A Anticipatory Set is “a brief portion of a lesson given at the very beginning to get students’ attention, activate prior knowledge, and prepare them for the day’s learning. Also known as the advance organizer, hook, or set induction”. When teachers use Anticipatory Sets to “hook” new learning to preexisting knowledge, students will learn more quickly and retain information longer.
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When Do Anticipatory Sets Occur?As the definition states, Anticipatory Sets occurs within the beginning of each lesson to set up what the students will be learning about in class. Our students should be actively engaged and by doing that, we need to set up an exciting and informative Anticipatory Set to draw them in! These opening activities can also be included later into the lesson as a recap of the content that was learned.
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The first way an Anticipatory Set can be executed is through a simple route.
"Good Morning class, today's lesson will be a continuation of our current topic, weather. As a warm up, I will be reading the book "Eyewitness: Nature Disasters" and you will all then write down three facts that stuck out to you separately and silently". |
The second way an Anticipatory Set can be executed is through a more creative route.
"Good Morning class, today's lesson will be a continuation of our current topic, weather. At your tables, you will see various art supplies that will be used to make a diagram of "The Water Cycle", in which we can refer back to later in our lesson. So let's work in our teams to complete this fun warm up and continue on with the lesson!" |
- It stimulates students' interest in a topic and sets a specific purpose for the students
- It teaches students to make predictions, anticipate the content of the lesson, and verify the students' predictions - It connects new information to prior knowledge and builds curiosity about new topics |
References[Teacher's Blog] Gonzalez, J. (2014, November 28). Know Your Terms: Anticipatory Set. Retrieved April 19, 2019, from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/anticipatory-set/
[CGCC eResource] (2005). Standards-Based Planning and Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom. Multicultural Education, 13(1), 40–44. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.ez1.maricopa.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=507834503&site=ehost-live&scope=site |