Engagement and Motivation Strategies Toolkit by

Grade Band: K-2,3-5,6-8

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:25:11 UTC

•Description: Short quizzes, prompts, or questions are provided at the end of the lesson or activity and can be provided digitally or in a physical environment.

•Purpose: Check for understanding, helps students reflect their learning, while encouraging students to be involved.

•Supports: Immediate feedback for clarification or to be retaught.

•Resource: Kahoot, Padlet, Google Forms.

Grade Band: 3-5,6-8

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:32:23 UTC

•Description: Set up challenges through digital game based learning tools. For example, math problems and digital awards.

•Purpose: Highlights students progress, encourages positive peer encouragement, friendly competitions.

•Supports: Self motivation, focuses on fun and purposeful activities.

•Resource: Prodigy Math and Prodigy English.

Prodigygame.com

Grade Band: 3-5,6-8

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:33:40 UTC

•Description: Students have the opportunity to work in small groups on a shared project.

•Purpose: students are actively involved to work as a team, receive peer feedback, and share roles.

•Supports: Higher-order thinking, group accountability, and student voice.

•Resource: Padlet.com

Grade Bands: K-2, 3-5

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:34:49 UTC

•Description: The "Buddy System" allows students to work with a peer regularly with a classmate with disabilities.

•Purpose: Builds social bonds, positive behavior and support.

•Supports: Differentiated learning needs, students with disabilities.

•Resource: None

Grade Bands: K-2, 3-5

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:35:55 UTC

•Description: Any student including EL students can tell, retell, or sequence a story using visuals like pictures, sentence strips, or storyboards platforms.

•Purpose: Students are supported with visuals to support their language and comprehension development.

•Supports: EL students.

•Resources: Storyboardthat.com

Grade Band: K-2,3-5

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:37:02 UTC

•Description: A board is provided with options from where students are allowed to choose.

•Purpose: Students are given choices to stay motivated

•Supports: Differentiated Learning needs.

•Resource: Choice Board

Grade Band: K-2, 3-5, 6-8

adelgado80_1 — 2025-08-02 19:37:44 UTC

•Description: Students are placed in whole class group discussions where they are encouraged to verbally discuss, opinion, and discuss their interest.

•Purpose: Students are actively involved in peer discussion, listening, and actively engaged

•Supports: EL students, varied academic needs, builds positive relationships where students feel heard, included and motivated.

•Resource: N/A