Eastern Washington University
This tool helps prevent the number of times students ask to leave the room during important informational times. This is done by implementing the 10/10 rule where students don’t leave the room during the first or last ten minutes of class.
This is a simple tool that is verbal & nonverbal. It works as a call and response tool for the classroom. You can use this tool as a quick way to get students’ attention.
With this tool students who want help from the teacher can clip their name on the hand in the front of the classroom. This way the teacher can know what students want their help and in what order to help them.
This tool is essentially a student-lead bulletin board. Where students post personal work or art that they wish to share with their peers and the teacher on, “The Fridge.”
This tool is helpful because the students are able to move around weekly and sit with someone new each week. The student can see what works best for them.
The students each week gather their materials and clean up their desk and throw away any garbage that could’ve been left behind. The teacher can pull out a stick or choose the student that is the quietest to pick their spot first. Then the following students and so on.
For this tool, there are two ribbons stapled to the wall with the labels “Hot Lunch” and Cold Lunch.” When students come in at the beginning of the day, they place the clothespin with their name on it on the ribbon that correlates with what they will be having for lunch that day. This shows the teacher who is at school, who is absent, and what each student is having for lunch so both attendance and lunch counts can be submitted.
This is a verbal “call and response” tool. Teacher says, “Hey Hey!” then students respond with “Listen Up!” *Clap Clap*. This tool is used to get students’ attention.
Reviewing expectations is a tool that helps you confirm students know what is expected of them, reminds the students what they should be focusing on, and allows the students to take ownership and responsibly of other own actions. It is simply just reviewing what expectations are before an activity or group work assignment. It helps students be on task during the task and maximize time for student learning.
Three before me is all about students being able to independently ask three peers within the classroom Before going to ask their teacher. students may use the strategy when asking for help in repeating directions as well as other general questions that they may have before confronting the teacher.
The tool is a sign that has two sides. On one side of the sign, it is green and the other side is red. It is helpful for students to decide when it is best for them to take a break if they need one.
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