Episode #3 How to Engage Students Listening & Responding
This is, the Teaching Bites Podcast. The Unprofessional Development We Need.
* Intro Question OR What’s this EP is About OR The Problem
* Do you ever have a hard time trying to get your S to listen & respond?
* Listening Ways
* Ask 3, Then Ask Me
* Think, Pair, Share directions/instructions
* have partner share out what other said
* reference vid in show notes of teacher rdg text/S TPS
* Ask S to explain concept to whole class/group; TRIBES
* Talking piece
* Clamshell for devices (iPads, laptops)
* Fun Fact Headphones (1910 by Nathaniel Baldwin, who made them by hand in his kitchen and sold them to the United States Navy.
* John C. Koss, jazz musician from Milwaukee produced first stereo headphones
* Signal word to start (“GO!”)
* Responding Ways
* Think, Pair, Share- thumbs up, then share
* TP Group Share
* POW Share (partner of week, use milling to music [Spotify, iTunes, radio, etc.- all resources], why I use it- get to know partner, so S get up, use for select activities, NOT all!)
* equity sticks- each S’s name on a popsicle stick, helps me call on ALL students
* Move around class to answer questions using cardinal directions (ex- North=yes, South= no, etc.)
* Check for understanding
* exit ticket; standing and answering questions
* how do you feel about this strategy? thumbs up, side, down; stand up to show how many questions they got wrong on an assignment
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Resources/Links
* Edutopia Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen
* Children Discovering Justice Lesson 2 Turn & Talk – Think, Pair, Share
Music
“Presenterator” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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