Hooking The Big Fish!

Presented by Brenda Loyd NBCTChris Rollins NBCT

Welcome!• Here’s Who We Are!

• Let’s Find Out About You!

• Let’s Set Norms!

Are these your students?

Or are your students like this?

Anticipatory Set

Objectives:

To understand Anticipatory Set

To utilize Anticipatory Set for different subjects

To link Anticipatory Set to multiple intelligences

Picture by Tina Phillips

Your Task:

• Think about a lesson that engaged your students. Why was it successful?

• Think about a lesson that did not engage your students. Why was it not successful?

Share Out!

What do you think this is?

Anticipatory Set

• The “Attention Getter”

• To set the stage for learning

• To give the objectives a context

Purpose of the Anticipatory Set

• To assess the students’ prior knowledge before beginning a new concept or topic

• To give the students a brief overview

• To introduce the lesson’s objectives

• To engage the students

When to use the ‘Hook’

• Before you begin your direct instruction

• At the start of a new unit of study

• Especially useful for introducing complex or abstract concepts.

Planning Your ‘Hook’

Ask yourself these questions:

• How can I involve as many students as possible?

• How can I interest my students in learning?• How can I inform the students of my

objectives in kid-friendly terms?• What do the students need to know before I

begin the lesson?

Activating Multiple Intelligences

7 + multiple intelligences:

Visual/ Spacial Bodily/Kinesthetic

Verbal/Linguistic Musical/Rhythmic

Logical/Mathematical Interpersonal Skills

Intrapersonal Skills

Using a ‘Hook’…

• Utilizes your anticipatory set to review vocabulary or concepts.

• Activates prior knowledge and uncovers misconceptions with a KWL or KWHL chart.

• Provides a transfer of prior knowledge to new learning.

Suggestions

Start with a question.

A Picture or cartoon.

A Story.

A quote, or a startling statement.

Free write on topic.

Music or Art.

Find Your Match game.

Quiz show based on material already covered.

Your Turn

Have your group select items.

Use those items to develop an Anticipatory set for something you could teach.

Share using Round Table.

Gallery Walk

Take an Elsewhere Expedition to other tables.

Read their Anticipatory Set.

Leave a sticky note with your comments or additional ideas.

Assignment

• Your product is a hook /Anticipatory Set you used in the classroom and reflect on the response of your students.

Reflection

Take some time to complete the Workshop Evaluation.

Please feel free to email us:Brenda Loyd- bloyd@ebrschools.org

Chris Rollins- crollins@ebrschools.org

Enjoy Teaching and Learning!

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