1. Teacher-Directed Instruction • Provides a clear, effective presentation of key concepts and procedures • To extreme, it can decrease students motivation to learn

2. Effective Teacher-Directed Instruction • Begin a lesson with a short review of prerequisite learning • Provide a short statement of goals for the lesson • Present new materials in small steps, with student practice after each step • Give clear, detailed instructions and explanations • Provide a lot of practice for all students

3. Effective Teacher-Directed Instruction • Ask many questions and get answers from all students • Guide students during initial practice • Provide systematic feedback and corrections • Provide explicit instruction, practice and monitoring for seatwork exercises.

4. Direct Instruction • Read! Highlight! Hot Dog! • Teacher students note taking skills • Students read and take notes • Tell students what to highlight • Fold paper in half like a hot dog and make a review sheet of highlighted material • Google “Foldables” for lots of resources

5. Direct Instruction(Delivery of Content) • Lecture (Make it SHORT!!!!) • Pass the Folder • Fact Bugs or Funky Folders • Jigsaw • Vocabulary Graphic Organizer • Concept Maps • Venn Diagrams • Class Paragraphs