Pre-Reading+Strategies


 * Pre-Reading Strategies **

__Element Symbol Inventory:__

It is important for students to memorize some of the symbols for elements on the periodic table. The Element Symbol Inventory gives students a chance to reflect on symbols that they already know and identify the symbols that they need to learn. After this self-evaluative task, the students will check their Element Symbol Inventory using the periodic table.

__Periodic Table Vocabulary Inventory:__

In the Periodic Table Unit, there is some review vocabulary and several new, content specific terms. The Periodic Table Vocabulary Inventory allows students to self-evaluate their understanding of the vocabulary terms that will be learned and used in the Periodic Table Unit. After completing the vocabulary inventory, the class will discuss unfamiliar words.

__BrainPOP: Periodic Table of Elements:__ BrainPOP: Periodic Table of Elements

BrainPOP offers quick, less than 5 minute, videos on a variety of topics. The BrainPOP Periodic Table of Elements video will be used as an anticipatory activity, to give an overview of the topics that will be covered in the Periodic Table Unit.

__Periodic Table T____hink-Pair-Share (Formative Assessment):__ 

Students come into the Chemistry in the 9th grade knowing some things about the periodic table from physical science the year before. The Periodic Table Think-Pair-Share is designed to help them reflect on what they already know about how the periodic table is organized before we go over new trends of the periodic table. Students will write down anything they already know about how the periodic table is organized. Then, students will share what they know about how the periodic table is organized with their lab group and make a group summary to share with the class.

__//The Elements//: //A Visual Representation of Every Know Atom in the Universe// Read-Aloud:__ 

__The Elements: A Visual Representation of Every Known Atom in the Universe__ will be used to model how to read and question text for information. It will be used to emphasize thinking and questioning strategies that students can apply to their reading assignments in the textbook during the Periodic Table Unit.

__Orbital Diagram Bus Imagery:__

Orbital diagrams are a visual display of the arrangement of electrons based on patterns of the periodic table. The Bus Imagery will be used to help students make a personal connection one of the rules that governs orbital diagrams.