Instructional Resource Collection

Teaching Strategies



Teaching strategies are a great way to add life to your lessons! The strategies on this page can be used to:
  • Scaffold learning by supporting students before, during, and after a lesson
  • Incorporate reading, writing and social activities
  • Promote active learning and engaged learners
  • Encourage collaboration in the classroom
  • Help students become independent learners



Communication Skills
  • Read With Understanding
  • Convey Ideas in Writing
  • Speak So Others Can Understand
  • Listen Actively
  • Observe Critically


  • Decision-Making Skills
  • Solve Problems and Make Decisions
  • Plan
  • Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate


  • GO TO Strategies
  • GO TO Strategies - these Scaffolding Options for Teachers of English Language Learners is a collection of 78 instructional strategies, which reflect research-based principles of scaffolded instruction for English language learners. The collection of strategies is organized into a searchable database according to seven purposes of teaching and learning:
    • Community Building Strategies
    • Interactive Strategies
    • Teaching Strategies
    • Student Learning Strategies
    • Vocabulary Teaching Strategies
    • Reading Strategies
    • Writing Strategies
  • Scaffolds to Support English Language Learners in Writing and Discussion – information and examples for using 3 scaffolds: sentence frames/starters, signal words, word banks.
  • Strategies for Teaching Adult Refugees in the ELL Classroom – simple teaching strategies for meeting the unique needs of adult refugees.


  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Cooperate With Others
  • Guide Others
  • Advocate and Influence
  • Resolve Conflict and Negotiate


  • Lifelong Learning Skills
  • Take Responsibility for Learning
  • Learn Through Research
  • Reflect and Evaluate
  • Use Information and Communications Technology








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