Lindsay Estes

 9-low prep ways to engage students during class

 Why is student engagement important? ◦ After two weeks we tend to remember… 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we say 90% of what we say and do 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we say 90% of what we say and do PASSIVEPASSIVE PASSIVEPASSIVE ACTIVEACTIVE ACTIVEACTIVE Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Technology, Holt, Rinehart, Winston

 Describe a time your students were highly engaged in class. ◦ What do you believe contributed to this engagement? Content, process, structures, planning?

 De-brief

Teacher Talk Independent Work Partner Work Group Work

Prior to a lesson During a lesson After a lesson

Anchor Learning happens when you connect new information to existing information

 Should be: ◦ Low Risk/Low Stakes ◦ All students should be able to contribute something ◦ Focus on what the STUDENTS know ◦ Connect what the students know to what they will be doing

◦ Post images and/or key vocabulary that will be taught/used in the day’s lecture ◦ Using the vocabulary, students write a prediction of what they will learn or discuss ◦ Students share predictions

 Import Export Expansion Using these vocabulary words write a predication of what we will learn about America’s growth in the 1800’s.

 Introduce new topic to students.  Give students a few minutes to draw whatever comes to their mind when they think of the topic.  Lecture/Present new information  After the lecture, have students draw what comes to their mind related to the topic.  Next students write about what changed in their drawing and why.  Students share with a partner.

 Up-front/front loading  Its worth the time  How could you use some of these engagement ideas in your classes?

 Serve as Checks for Understanding  Break up the monotony of “sit and get”  Allow students to discuss and process new information directly after receiving it

◦ Teacher introduces topic and presents information ◦ Half-way through the lesson, students “roll the dice”

 Roll the Dice: US’s Involvement in WWI 1--Predict 2—Explain- the difference… 3—Summarize…3 key ideas 4—Evaluate…Do you agree with… 5—Question…Write 5 questions 6--Connect to Prior Knowledge

 Quick Talks (Energizers/Checks for Understanding) ◦ At mid-point of a lecture, stop and have students give “quick talks” about what they have learned so far. ◦ Students get in teams of 3-4, they must speak for 60 seconds to share all they know about the topic (WITHOUT STOPPING); when one stops talking, the next one must start. ◦ Give student teams a few minutes to prepare, but only have 1-2 teams share.

 Half-way through the lecture/lesson, stop.  Have students write two questions they have about the content of the lecture.  Collect the questions and answer.

 How could you use some of these ideas in your classes?

 Assimilate and process information  Learn from others  Checks for understanding

The First Word  Assign key vocabulary from the lecture to groups or pairs of students.  Students generate a short phrase or sentence for each letter of the word vertically

First Word Examples:  Sun is the star at the center of the solar system  Orbits are the paths that planets take around the Sun  Lunar eclipses occur when the Moon gets blocked by the Earth  Asteroids are big rocks that orbit the Sun  Rings-- the planet Saturn has them

 First Word Examples:  Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun  You can see some planets with your naked eye  Some other planets are: Earth, Venue, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune  The Earth is the only planet with life on it  Every year, the Earth orbits the Sun once  Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun  Lipton, L., & Wellman, B. (1999). Patterns and practices in the learning-focused classroom. Guilford, Vermont: Pathways Publishing.

 Silent activity  After the lesson/lecture, post a question(s) on the board.  Students write a response to the questions on the board.  Students respond to each others’ writings by simply drawing a line from the response and writing their thoughts.

 Key Vocabulary  Interactive  Connections  Shows understanding

 Key words from today’s lesson student engagement activate prior knowledge The First Word Roll the Dice Talking Drawings Vocabulary Predictions Quick Talks Chalk Talk

 On your own: Choose two words from the word wall that you did not know prior to today. What do they mean?  With a partner: Using five words from the word wall, describe…

 Choose one strategy that you could use with your students. How would you use it in your classes?

 The hardest working person in a classroom should always be…. the student