1. Pagosa Intermediate School Staff Meeting January 9, 2009

2. Directions - On the note card respond to the following question:  Why do students raise their hands in class? You have 2 minutes.

4. Directions:  Place a card in each corner of the room with one of the following words or phrases effective ways to group according to learner knowledge Rarely ever Sometimes Often I have it Dirt road Paved road Highway Yellow brick road  Tell the students to go to the corner of the room that matches their place in the learning journey  Participants go to the corner that most closely matches their own learning status and discuss what they know about the topic and why they chose to go there

5. Number of Responses from Entrance Cards  If you have 0-2 ideas move to corner 1  If you have 3-5 ideas move to corner 2  If you have 6-8 ideas move to corner 3  If you have 9 or more ideas move corner 4  In your groups discuss your ideas and chart on poster paper.  Add to your chart other ways to engage students.  Select one person to be the group leader to share with the rest of the group.

6.  Using a 4 x 6 card students write YES on one side and NO on the other  When a question is asked the student holds up yes or NO  Ask the student if they know...  For example.. the following vocabulary words and what they mean  Call out the a word if a student is holding a yes they may be called on to give the correct answer  Remind them if they don ’ s know the words it is ok because they will be learning them  You can do the same thing with conceptual ideas etc..

7. Response Cards vs. Traditional Hand Raising Time usedResponse cardHand raising 30 minutes22 Responses/child 1.5 Responses/child 180 days3700 Responses/child 270 Responses/child Additionally, ALL students scored higher on the quiz and the end of the unit test. Hewett, Gardner III, Cavanaugh, Courson, Grassi,& Barbetta, Teaching Exceptional Children, 1996

8.  Entrance cards  Four corners  Yes/no cards  Others...