Poll+the+Pops

Here's a homemade take on Show Don't Say. I titled it Poll the Pops because Pops. was an abbreviation for population and the paddles I shaped like popsicle or lollipops which when held up on the colored side of choice give me a good indication of what the class (population) is thinking at that moment in time. Definitely a formative assessment trick up the proverbial sleeve. Here's how we do it...ask a question in which the answer can be one of two possiblilities. Assign a color to one answer choice and the other color to the other answer choice. Then just poll the pops...students hold up the side that they feel is the best answer. Typically the colors could be school colors to build that school spirit and before you ask, NO! pink and green aren't my school's colors. Have used with true/false, fission/fusion, again any question that requires and either/or answer will work!