Active Engagement Strategies The intention of active engagement strategies is to ensure that 100% of students are working with little chance of being off-task, and hopefully, are intrinsically motivated. These activities are a list of the most hard-hitting engagement techniques I use in my class. They have mostly been borrowed from masterful teachers. Strategy Language Skill Steps Mirror Words Listening Simplify one statement. Speaking Say: “Mirror words” or “Espejos” and hold up mirror hands. Credit: Chris Biffle Students say “mirror words” and show mirror hands. (Practice wholebrainteaching.com making it CRISPY) Say sentence or phrases with action, in small chunks. “there is” with action. Students mimic. They say “there is” and do action. Continue with the rest of the sentence. Silent Mirrors Listening Say: “Silent mirrors” and put your finger to your mouth in a (Mirror modification) ‘shush’ actions. Students put finger to their mouth and say “Hmph” Teacher says the word or phrase and does an action. Students mimic the action BUT DO NOT SAY ANYTHING. Magic Mirrors Listening Say: “magic mirrors” and hold your hands like jazz hands. (Mirror modification) Students say “wooop” Teacher says the word or phrase BUT DOES NOT DO THE ACTION. Students invent actions to correspond to what the teacher is saying. Teach, Okay Listening Once students know the sentence that they mirrored, you (Mirror extension) Speaking Clap twice and say “Teach.” They clap twice and say “okay” Credit: Chris Biffle As they say “okay” they turn to their partner. wholebrainteaching.com (CRISPY) Partner 1 always starts. They say it and do the action. Partner 2 is the student. They repeat and do the action. Students continue teaching until time is up. Vocab Actions Listening Teach 3-5 new structures Match an action with the word Credit: Jennifer Sharp Levántense (silent standing procedure) Metamora Township High Actions School Round 1: I say, I do, They do, They DON'T say Round 2: I say, I delay, They do, They don't say Round 3: I say, I do wrong action, They do CORRECT action. Siéntense (silent sitting procedure)
Active Engagement Strategies The intention of active engagement strategies is to ensure that 100% of students are working with little chance of being off-task, and hopefully, are intrinsically motivated. These activities are a list of the most hard-hitting engagement techniques I use in my class. They have mostly been borrowed from masterful teachers. Strategy Language Skill Steps Mirror Words Credit: Chris Biffle wholebrainteaching.com Listening Speaking Simplify one statement. Say: “Mirror words” or “Espejos” and hold up mirror hands. Students say “mirror words” and show mirror hands. (Practice making it CRISPY) Say sentence or phrases with action, in small chunks. “there is” with action. Students mimic. They say “there is” and do action. Continue with the rest of the sentence. Silent Mirrors (Mirror modification) Listening Say: “Silent mirrors” and put your finger to your mouth in a ‘shush’ actions. Students put finger to their mouth and say “Hmph” Teacher says the word or phrase and does an action. Students mimic the action BUT DO NOT SAY ANYTHING. Magic Mirrors (Mirror modification) Listening Say: “magic mirrors” and hold your hands like jazz hands. Students say “wooop” Teacher says the word or phrase BUT DOES NOT DO THE ACTION. Students invent actions to correspond to what the teacher is saying. Teach, Okay (Mirror extension) Credit: Chris Biffle wholebrainteaching.com Listening Speaking Once students know the sentence that they mirrored, you Clap twice and say “Teach.” They clap twice and say “okay” As they say “okay” they turn to their partner. (CRISPY) Partner 1 always starts. They say it and do the action. Partner 2 is the student. They repeat and do the action. Students continue teaching until time is up. Vocab Actions Credit: Jennifer Sharp Metamora Township High School Listening Teach 3-5 new structures Match an action with the word Levántense (silent standing procedure) Actions Round 1: I say, I do, They do, They DON'T say Round 2: I say, I delay, They do, They don't say Round 3: I say, I do wrong action, They do CORRECT action. Siéntense (silent sitting procedure)
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