Students with ADD and ADHD have many strengths that are often overlooked by their teachers. Capitalize on these strengths by engaging students with strategies such as:
* peer teaching
* tasks that require physical movement
- * active learning strategies
- * categorizing or sorting tasks
- * concept mapping
- * create representations of their understanding
- * critical thinking tasks
- * inquiry- or problem-based learning
* peer teaching
* tasks that require physical movement
Active Learning StrategiesActive learning strategies give students opportunities to make connections between themselves and the content they are learning by DOING something with the content. Here are a few ideas:
Active Learning StrategiesContinuum of Active Learning Strategies - A 1-page PDF of a continuum of strategies that work well in large university classes
Residential to Remote: Active Learning Strategies by Instructional Modality - A chart that shows how to adapt different active learning strategies for remote , synchronous, remote asynchronous, and physically distanced classes
Circumlocution ActivitiesCircumlocution Speaking - A 1:49 min. video that explains and demonstrates a circumlocution game played in pairs with a picture worksheet
Dice Games
DrawingGamesMultisensory ActivitiesAlphabet Song by Barbara McArthur - Do with ASL fingerspelling
Jessica Crawford, Spanish Teacher - Horizon Middle School - A 1:21 min. video of a Spanish teacher using TPRS and multisensory strategies to engage her students
Reciprocal TeachingWhole Brain TeachingWhole brain teaching - teach English in Taiwan - ESL / WBT - A 9:55 min. video that shows how an EFL teacher teaches and uses the whole brain learning technique with elementary language learners
Whole Brain Teaching Two Way Dual - A 6:01 min. video that shows how a two-way Spanish dual language immersion teacher uses multisensory strategies to engage elementary learners in a language arts lesson
Whole Brain Teaching High School Spanish - A 0:48-second video that shows high school students reviewing weather vocabulary using whole brain teaching techniques (Another example from the same teacher)
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Critical Thinking TasksCritical thinking tasks are most effective when they are both "hands-on" AND "minds-on." Here are a few options:
Analogies & MetaphorsEvery Metaphor & Simile Has an Analogy Inside (ThinkBlocks Tutorial) - A 1:46 min. video showing how to use blocks to showcase relationships - you could also do this with plastic figures
Concept Maps & Graphic Organizers
Inquiry-based LearningSorting ActivitiesHow to Do a Card Sort - A 2:08 min. explanation of different ways to use the activity
PuzzlesVocabulary Squares Puzzle - An example from Maris Hawkins
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Physical Movement TasksPhysical movement tasks involve the whole body in learning in active ways that are fun and engaging. Here are a few examples:
Brain BreaksPartes del Cuerpo Brain Break from La Maestra Loca - A 1:14 min. video showing the activity in Spanish
Würdest du lieber...❓ Persönlichkeitstest | Herausfordernde Fragen - A 14:32 min. video that gives students "would you rather" choices that are linked to global issues and social problems (in German)
Zoom Brain Break from La Maestra Loca - A 0:17-second video showing a Spanish teacher doing a quick, physical brain break with students
Buzzword BingoArt Buzzword Bingo - An example of a Buzzword Bingo mixer worksheet in Spanish
Special Needs Zoom Buzzword Bingo - Two different examples of how you might use annotation tools in Zoom for formative assessment of content and vocabulary, followed by oral responses
CharadesEmotions Charades - A list of situations in English that students must then depict as emotions which their classmates must guess
Cootie Catchers/Fortune TellersBlank Cootie Catcher - With diagrams for folding and simple instructions in English
Blank Printable Fortune Teller - With numbers already inserted and "insert text here" marked
Christmas Fortune Teller in Spanish - Questions about Christmas traditions with images (created by an elementary Spanish teacher from Colombia)
Colorful Cootie Catcher - A blank template that can be printed in color
Comecocos acentuación - A cootie catcher in Spanish that reviews accent rules
Comecocos - Deportivo - A fortuneteller with various exercises listed in Spanish
TÉLÉCHARGEMENT : LA COCOTTE DES ÉMOTIONS - A downloadable, colored cootie catcher for practicing emotions in French
Human GraphingVote with Your Feet - A PDF with instructions for the activity
Vote with Your Feet - A 1:41 min. video in an ESL classroom that shows how to use this activity as a reading and oral response activity
Vote with Your Feet Demonstration - A 5:26 min. video of a teacher using this activity as a competition between himself and his students
Inside/Outside CirclesInside/Outside Circles - [Done in rows]
A 1:30 min. explanation with video footage of students participating in inside/outside circles done by rotating desks in a secondary French classroom Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Inside Outside (IOC) Pada Anak Usia Dini - A 30 min. video that shows how to incorporate inside/outside circles into a content-based lesson on internal organs in an elementary class in Indonesia
Interactive MixersScavenger Hunts
Signal Cards/Student Response CardsTeacher Toolkit: Student Response Cards - A 1:41 min. video of a French teacher describing how she uses student response cards in her classes with video footage of students participating in the activity
SnowballsSnowball - A 1:43 min. video demonstration of how a teacher might use the activity to practice body parts vocabulary
A 1-Minute Teaching Tip: The Snowball Fight - A 1:57 min. explanation for using the activity to help learners write essays or stories
Snowball Fight - A 2:56 min. explanation for using the structure to help students match vocabulary to definitions
Indoor Snowball Activity - A 1:12 min. video of a teacher modeling the activity in Chinese and guiding children through the activity in Chinese and Spanish (gross motor skills focus rather than a language focus)
Total Physical ResponseVocabulary Games That Require MovementKeep the Cup in the Air - A 0:57 second video that explains and demonstrates a game that requires physical movement that could be used to practice asking and answering questions on any topic
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