Total Participation Workshop: Engaging All Students All the Time

AUDII 2015

Ann Tollefson and Lili Bueno

Your Handouts

1) 20+ Strategies you can use from

day 1

2) Advance Organizer for your take-

aways

3) A TPT Packet

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Your Job Today

• Analyze everything we do.

• Think how you can use it in

your classroom.

Check Out Your Packet

• Take a minute to see what is included

in your packet.

• We are going to use these items

during this workshop so you can see

how they will work in your classroom

when every child has a packet!

Warm-Up • Take your Appointment Agenda and

circulate around the room to find people you

don’t already know.

• Make an appointment with someone you don’t

already know for the 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00

time slots.

• Sign each other’s agendas so you can find each

other again!

10 minutes!

Goal One of this Presentation

1) You will explore and SEE techniques

for cognitively engaging every child

all the time in your classrooms.

What is cognitively engaged?

Take one of your index cards

and write a definition of

“cognitively engaged.”

Now, share your definition with

the person next to you.

Goal TWO of this Presentation

2) We will think about how to use these

techniques to check for evidence of

student learning in a constant cycle of

improving teaching and learning in our

classrooms.

Ask yourself….

• If I never speak a word of

English, how will I know that

my students understand and

are learning???

Let’s use your A-B-C-D Cards

Choose one of these, then hold

up your choice when I ask you

to do so:

How will I know my students understand and are learning?

A) I will ask them if they understand.

B) I will wait until they ask questions.

C) I will give them a test at the end of the

unit.

D) I will involve them in many activities that

show me what they are learning as we go

through the lesson and unit.

Hold up the letter or number that you think is the best answer!

Share with a neighbor which one you

chose.

Let’s debrief as a whole group.

What are the problems with A,B, and C?

A) I will ask them if they understand.

B) I will wait until they ask questions.

C) I will give them a test at the end of

the unit.

Let’s Use the Emotion Cards

Hold up the Emotion Card that

best describes how you feel

about your preparation to

manage a class full of

American children.

Look Around You to See How Others Feel!

Hold up the card that describes

how you felt LAST year as you

prepared to teach your first

class of American children.

How do you feel THIS year?

Goal THREE of this Presentation

3) We will discuss how to

use TPTs to improve your

classroom-management

skills.

Our Three Goals Today

• Finding techniques to:

1) Engage ALL children ALL the time

2) Check for understanding/evidence

of learning

3) Manage the classroom more

effectively.

As we consider total participation

techniques, some BIG ideas to

keep in mind…

Big Idea 1: Cognitive Engagement

“By engaged learning, we mean that all student activities involve active cognitive processes such as creating, problem-solving, reasoning, decision-making, and evaluation. In addition, students are intrinsically motivated to learn due to the meaningful nature of the learning environment and activities.” Engagement Theory- Kearsley and Shneiderman

Big Idea 2: The prompt is everything!

“Student interaction will only be as powerful as your prompts.” (pg. 13)

Ask a native speaker of your language the

following question in that language :

(in French, for example)

What do you wear to work?

Now, think about the answer that person gave you.

Was it 3-4 words?Was it a complete sentence?Was it a string of sentences?

What Proficiency Level is that Person?

A string of words means that

person is a NOVICE speaker of

your language…

You didn’t ask a question that let that person respond in more than a string of 3-4 words….

THE QUESTION IS EVERYTHING if

you want kids to learn to speak in

more than one-word utterances.

A better question???

Big Idea 3: Checking for Understanding

Assessment FOR Learning

Assessment is central to learning, not something you do

at the end!

Total participation

techniques provide

evidence of learning.

Total Participation Techniques

• provide for constant checks for

understanding.

• provide you with effective

ongoing formative

assessments.

• support student engagement

Agenda for the Remaining Time

• Block One (25 minutes): Chapter 4 (9

am)

Demonstrations- Quick Draw, Pictionary Plus

• Block Two (25 minutes) : Chapters 5-6 (10 am)

Demonstration: Photo Flash

10 minute BREAK

• Block Three (20 minutes): (11 am) Discuss the

TPTs and pick 3 group favorites.

• Wrap Up (10 minutes)- Whole Group

Sharing (Tic-TAC-Toe)

What it Looks Like in Lili’s Classroom---

The Quick Draw

Block One- 25 minutes

Find your 9:00 AM

Appointment

Now combine with

another pair to make a

group of 4 people.

Block One- 25 minutes

In your group, analyze the TPTs in

Chapter 4.

Pick your favorites and be ready to explain

why you picked them.

Put your Thinking/Ready to Share card

out so we will know when you are ready!

•Write your group’s 3 favorite TPTs on a white board and hold it up for everyone to

see.

QUICK: Share with a Person

Outside Your Group Your Favorite

from Chapter 4. Explain why you

chose that TPT.

What it Looks Like in Lili’sClassroom---

Pictionary Plus

Block Two- 25 minutes

Find your 10:00 AM

Appointment

Combine with another pair

to make a group of 4

people.

Block Two- 25 minutes

Together, analyze the TPTs in

Chapters 5-6.

Pick your favorites and be ready to

explain why you picked them.

Put your Thinking/Ready to Share

card out so we will know when you are

ready!

Exit Cards for Breaks!

1) How is the workshop going so far? Hold

up the LIKE-DISLIKE side that best tell us

how you are feeling.

2) Write on your blank exit card (an index

card) why you chose that emotion.

3) In order to exit the room, you need to

give one of us your card so you can go on

break for 10 minutes!

10-Minute BREAK

What it Looks Like in Lili’s First-Grade Classroom---

Photo Flash!

Block Three- 25 minutes

Quickly find your 11:00 Am

Appointment and Combine with

another Pair to form a group of

4 people.

Block Three- 15 minutes

In your new group,

discuss your favorite TPTs

and try to decide as a

group your favorite 3-4.

`Let’s Use Our TRUE-FALSE

Cards!

TPT stands for Total Power

to the Teacher!

Turn to your neighbor and explain the

correct answer..

Notes to Self

• Take our last few minutes and

think through all the techniques

we have explored today.

• Fill out your Notes to Yourself.

Wrap-Up (15 minutes)

TIC-TAC-TOE

Or

Three In A Row