Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or showy thing to…
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or showy thing to…
…the stop signs in the middle of their team as a signal for them to stop talking for one minute and refocus. If they talked during that time, the stop…
…of using small stop signs as a way of getting kids to stop talking and refocus. The strategy is easy to use. Simply print a few Team Stop Signs on…
…purchase ad-free versions from Interactive Resources. These links go to the evaluation versions: Stop the Clock 1 (30-minute intervals) Stop the Clock 2 (15-minute intervals) Stop the Clock 3 (5-minute…
…sort of “fingerprint” the Plickers software uses to identify each student when the cards are scanned. The number on each side is the number assigned to the student in the…
…lose both tickets, the next time they disrupt the class, they have to pull a tag on the Stoplight board (described above). Students can also earn tickets for staying on…
…the title of the book and the number on the card on the card. They give the card to me. When they return the book, I check that the number…
…student crosses off numbers it can’t be and circles numbers it could. The person who guesses the right number, wins and gets to choose the next number. The best part…
…be used as a consequence for individual student misbehavior. It’s never fair to punish the whole class when one student acts out. I recommend the Stoplight Management system to address individual discipline…
…class using both fiction and non-fiction. The Three Little Pigs We use fairy tales to introduce the concept of making math stories. For example, after reading the story of the…
…stop by x Kimberly Price – I buy a shower board from Home Depot. They cut it for teachers at no cost. I have it cut into squares for personal…
…and stop talking. This gives students a chance to finish their conversation if they are talking with a partner or working in a group. Pepper Sullivan – I use non-verbal…
