“Five lucky students have a clue taped underneath their chair right now…” is an opener that always added interest to class discussions when I taught 8th graders. Here’s how you can use that same strategy digitally. Use FormMule to quickly send different students in class an email, complete with a unique vocabulary word and definition.
When students are clear on what they are learning, and can identify where they are in relation to their learning goals, their rate of learning has potential to double. Here’s a template to post success criteria, with three levels of complexity. When used with Pear Deck Premium, students can drag an icon to show you where they feel they are in their learning. It makes for a great “class snapshot” to inform next steps in instruction. To view the template, click on the button below- then make a copy and edit away!