Guide
Name
Bag or Box of Clues
Description
Students prepare for new learning by thinking and talking about what they know about text-related clues or artifacts. Students talk about relationships among clues and artifacts, make connections to prior knowledge, and make predictions about the text.
Purposes
- [Statement] In order to plan for instruction and assessment think about your learners' needs and your goal. What is your purpose for using Bag or Box of Cues? [Cluster] - [Statement] To explore personal ideas and consider other's ideas (Discover and Explore- Cluster- 1.1): Students talk about and make connections between artifacts and their own and others' ideas and experiences. [Cluster] - [Statement] To clarify and extend understanding (Clarify and Extend- Cluster 1.2): Students discuss artifacts and discuss the relationship among them. [Cluster] - [Statement] To demonstrate ability to explore prior knowledge (Comprehending: Reading/Listening/Viewing- Cluster 2.1): Students examine artifacts related to a text to be studied. [Cluster] - [Statement] To demonstrate responses to texts (Comprehending: Reading/Listening/Viewing- Cluster 2.2): Students use Bag or Box of Cues to support their responses to texts. [Cluster]
Specific Learning Outcomes LICT Descriptors How To Do
- 1. Collect three or four topic-related artifacts. 2. Draw each artifact from the box or bag. Have students identify each and have brief conversations about them. 3. Display and discuss all object-clues. Have students talk about the relationships among them. 4. Have students predict what the text will be about, based on the artifacts.
Related Information Variations
Story Artifacts: To support retelling story details, students collect artifacts related to a story. Artifact Centre: To support inquiry, students collect artifacts related to an inquiry topic. Word/Picture Splash link to file
Assessment / Think Abouts
Orally guide and facilitate students’ predictions (e.g., What connections do we see? How do we make connections between the clues?).
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