gaining and maintaining learner focus in the language-through- content classroom
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Gaining and maintaining learner focus in the language-through-content classroom
*Rules of Engagement
*How do we increase engagement?2
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Think for a minute:3
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* How to widen the learning gapMarshall 2009
Believe that: *Performance reflects innate intelligence*Hands-on learning is a waste of time*We should call on students who raise their hands and minimize participationof the “lows.”
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*How do we increase Engagement?
*Learning is part of everything
1.Start well - 100% tuned in
2.Maintain interest and focus
3.Incorporate movement
4.Teach and structure collaboration
5.Promote higher-order thinking
6.Assess as you go
7.Facilitate enjoyment and laughter
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*It’s not how we cover the curriculum, but how we uncover the curriculum.
*1. Start Well – 100% participation7
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*Use “warm-ups” -- Engage learners
at the beginning of class
Handshake interview “Tricks of the Trade” (3:07):
*Teacher shakes hands with each student as they enter the room.
* Then he/she asks them a question about what they’re studying.
*If the student answers the question correctly, they enter the room.
*If not, they get back in line. 3:07
*Set Clear Expectations –
*On time, in seat
*Materials ready
*How to motivate:
*Keep a checklist.
*Something good happens for those who achieve on time and prepared each day
*How to communicate:
*Modeling
*Pictures
*Short definitions
*BE READY EVERY DAY!
*On time
*In seat
*Materials ready
*Eyes on speaker
*Comprehensible Input
*Learners can only attend to what they understand.
*Check their understanding at the beginning, end, and every 10 minutes during class.
*If they don’t understand, teach it another way.
*Learners answer a question or complete a short task related to the lesson in order to be able to enter/leave the room at the beginning/end of class
* Assess as you go: Entrance/Exit Ticket
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*Sample Entry/Exit Tickets
*Show me on the globe how you came to Atlanta.
*Point to the thermometer
*How many centimeters in a meter?
*Is a carrot a fruit or a vegetable?
*What is your birthday?
*Which place value is this?
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*Differentiate Entry/Exit Tickets
*Change way student demonstrates: Point, draw, name, explain
*Have 3 different questions for different levels* *
2. Maintain interest and focus
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Fairness Can
*Put everyone’s name on a stick.
*Put the sticks in a can
*Pull the sticks at random when you ask questions.
*Use strategies to keep everyone thinking and prepared
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*High-Tech versions, e.g.
Who’s Next?
Expect (a) zero noise, (b) complete attention, and (c) five eyeballs on you
Teach a signal for Instruction Time “Tricks of the Trade” (2:35)
* Teach “Zero Noise and Full Attention” for instructions
1.Move to Zero Noise2.If others around
you haven’t seen the signal, silently show it to them.
*Zero Noise Level Signal
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*Maintain Engagement through Total Participation*Everyone responds
*Increase wait time
*Model Active listening: look, lean, whisper
*Teach vs. anticipate desired responses
*Structure partner interactions
*Use choral responses: verbal and physical
*3. Incorporate movement
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* Incorporatemovement
into learning
Hand Clapping: Develop hand clapping routines to teach sound patterns
*Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
*Buzzards, and polecats and mules, oh my!
*________, __________, and ________, oh my!
* / ‘ ‘ / ‘ ‘ / , oh my
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Incorporate movement into learning:
LineupsI Have, Who HasTPR
*TPR Resources and examples
*http://www.sil.org/sites/default/files/files/introduction_to_oral_english_using_tpr.pdf
*http://www.springinstitute.org/Files/tpr4.pdf
*http://www.dupage.k12.il.us/_includes/services/doc/3-TOTAL%20PHYSICAL%20RESPONSE.doc
*Editorial: “Tricks of the Trade”