Want to learn a creative way to share the Spotlight On Strategies? Learn how Jackie Druck, Megan Smith, Brandi Swavely, and Melissa Hamby encouraged teachers in their schools to take a bite out of these great instructional strategies!
SOS Story: Jeannine Shields
Learn how Jeannine Shields uses multiple SOS Strategies to inspire a hands-on investigation of the ladybug lifecycle in her STEAM Cafe.
SOS Top Ten: Encouraging Creativity and Innovation
Ten strategies for encouraging creativity and innovation in your classroom.
SOS Top Ten for Building Student Communication Skills
Learn great ideas for using Spotlight on Strategies to build student communication skills.
SOS + Technology = A Perfect Pair
Though SOS Strategies are flexible enough to be used in any classroom, regardless or experience or access to technology, some strategies are a natural fit for incorporating the use of technology. Educators share how SOS and technology—in the form of tablet and Chrome-based apps, websites, and Google Classroom templates—are the perfect match.
SOS Story: Abby Schiferl
Abby Schiferl shares how she uses SOS XO Let’s Go to inspire students to work together, coach one another, and improve their academic vocabulary by playing a game.
Celebrating National Autism Awareness Month with Instructional Ideas
Discovery Education’s Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) series offers meaningful, effective, and practical instructional ideas to incorporate digital resources to support and celebrate students of all learning differences.
SOS Top Ten for Promoting Cooperation, Collaboration, and Teamwork
The more practice students have while in school, the better they’ll get at working together to accomplish a goal. This month we’re highlighting how Spotlight on Strategies instructional ideas can help students learn to cooperate, collaborate, and be an active team member in your classroom.
SOS: QAR (Question-Answer Relationship)
The Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy can be used to present a three-way relationship between questions, text content, and reader knowledge. QAR activities encourage students to investigate text multiple times, in multiple ways.
SOS Story: Sims Middle School
Tuesday, February 20, was an exciting day for Sims Middle School in Santa Rosa County, FL! With the help of Discovery Education PD STEM Specialist Dacia Jones, members of the Sims Middle School staff challenged all teachers in the school to use Spotlight On Strategies and then share them in a Twitter Smackdown using the #smsstrategysmackdown hashtag. This fun challenge was part of their district’s “State of Innovate 2018″. We’re excited to elevate and celebrate several of the SOS stories from of the participating teachers. Read to find out about their experiences, and get ideas for how SOS can make a difference in your classroom, too!