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Teaching It Back

Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 7-8
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. When you pretend to teach a lesson back to someone, what should you use?

    • Only the exact examples from your book
    • An example you make up yourself
    • No examples at all

  2. After you learn something new, what is the best way to check if you understand it?

    • Explain it in your own words
    • Repeat the teacher's exact sentence
    • Write it down and never look at it again

  3. Repeating your teacher's exact words is the same as teaching something back in your own words.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. While teaching her brother about the water cycle, Mia gets stuck explaining how clouds form. What does that show her?

    • Her brother is not listening
    • She should stop teaching and give up
    • She needs to learn that part better

  5. Ben teaches his little sister what he learned about plants. He explains three steps: roots drink water, leaves catch sunlight, and the plant grows bigger. How many steps does Ben explain?

    Answer: ______________

  6. Jake is teaching his teddy bear about fractions he learned at school. What is the best way for him to teach it?

    • Make up his own new example
    • Copy the exact example from his workbook
    • Just say the answer with no explanation

  7. Theo is teaching his cousin about the rock cycle. Partway through, he realizes he cannot explain why volcanoes make new rock. What should Theo do next?

    • Tell his cousin everything he said was wrong
    • Skip that part and never think about it again
    • Go back and learn that part better

  8. Priya teaches her friend about magnets by repeating her textbook word for word. Her friend still looks confused. What most likely went wrong?

    • Priya used her own words instead of the book's
    • Priya repeated the book instead of explaining it her own way
    • Priya's friend already knew about magnets
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  1. An example you make up yourself · Making up your own example proves you understand the idea, not just the book's words.
  2. Explain it in your own words · Saying it in your own words, not just repeating what you heard, shows you really understand it.
  3. False · Teaching it back means using your own words, not copying the teacher's sentence.
  4. She needs to learn that part better · Getting stuck while teaching shows exactly which part you need to learn better.
  5. 3 · Ben explains three steps in his own words: roots, sunlight, and growing.
  6. Make up his own new example · Making up his own example, not copying the book, shows Jake really understands fractions.
  7. Go back and learn that part better · Noticing a gap while teaching is useful. The next step is going back to learn that part.
  8. Priya repeated the book instead of explaining it her own way · Repeating exact words does not explain the idea. Saying it her own way would help her friend understand.
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