AVReading October: Engagement Checks
Engagement Checks Engagement checks are effective ways of both getting your class involved and completing quick formative assessments. None of these are particularly new, but some of them may have fallen off your playlist and are worth bringing back. Get Up and Move: I have signs on three walls of my class—Yes, I know it. Maybe, I think I know it. And No, I haven’t a clue. On any given activity, when I sense that students are either tapering off (or just need to get up and out of their seats), I have them stand up. I introduce a concept (ie. Developed versus Undeveloped Characters) and ask them to move to one of the three stations, and to talk with others in that group to review or learn the concept. I then call on a few students from Yes and Maybe to discuss the idea. After that I repeat the process two more times, and send them back to their chairs. ...