1. Foldables™: Interactive 3-D Organizers for Middle School/High School Darlene M. Wheaton, M.Ed. Northwest Tri-County IU 5

2. FOLDABLES™ are: Interactive graphic organizers Student-constructed visual displays used to organize information Engage students in active learning Creates student-ownership Ideal tools for diverse learners Assist in linking new information to prior knowledge

3. FOLDABLES™ are: Focused on research-based skills Marzano research  Non-linguistic representations have strong effects on student achievement  Explicitly engaging students in the creation of nonlinguistic representations Stimulates and increases activity in the brain

4. FOLDABLES™ are: Embedded in or integral to each of the nine strategies:  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 hypotheses  Cues, questions, and advance organizers

5. FOLDABLES™ are: Instructional/learning tool Hands-on Flexible Endless in application Show order and completeness of student’s thought process Strengths and weaknesses of student understanding become clearly evident to the teacher English Language Learners  Short words or phrases

6. FOLDABLES™ are: Used:  To introduce the learning task  As advance organizer before the learning task  As a post organizer  As student-made study guides

7. FOLDABLES™ are: Used  To incorporate skills Comparing and contrasting Cause and effect Similarities and differences Vocabulary Concepts Generalizations Ideas Theories  To incorporate skills Graphics Tables Charts Diagrams Models Venn diagrams Journals Alternative assessment

8. FOLDABLES™ are for Differentiating Instruction Core Instruction Extended Learning Alternative form of assessment

9. FOLDABLES™ are for everyone: IEP to GIEP students All levels: K – 12 All Areas: Academics - Specials

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