Teaching Strategy
3-2-1
Use the 3-2-1 strategy to gauge students’ understanding and interest in a topic.
At a Glance
Subject
- English & Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12Overview
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Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community. These strategies can be paired with any academic content.
Teaching Strategies
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community. These strategies can be paired with any academic content.
What Is the 3-2-1 Strategy?
A 3-2-1 prompt helps students structure their responses to a text, film, or lesson by asking them to describe three takeaways, two questions, and one thing they enjoyed.
It provides an easy way for teachers to check for understanding and to gauge students’ interest in a topic. Sharing 3-2-1 responses is also an effective way to prompt a class discussion or to review material from the previous lesson.
Instructions
How to Use the 3-2-1 Strategy
Variations on the 3-2-1 Strategy
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