Clicker Board is a valuable discussion and recording tool. Two Clicker Boards on LearningGrids, Good Listeners and Good Partners, are particularly useful for engaging your class in discussions about positive learning behaviors.

The sets can be used to record ideas during a whole class discussion, or students can complete them in pairs or small groups and use the ideas to create a whole class mind map. In the empty cells, add key words such as quiet, look, respect, calm, and think, or phrases such as listen carefully, be calm, let others speak, and ask questions. You can also add more cells for additional suggestions.

A completed mind map can be used as a planner for writing about good learning behaviors or creating classroom rules. Students can refer to the completed mind map on an interactive whiteboard for ideas and spellings, or you can create a Word Bank by using the export tool. You can also send the mind map to a document or print it out and use it to support a table-based activity.

For older children, duplicate the board and replace the image with a key learning skill such as preparation, collaboration, resilience, or perseverance, to spark discussion about positive behaviors and thought processes that enable students to be successful learners.

For more resources to support discussions and writing about good learning behaviors, see the Social & Emotional Learning category on LearningGrids.