All too often when we call on one student to answer a question, we hear other students respond to their answer with, "That's what I was going to say!" Our students want us to know when they know an answer. If we are having a whole-class lesson, the only way they know how to communicate this to us is by saying, "That's what I was going to say!" or "I knew that!"
Karen Shannon put a stop to these statements during a whole-group lesson with one simple motion—a hand placed quietly on top of the head. Watch in this video as she explains this signal to her students.
By Allison Behne
Author, Coach, Teacher
