We’ve heard from science teachers, special education teachers, media specialists and technology coordinators, and we know that there are many different ways educators use SAFARI Montage in the classroom. Recently we were asked by a reading coach how SAFARI Montage might be used to help support struggling readers. Here is our top 10 list.
Do you have any ideas to add?
1. Repeated viewings of a video/video clip using closed captioning.
2. Present key vocabulary terms on the board or on cards to activate prior knowledge and then have the students "hunt" for those vocabulary terms in the video (can be done with or without closed captioning).
3. Create "Anticipation Guides," which contain a series of agree/disagree statements about a video
4. Hand out "KWL" (What I KNOW; What I WANT to Know; What I LEARNED) guides for a video.
5. Have students retell or summarize what they saw in the video, using key vocabulary terms and ideas presented before the clip and featured in the video.
6. After watching a clip, have students identify the correct content summary (a few words, a sentence or full paragraphs, depending on students’ ability level) from a series of choices.
7. Watch clips from an adaptation of a work of literature with closed captioning on, and then provide students with a passage from the original text to compare and contrast.
8. Use content on SAFARI Montage to activate prior knowledge or establish background knowledge prior to reading content area materials.
9. Build a playlist that consists of bookmarked clips of relevant subject area key vocabulary terms; playlist can be played back either in manual mode (one clip at a time, allowing for sounding out and reviewing words) or as a slideshow (clips in succession for spot recognition).
10. Use specific Schlessinger Media programming, like Grammar for Children, Grammar Tips for Students, Reading for Children, Literature for Students, Writing for Children and Writing for Students to reinforce key reading and literacy concepts.
Please help us grow our list with any ideas, suggestions or sucess stories!
Links:
[1] http://www.safarimontagehdnetwork.com/forum/29