1/30/18 Activities Observed by https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm Bellringer, Lecture, Discussion, small group, lab, close reading, centers, technology, test/quiz en-us 2018-01-16 15:36:55 UTC 2025-11-18 22:16:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Reviews/quiz using technology (Kahoot, powerpoint) or on individual white boards. At least half had small group work (lab, project) or discussions. lsgors https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219288 2018-01-30 17:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219288 Rich, Destaffino, Folger https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219658 Wide range from Q & A sessions, bellringers, a lot of pair work, rally coach, interactive maze. Test corrections were done in pairs, and a lot of coaching was happening between students. We saw two lectures with student interaction.]]> 2018-01-30 17:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219658 Students answered questions in regards to conjugating verbs in either the present tense or preterite tense. In the majority of the classes seen today, students worked in small groups and interacted with each other in discussions. We saw one teacher give a bell ringer at the beginning of class where students had to translate sentences in the preterite tense. https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219950 In another class we saw a teacher split his class into two parts where the first half worked on the more technical stuff in the class while the second half learned about the inverted pyramid (lecture-style).]]> 2018-01-30 17:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226219950 There was a small group review using marker chalk that was particularly interesting. Room O-39). This was a table top review and the students rotated answering questions every 1.5 minutes https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226220617 2018-01-30 17:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226220617 We observed a wide assortment of activities in our visits. Most were grounded in some type of text (videos, song lyrics, poem, blogs, student writing, toolkits, etc.). We saw several teacher guided lectures with some student input. We also saw small groups with more engaging discussions. We saw successful collaboration using technology through blogging to allow conversation between class periods. We also saw some student choice in whether students worked individually or in a group with teacher circulating around the room. One successful example of small groups was a tutorial where students were leading the discussion and answering questions for each other. https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226221260 2018-01-30 17:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226221260 Palmer, Beatty, and Browning https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226221585 We saw mostly lectures to review for upcoming tests. A couple of lessons were student-centered with small group projects and partner test corrections.]]> 2018-01-30 17:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226221585 Activities Observed https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226224850 We saw many activities today. We saw students organize information and work together in small groups. We also saw discussion in small groups but also as a class. We saw lecture with varying degrees of effectiveness. We also saw technology utilized in the classroom with varying ]]> 2018-01-30 17:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226224850 jonbelleisle https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226225532 2 out of the 3 teachers had the students do Bell ringers. No lecturing was observed, close reading was observed, small groups discussions were observed in several classes. ]]> 2018-01-30 17:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226225532 Overall Summary shmurray https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226264580 Most rooms had an immediate activity like a bell ringer. Some interesting activities observed included: 
Having students rotate through centers in a modified gallery walk where students wrote on tables.
Activities that included student movement which led to more engagement.
Activities where students were grappling with the text to construct meaning. 
The use of QR codes to guide students at an individual pace.
The use of blogging and having students comment on other student's blogs allowed for an expansion of the classroom.  ]]> 2018-01-30 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shallett1/3icxq1ecrlwm/wish/226264580