Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking

Reinforcing effort and providing recognition

Homework and practice

Nonlinguistic representations

Cooperative Learning

Setting objectives and providing feedback

Generating and Testing Hypothesis

Prior Knowledge

1. Identifying similarities and differences

Web Links: edhelper.com - Graphic Organizers, http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm  (allows editing of organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm  (organizer and description)
http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html   (pdf and word format, ready to print)
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/notes/graphicorganizers/graphic/  (library of organizers)

The Big 6 skills needed for note taking: http://www.big6.org/showcategory.php?cid=19  (sample lessons)

3. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition

Recognize heroes, admired athletes, politicians, musicians or others who became successful with extra effort.  http://www.greenwoodinstitute.org/resources/ressuc.html

4. Homework and practice

Homework Help search  http://www.yourhomework.com/hhelp/index.html
Homework help   http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

 5. Nonlinguistic representations (e.g., mental images, graphs, acting out con
Weblinks:
templates  http://manila.esu4.org/files/instructionalstrat/fourDstudy.doc
blank template  http://manila.esu4.org/files/instructionalstrat/4dblank.doc
example:  http://manila.esu4.org/files/instructionalstrat/4dblank.doc

Webster dictionary online:  http://www.webster.com/
Visual Thesaurus:  http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?vt
Student Dictionary:  http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html

Creating a poster with Excel:   http://manila.esu4.org/files/instructionalstrat/CreatingPostersExcelVenn.pdf

6.  Cooperative learning
Webquests  http://webquest.org/
Technology Integration links:  http://www.edutopia.org/modules/TI/resources.php  (The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Microsoft Education Resources:  http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx

Email for Students:  http://www.gaggle.net

7.  Setting objectives and providing feedback
  Rubrics software
RubiStar- http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Rubricator - http://www.rubrics.com/
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/rubrics/4521.html

Kathy Schrock’s Rubric Guide;  http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html
Edweb’s Rubric List; http://www.tusd1.org/resources/progress/asmtresources.asp

Ø       Online Assessments
Quia - http://www.quia.com/
 QuizStar - http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Illuminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Ø       Teacher Videos-need Real Time player
http://www.intime.uni.edu/vidsearch/Search/Content_Area_Search.asp

8.Generating and testing hypotheses

  Systems to study wetlands with digital cameras - http://www.wetlands.org/

Visit UEN's Themepark for a collection of resources dealing with a variety of systems.Marzano recommends students: 1) Explain the purpose of the system, the parts and functions of each part of the system; 2) Describe how the parts affect each other; 3) Hypothesize what would happen if a part of the system were changed; 4) Test the hypothesis if possible.

Build an egg container to survive a fall from two stories. Videotape the fall and examine why container worked or failed http://www.apple.com/education/dv/gallery/mov2.html
Have students create their own rollercoaster at Amusement Park Physics. Students must use information and knowledge to build a rollercoaster.
Use PDF documents of old newspapers and Internet research to study a historical event - The American Memory Project At the Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ Students can begin to understand how Historians investigate past events at You Be the Historian.

Scientific probes and PDAs - http://www.imagiworks.com/
Genetics simulation - http://biologica.concord.org/  

9. Activating prior knowledge (i.e., via questions, cues, advance organizers)
Concept mapping  http://users.edte.utwente.nl/lanzing/cm_home.htm
K-W-L  http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/classroom/teach_strats/prior_e.php

Other Resources:

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/

Math Interactive Sites   http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/
Math Puzzles:http://www.aimsedu.org/Puzzle/index.html
MarcoPolo   http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
**Assignment sample: Too Many Tamales

Microsoft Word Modules-How-to’s  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_word.htm
Educators Search Engines
Kidsclick   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
AOL School http://www.aolatschool.com/
Classroom examples   http://www.netc.org/focus/examples/
Survival Guide for New Teachers
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/resources.html

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