Strategy: Jigsaws. Reading Rockets. (Bridges)
Detailed Description: Students are divided into groups within a classroom. These primary groups are called “home groups” and divided into 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s or A’s, B’s, C’s and D’s.Each letter/number is given a specific topic that makes up a broader subject: an artist in a specific time period, the different habits of animals in a region, etc. that they are have to become “experts” on. These “experts” meet together to compare and exchange notes on their topic. They then have travel back to their home group and explain the topic that they became an expert in. Each letter/number has to share their information with their home groups. It makes students responsible for their learning and encourages cooperation and coordination between students.
Practical Application: In a music class, students would be assigned a specific composer to research in a “home” group. Then they will meet with members from the other groups and teach the other members about the composer which they researched. After mastering the material from all groups, students return to their “home” groups and all work together so that all students understand the material from all groups.
TRAP: The jigsaw method has been used for over four decades. It was developed by Elliot Aronson at the University of Texas and the University of California. Elliot Aronson is an American psychologist. He is listed among the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century and is best known for the invention of the Jigsaw Classroom as a method of reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice.
Aronson, E. (2000-2008). Jigsaw Classroom: Overview of the Technique.
Strategy: Read, Rate, and Repeat Strategy (Freeman)
Detailed Description:The goal of this strategy is to get students to read the text multiple times. Each time they read they read the text, they will rate how well they understand the text on a scale of 1-10. This strategy can also be used to determine the meaning of the text.
Common core teaching and learning strategies. (2012, May 1). Retrieved February 22, 2015, from http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ela-teach-strat-read-text-6-12.pdf
Practical Application: Students can read a book or an excerpt, they can talk together as a group, or individually, and rate their understanding of the passage. They need to consider their ability to read and understand the passage, vocabulary, and the main idea of the passage.
TRAP: The article was published in 2012. This strategy is relevant because I would need to know whether or not a student understood what he or she read. The article was written for those who are interested in learning new ways to check for understanding. The purpose of the strategy is to check for comprehension. 
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