Engagement

ENGAGEMENT

Chapter 4Engaging Students in Your Lesson

Technique 22 – Cold Call

In order to make engaged participation the expectation, call on students regardless of whether they have raised their hands.

It’s critical to be able to check what any student’s level of mastery is at any time.

Many perceive cold calling to be chastening and stressful, but it is not.

Cold Calling is…

Predictable Systematic Positive Scaffolded

Cold Calling…

Hands Up/Hands Down Timing the Name

Question. Pause. Name Mix with other Engagement

Techniques

Cold Call at an Elementary School-Kindergarten-

Technique 23Call and Response

Academic review and reinforcement High-energy fun Behavioral reinforcement Use group choral response – you ask;

they answer in unison – to build a culture of energetic, positive engagement.

Call and Response To make Call and Response successful, you

must use a reliable and consistent signal and make 100% participation the rule Count based

“Ready, set, …”; “One, two…”; “One, two, ready…” Group Prompt

“Everybody”; “Class” Nonverbal gesture

Point, move hand, looping motion with finger, etc… Shift in tone and volume

Increases volume in the last few words of a sentence and inflects his/her tone to imply a question

Specialized Indicates a specific response to students

Call and Response

It can be freeloading Kids can fake it

It does not provide effective checking for understanding Not calling on one specific student

It reinforces the behavioral culture in your classroom only if it is crisp Don’t let them get away with silly or

drawn out anwsers that are trying to avoid answering the question you are asking.

Technique 24Pepper

Pepper

Pick Sticks Head to Head (this reminds me of

the game “Around the World”) Sit Down

Students get to sit down after they have answered a question

Technique 25Wait Time

Technique 26Everybody Writes

Set your students up for rigorous engagement by giving them the opportunity to reflect first in writing before discussing.

“I write to know what I think” Joan Didion

Everybody Writes Benefits

Allows you to select effective responses to begin your discussion (you have been circulating and know what has been written)

Allows for Cold Calling students and naturally since everyone is prepared

Everyone has a chance to participate Processing thoughts in writing refines them, a

process that challenges students Allows you to set standards Students remember TWICE as much of what

they are learning if they write it down!!

Technique 27Vegas