Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Teach Better - Work Less - Achieve More: Sketch & Tell EduProtocol

One of the best things about EduProtocols, aside from the notion that they can help you "teach better - work less - and achieve more" is that they hit on many of Marzano's high yield strategies. Sketch and Tell is a great example as it facilitates visual representation, discussion, and explanatory writing across grade levels.



In the Sketch and Tell EduProtocol, students create a visual image of a central concept. They pair-share and explain their image to a partner, then individually write an explanatory paragraph.

Academic Goals

  • link multiple forms of representation within one assignment
  • develop conceptual understanding of content
  • support explanatory writing

Teacher Big Ideas

  • pair-share precedes writing to support conceptual understanding
  • think through the creation of an original explanatory image or diagram
  • require students to draw original images or use simple line drawings
See the slide deck below for detailed instructions and feel free to make a copy of the template. There are two template options. One includes a space for students to write an explanatory paragraph; the other offers a 3-2-1 reflection activity to help you formatively assess students' understanding of the concept being taught. You can print out the template (it fits an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper) and students can draw with colored pencils. If you want to use digital tools, you can assign the template via Google Classroom (make a copy for each student) and students can use Google AutoDraw to design their non-linguistic representations of the concept being taught.



Check out the Tweet below from Middle School History Teacher and author of the EduProtocol Field Guide Social Studies Edition Adam Moler as he paired a Fast and Curious EduProtocol with a Sketch and Tell to ensure that his students learned about the Enlightenment. His lesson: Fast and Curious followed by Sketch and Tell followed by another Fast and Curious. It is AMAZING to see how quickly students improved their scores on Quizizz after completing the Sketch and Tell!

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