{"id":771,"date":"2018-11-30T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/?p=771"},"modified":"2018-11-30T11:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:30:43","slug":"stepping-right-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2018\/11\/30\/stepping-right-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Right Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\" text-center\">Seidlitz Step 4: USE TOTAL RESPONSE SIGNALS TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING<\/h4>\n<p class=\" \">The book explains that total response signals are cues students use to indicate they are ready to respond to a question or ready to move on to new material&#8230;they allow students to prepare for participation in a non-threatening way.\u00a0<i>What makes this a powerful way to get students&#8217; attention? Physical movements are connected to mental processes.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\" text-center\">The\u00a0<b>three elements<\/b>\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\" \">TOTAL: This means\u00a0<b>every<\/b>\u00a0<b>student<\/b>\u00a0in the room<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">RESPONSE: Everyone\u00a0<b>makes a decision<\/b>; this is instant ongoing assessment<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">SIGNAL: Is\u00a0<b>clear<\/b>\u00a0enough for the teacher to immediately survey<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\" text-center\">The\u00a0<b>four basic types<\/b>\u00a0of response signals are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\" \">WRITTEN: Use of sticky notes, white boards, cards, etc.<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">READY RESPONSE: Sit, stand, pencil down, thumbs up<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">MAKING CHOICES: Thumb up or down, A\/B\/C\/D, move to a spot<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">RANKING: shows relative agreement (from 1-5 fingers, clap &#8220;x&#8221; times)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\" text-center\"><em>Additional Tips:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" \"><em>If students don&#8217;t respond, rephrase or clarify and repeat the question.<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\" \"><em>Give adequate wait time, and provide a signal for all to answer at the same time.<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\" \"><em>Novelty is good; variety keeps it fresh. Randomize after a response signal- sometimes allow partner talk, and other times do not. Keep them on their toes. (Remember, students can refer to Step 1: &#8220;What to say instead of I don&#8217;t know&#8221; if they legitimately need support.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seidlitz Step 4: USE TOTAL RESPONSE SIGNALS TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING The book explains that total response signals are cues students use to indicate they are ready to respond to &#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2018\/11\/30\/stepping-right-along\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\"Stepping Right Along\"<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-just-good-teaching","category-seven-steps","penguin-post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-9.03.01-PM.png","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}