Transfer Tasks

• Reflection: Which of the Big 8 do you feel you will excel at (or which do you feel most prepared for) and why? Which Big 8 engagement strategy would you like additional support or coaching to implement/refine? Email your response to your mentor.

• Take the Big 8 Qwickie Quiz to apply what you’ve learned.

• Print off the Big 8 Terms and post it somewhere in your classroom.

• Use Big 8 Transfer Tasks to complete the next three transfer tasks and share it with your mentor upon completion.

• Make a list of expectations related to the following: Raised hands vs blurt outs, Noise level during seat work, Listening during instruction, Transitions and Attention Signals

• Think about positive behavioral cues you can use to reinforce student adherence to your list of expectations above. Create at least five cueing statements that you plan to use.

• Decide upon an attention signal (or two) that you plan to use in your classroom.

• Watch videos related to the Big 8 strategies (see "Essential Basics Videos" ). Make note of which specific strategies you'd like to implement during your first days of school.