Rules of Engagement

1. Rules of Engagement Gaining and maintaining learner focus in the language-through-content classroom

2. How do we increase engagement?

3. Think for a minute:

4. 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.” How to widen the learning gapMarshall 2009

5. Learning is part of everything • Start well - 100% tuned in • Maintain interest and focus • Incorporate movement • Teach and structure collaboration • Promote higher-order thinking • Assess as you go • Facilitate enjoyment and laughter How do we increase Engagement?

6. It’s not how we cover the curriculum, but how we uncover the curriculum.

7. 1. Start Well – 100% participation

8. 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 Use “warm-ups” -- Engage learners at the beginning of class

9. 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 Set Clear Expectations –

10. On time • In seat • Materials ready • Eyes on speaker BE READY EVERY DAY!

11. 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. Comprehensible Input

12. Assess as you go: Entrance/Exit Ticket • 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

13. 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? Sample Entry/Exit Tickets ]

14. Change way student demonstrates: Point, draw, name, explain • Have 3 different questions for different levels Differentiate Entry/Exit Tickets ]

15. 2. Maintain interest and focus

16. Use strategies to keep everyone thinking and prepared Fairness Can • Put everyone’s name on a stick. • Put the sticks in a can • Pull the sticks at random when you ask questions. Marie Mohammed Kim Tron Javier

17. High-Tech versions, e.g. Who’s Next?

18. Teach “Zero Noise and Full Attention” for instructions 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)

19. Zero Noise Level Signal • Move to Zero Noise • If others around you haven’t seen the signal, silently show it to them.

20. 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 Maintain Engagement through Total Participation

21. 3. Incorporate movement

22. 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 Incorporatemovement into learning

23. Incorporate movement into learning: Lineups I Have, Who Has TPR

24. http://www.sil.org/sites/default/files/files/introduction_to_oral_english_using_tpr.pdfhttp://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” TPR Resources and examples