Total Recall

Purpose

Students recall academic content and the affective aspects they felt while learning the content.

Materials

• Notebook paper

Instructions

1. Students fold notebook paper to create 4 quadrants.
2. Students complete 4 Total Recall tasks associated with the lesson/unit content:
   • Quadrant 1: List and describe 3 important words or facts.
   • Quadrant 2: Sketch 1-2 important visuals.
   • Quadrant 3: Connect this new content with something you learned in the past.
   • Quadrant 4: Draw an emoji representing how you felt while learning this content.
3. Collect students’ Total Recall responses and adjust instruction as appropriate.

Classroom Management

• Model the strategy using a think-aloud and/or provide an example for students to use as a guide.

Differentiation

• Promote access by allowing students to process the task with a supportive peer/adult.
• Promote response support by providing an idea/word bank for each quadrant’s task, allowing students to dictate responses to a scribe, and/or recording ideas using speech-to-text or word prediction support.

Think It Up!

• Have students think more deeply about the concept by responding to a Think It Up prompt as an exit ticket or journal entry:
  • Summarize your Total Recall ideas in 2-3 sentences.
  • Draw a conclusion about the importance of this concept and why it is necessary to understand it thoroughly.
• Encourage students to use lead4ward’s Thinking Stems (English/Spanish) to frame their responses, if needed.