1. Shelf-Ready Tools to Authentically Increase Student Engagement
Positive
Relationships
Constant Checks for Understanding
TARGET
Authentic Student Engagement
Prepared Especially for the Collaborative Learning Team of
RUSKIN High School
By Dan Mulligan, flexiblecreativity.com
December 2016

2. Collaboration Tool Why Bother:
Allows each student to experience a diversity of thinking;
Time saver;
Can be partially scheduled by teacher for purposeful grouping.

3. 4 – second partner
What time is it?

4. Authentically Engage Students
Fostering Engagement & Deeper Thinking Checking for and Building Readiness
Tell a chain story about strategies you use to…
Authentically Engage Students
…without using words that begin with:
E or T

5. Think Pad is a resource designed to:
provide evidence of understanding and participation during student-to-student dialogue
facilitate student reflection on their thinking

6. Frayer
Model
(2 versions)

7. What exactly is… Student Engagement
Resources for hypothesizing (or summarizing) the objective:
Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education.
Student Engagement

8. 4 – second partner
What time is it?

9. Brain Break….

10. Helping Students Develop Understanding

13. Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Sing it
Create a beat
Rap it
Make a cheer
Create a jingle
Hum it
Identify sounds
React to sounds
Listen to sounds
Connect to music
Write a poem
Verbal/Linguistic
Read it
Spell it
Write it
Listen to it
Tell it
Recall it
Use “you” words
Apply it
Chunk information
Say it
Use mnemonics
Logical/Mathematical
Make a pattern
Chart it
Sequence it
Create a mnemonic
Analyze it
Think abstractly
Think critically
Use numbers
Prove it
Interpret the data
Use the statistics
Visual/Spatial
Mind maps
Graphic organizers
Video
Color code
Highlight
Shape a word
Interpret a graphic
Read a chart
Study illustrations
Visualize it
Make a chart
Create a poster
Body/Kinesthetic
Role play
Walkabout
Dance
Lip sync
Skits/charades/mimes
Construction
Math manipulatives
Sign language
Sports
Activity centers
Body language
Intrapersonal
Metacognition
Use self-talk
Work independently
Solve in your own way
Understand self
Journal it
Rehearse it
Use prior knowledge
Connect it
Have ownership
Interpersonal
Think-Pair-Share
Jigsaw
Cooperative grouping
Drama
Debates
Class meetings
Meeting of minds
Peer counseling
Tutors/buddies
Giving feedback
Shared Journals
Naturalist
Label it
Categorize it
Identify it
Form a hypothesis
Do an experiment
Adapt it
Construct it
Classify it
Investigate it
Discern patterns

17. Walk the ‘Steps’ to Problem Solve

18. With your partner:
Use the EKS for your grade-levels and create a team turn for one of your standards.
ENJOY CREATING!

19. Effective Student Engagement Step 6:
Engage teams of students in actively summarizing and showcasing their acquisition of essential skills and processes; e.g., writing (story frame, anchor chart, etc.); creating (Two-Word Strategy, IPad app, etc.);
tr check for understanding, offer guiding questions.

20. Increase the effective use of instructional technology

21. Collaboratively created
Student
Collaboratively created
Anchor
Charts

22. Using the Essential Question to Summarize

23. 4 – second partner
What time is it?

25. Spotlight Moment
Collaboratively create an Anchor Chart (including images and graphic organizers) that capture essential understandings (things you can use and/or incorporate to do differently) based on today’s learning experience.
Enjoy creating…

26. Reasons to Assess There are two reasons why we assess:
To inform instructional decisions
What will you say or do next for each student;
To encourage each student to try
Initially work with a partner; formative assessment (give them another try after reflecting on past performance and clarifying misconceptions

27. Vintage Strategy infused with the 2nd ?

29. Thank you for your commitment to children!
"It's your attitude, not just your aptitude that determines your ultimate altitude." Zig Ziglar 
Dan