These colored ice cream sticks have increased class participation
by 1000%.
I pick one person per class to go around
and have other students pick out the sticks. Whatever numbers are picked, that
student has to stand up and either read or recite whatever textbook info we are
learning. It helps a lot. I can get more than half of the students to speak
English during every class. It also keeps them on their toes. Whoever gets chosen
to walk around the room and have the other students pick sticks, feels very
powerful, at least during the class time.
Footnote: always count your sticks after
every class. LOL. My slick students STOLE their numbers near the end of the
semester and I did not know it until after the semester was over.
What can I say?
My rugrats are SMART!
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