Student EngagementIdentified Common Themes:

• Anticipatory Sets

• Classroom Performance System (CPS)

• Content Review in Game Format

• Cooperative Learning

• Differentiated Instruction (DI)

• Exit Tickets

• Hands-on Activities (Labs, Simulations, etc.)

• Make a Test / Take a Test

• Meaningful-Real World Connection

• Music for Transitions

• Learning Centers

• Peer Editing / Peer Reviews

• Power Point Presentations

• Questioning

• Songs-RAP

• Stop & Jot

• Student Choice

• Student Led Instruction

• Technology

• Think, Pair, Share

• Wait Time

• Websites (Brain Pop, United Streaming , Learn 360, Study Island)

• Whole Group Discussions

Other Themes (Suggested by at Least One Other Group, but not by All Groups):

• All About Me

• Appointments

• Call to Student’s Homes

• Clock Partners

• Competition

• Create a Brochure / Visual Aids

• Drawing

• Management Motivators (Candy)

• He said, She said

• Prior Knowledge

Student Engagement• Rat Race

• Role Playing

• Round Table

• Smelly Markers

• Standing Conversations

• Timed Activities

• Turn to Your Partner

• Visual / Auditory Cues

• Visual Motivators (Timeline / Ice Cream Cone)