Jeana Wise
K-4 Literacy Coach
Marshall Public Schools
January 2013
 Give me a thumbs up if you have heard it/thumbs
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down if you have not heard it.
Give me a wave if you have used it.
Knock once if you have ELL students in your
classroom.
Dribble a basketball if you have heard about
Common Core Academic Standards.
Tap your shoulder if you would rather assess students
while you’re teaching than during your own time.
Give me a Rattlesnake Shake if you have students in
your class who always raises their hand to share and
others who rarely raise their hand to share.
 I think TPR is _____________________.
IS
Sheltered
Instruction
Observation
Protocol (SIOP)
Teaching
Technique
CAN
Provide instant
feedback during
lessons and
assessments
WILL
Engage ALL
students
 The teacher will receive instant feedback from
students while teaching.
 The students will be actively engaged!
 Have a question to ask?
Take a sticky note, write your question, and
place it on the Parking Lot.
 Grab an index card and make a list of 3 skills
you teach throughout the school year.
 Test Taking: Multiple Choice (A, B, C, D)
 Yes/No/I Don’t Know/Maybe/Probably Not
 True/False
 Fact/Opinion
 Synonym/Antonym
 Noun/Verb
 Living/Non-Living
 Math Symbols ( +, -, x, ÷, =)
 Punctuation Marks (. , ?, !, ,)
 Fiction/Non-Fiction
 Hour/Minutes
 Character/Setting
 Cause/Effect
 Odd/Even
 Comprehension
 TPR: Sift the flour if you are ready for the CCSS!
 CCAS will require active engagement among
students through realia, student conversations &
demonstrations.
 Our Poverty students and ELL students will flourish
in a classroom where they are actively
engaged.
 Which side of the brain will you be growing
stronger?
Taken from:
http://www.optimumlearningandhealth.com/Transaction/frmCMS.aspx
?T=3&ST=1
Wave at Me
Sift the Flour
Push the Door
Knock on Table
Tap
Dribble a Ball
Raise the Roof
Thumbs Up/Down
Carry a Baby
Lower the Floor
Butterfly
Drive a Car
Shoot a Basket
Caterpillar/Wiggly
Worm
Hit a Ball
Catch a Star
Jump
Cheese Grater
Kiss your Brain
Kiss your Heart
Ketchup
Make a Rainbow
Pull a Rope
Rollercoaster
Golf Clap
Firecracker
Wow
Bubblegum
Round of Applause
Lasso a Cow
Give me 5
Throw a Ball
Saw the Board
Micro-Wave
Make it Rain
Answer the Phone
Throw a Frisbee
Take a Picture
Swing the Bat
Flip the Switch
Staying Alive
Stretch the
Rubberband
Shake the Salt
Peel a Banana
Play a Guitar
Crab Hands
Whisk the Batter
Swim a Lap
Rub the Lotion
Row the Boat
Spread the Icing
Squeeze the
Toothpaste
Cut the Paper
Pat your____
Cast a Pole
Make a Peace Sign
Clap Your Hands
Snap Your Fingers
Climb the Ladder
Round of Applause
Fly Like a Bird
Jump Rope
Open a Book
Martian Eyes
Rattlesnake Shake
 List your “tested” skill.
 Ask questions in whole-group or small-group.
 Take an inventory of student responses.
 Look for the incorrect response.
 Take time to have student led discussions to
help support their responses.
Skill: TSWBAT identify Fact and Opinion
Date
Student A
Student B
Student C
Date
 It’s your turn…what can you do with your
students tomorrow?
 What do you want to make for your students
next week?
 What would you like more information about?
 Don’t use them all at once. The goal is to get
students engaged, identify those who are not
engaged, be able to quickly assess students
knowledge of skills…not their knowledge of
which TPR they are suppose to do!
 Jump a rope if you can use this technique with
your students.
 Lasso a cow if you plan on using it.
 Raise the Roof if you think your students have
too many paper assessments they have to take.
 Lower the Floor if you might share this with a
colleague.
“I tell you and you forget, I
show you and you
remember, I involve you
and you understand.”
~~Confucious