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in reply to: Feedback and Student Agency #11712

Students will buy-in and pay more attention to peer feedback than teacher feedback, especially when it comes to sharing ideas and adding other details, supports, and examples. Students know better what their culture is like for them, than teachers who may or may not be engrossed in their world outside of school. Students need to buy-in to their education and make connections to how it relates to the real world and their future. Teachers will be doing more guiding and questioning during this progress to aide students in sharing opinions and strategies as they learn to collaborate together.

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in reply to: Establishing Relationships #11597

In my basic Ice Breakers at the beginning of each semester when I get new students, I always include “Would You Rather” questions – these get the students up and moving, and having discussions with peers. I use a combination of kid-friendly and adult-themed questions, as I work mostly with 11/12 grades and they like the grown-up q’s we get into. They have some great discussions with their peers, and realize that they can be “real” in my classroom as long as they are respectful. This helps my students open up by their willingness to come to me for help and to share information in their assignments and make connections to their life they may not otherwise share with me. Students are also able to take their own “Brain Breaks” with music or a movement, and if the break is too long, I just say “It’s time to Re-Focus” and students finish up their break and get back to their assignment (I teach hybrid online elective courses).

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in reply to: Learning Communities and Engagement #11596

Padlet is a great way to engage students and get more students to share their ideas without fearing direct rejection from peers if their idea isn’t on par for the discussion

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in reply to: Learning Communities and Engagement #11595

I also have heard great things about the AVID program – two of the schools in my district have used it with great success.

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in reply to: Learning Communities and Engagement #11594

to get the students to engage more I try to shape assignments towards their interests or have them dig deeper into something they like to read and learn about – then have them work the project or maths related to that area. I often share my own stories of experiences over my life and how I used the objective in my world.

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in reply to: Teacher-Led Instructional Activities #11556

Intervention activities including educational games and multi-step activities for students who need guidance and have IEP/504 to work on chunking items.During my mah small group I also like to go over methods for students to use when they don’t know their basic facts so they have tools to help them evaluate problems when they can’t use a calculator

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in reply to: Playlist Concerns #11555

My concern is on how to handle the students who needs lots of extra time and go slow like sloths.
In addition, I’ve tried some of this in the past with my language arts class, and given students a choice in choosing pre-selected activities for a grade – I’ve gotten backlash from parents saying it’s too much choice for their child, and that’s why it didn’t get done. Then there is the deadline that is often missed.

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