This feature will be appearing on our blog once a week, on Wednesdays from mid August to mid June. The goal is for you to leave with a smile on your face and hopefully a spring in your step to help you finish off the week of school.
The installment is about Clever Call and Responses!
When we were students, we can remember teachers yelling, turning off the lights, or even slapping a ruler on a desk. Not the most friendly ways to get attention. Actually, they were down right frightening when the sound of a ruler cracked across the desk.
In recent years, we have learned about call and responses. For those of you who are not familiar with this concept, the teacher calls out a phrase, and then the student completes the phrase. It is a great way for students to refocus their attention back on you, the teacher!
Below are some of our favorite call and responses:
1. Gangham-Style
2. Mine-Craft
3. Do You Want to- Build a Snowman!
4. Peanut Butter-Jelly Time!
5. We Are Students -Bump, ba bump, bump, bump, bump, bump (from the Farmer's Insurance commercial).
6. Harry-Potter
7. Click it-Or Ticket
8. Zip it Lock it-Put it in Your Pocket
9. Echo Clap (teacher claps a pattern and students repeat it)
10. Shake Shake Shake-Shake Your Milkshake
11. All Right Stop-Collaborate and Listen (From Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby")
12. Sportscenter Theme: Da da da-da da da
13. Hey Class-Hey What (say it in different voices and they mimic)
14. Insert school name and mascot: Moorehead!-Mustangs!
15. And probably the funnest one of all, make one up with your class!
We would love to hear what call and responses you use. Please comment below so you can share your wonderful ideas with teachers across the world.
Make sure to stop by next Wednesday for another installment of Wise Guys Words of Wisdom!
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