Engaging Engaging Students with Students with

FoldablesFoldables©©

What research says is important:

Active student participation occurs as students create Foldables©.

Students need to practice a skill 24 times in order to obtain 80% mastery.

Classroom Instruction That Works says that strategies should be integrated.

What are Foldables©?

http://www.dinah.com/page0/index.html

DifferentiationThese engaging/creative tools are varied in purpose and construction:

Teacher provided text or text written by students.Teacher provided illustrations or illustrations completed by students.Brightly colored vs. notebook or white paper.Leveled problem solving or activities.

How are Foldables© used in lessons?

• Project-based• Portfolio item• Note-taking• Individual/Pair/Group activity• Study tool• Great for displays of student work!

http://www.inclusiveclassrooms.org/inquiries/multimodality-learning-through-multi-sensory-

means/foldables

Ideas are found all over the internet,

now. Most were created and modeled

from the inspiration and designs of Dinah Zike.

http://foldables.blogspot.com/http://www.ateacherstreasure.com/2011/10/

treasured-tip-foldables-factory.html

http://booky4first.blogspot.com/2011/08/foldables-for-treasures.html

The teacher in the blog link below uses a large Foldable to house each week’s vocab, spelling, phonics activities, etc. from Monday through Thursday. Then students show their completed compilation of work on Fridays.

Activities included a topic of the week cover page, their patterning of sounds, writing sentences and spelling words, categorizing words, etc. All were done on smaller Foldables that were glued to the larger one.

This way the students walk away with a product, rather than a stack of papers. Student engagement? Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOqQeJzWQI&feature=relatedHidden Panel Foldable Video

High Schoolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHcau25nZ0&feature=relatedHigh School WWII Foldable Video

These ideas have spread across the nation at all grade levels.

A Dinah Zike training will be held at CESA 5 in Portage in April, 2014!Two “Must See” Videos on YouTubeMiddle School

The “Grand-Daddy” of them all!

Biography Top Pocket Project Foldable

Supplies Paper types: notebook, copy paper, cardstock, tag board or poster boardTo secure: glue sticks and possibly staplesTo write: pencils, colored pencils, markers, crayonsScissorsZipper bags: snip corners to release air; for storageGraphics: original work or clipart/magazines and/or “worksheets.”

*Make samples before attempting to do them in class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5m5-MQiyWU

Five Basic Folds…

“Hot dog,” “hamburger,”

“taco,” “burrito,” and

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• http://www.scribd.com/doc/77370206/Foldables

It is the “How-To” booklet to download on-line.

• Have some ideas that will enhance your instruction and motivate your students?

• Discuss at your tables.• Let’s try some!