Strategies to Involve All Students

Question, All-Write - Instead of calling on a few students to answer questions orally, all students write answers in their journals. Then teacher will call on volunteers to share their answers.

Sharing Pairs - Students pair up to share ideas and thoughts about a topic. This can follow the Question, All-Write strategy.

Whip Around, Pass Option - Students take turn responding to a question, or if any prefer, can say, "I pass."

KWL - Student writes down what s/he Knows about the topic, what s/he Wants to know about the topic, and then what s/he actually Learned about the topic.

Choral Work - Students answer a question in unison.

Voting - Ask questions that all students can respond to by raising a hand.

Make a Prediction - Students make a prediction in their journals about a topic about to be covered in class.

Write a Summary - Students summarize in their journals something just covered in class.

Brainstorm Ideas - Students speak open-mindedly about a topic without worrying if their ideas are reasonable or not.

Hand Raise Signal - To signal that group work is to stop, teacher will raise one hand. As students see the teacher or others raise hands, they begin to raise their hand and cease working and talking to listen to the teacher.

Outcome sentences - Last ten to fifteen minutes of each class, students will respond to the following sentence starters:
Today I learned ...
I am feeling ...
I can improve by ...