Oral Responses (Things Students Say)
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Description/Suggestions/Examples
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The answers are short and the same
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Provide an auditory and/or visual signal
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The answers are long or short and different
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Look-Lean-Whisper; Think and Write-Pair and Write-Share; Think-Write-Share; Assign partner numbers/labels
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The answers are long and different
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The answer comes from a student’s own experience
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Can have the students share with a partner first
Whip around or pass (students have the option to say an answer or pass)
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Written Responses (Things Student Write)
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Description/Suggestions/Examples
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Response Slates (white boards)
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The answers are long or short, more divergent or dependent on personal experience
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Set clear expectations (e.g. “After writing the answer, set your pen down)
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Students organize thinking alone, in partners or teams
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Use after reading for greatest impact. Good for retelling
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Completing a sentence frame
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Structure is needed to complete correct sentences
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Useful with vocabulary instruction
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Action Responses (Things Students Do)
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Description/Suggestions/Examples
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“Put your finger on the word”, “Touch the picture”, etc.
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Can use gestures, facial expressions, actions, movements
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Reviewing factual information
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Can have students form hand signal on desk, then hold up in unison
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The number of potential answers is limited
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True or False; Yes or No; A, B, C, or D; vocabulary words; spelling words; phonics; etc.
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In small group or at seats
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Elkonin boxes, sorting pictures for summarizing/order of events
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Description/Suggestions/Examples
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Maintains close proximity to students
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If you know from prior experience that a particular group is likely to disrupt class-standing or sitting close to them while you lead an activity will quell a fair amount of the unwanted behaviors
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Students are seeking positive/negative attention
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Increase the number of positive interactions you have with the student by offering at least 5 positive statements to 1 negative statement.
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Limit/reduce transition time
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Students are becoming off-task during transitions.
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Use a signal for transitions and give a set amount of time for students to make transitions.
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Positive praise tickets are given when kids get caught “being good” and the ticket labels the positive behavior.
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Classroom matrix taught/retaught
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After breaks, long weekends, or when unwanted behaviors are occurring in certain locations.
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Lessons are explicitly designed to teach students the expectations for all locations and routines. The lessons are taught so that students practice what the expectation looks like and sounds like.
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Instructional routines taught/retaught
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After breaks, long weekends, or when unwanted behaviors are occurring during instructional routines.
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Teach students explicitly what the routine looks like/sounds like and have students model and practice appropriate following of the routine.
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Response routine taught/retaught
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After breaks, long weekends, or when unwanted behaviors are occurring during the response routine.
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Teach students explicitly what the response routine looks like/ sounds like. Model the routine using: I do, We do, You do.
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