https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection Write your name as the title of your post and answer the following questions: 1. What strategy or strategies did you try out in your classroom? 2. What impact did it have on your students? en-us 2021-04-09 18:54:39 UTC 2021-04-17 17:16:14 UTC hello@padlet.com jbersch1 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428395000 1. I am working with a 1st grader who is a struggling reader that doesn't know his letter names or sounds.  To get to know him better, I ask him different questions each day about how his day is going.
2. He has become more open about getting started each day.  He even said to me on Friday, "are you going to add new letters?" which I took as a good sign that he is motivated to learn his alphabet.]]> 2021-04-17 15:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428395000 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474032 One think I did to try and increase student voice was asking the students opinion questions during math. For example, on Quizizz, I would make a poll with a question like "Does a snake have a tail?". All the kids would vote and then discuss their opinion with their classmates. Then, on Quizizz the next question is a math question relating to the previous question. Something like a snake has 365 scales. If there are 12 snakes in a room, how many scales are there?
Since starting this, my engagement has been the highest it's ever been. The kids also stay positive and excited during math class, which is awesome. This strategy is also getting some of the more shy kids out of their shell! It's also interesting to see the differences between me and my students. Again, this impacted my students engagement, but it's also making them more willing to speak in class and a lot of my students who never participated before are jumping into the class discussion.
Also on Friday, we share our Sunshine Moments from the week, which I hang up on a board. The students love sharing their best moment from their week and I love getting to hear from them.

]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474032 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474052 I constantly praise with their names, I teach students with IEPs and I also ask them to share ahead of time "hey I love this answer can you share it with the class after?". 
I also do a comp prompt every day which can range from what did we learn yesterday or why is the sky blue or Who's better Charlie or Adyson. I also go around a stamp the previous days comp prompt to ensure they do it and they also love my different stamps (can you use the lion king one today?? I'll get asked) the class with the most filled out comp prompts every 15 gets cinnabon! ]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474052 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474062 I've been trying to help my students feel more connected to me and to each other, so at the beginning of class during role, I've been asking them, "When I say your name, tell me your favorite color," or, "When I say your name, tell me what you would do if you had all the money in the world." It's been a fun way to connect with students at the beginning of the lesson and I've found that they're more engaged later on as well. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474062 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474173 1. To increase student voice in my classroom, I started implementing informal surveys. I tried one survey that was a set of optional questions on the back of a quiz and another survey that was delivered verbally a few days after a lesson.

2. This helped to strengthen my relationship with my students by giving my students an opportunity to express appreciation for me and allowing me an opportunity to express appreciation for them. I also got some good feedback, mostly with regard to pace: in Algebra II, a few students said that they had a tough time keeping up with the pace. In Physics I, a few students said that they got bored because the pace was not fast enough. I've been thinking of ways to implement this feedback into my practice, such as by using timers in the classroom.]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474173 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474255 One of my 8th graders is reading and writing at a 1st/2nd grade level. I have made all of our readings available to him on text to speech, and I give him writing assignments on Classkick or Flipgrid where he can record his responses. I also have been having him use speech to text on Google and then he rewrites the sentences to feel out how they are actually written. He has enjoyed doing this and practices writing tons of different random thoughts that come into his mind. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474255 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474348 1. For my 7th graders' social emotional learning, I was having a hard time getting through to them with explicitly talking about SEL so instead, I assigned a creative project where they could choose a song or piece of art to analyze that would speak to their emotions so that we could broach the topic in a more culturally relevant/indirect way.
2. Students have already been enthused about showcasing their personal interests in the classroom setting. They have been eager to pick songs and share with one another!

]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474348 lhawks2 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474377 1. I focused on increasing student choice throughout my classroom environment. For example, giving students the option to work individually or in partners and providing alternative ways to complete/turn in assignments.
2. Students have felt more invested in their work as they are given options to engage in class in ways that are meaningful to them. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474377 tbeeboutfloyd https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474454 1) When we switched to in-person school, I totally followed my students lead on what they wanted out of my classroom. One day, they mentioned they wanted gold stars; this turned into a class discussion about how they would earn the gold stars and all of the "rules" around this completely student-made classroom economy.

2) In the end, the students chose that they will get 1 star for every book they read. After 5 stars, they get a prize. I now have a classroom of avid readers, constantly asking me to check-out books. They are talking about what they read, and their friends are picking up those same books. We also made/ decorated individual tracker sheets to put the gold stars, which makes for student decorated walls and healthy competition.]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474454 pglawe https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474649 1. I provided more opportunities for student choice in completing assignments along with providing sentence starters to help get students started with their work.

2. I believe this really increased my students level of engagement and their likelihood to actually complete their assignments. They seemed way more excited to complete work when they had options to pick from. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428474649 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475028 1. I tried to increase student engagement and voice by relating the lesson back to the students. For example, when a story talked about traditions, I asked students about what their family celebrates, if they have nicknames for each other, etc. 
2. I noticed that students were able to form more connections between each other rather than just the story. They really enjoyed getting to know each other more. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475028 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475309 1. In my classroom (both in person and virtual), I have incorporated more student surveys (before and after quarters, units, and large assignments/labs/projects). 
2. I was able to better connect with students and direct instruction for the future.


]]> 2021-04-17 16:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475309 jiannilabato20 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475378 I tired the strategy of increasing student voice by having them create their rules. 2. My students check each other rather than me having to check for misbheavior]]> 2021-04-17 16:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428475378 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428479327 1. To increase student voices I have started doing more check ins with my students and student surveys. I’ve allowed my students to take direction with their learning and give feedback. 2. It had positive impact, students were supporting each other and engaged in their learning ]]> 2021-04-17 16:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428479327 https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428504954 In our classroom, we have a comment and question bank where students put things they want to learn about or how they felt about the lesson. This has really allowed students to have input into what they are learning. I have been tailoring more of their lessons to include their interests. A big piece of this lately has been discovering different religious celebrations and traditional food dishes during Social Studies. Students get really excited and show a lot more involvement. They begin taking over the lesson by discussing and teaching teaching each other with guidance from me! It is awesome to see them fill up with so much pride and have students leave class saying "I want to try make that." ]]> 2021-04-17 17:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jbersch1/reflection/wish/1428504954