Student Engagement Strategies
Instead of just stating the answer, a teacher models their problem-solving process aloud, revealing their thinking
Think Aloud
Ciudad Juarez neighbors this U.S. city
El Paso (Zack's HT)
This popular language is named after the British comedy Troupe known for their sketch show Flying Circus.
Python
This fictional animal inspired by Charles Schulz own pet Spike, likes to pretend that his house is a plane and uses it to chase down The Red Baron
Snoopy
his approach helps students understand that mistakes are a natural and valuable part of the learning process.
Normalize Error
At just 320 feet long, this City has one of the shortest incorporated railways in the world.
Los Angeles
In season one of Stranger Things, Mr. Clarke explains the many worlds theory of this fundamental physics theory. In this interpretation the act of measuring a particle splits the universe into multiple timelines each with a different outcome of the wavefunction collapse.
Quantum Mechanics
This fictional animal created by Lewis Carroll has a distinct permanent grin and the ability to appear and disappear at will
Cheshire Cat
These types of prompts encourage students to explore multiple possibilities and demonstrate deeper understanding beyond a single correct answer.
open-ended questions
The Jim Carrey movie Bruce Almighty is set in this city home of the Sabres
Buffalo
(Claire’s HT)
In season one of Stranger Things, Mr. Clarke talks about the possibility of using this type of theoretical object to travel between parallel universes. This type of object is known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge. It is consistent with general relativity and theoretically might connect extremely large distances or even different points in time.
Worm Hole
This green animal created and voiced by Jim Henson plays the banjo while singing the Rainbow Connection
Kermit the Frog
Instead of saying "You're so smart!", a teacher might say "I noticed how you kept trying different strategies until you solved that problem." This is an example of focusing on what?
Growth/Growth Praise
The largest city in Lake County began life as a French trading post, occupied by the Potawatomie and was initially known as “Little Fort”.
Waukegan
(Crystal’s HT)
This is a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles like a cosmic lighthouse. The English band Joy Division used the image of the radio emission given out by the rotating neutron star cp1919 for the album cover of Unknown Pleasures.
Pulsars
Recently portrayed by Andy Serkis this fictional animal is the leader of the apes
Caesar