engagement strategies from teach like a champion

8/9/2019 Engagement Strategies from Teach Like a Champion

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Teach Like a ChampionChapter 4: Engaging Your Students in Your Lessons

David DuezMatt Webb


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What is the spirit of "Teach Like a Champion?"


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Embedded video. 30 seconds.__________ like a Champion Today.

from Notre Dame.

Link to Youtube version.


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Great teaching is an art.


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Why did Doug Lemov write this book?Lemov is the managing director of Uncommon Schools.He taught English and history at the university, high school and middle schoollevels.

It is a resource for teachers filled with techniques thathave proven to close the achievement gap.

Lemov went into classrooms and video taped greatteachers and what they do.

He came up with 49 techniques that "Champion"

teachers shared in common.There is also a DVD that is included with the book toshow these techniques in action.


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V ideo: Doug Lemov Why I wrote this book. Youtube link to the video.


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3 Quick and Essential Ideas

from T.L.A. Champion

These ideas are not in Chapter 4 - our focus today -but they are important.

What does it take to be a Champion?


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First Idea: Where to Start?

Technique #6.Begin with the End

This statement is flawed :"What am I going to do tomorrow?"

F law - emphasis on activity first & not objective

Emphasis should be on "What will my students understand today?(the result of this question is measurable)

Good practice from TLAC:

(Technique #8 is POST IT)


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Technique #10.Double Plan

M ost lesson planning focuses onwhat you (the teacher) will bedoing.

Too often teachers forget to planfor what the students will bedoing each step of the way.

It helps you see the lessonthrough the student's eyes andkeeps them proactively involved.

Second Essential Idea:Lesson Planning


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Technique #32.SLANT S-L-A-N-T

The mnemonic SLANTreminds students to:

S = S it up straightL = Lean forward

A = Activate your thinkingN = Note key informationT = Track the speaker

Third Essential Idea: Student Expectations


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A re any of these guys slanting?


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Chapter 4: Engaging Students in Your Lessons

We will look at thesespecific techniques ...

# 22. Cold Call

# 24. Pepper

# 26. Everybody Writes

# 27. Vegas


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Technique#22. Cold Call

Use this sequence:"Question. Pause. Name."

Ensures that every student hears the question and beginspreparing an answer during the pause that you provided.

Cold Calling can be fun for students.

Cold Calling is predictable... systematic... positive...& scaffolded.

(Also see Techniques: Right is Right and No Opt Out)


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Video from the DVD.Cold Call Clip #8 Ms. Driggs

No youtube link


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Video from the DVDCold Call Clip #9 Ms. Verrilli

No Youtube link


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Video from the DVD.Clip #10 Cold Call & Every Minute Counts

Ms. RiffleNo Youtube link.


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H ow can I adapt my decisions about which students I call on to help all my

students pay better attention?

To make engaged participationthe expectation , call on studentsregardless of whether they haveraised their hands.


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Technique #24. Pepper

Not that kind of pepper. H ang on, lunch is coming up soon!

Fast-paced, unpredictable, &group-oriented

Review familiar info andfundamental skillsGreat warm-up activityVery much like a game

T he idea of pepper comesfrom baseball. "Pepper" Martin pictured to the right.


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P epper Clips # 7 Jesse R ector Video from the DVD.Clip #7 Cold Call/ P epper - M r. R ector Youtube Link for the video.


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A Game of AHS Pepper


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P epper Questions:1. What year did Atascocita High open it's doors?2. What high school split to form AHS in 2006?3 . How many small learning communities did

AHS start with in 2006-2007?4. What is the name of the hall that connects

each of the communities at AHS?5. What year did AHS graduate its first group of

seniors?6. How many middle schools feed into AHS?7. What does L.G.I. stand for?8. What does P .L.C. stand for?9. What does A. F .L. stand for?


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Technique # 26Everybody Writes

6 Benefits to Everybody Writes (pages 140-141):1. The teacher can review their responses before beginning

discussion.2. It allows the teacher to cold call in a more simple and natural

way. Everyone should be ready with an answer.3 . It allows every student the chance to participate and be a part of

the conversation.4. P rocessing thoughts in writing refines them. This gives students

an opportunity to improve their writing skills and think in a more

complex way.5. It gives the teacher a chance to set a higher standard and also

steer the direction of the discussion in a more fruitful way.6. Students remember twice as much of what they are learning if

they write it down.


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Quick write - Everybody Writes Example

Do a quick write on "The M an I Killed.

Why would someone write a story

about not being able to talk about whathe did, and in so doing, talk about it?Why would he talk about not being able

to talk about it?


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Quick write - Everybody Writes ExampleDo a quick write of our own.

Which of the techniques coveredtoday do you

Already do in class?

Would like to improve this year?Need to know more about?

A quick write is just you writing whatever comes tomind. It is an opportunity to reflect upon your learning.

We will give you 3 minutes to write.


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Technique #27VegasVegas is the sparkle.

A moment of observing production value.M usic, lights, rhythm, dancing.

Example comes to mind,Cindy Welchs P arts of a Cell sung to Wheelson the Bus.

It could be a class room review game of Jeopardy,Hollywood Squares, or Who Wants to be aM illionaire.

WARNING : V egas moments have to be developed and implemented withcare. Otherwise they can take students off task and do as much harm asgood.


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Other Examples of V egas:


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