Series Tch Tips: Five Ways to Start Your Lessons
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Discussion and Supporting Materials
Thought starters
- How could you use an object to pique students' interest?
- How could you start your lessons in different ways for different purposes?
- How does Ms. Alcala use her warm-up as both an assessment and a teaching opportunity?
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Johanna Paraiso
Sarah Brown Wessling
English Language Arts / 10 11 12 / Teacher
Joshua Kwon
Math / 9 10 11 12 / Teacher
Leah Alcala
Math / 7 8 / Teacher
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73 Comments
Lauren Mullens Aug 3, 2020 9:34pm
1. You can use an object to see how much your students do or don't know about a particular thing and then ask something like "Would you like to know something else about _________" once pre-discussed the object.
2. I think it really depends on the material and where you are at with your lesson. You could be looking for simple or complex information; but one thing I did notice as a common theme, was that these teachers wanted their students asking questions.
3. She warms them up by using what she considers her favorite wrong answer which is then discussed amongst the class as a review to gather feedback on how much her students did/did not retain from the material.
Ryan Cantrell Jul 27, 2020 9:46pm
There are mnay ways a lesson can be started. I think that the most appropriate way is dependent on the lesson and the course. For example, if I was teaching on content matter that is just being expanded on from the prior years' lessons, a quiz would be fitting to see where the students are.
Julio Jacobo-Ma... Jun 14, 2020 11:41pm
Reflection:
By going over the warm up Ms. Alcala is able to get immediate feedback. Great strategy to asses the effectiveness of the lesson to see which students master the lessons and which students need additional support. It is important for the students to show their work and for us, as teachers, to clarify any misconceptions.
Michael Burnett Jun 13, 2020 12:43pm
Introducing an object, especially if interesting and unfamiliar, will create interest fromt students. In the world of theatre technology, there are many different objects that could be introduced at the beginning of the day/lesson that are tangible that can be used to introduce concepts.
Depending on the learning goal of the day, a different starter would have different effects. For instance, in an introductory lecture, having a video could be used. Or if it is a lesson involving equations to find specific answers, the wrong answer technique could be used.
By having a warmup equation as part of the routine, students expect that they will sometimes have the wrong answer shared with the class. The process she uses lets her see quickly how the class is understanding a concept, and then uses it as a way to teach the correct way to solve the equation to the class.
Michael Stires Jun 9, 2020 12:40pm
Effective teachers apply warm up activities before jumping into the lesson planned, this strategy can be easily purposed with all kinds of learning objectives.
By starting the class off in a way that gives away clues to what the lesson has planned for the day. Starting off with a short video, or taking a poll of the classroom to help the teacher assess where students are at in there learning, or even starting the class off with moving around the room for the activity are all great ways to start lessons plans off.
Ms. Alcala uses previous experiences in her life and being able to corelate that experience with a story to form the introduction to a new lesson planned.