Total Response Signals & QSSSA

I will demonstrate how to use Total Response Signals in my classroom to ensure total participation.

I will demonstrate how to use QSSSA in my classroom to build academic language.

I will speak using the following sentence stems:

• Building academic language is important for students because...
  
• I will ensure total participation in my classroom by...

• Q (Question): The teacher asks a question.
• S (Signal): The students give the teacher a response (determined by the teacher) when they are ready to answer.
• S (Stem): The teacher provides a sentence stem to frame structure language.
• S (Share): Students are asked to share their responses with one or more peers.
• A (Assess): The teacher assesses the quality of discussion by selecting a few students to share their answers with the whole class.

Q- What is one thing I can do in my classroom to help students build academic vocabulary?

S- Thinker's Chin

S- Talk to a Partner

S- One thing I can do to help build academic language...

A- The person with the longest first name

PD Coordinator

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