It can be a brief story, a riddle or challenge, an analogy, a music or video clip, a picture of the thing you will be discussing in class, etc...
What is the Hook
100
Provide students with an example, a rule, the missing/first step, or provide additional context.
What is Break it Down
100
Lessons should begin with this technique as review of material from the day before and end with this technique to review “new learning.”
What is At Bats
100
He wrote The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
200
This technique is a strategy for moving around the classroom during all parts of your lesson.
What is Circulate
200
Gathering and responding to data are the two key aspects.
What is Check for Understanding
200
The key to this technique is following up student judgments by asking students to defend or explain.
What is Take a Stand
200
This planet is usually the closest one to Earth.
What is Venus
300
This technique helps students retain a record of their own personal knowledge.
What is Board = Paper
300
By asking a student to rephrase and improve an answer she just gave or by asking another student to rephrase and improve a peer's answer, is a strategy implemented in what technique?
What is Ratio
300
Teaches students the basic skills and then provides many
opportunities to practice.
What is At Bats
300
Zero degrees Celsius equals this many degrees in Fahrenheit.
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit
400
Singing “Roundin’, roundin’, roundin’,” to the tune of Rawhide is this key component of the Name the Steps technique.
What is Make them "Sticky"
400
In this technique, the students do as much of the writing, thinking, analyzing, and talking as possible.
What is Ratio
400
A form of At Bat, this technique is a student response used to close a lesson.
What is an Exit Ticket
400
NaCl is its chemical formula.
What is Salt
500
This technique, when employed, stresses accountability and also eliminates behavioral problems.
What is Circulate
500
This technique is a critical teaching tool, but it can be
challenging to use because it is primarily a reactive strategy.
What is Break it Down
500
Encouraging more students to participate by having them judge the answers of their peers.