Calling cards:

Some students never raise their hands to reply to questions in class and feel picked on, if you ask them to respond when they haven't raised their hand. I make a pack of cards with the students’ names on them and use them for reading around the class, taking turns answering questions and play "pick a card any card” for chance based groupings. I find this is a great way to structure involvement for all in a game-like context.What strategy do you use? Please leave a comment.Penny

Shadow Perspective: Sometimes to avoid the stress of calling cards, you can prepare your student from beforehand with some questions/answers. If you pre-teach the lesson a day in advance and the student knows the answer to a question, they may raise their hand voluntarily even before getting called by the teacher. This is a great way to enforce cooperation and increase self esteem. Angelik.