Silence is Golden (with a twist)

DE adding a twist on a favorite SOS

Strategy: Silence is Golden

Big idea: Focus student attention on imagery to engage them in visual

analysis and discussion, leading to deeper connections and understanding

of the material they are learning.

Materials: Video segment with strong imagery, paper, and pencil/pen

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In any subject…

…ask students to create their own narration, using key vocabulary and

concepts learned during a unit of study.

…smash this strategy with strategies such as Sketchnotes , Sticky Back , or

Tweet Tweet . Watch the video segment without sound and then ask

students to write a summary using sketchnotes, sticky notes, or 280-character

tweets.

In science…

…Lindsay Murdock used Silence is Golden in a Discovery Education Studio Board

she created to “give students the opportunity to develop comprehension,

collaborate with their peers, and, ultimately, narrate their own version of the

chain of events that gets an apple from its start on a farm all the way to their table.

In social studies…

…Courtney Toomey used Silence is Golden in a Discovery Education Studio Board

designed to engage students in a 6th grade special education social studies l

esson focused on Mesopotamia.

…Sharman Asendorf shared that using Silence is Golden gave her young

learners an opportunity to engage in content-related dialogue and collaborative

conversation because they used what they saw to talk about the American flag.