14 Power Strategies

Prepare for a variety of passages (Strategy #1)  |  Anticipate the tasks (Strategies #2-4)

Root thinking in textual evidence (Strategies #5-7)  |  Infer author ideas & intentions (Strategies #8-11)

Synthesize ideas within extended responses (Strategies #12-14)

Achieve the Core offers dozens of mini-assessments.

Prepare for a variety of passages

1. Juggle multiple texts

Broaden students’ exposure to a variety of text types

Use Picture Books

Add Editorial Cartoons

Integrate excerpts into comprehension instruction

Access videos and visuals for each content area

TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

English / Language Arts

VIDEOS

• Documentary.net
• Very short documentaries
• Movie Clips
• Ted Ed Literature lessons
• MIT Education Literare channel

PHOTOS

• Images of manuscripts (some Shakespeare)
• Fictitious Dishes–images of food mentioned in literature

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Create charts with Google
• Create graphs
• Make charts

INFOGRAPHICS

• Teaching with Infographics: Language Arts
• Infographics based on occurences of words in the NY Times

History / Social Studies

VIDEOS

• Teacher Tube collection of history/social studies instructional videos
• Ted Ed Social Studies lessons
• The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 minutes
• Thanksgiving reading passages & videos

PHOTOS

• Virtual Tours
  • Google Earth–landforms
  • Mt. St. Helen–3-year changes
  • Fullscreen 360
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  • Supreme Court Tour
  • Taj Mahal
  • 360 Areal Tours of Volcanoes and more
  • Arounder–sites around the world
• Interactive Sites
  • Digital History–Timeline of U.S. History
  • Digital History
  • Lincoln Archives
  • Salem Witchcraft Accusations

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Make charts with Google
• Create graphs
• Make charts

INFOGRAPHICS

• Teaching with Infographics

The Sciences

VIDEOS

• MIT Educational channel–Health
• MIT Educational channel–School of Science
• Khan Academy: Science
• YouTube: Reactions–Everyday Chemistry
• YouTube: It’s Okay to be Smart

PHOTOS

• The Atlantic
  • Astronomy
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Science
• Scientific American
  • Science
  • Mind in Pictures
  • No Two Snowflakes Alike

ILLUSTRATIONS

• FlatIcon.com
• Icon Archive
• Make charts with Google
• Create graphs
• Make charts

INFOGRAPHICS

• Teaching with Infographics: Science and Health

Technical Subjects: Math

VIDEOS

• Khan Academy

PHOTOS

• Math imagery
• Visual math–takes the language-heavy confusion out of math

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Interactive math games
• Teaching math with art
• Create any kind of chart

INFOGRAPHICS

Technical Subjects: Music

VIDEOS

• YouTube videos for music teachers
• Learn to play the piano online
• Free drum performance and instruction videos
• Interactive visuals for music theory

PHOTOS

• Music in images–composes a song based on an image

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Learn how to read music
• How to read sheet music

INFOGRAPHICS

• Top 10 music infographics
• Archived music infographics
• Chart of the Day

Technical Subjects: Art

VIDEOS

• MIT channel for the arts
• MIT EDU channel for art, culture, and technology

PHOTOS

• Magazine Covers
  • Life magazine images

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Create a chart
• Create a graph
• Create charts

INFOGRAPHICS

• NY Times learning blog: Teaching with infographics
• Information is beautiful
• STEAM not STEM
• Visual.ly timeline for art history

Technical Subjects: Technology

VIDEOS

PHOTOS

• Free digital photos for science and technology
• National Geographic technological innovations

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Icon archive
• Icons to place on a map

INFOGRAPHICS

• NY Times Interactive timeline for learning machines