Pagosa Intermediate SchoolStaff Meeting

January 9, 2009

Directions - On the note card respond to the following question:

Why do students raise their hands in class?

You have 2 minutes.

Directions: Place a card in each corner of the room with one of the

following words or phrases effective ways to group according to learner knowledge

Rarely ever Sometimes Often I have itDirt road Paved road Highway Yellow brick

road Tell the students to go to the corner of the room that

matches their place in the learning journey Participants go to the corner that most closely matches

their own learning status and discuss what they know about the topic and why they chose to go there

Number of Responses from Entrance Cards If you have 0-2 ideas move to corner 1 If you have 3-5 ideas move to corner 2 If you have 6-8 ideas move to corner 3 If you have 9 or more ideas move corner 4 In your groups discuss your ideas and chart

on poster paper. Add to your chart other ways to engage

students. Select one person to be the group leader to

share with the rest of the group.

Using a 4 x 6 card students write YES on one side and NO on the other

When a question is asked the student holds up yes or NO

Ask the student if they know . . . For example . . the following vocabulary words and

what they mean Call out the a word if a student is holding a yes they

may be called on to give the correct answer Remind them if they don’s know the words it is ok

because they will be learning them You can do the same thing with conceptual ideas etc..

Response Cards vs. Traditional Hand Raising

Time used Response card Hand raising

30 minutes 22 Responses/child

1.5Responses/child

180 days 3700Responses/child

270Responses/child

Additionally, ALL students scored higher on the quiz and the end of the unit test.

Hewett, Gardner III, Cavanaugh, Courson, Grassi,& Barbetta, Teaching Exceptional Children, 1996

Entrance cards Four corners Yes/no cards Others. . .