Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

Student Grouping

Quadrant 1
Teacher Strategies/Roles
Teacher role: The meaning connector, motivator.
Create an experience connecting the content to students’ lives.
Act as the meaning connector, and work to forge connections between content and the students’ lives.

Overall goals and objectives
Motivate students to learn.
Connecting content to students’ lives.
Integrating experience with the self.

Right Mode – Connect
Objective: To motivate students’ interest in meter of 2’s and 3’s.
Activity: Have students in groups of 2’s and 3’s. Tall short, Tall short = 2’s. Tall short short, Tall short short = 3’s.
Evaluation: Students active involvement in activity.