[nobe-l] Calling on students

[Danielle (Shives) Manke]

Hi all,
I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for calling on students to provide answers? I have heard of having students say their names when they raise their hands and have tried this, but when several of them do it at once, I have a hard time catching what they say. I am also aware of using fairness sticks which has somewhat worked for me, but I am doing a School Counseling internship at the elementary level where, fortunately, many classrooms have students numbered, and I can use sticks with numbers, but not all classes have numbers, and I have run into other issues, such as young students not knowing their numbers or numbers being vacant because students have moved. This is also made difficult by me teaching lessons in many different classrooms, so each class is different, and I don't know names and/or voices. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Danielle Manke