1. Engagement Strategies
Using WICOR Activities

2. Divide Into Groups By Card Color
Share with your group the subjects you teach
Share your favorite activity you do in one of your classes
Tell why it is your favorite

3. What Makes Your Activity Engaging?
Choose one person to share a strategy they learned from their group

4. I – Inquiry (critical thinking) C – Collaboration O- Organization
What is WICOR?
W- Writing
I – Inquiry (critical thinking)
C – Collaboration
O- Organization
R – Reading

5. “W” is for Writing!

6. Examples of Writing in the FACS Classroom
Journal Entries (Teen Living, Adult Roles)
Story Summaries or Evaluations of Children’s Literature
(Child Dev., Early Childhood Education 1 and 2)
Recipe or Product Evaluations (Foods, Clothing)
Lab Write-ups (Foods)
Brochures, pamphlets, posters, etc.
Notetaking

7. Cornell Note-taking
It is a method for mastering information, not just copying notes
It is efficient
Each step prepares the way for the next part of the learning process
Allows for metacognition and higher level thinking
Can be used for anything! (Lecture, video, presentations, labs…etc.)

9. Make Writing Fun! Use Pop-Culture
Describe the parenting style of Mike Baxter (any TV parent)
Remember all types of writing: poetry, songs/rap, short stories, essays, creating scenarios, etc.
Make it visual!
Foldables, brochures, pamphlets, posters, bulletin boards, etc.

10. “I” is for Inquiry!
Fundamental to rigorous teaching and deep learning.
Use higher order thinking skills
Apply, demonstrate, illustrate, interpret, implement
Analyze, compare and contrast, outline, question, examine, differentiate
Evaluate, argue, defend, judge, predict, justify
Create, deign, build, develop, plan, produce

11. Examples of Inquiry in the FACS Classroom
KWL charts …What do your students want to know?
Create your own quiz/test questions
Comparison or Evaluation projects in Adult Roles/Financial Lit
Diapers, appliances, insurance, etc.
Food Science Experiments in Foods
The effect of different ingredients, cooking methods, etc.

12. Philosophical Chairs
Ocotomom article

13. “C” is for Collaboration
Group Projects, Food Labs
Jigsaw Activities
Numbered Heads Together
Team Activities
Getting to Know You activities
Collaboration is all about RELATIONSHIPS

14. Collaboration Ideas for FACS Classes
Posters for Child Development Theorists
Mix to Music or Quiz-Quiz-Trade for test reviews
Think-Pair-Share during lectures
Pattern Blocks in Interior Design to teach types of rhythm
Team building – create team names, mascots, etc.
Jigsaw articles in Child Development
Four Corners

15. “O” is for Organization
Graphic Organizers
Calendars/Planners
Binders
Time Management Techniques
How to study for tests, using Cornell Notes

16. “R” is for Reading Critical Reading Marking the Text
Numbering paragraphs
Circling key terms
Underlining main ideas
Use post-it notes when you don’t want them to write in the book
Outlining a Chapter
Helps students pull out main ideas!

17. Ideas for Reading in your FACS Classes
Recipe Instructions
Outlining Child Development Chapters
Fashion Designer or Fashion Decade Reports, Foldables, Brochures
Clothing Pattern Instructions
Creating Crossword Puzzles
Articles for Socratic Seminars or Philosophical Chairs
Peer Review and Editing

18. Identify the “WICOR” in these strategies: