Set high expectations and provide scaffolds to help students meet their goals.
do
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15
Make sure everyone knows each other in your classroom by names. This is particularly difficult but absolutely essential in the secondary classroom.
do
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boom
Lose 50 points!
Oops!
star
Double points!
Okay!
rocket
Go to first place!
Okay!
banana
Go to last place!
Oops!
15
Lack cooperative learning practices.
don't
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heart
Other team wins 20 points!
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gift
Win 5 points!
Okay!
gift
Win 25 points!
Okay!
thief
Give points!
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trap
No points!
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gold
Win 50 points!
Okay!
gift
Win 10 points!
Okay!
thief
Give points!
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15
"Keep score."
don't
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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star
Double points!
Okay!
shark
Other team loses 20 points!
Okay!
baam
Lose 25 points!
Oops!
15
Promote wide reading and discuss differences(e.g., text structure, purpose, organization) between aesthetic (live through the text) and efferent (carries information from text) reading.
do
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15
Create a classroom that encourages risk.
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15
Use assessments that do not inform instruction.
don't
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15
Provide class time for aesthetic reading and encourage it inside and outside the school.
do
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15
Create opportunities for students to participate in large- and small-group discussions, and choose with whom, and how, they would like to share their thoughts and reflections.