Simultaneous+Management

Simultaneous Team Management Giving Directions
 * Team questions only
 * Team formation is simultaneous rather than sequential
 * All teams get material simultaneous - Materials Monitor
 * Taking Roll - Students use an 'in" board or check mark system
 * Rally Robin or Timed pair Share for sharing answers in a team

 Selecting Students and Teams
 * Verbal and Written directions - Use Both
 * Bite -Sized Bits - give instructions a little bit at a time
 * Triggering - " When I say 'Go' and not before, . . ."
 * Selector Tools
 * Craft Sticks
 * Names in a hat
 * Cues - "The student standing closest to the back wall." "The student with the longer hair."

Modeling
 * Use "Show-Don't-Tell instructions"

Check for Understanding
 * Choral practice
 * Simultaneous sharing
 * Showdown or Numbered Heads Together
 * Round Table or Round Robin

 Structuring
 * Guiding the behavior of students within the steps of a structure.
 * Use guided imagery - imagine you were a settler and were about to go west in a covered wagon. What are all the things you would want to go with you?
 * Structure skill acquisition