Language Arts Toolbox

Attention Attention is your wrench. You can make adjustments using this tool. Ask yourself: Am I focused? Am I getting enough sleep? Can I sort what’s important from lesser details? Am I linking information to other experiences? Am I making predictions? Am I working at an appropriate pace? Am I making changes when things aren’t working?

Attention is your wrench. You can make adjustments using this tool. Ask yourself:

Am I focused?

Am I getting enough sleep?

Can I sort what’s important from lesser details?

Am I linking information to other experiences?

Am I making predictions?

Am I working at an appropriate pace?

Am I making changes when things aren’t working?

Memory Memory is your screwdriver. You can use this tool to connect or fasten together different aspects of your learning. Ask yourself: Can I paraphrase or summarize information into my own words so I can remember it? Can I balance immediate objectives with long-term goals? Can I link related items together to help me remember? Can I categorize items together so I can remember? Can I recognize patterns?

Memory is your screwdriver. You can use this tool to connect or fasten together different aspects of your learning. Ask yourself:

Can I paraphrase or summarize information into my own words so I can remember it?

Can I balance immediate objectives with long-term goals?

Can I link related items together to help me remember?

Can I categorize items together so I can remember?

Can I recognize patterns?

Higher Order Thinking Higher Order Thinking is your fastener. You can make connections with this tool. Ask yourself: Am I evaluating? Am I brainstorming? Am I using steps or systems to solve problems? Do I learn and apply rules (i.e. grammar, mechanics)? Am I coming up with thoughtful answers?

Higher Order Thinking is your fastener. You can make connections with this tool. Ask yourself:

Am I evaluating?

Am I brainstorming?

Am I using steps or systems to solve problems?

Do I learn and apply rules (i.e. grammar, mechanics)?

Am I coming up with thoughtful answers?

Language Language is the material out of which we construct English. Ask yourself: Do I learn and understand the meanings of words and use them properly? Do I understand sentences and sentence structures and formulate good sentences when I speak and write? Can I paraphrase and summarize what I read? Is my writing organized? Do I expand and develop ideas when speaking and writing? Do I follow the rules of standard English?

Language is the material out of which we construct English. Ask yourself:

Do I learn and understand the meanings of words and use them properly?

Do I understand sentences and sentence structures and formulate good sentences when I speak and write?

Can I paraphrase and summarize what I read?

Is my writing organized?

Do I expand and develop ideas when speaking and writing?

Do I follow the rules of standard English?