Looking for more active learning that incorporates metacognitive skills? Try some riddles and brainteasers. Click on the link below to find riddles from the National Institute for Environmental Health.
Tag: summarize
Kids Mysteries
Looking for ways to incorporate metacognitive skills (such as inferencing, summarizing and making connections) with active learning. Mysteries are a great way for both students and adults to practice skills.
Summary Graphic Organizers
When teaching students about summarizing text, I use graphic organizers to help students “organize” their thinking. Expository text is organized by the topic, then main idea and key details. Literary text on the other hand, is organized by plot. Therefore, when working on summarizing it is just as important for students to understand text structure as it is for them to understand summarizing.
The Thinking Place 