1. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE How to Use Foldables in the Classroom

2. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables  Interactive graphic organizers  Student-constructed visual displays used to organize information  Engage students in active learning  Create student-ownership  Ideal tools for diverse learners  Assist in linking new information to prior knowledge

3. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables Samples of Foldables  Literacy  Math  Science  Social Studies

4. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables in Literacy

5. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables in Math

6. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables in Science

7. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables in Social Studies

8. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Basic Folds/Foldables Hamburger Fold Hotdog Fold Two-Tab, Three-Tab Foldable Shutter Fold Taco Fold Pyramid Foldable Envelope Fold Four-Door Foldable Four-Door Diorama Pocket Foldable Bound Book

9. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Two-Tab Foldable Use with data occurring in twos (comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, similarities and differences)

10. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Three-Tab Foldable Use with data occurring in threes and two-part Venn diagrams

11. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Shutter Foldable Use with data occurring in twos (half book, journal, and two-tab book)

12. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Pyramid Foldable Use with data occurring in threes (mobiles, dioramas, and displaying different aspects of a core concept)

13. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make an Envelope Foldable Use with data occurring in fours (What? When? Where? and Why?, fractions, and cardinal directions)

14. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Four-Door Diorama Use with data to compare and contrast and sequence events or data (can glue together display cases)

15. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Pocket Foldable Use to store data, note taking, comparing and contrasting, and vocabulary

16. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Let’s Make a Bound Book Use to store data, note taking, qualitative and quantitative observation journals

17. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Application to the Content Areas  District Maps  Indicators Assessed/Report Cards  Units of Study

18. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables Focused on research-based skills Marzano research  Non-linguistic representations have strong effects on student achievement  Explicitly engaging students in the creation of nonlinguistic representations  Stimulates and increases activity in the brain

19. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables  To introduce the learning task  As advance organizer before the learning  As a post organizer  As student-made study guides  Differentiating Instruction  Core Instruction  Extended Learning  Alternative Form of Assessments

20. LEARN + GROW + CONNECT + THRIVE Foldables To incorporate skills:  Comparing and Contrasting  Cause and Effect  Similarities and Differences  Vocabulary  Concepts  Generalizations  Ideas  Theories  Graphics  Tables  Charts  Diagrams  Models  Venn Diagrams  Journals  Alternative Assessments