Nonlinquistic Representations
(https://furtheredagogy.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/why-use-visuals%EF%BB%BF/)
Dual Coding
Graphic Organizers
Pictograph
mental images
Physical models
Kinesthetic representations
Idioms can be fun to illustrate what someone means compared to what they're saying in an ELL classroom
Chemistry: use model kits to show how atoms are bonded together and how bond angles relate to molecular and atomic geometry. If the school does not have traditional model kits, you can use substitutes like marshmallows and toothpicks.
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manipulatives
Wax Museum: Students Role-play as a historical figure to better understand an event
Frayer Model for math vocabulary
Spanish: Great way to learn weather vocabulary, and to learn of the climates of different, potentially Spanish-speaking countries.
Math: Use starbursts to prove the Pythagorean theorem:
Comic book illustrations can help students understand the poetic device of onomatopeia
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Social Studies: Maps can be used to help illustrate key events that have played out in history. You can bring in pieces that the students can physically manipulate on the map to illustrate what actually happened.
Having students try out gestures in an ELL classroom can help them learn some nonverbal language that is specific to American culture
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using cooking to teach chemical reactions
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Flowchart to solve quadratic equations
draw a scientist
Using skits and improv for plays like Shakespeare can help students better understand the language and visualize what is taking place.
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Social Studies: Creating a poster or political cartoon to illustrate a key concept or idea. One class we observed they made World War II Wanted Posters.
shoebox book diorama
Graphic organizer to explain mole conversions
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Hollow geometric solids to experiment with volume and surface area
Mnemonic devices are sometimes nonsensical, but when paired given enough context, they are very reliable
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This is a 3-prong graphic organizer for writing a thesis statement.There is a "handle" which then leads to the three "prongs"-- which would eventually become serve as the topic sentences for each of the three body paragraphs (assuming this is a 5 paragraph essay).
Classroom map: Map out your classroom and have students physically move from place to place for travel and cultural discussions (Geography)
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Spanish: These skits and improv could also be used in the Spanish classroom with Spanish texts. Simply conducted in Spanish rather than English.
Social Studies: Visualizing an event unfolding as you are reading or discussing it.
Related Rates problems:Visualizing a a concrete layer
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