Active Paerticipation in class

2. Active Participation
The consistent engagement
of the minds of all learners
in order to
monitor student
achievement.

3. Active Participation
 Learn by
doing.
"I hear and I forget. I see and I
remember. I do and I
understand."
-Chinese Proverb

4. Active Participation
All of the students all of
the time

5. Why Use
Active Participation?
 Teacher benefits:
 More effective teaching
 Less behavior problems
 Diagnostic-Monitor student learning throughout
instruction
 Student benefits:
 Focus, Rate & degree
 Retention
 Better review
 Ownership of learning
 Students are validated

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11. Group response
Use for short answers of 1 to
3 words
Generally, all responses
should be the same answer.
Unison/choral response?

12. Turn to your
partner and tell
them of a time
you saw an
insect. Start
your sentence
like this…I saw
a….

13. Use for longer answers
Generally, answers will vary
from student to student
Partner Responses

14. Categories That Promote
Active Participation
 Speaking
 Writing
 Signaling
 Performing
 Combination

16. 1. Fifteen minutes during each day of “Dr. Seuss
Week” was designated as Silent Reading Time. All the
students in the elementary school were to read a
favorite book. As you walked down the hall and
through the rooms, you could hear a pin drop and see
book pages turning.
On-task
2. While students are working with partners on a
writing assignment, Ms. Sunshine leans in to note
student performance. She noticed 3 groups were not
up to standard because they used, on average, a total
of 6 adjectives in the entire assignment. Ms. Sunshine
uses the information to plan for small group time the
following day.
Active participation

17. 3. In Mr. King’s 3rd grade social studies class,
students are talking in small groups about their
topic selection for the upcoming project. As he
walks from group to group, he jots each
student’s response next to their name, and
notices that on average, students have
participated 5 times during the activity.
Active participation
4. In physical education class, the fifth grade
students were learning to play basketball. The
students in the gym listened attentively as Mr.
Marks discussed and demonstrated the
appropriate form of shooting a foul shot.
On-task

18. 5. Mrs. Dennis has students work in partner groups
and independently during the reading block. Students
move about the classroom quickly and quietly. At
each center students are obviously aware of the
routines in place. She consistently praises her second
grade students for being such “good workers” when
she is not interrupted during reading group.
On-task
6. Ms. Major’s 5th grade language arts class is well
organized and orderly. She is using turn and talk
along with equity sticks during the vocabulary review.
She has 10 marks on a sticky note for accurate
student responses made during the lesson. She gives
immediate corrective feedback to 4 students with
incorrect responses. When the group receives 20
marks, the class earns 10 extra minutes of free time.
Active participation

19. 7. In Mr. Meyer’s first grade classroom, students are
sitting correctly on the carpet in the assigned spots,
all eyes on the book. He has just finished the read
aloud and he is calling on volunteers to respond to
the questions after the story. He has 5 volunteers
who respond the most and he allows these students
to line up first for P.E.
On-task
8. The students listened carefully as Ms. Reese gave
directions at the beginning of the science activity.
Students worked with partners to complete the
experiment as Mrs. Reese monitored each group. At
the conclusion of the lesson, she asked students to
turn to their partner and share what each had
learned. As she dropped to listen, she noted that 7 of
9 partner groups had met the outcome for the
instruction.
Active participation

20. Teachers make
decisions every day!
Teachers are
decision makers!

21. monitor
Goal of Active
Participation