October 28, 2011October 28, 2011

Redirect

If sleeping, wake them up

If sick, send them to the clinic

ALL students should be alert and learning

If they think you don’t care, they will continue

Establish your expectations

Noticing when students are NOT engaged…

By using games with your academic focus,

students will be more engaged

Examples: “What is the Question” (Jeopardy) “Name that Category” ($100,000 Pyramid) “Talk a Mile a Minute ” (Family Feud)

Academic Games

 

 Spanish 101

 Cell Biology

 100

 Jota

 

 The center of a cell

     

200 

 Equis

 

 The blue area of the cell

  

  

300  

 Seis

 

 Prophase

PrometaphaseMetaphaseAnaphaseTelophase

   

400

 This color in Spanish

 

  

  

500

 Ayuda me por favor!

 

  

Put your kids in pairs and have them call off

1’s and 2’s

Partner 1 will read the facts

Partner 2 will determine the category

Name that Category

Basketball

Soccer

Tennis

Football

Golf

Category: Types of Sports

Similar to Family Feud

Students get in teams and alternate

responders (1,2,3,4)

Responder has 15 seconds to come up with a

team response

Talk a Mile a Minute

Asking questions does 2 things:

Provides a form of missing information Puts mild pressure on students

Wait time after question while responding, student pauses when teaching new information for impact

Response Cards T/F Multiple Choice Fill in the blank

Managing Response Rates

Give one, get one

Students find a partner across the room and take their notebook/binder

Each person gives a statement he or she thought was important and gets a statement from the other person

Vote with your feet Teacher posts 3 or 4 different signs around the

room Students stand next to the sign for which they

agree

Using Physical Movement

Spending too much or too little time on

anything effects student engagement

Usually if your classroom routines are established and you have planned ahead, your pace is effective

Maintain a Lively Pace

Identify YOUR reasons for viewing the topic as

interesting, meaningful or important and project these reasons to the students

Intensity and Enthusiasm

Identify a topic that makes students debate

Have those who agree with a topic on one side

of the room, those who do not agree on the

other side and those not attached to an opinion

in the middle

Each side will have to convince the people in

the middle to join them.

Friendly Controversy

Relate your material with their lives Examples:

Who has traveled to a foreign country/county? What were your experiences? (French and Spanish)

Tell me about your family and how they are similar or opposite from the story’s family. (English/Reading)

Where can you find these cells around you? (Science)

What is the most efficient route for you to get home? (Math)

Providing students with opportunities to talk about themselves

Unusual information related to topic sparks

interest Examples:

31% of employees skip lunch entirely 3% of pet owners give Valentine’s Day gifts to

their pets The first product to have a barcode was

Wrigley’s gum The ivy leagues were called ivy because of the

ivy on the outside walls and they were castle-like

Unusual or Intriguing Information

24. Noticing when students are not engaged 25. Using Academic Games 26. Managing Response Rates 27. Using Physical Movement 28. Maintaining a Lively Pace 29. Demonstrating Intensity and Enthusiasm 30. Using Friendly Controversy 31. Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk

about Themselves 32. Presenting Unusual or Intriguing Information

Design Question # 5: Engaging Students

4 = In addition to score of 3, I can make in depth

references and applications when it comes to

student engagement 3 = I fully understand the components and

strategies of student engagement 2 = I have some understanding of the components

and strategies of student engagement 1 = With help, I have partial understanding of the

components and strategies for student engagement 0 = With help, I have no understand of what student

engagement means or strategies I can use

How comfortable are you with DQ’s 5?