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Motivating the Reluctant Learner Through Interactive Activities

Motivating the Reluctant Learner Through Interactive Activities. Presented by: Kim Cole Ruth Kistner Kristen Swanson. Today’s Agenda. Play. Discuss. Take it back!. Index Card Activity. Number your card 1-4 Write top four ways to engage learners Work independently. Our thinking.

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Motivating the Reluctant Learner Through Interactive Activities

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  1. Motivating the Reluctant Learner Through Interactive Activities Presented by: Kim Cole Ruth Kistner Kristen Swanson

  2. Today’s Agenda Play. Discuss. Take it back!

  3. Index Card Activity Number your card 1-4 Write top four ways to engage learners Work independently

  4. Our thinking Hands on/interactive Authentic Personal interest Relevant/meaningful

  5. Four Corners Read the guiding question Read the cards in each corner Go to the corner you most agree with Talk amongst your group -Why this is most important? Pick reporter to share out to large group After arguments - Would you like to switch?

  6. Debrief What did you think of our first two activities? Why was four corners more engaging?

  7. You do List materials needed Develop a guiding question Create four responses Explain to your class Play Create your instructions

  8. Guiding Principles Connect/build trust Build confidence non threatening ways Meaningful/relevant Challenging/supportive Make learning concrete/ visual/hands on Decrease extrinsic rewards Emphasize intrinsic reward Find student interest

  9. Interactive Activities Break from routine Motivating/challenging Reinforcing Encourage interaction and communication Authentic

  10. Trace Your Hand

  11. Bag Activity Don’t peek in bag Read the clues Feel inside the bag (without looking) Guess the item/theme How can you relate it to your curriculum?

  12. You Do Think of your curricula strand Think of items to put in bag Create your clues Is this a before, during or after activity?

  13. Break

  14. Fly Swatter Products posted in front of room Four volunteers We will call fact Student must find fact and swat

  15. You do Create questions Based on content Simple answers Multi step answer

  16. $100,000 Pyramid

  17. Equivalent Fractions Place Value Types of angles Types of graphs Types of Measurement Money $100,000 $50,000 $10,000 $20,000 $75,000 $35,000

  18. Win, Lose or Draw Divide the class into teams (3-6 members) Choose an artist Set timer Artist draws, team guesses Get through as many cards as you can within the time limit

  19. You do List materials needed Create 5-10 cards Create your instructions

  20. Tic Tac Toe Challenge Choose X or O Choose your square Answer question Correct get symbol Incorrect other team can steal

  21. You do Create questions Determine if this is a pre or post activity

  22. Break

  23. ABC Board Provide curriculum topic Board with letters A-Z Come up with word that starts with each letter Set timer Review answers- if any answers duplicated cross out Earn points if only one with answer

  24. ZONK

  25. Revisit Our Corners

  26. Closure

  27. Being able to help someone learn something is a talent

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