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Teaching Strategies
Cure Winter Doldrums with In-Class Exercise
The initial burst of energy following the winter break has run its course, and your students are feeling somewhat.unfocused. How to snap them out of it and regain that learning momentum? Try exercise.
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Majority of Class Refusing to Do Work
January 17, 2012
Kate Ortiz says, “The fact that you have 6 sections and 4 of them have successful students indicates that your 14 years of experience have provided you with strategies that work for the majority of your students. Teaching ‘repeaters’ has the extra challenge of combating the students' mindset that they are not capable. That said, I'm wondering how the conferences you've had with the students went.” Read More »
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One-Minute Flash Mobs
Bernadette has been working with her dance students on spontaneous performances in different areas of the school. Read about how she's taught her students some one-minute routines, including a Cuban Shuffle and a Thriller Dance.
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January 17, 2012
Leah I. says, “I’m a 14-year teaching veteran with six sections of English 2. Two of the sections have been refusing to do any work all semester. The majority of the students are repeaters. I’ve tried many types of interventions: calling home, conferencing with students, and trying different curriculum materials.”