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In the past I have posted about Work Masks - file folders that are cut to cover portions of student worksheets. This photo is of one I used this week in a high school science class. The worksheet had 3 different sections for students to complete. By using the work masks, we were able to reduce the amount of visual distraction, reduce the anxiety some students might feel about the quantity of work, and keep the class moving through the worksheet together, rather than working ahead.
While these masks are extremely effective for a portrait page orientation, they don't work for every worksheet. So I was very excited when Mike Shaner, a teacher at Smyrna High School, developed an idea for how to use masks for a Frayer Model worksheet. He cut the file folder down the center and then folded each section in half, exposing just one fourth of the page at a time. We had students fill in one quadrant at a time, while the other three were covered. Students then flipped the worksheet around to work on the other two boxes. Thanks, Mike!
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