Roll the Dice Review
Looking for an easy way to wrap-up a lesson? Prepare six questions and post them on the board. Grab some dice (even just one is fine). Select a few students or have students partner with a few peers around them and roll. The number they roll is the question they will answer for the class.
You can write content-specific questions or have a general set of questions. Below is a sample set of general questions:
What was one thing you learned during class today?
Of the topics discussed today, what things seemed confusing?
Of the topics discussed today, what did you already know?
What is one test question you could write based on what we learned today?
If you had to summarize what was covered in class today in three sentences, what would you say?
How would you explain to an elementary student what we are learning about in class right now?
Consider posting a generic set of questions on a poster in the class to refer to whenever needed. Depending on the time available, you can have students roll two numbers, share answers aloud or write them down.
If you’re looking to go the content-specific route, consider having small groups of students write sets of questions and trade with other groups.
If you’re looking for some fun dice to use, a quick Google search yields many options. Here is one: http://dicegamers.com/m_foam.htm.
Classroom Engagement Tip for August 14, 2008
Looking for an easy way to wrap-up a lesson? Prepare six questions and post them on the board. Grab some dice (even just one is fine). Select a few students or have students partner with a few peers around them and roll. The number they roll is the question they will answer for the class.
You can write content-specific questions or have a general set of questions. Below is a sample set of general questions:
What was one thing you learned during class today?
Of the topics discussed today, what things seemed confusing?
Of the topics discussed today, what did you already know?
What is one test question you could write based on what we learned today?
If you had to summarize what was covered in class today in three sentences, what would you say?
How would you explain to an elementary student what we are learning about in class right now?
Consider posting a generic set of questions on a poster in the class to refer to whenever needed. Depending on the time available, you can have students roll two numbers, share answers aloud or write them down.
If you’re looking to go the content-specific route, consider having small groups of students write sets of questions and trade with other groups.
If you’re looking for some fun dice to use, a quick Google search yields many options. Here is one: http://dicegamers.com/m_foam.htm.
Classroom Engagement Tip for August 14, 2008
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