White Board Wipe-Out - The Teacher Toolkit
White Board Wipe-Out - The Teacher Toolkit is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Ask students a question regarding the material just covered in the lesson. This can be an open-ended question, or possibly a multiple choice, yes/no, or true/false question. Keep in mind that they are limited to the space on the white board when writing their answer.
- Have students hold up their white boards with their answer. Scan the room to assess the students’ answers.
- Create Create a class set of white boards.
- These can be purchased individually, or for a cheaper alternative, purchase shower board from a hardware store and have the store cut the board down into the size you prefer.
- Option: if you glue a pom-pom to the end of the marker, students will have their own eraser, too!
- Ask Ask students a question regarding the material just covered in the lesson.
- Keep in mind that they are limited to the space on the white board when writing their answer.
- Assess Have students hold up their white boards with their answer.
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Prompts to use +
Ask students a question regarding the material just covered in the lesson. This can be an open-ended question, or possibly a multiple choice, yes/no, or true/false question. Keep in mind that they are limited to the space on the white board when writing their answer.
Have students hold up their white boards with their answer. Scan the room to assess the students’ answers.
Create Create a class set of white boards.
These can be purchased individually, or for a cheaper alternative, purchase shower board from a hardware store and have the store cut the board down into the size you prefer.
Option: if you glue a pom-pom to the end of the marker, students will have their own eraser, too!
Ask Ask students a question regarding the material just covered in the lesson.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: White Board Wipe-Out - The Teacher Toolkit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask students a question regarding the material just covered in the lesson. This can be an open-ended question, or possibly a multiple choice, yes/no, or true/false question. Keep in mind that they are limited to the space on the white board when writing their answer.; Have students hold up their white boards with their answer. Scan the room to assess the students’ answers.; Create Create a class set of white boards.; These can be purchased individually, or for a cheaper alternative, purchase shower board from a hardware store and have the store cut the board down into the size you prefer.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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