Chapter Opener NGSSS Benchmarks Important Names and Terms
Florida “Keys” to Learning The Most Important Ideas Your Students Should Know Purposes: An Overview that Provides a Framework for More Detailed Information in the Chapter A Preview that Checks What Students Already Know A Summary that Students Can Refer to after Reading the Chapter
Student- Friendly Text Clustered into Sections Emphasizes Key Concepts Accompanied by Illustrations, Cartoons and Graphic Organizers
Student Interaction: The Active Citizen Some activities ask students to role play, apply and reorganize information they have just read, or to view this information from different perspectives Other activities go beyond the book and ask students to conduct research or interpreting primary documents Student interaction—two features
Summary and Reinforcement: Chapter Concept Map Research continues to demonstrate the value of concept maps for cognition Each concept map emphasizes key relationships Concept map—non-linguistic representation Emphasizes concepts and relationships Can be used in many ways
Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter Summarization, Reinforcement and Resources for Different Learning Styles Study cards can be used in many ways Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter
Practice Items based on the EOC Specifications
Practice Items based on the EOC Specifications
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