Encourage

Never Hear or Do

• Draw everyone in the group in.

• Blurt out an answer.

• Asking for a clue.

• "That won’t work!"

• Guiding Questions

• "Oh, that was easy."

• "What was your thinking here?"

• "That’s not right."

• Continue investigating and looking for other approaches.

• Grab or control the manipulatives.

• "That’s a good idea."

• "This is stupid."

• Positive statements.

• Don’t like to be rushed!

• Giving everyone an equal opportunity for input.

• Clarifying questions.

• "I’m not sure how you got that."

• "Are you sure? How do you know?"