YOU are Driving Your Brain! Listening for Unknown Words & Asking Questions as Self Advocacy

Information for teacher about development of metacognitive skills and students’ ability to recognize unfamiliar words. Materials to support discussions about what we know and don’t know, recognizing unknown words and deciding when and how to ask for an explanation. Includes 5 activities. Vocabulary-loaded text provided, on the topic of environmental concerns. Graphics, word map, desk cards with language of asking for explanation. Suggestions for differentiation.