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The Learner Engagement Half-time Show!  Presenting Mr. Cobb's class and the "Compass Slide"! 

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The Learner Engagement Half-time Show!  Presenting Mr. Cobb's class and the "Compass Slide"! 

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Shhhh.....don't tell Mr. Cobb's class they were actually learning cardinal directions as they did the "Compass Slide" They were so engaged with this activity, they didn't notice....

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This is a song to help teach cardinal directions and how to use a compass to elementary-age students. The song is a parody of The Cha-Cha Slide by Casper Children should begin by facing North

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Learner Engagement: Ms. Ebberts has a "Trick Play"!

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Learner Engagement: Ms. Ebberts has a "Trick Play"!

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Are your students tired of ANOTHER worksheet or workbook page from HMH?
Ms. Ebberts has fooled them into having fun....check out this worksheet that has been cut into parts and distributed around the room. Students solve one problem, then walk to the next, and the next.....movement to keep them engaged, plus a little math too!

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Learner Engagement: A "Toss Play" by Mr. Fatherley

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Learner Engagement: A "Toss Play" by Mr. Fatherley

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Vocabulary and spiral review of concepts can get....(yawn)....boring for students....but not in Mr. Fatherly's science classroom!  Learner engagement built in to  discussion with a ball-toss....students can't wait to be next to answer a question!

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Ms. Engle and Disler have a "Quarterback Sneak" (Spy)! 

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Ms. Engle and Disler have a "Quarterback Sneak" (Spy)! 

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Also known as "Two-Stay-One-Stray", this learner engagement strategy gets students moving around the room to work with classmates and solve problems. The group of students nominate one student to "spy" on other groups, talking with them to discuss answers. Then the spy returns, adding new knowledge to their group. Spying and inferencing = learner engagement!

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Walking in the hall one day, I saw a student out of class launching a paper airplane. Knowing the student from having him in class previously, I said "_________what are you doing out of class? Put that paper airplane away!" He responds, "Mrs. Bruce, I'm not playing - it's SCIENCE! Later in the week, I kept hearing students, happily launching planes, going back into the room, coming back out and launching new ones; I had to check it out....Inquiry in action - Which plane will fly farther and why?

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Welcome to Gridland!
Ms. Hafley's Social Studies goes beyond the worksheet with learner engagement and map grids. A room-sized, 3-D map with various objects to plot and represent awaited students in the Commons, complete with masking-taped grid-lines and axis labels. Be careful...don't fall in the lake - the fish might bite!

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Ms. Vieth's "Field Goal": Learner Engagement Strategy: "Sage-and-Scribe"

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Ms. Vieth's "Field Goal": Learner Engagement Strategy: "Sage-and-Scribe"

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Who's doing the thinking in these partnerships?  Both students!
Avoid the partner trap of "only one student doing the work while the other sits" with this strategy, (also called "Boss-Secretary") spotted in Mrs. Vieth's math class!

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It's science....no....it's writing.....it's writing in science! Ms. Tobar MODELS a writing strategy as she teaches sound investigative procedures for labs. To teach students how to write, students must see explicitly what the expected writing looks like. This student (below) uses sentence frames to learn about writing to communicate results in science.  Later, in end-of-year 7th and 8th grade, those frames can be taken away and the student will know how to write the piece independently.

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"Hut-Hut-Hike!" Calling the play...Ms. Sanning has a way! 

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"Hut-Hut-Hike!" Calling the play...Ms. Sanning has a way! 

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Attention-getting signals or call-backs are essential for group and partner structures - so teacher can move from whole-group to small-group instruction quickly. In Ms. Sanning's hand...name sticks to call on students so everyone gets a turn (and is paying attention!) On her desk....an attention-grabber bell.

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What do you do when students don't get it?!  How do you provide intervention when you have to teach all this _________?(insert content area here; no expletives allowed....).
8th grade science has found a tool -  students have access to lessons THREE DIFFERENT WAYS from THREE DIFFERENT TEACHERS - even when they are enrolled in only one class! If Sophia Bruce in Mr. Gauzy's class just doesn't get it......she can do it again with Ms. Johnson teaching her....and then again with Mr. Royston. How can these teachers be in three different places at once? Two tools called "VoiceThread" and "Screencast-O-Matic".
Coming to a PD day near you, soon! (But if you just can't wait to get your hands on these tools, click the links to find out more!)

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How to fit it all in? Ms. Whitehead's "Option Routes"

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How to fit it all in? Ms. Whitehead's "Option Routes"

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Why is this class sitting back-to-back....half one way, and half the other? So Ms. Whitehead can monitor independent work time on Chromebooks while she teaches small groups! Do you ever dream of a class of 10-15 students? How much you would get done?.....This method could be your dream-come-true! Teach small groups and differentiate instruction, while others practice independently.  In the photos below, students sit side-by-side for independent work on the Chromebooks, one working on HMH skill support while the other student plays an enrichment game. Every student was engaged. Every. Single. One. TOUCHDOWN!

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How do I organize all this iReady stuff? Check out 6th grade Science....a new "literacy infusion" binder.  They might be able to give you some ideas.....and after talking to Ms. Jones today....she might even be able to write a story that fits your topic if you can't find one!  Did you know she's dual certified - science and ELA?! :) She can certainly give you some hints on infusing literacy!

If you aren't a "binder" person....if you think "if I get one more binder, I will die..." I am going to be working on uploading information into drive. It's on "my list" of to-dos!