Mrs. Call does quite a few different activities that encourage student participation such as interactive notebooks, classroom discussion, and science experiments. But one that I noticed that she does that the students really love and seems to be very effective in a 5th Grade classroom is her reviews. She'll keep a container full of chocolate kisses and ask review questions that will help the students on the test. Immediately most, if not all, of the hands in the room are in the air. She waits a few seconds and then will call on someone. She's really good at knowing who she's already called on and her withiness is really good too so she's equally as good at making sure to call students in all parts of the classroom. I'm not entirely sure how she does this. If they get the question right she'll throw them a piece of candy.
I actually did this technique myself one time when I was teaching the class. There were no students that weren't paying attention and all of the students really enjoyed the practice. I was actually surprised because there were certain students who I would think would not pay attention. But getting candy thrown to them is a lot of fun. And it's a good way to get feedback of what they know.
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