• Target students individually - use the data to determine which students need to improve on which skills or standards.
  
• Use small groups or stations to let students work in teams based on similar needs.
  
• Chunk skills into small tasks that can be done over time rather than giving one large review packet.
  
• Use peer tutors to explain concepts in different words.
  
• Take advantage of flipped remediation with videos and resources that have already been created.
  
• Have students track results to see if their remediation led to improved performance on the next benchmark.
  
• Use self-grading activities through Learn Study Island, Mastery Connect and other digital resources to give students immediate feedback.
  
• Provide a little time each day to spiral review in addition to new content. Remediation should not be seen as punishment.
  
• Have students reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the results of their class and home activities.
  

Use your data from our benchmark assessments to determine what gaps students have. Focus on filling these holes individually. You can have students with similar standards for improvement work together on their remediation or they can work individually while you small group teach students with similar weak areas.

While taking part in Carousel Brainstorming, small groups of students rotate around the classroom, stopping at various “stations” for a designated period of time (usually 1-2 minutes). At each station, students activate their prior knowledge of a topic or concept and share their ideas with their small group. Each group posts their ideas at each station for all groups to read.

Break review into sections such as time periods, topics or units. Provide review questions and allow students a certain amount of time at each station. Stations could include helpful materials such as notes, books, articles, etc. Alternate your groupings between hetero and homogeneous groups to make the most of peer teaching.

Last year English 10 had great success combining classes for EOC review. Kids from mixed classes went to several stations which were geared toward EOC strategies and skills. Stations covered many different learning styles and rotations. Instructions for each station were printed (teachers divided up the prep work ahead of time). Teachers monitored and had conversations while rotating and signed off on completed stations.

Create interesting graphic organizers to help students organize important information with more aesthetic appeal Sometimes all it takes is a simple stray-from-the-norm approach to help engage students. Check out these organizer ideas or these great mindmapping / organizing digital tools:

• Popplet
• Bubbl.us
• Coggle

Bored with these? Check out Richard Byrne's of Free Tech For Teachers review of several mindmap digital tools.

Get your kids using higher level thinking skills to create their own test reviews for topics or concepts. Students can work in small groups to become resident experts on their topic. They can find game resources that are already made (using their evaluation skills to determine if the game is accurate and appropriate). Or, they can create their own questions and put them into a game. Let students choose the type of game they want to create for the class to play so you don't play 15 Kahoots in one day - once that tool is gone, groups have to choose a different tool!

• Quizizz
• Kahoot
• Go Formative
• Socrative
• Riddle
• Quizlet
• Jeopardy
• Plickers
• Playposit / Edpuzzle / Zaption
• Quizdini ($10/fee)
• Infuse Learning

Check out a few of our favorite Discovery Education SOS strategies for Engaging Students these last few weeks! Click the link above to view the images more clearly.

Purpose

To have students revisit and process content in a safe, fast paced, active, sharing environment. Swap meet is a great activity for revisiting content from previous day(s) and for providing scaffolding.

Overview

Students record information on an index card after accessing support from notes, homework, text, etc. for a given prompt from the teacher. Students then move about the room greeting classmates and exchanging index cards with each person they greet. Each time they swap to get a new card, they quickly read it before passing it on to someone else. After a few minutes of swapping and reading cards, the students are directed to share the content on the cards they are presently holding in small groups and then return to their seats to share and further process the new information with their peers. It is beneficial to have the students swap and read more cards on the way back to their seats.

Check out the Procedure and Instructions Here!