CheckFor

Understanding
Strategy

Description

321/FisttoFive/Thumbs Studentscommunicatetheirlevelofunderstandingtoteacherusingtheirfingers
Up,ThumbsDown
4321ScoringScale

Apostedscalethatcanbeusedeitherasaquickcheckwithhandoranumerical
valueforstudentstoselfassessonawrittenassignment
StudentsshouldgetingroupsoffourwhereonestudentisA,thenextisB,etc.
Eachstudentwillbeaskedtoreflectonaconceptanddrawavisualofhis/her
interpretation.Thentheywillsharetheiranswerwitheachotherinazigzag
patternwithintheirgroup.

ABCDWhisper

CapacityMatrix

Circle,Triangle,Square
Clickers
Decisions,Decisions
(PhilosophicalChairs)

Entrance/Exitticket

EveryPupilResponse

Thecapacitymatrixisachartingtechniqueusedtobreakdowntopicareasinto
stepsforachievingaspecificresult.Itidentifiestasks,knowledgelevels,and
understandingofthetopicarea.
(Circle)Somethingthatisstillgoingaroundinyourhead(Triangle)Something
pointedthatstoodoutinyourmind(Square)SomethingthatSquaredoragreed
withyourthinking.
Electronicsurveyingdevicesthatgiveinstantfeedbackanddata
Givenaprompt,classgoestothesidethatcorrespondstotheiropiniononthe
topic,sideshareoutreasoning,andstudentsareallowedtochangesidesafter
discussion
Eachstudentwillbegivenatickettocompletebeforeleavingtheroom
answering:WhatisthemostimportantthingIlearnedtoday?Whatquestionsdo
Istillhave?Theseticketscanbegiventotheteacherwhenexitingtheroomor
uponenteringthenextday.Theteacherusesthisinformationtoguidethe
instruction.
Eachstudentreceivesapinkandyellowcard.Eachcolorrepresentsaspecific
response.Studentsraisethecardtoprovidethecorrectresponsetoateacher
directedquestion.
Givenaconcept,studentssortorwritevariousexamples/nonexamples

Example/NonExample

Givenexamples/nonexamples,studentsdetermineconcept

Example/NonExample
FillInYourThoughts

Writtencheckforunderstandingstrategywherestudentsfilltheblank.(Another
termforrateofchangeis____or____.)

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UnderstandingStrategy
FlagIt

Description
Studentsusethisstrategytohelpthemrememberinformationthatisimportant
tothem.Theywillflagtheirideasonastickynoteorflagdiecut

FunctionAerobics

Studentsdemonstratetheirknowledgeoftransformationsoffunctionsby
physicallymovingtheirarmsandbody

GiveOne,GetOne

Cooperativeactivitywherethestudentswriteresponsetoaprompt,meetup
withanotherstudentandshareideassothateachleaveswithsomethingtoadd
totheirlist

Handprint
HumanGraph
InterlockingPaperPlates

Drawyourhandprint.Ineachfinger,writeonethingyoulearnedtoday.
Akinestheticactivitywherestudentsintheclassphysicallymovetocreatea
histogram,whereeachstudentrepresentsadatapointratingtheirview
Twocolorplatesusedforstudentstoprovidefeedbacktoteacherbyslidingthe
twocolorsectionstoshowlevelofunderstanding

OnionRing

Studentsformaninnerandoutercirclefacingapartner.Theteacherasksa
questionandthestudentsaregiventimetorespondtotheirpartner.Next,the
innercirclerotatesonepersontotheleft.Theteacherasksanotherquestionand
thecyclerepeatsitself.

PopIt(BubbleWrap)

Studentswritewhattheywanttoknowaboutatopiconadotsticker.Placeeach
stickeronthebubblewrap.Whenatopiciscovered,thestudentpopsthe
bubble.
Analyzingincorrectresponsesinmultiplechoicequestions

ProjectStudyGroup

QuickWrites

Atimedwritinginresponsetoaquestionorprompt(canbeusedbefore,during,
orafterinstruction)

Rubric

Ascoringguideusingsubjectiveassessmentsthatisgenerallycomposedof
dimensionsforjudgingstudentperformance.

SaySomething

Studentstaketurnsleadingdiscussionsinacooperativegrouponsectionsofa
readingorvideo

SlapIt

Studentsaredividedintotwoteamstoidentifycorrectanswerstoquestions
givenbytheteacher.Studentsuseaflyswattertoslapthecorrectresponse
postedonthewall.

StudentDataNotebooks

Atoolforstudentstotracktheirlearning:WhereamIgoing?WhereamInow?
HowwillIgetthere?

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UnderstandingStrategy

Description

TakeandPass

Cooperativegroupactivityusedtoshareorcollectinformationfromeach
memberofthegroup;studentswritearesponse,thenpasstotheright,addtheir
responsetonextpaper,continueuntiltheygettheirpaperback,thengroup
debriefs.

TimedPairShare

Givenaprompt,studentspairupandsharetheirperspectiveforagivenamount
oftime,takingturns(Atalks,Blistens,thenBtalks,Alistens)

TriangularPrism(Red,
Yellow,Green)

Studentsgivefeedbacktoteacherbydisplayingthecolorthatcorrespondsto
theirlevelofunderstanding

WordSort

Givenasetofvocabularyterms,studentssortintogivencategoriesorcreate
theirowncategoriesforsorting

WhipAround

Teacherposesaquestionandstudentslistthreeitems.Allstudentsstand.
Teacherrandomlycallsstudentstoshare,iftheirtopiciscalledtheysit.Teacher
continuestilallstudentsaresitting.