This document provides a list of strategies to encourage student motivation and engagement including KWL charts, exit slips, learning goals, progress monitoring, student interest inventories, rubrics, multiple intelligences surveys, student choice, peer tutoring, and cooperative learning strategies like think-pair-share, jigsaw, and find someone who. The strategies are designed to get students more involved in their learning, track their progress, and work collaboratively with peers.

1. Strategies that encourage Motivation and Engagement(Informational Packet) Melisa Ledesma and Meghan Carlson

2. KWL Chart

3. KWHL chart

4. Exit Slips Tell me one thing you enjoy doing in class and why? Tell me one thing that you would like me to stop doing in class and why? Tell me one thing you would like me to start doing in class (something I have not done that will help you learn)

5. Exit Slips Please think about what you learned yesterday and today. I want you to circle the smiley face that matches your feelings and abilities related to section (?).

6. Exit Slips (Math)

7. Learning Goals Assessment Portfolio Write 3 things in areas/subjects that you are doing well in. Write 3 things in areas/subjects that you can improve upon. Be specific.

8. Progress Monitoring Total assignments Assignments you completed Missing assignments Opportunity (quiz %) Celebration (test %) Current percentage in class Reflection

9. Progress Monitoring Weekly reflection Why do you have this grade in this class/subject this week? What are you going to do to maintain/improve your current grade in class/subject this week?

10. Student Interest Inventory

11. Student Interest Inventory Find someone in the class who: likes playing soccer, has a birthday in October, is a Cubs fan, likes to go shopping, plays a musical instrument etc.

12. Student Interviews

13. Rubrics

14. Rubrics

15. Multiple Intelligences Survey

16. Multiple Intelligences Survey

17. Multiple Intelligences Survey

18. Student Choice

19. Student Choice

20. Peer Tutoring Sage and Scribe Assign one person the role of the Sage, “All knowing.” This person will begin by explaining to the other partner how to do the first problem. The other partner’s role is the Scribe. “The writer.” This person writes what the Sage says. After every problem, the roles switch.

21. Cooperative Learning Cooperative Groups Group Leader Recorder Reporter Contributor

22. Cooperative Learning Roundtable Each person has a role, depending on your number, in order to complete the problem

23. Cooperative Learning Inside-Outside Circle Form two circles Students chooses a partner in front of them Students quiz each other Rotate the circles to obtain a different partner (questions)

24. Cooperative Learning Find Someone Who Give each student a set of questions or problems In pairs, person A asks questions to person B. Person B answers the questions Each pair of students takes turn asking/answering problems

25. Cooperative Learning Think, Pair, Share Teacher asks a questions or problem Students then answers the problem Students then find a partner and pair up Pairs of students then discuss their results

26. Cooperative Learning Jigsaw Each student receives a portion of the material to be introduced Students leave home researching their material Next day, students come to class with their “new” material and present to the class

27. Teacher Friendly Websites