Strategies that encourage motivation and engagement

Strategies that encourage Motivation and Engagement

(Informational Packet)

Melisa Ledesmaand

Meghan Carlson

KWL Chart

KWHL chart

Exit Slips• Tell me one thing you

enjoy doing in class and why?

• Tell me one thing that you would like me to stop doing in class and why?

• Tell me one thing you would like me to start doing in class (something I have not done that will help you learn)

Exit Slips• Please think about what

you learned yesterday and today. I want you to circle the smiley face that matches your feelings and abilities related to section (?).

Exit Slips (Math)

Learning Goals• Assessment Portfolio• Write 3 things in

areas/subjects that you are doing well in.

• Write 3 things in areas/subjects that you can improve upon.

• Be specific.

Progress Monitoring

• Total assignments• Assignments you

completed• Missing assignments• Opportunity (quiz %)• Celebration (test %)• Current percentage in

class• Reflection

Progress Monitoring

• Weekly reflection• Why do you have this

grade in this class/subject this week?

• What are you going to do to maintain/improve your current grade in class/subject this week?

Student Interest Inventory

Student Interest Inventory• Find someone in

the class who: likes playing soccer, has a birthday in October, is a Cubs fan, likes to go shopping, plays a musical instrument etc.

Student Interviews

Rubrics

Rubrics

Multiple Intelligences Survey

Multiple Intelligences Survey

Multiple Intelligences Survey

Student Choice

Student Choice

Peer Tutoring

• Sage and Scribe• Assign one person the role of

the Sage, “All knowing.” This person will begin by explaining to the other partner how to do the first problem.

• The other partner’s role is the Scribe. “The writer.” This person writes what the Sage says.

• After every problem, the roles switch.

Cooperative Learning

• Cooperative Groups• Group Leader• Recorder• Reporter• Contributor

Cooperative Learning

• Roundtable• Each person has a role,

depending on your number, in order to complete the problem

Cooperative Learning

• Inside-Outside Circle• Form two circles• Students chooses a

partner in front of them• Students quiz each

other• Rotate the circles to

obtain a different partner (questions)

Cooperative Learning

• Find Someone Who• Give each student a set of

questions or problems• In pairs, person A asks

questions to person B. • Person B answers the

questions • Each pair of students

takes turn asking/answering problems

Cooperative Learning

• Think, Pair, Share• Teacher asks a

questions or problem• Students then answers

the problem• Students then find a

partner and pair up• Pairs of students then

discuss their results

Cooperative Learning

• Jigsaw• Each student receives a

portion of the material to be introduced

• Students leave home researching their material

• Next day, students come to class with their “new” material and present to the class

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