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Active classrooms! Get students moving! Brain breaks. Turn and talk. Stand and share.

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Active classrooms! Get students moving! Brain breaks. Turn and talk. Stand and share.

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We try to embrace the little things, positive successes, little points of recognition, etc. Letting our students know that we are excited about their successes help them to have more successes.

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Like so many other things in life, model what you hope to have mirrored by your students.

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Like so many other things in life, model what you hope to have mirrored by your students.

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I greet students by name and with a smile as they come into the classroom each day,

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Today, while sharing our two-column notes about the novel, Parallel Journeys, a student noted that the teacher from the book (1939) picked on the Jewish students. They were shocked when comparing those teachers with the teachers of today. Today's teachers would protect their students and not intentionally cause harm.

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Using motivational phrases to motivate students.  Or I may use symbols to remind them to motivate themselves.

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To maintain the enthusiasm in our classrooms, we start our lessons by being excited about the topic ourselves.  We have collaborative, engaging, hands-on activities for every lesson that helps make thinking visible.

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To maintain the enthusiasm in our classrooms, we start our lessons by being excited about the topic ourselves.  We have collaborative, engaging, hands-on activities for every lesson that helps make thinking visible.

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Be excited about what you're teaching. Fake it 'til you make it!

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I have a student who comes into my office each morning to write the national holiday for the day on my whiteboard. This excites my student and sets him up for a good day as well as exciting the other students who come by my office. The kids love it and I do too!

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To recognize my students' reading goals, we began a paper chain for every 100 pages they finished. I was amazed to find how excited middle schoolers became over linking paper chains and competing against the other blocks!

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To recognize my students' reading goals, we began a paper chain for every 100 pages they finished. I was amazed to find how excited middle schoolers became over linking paper chains and competing against the other blocks!

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Check Out This Article on the Effects of Enthusiasm!

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Check Out This Article on the Effects of Enthusiasm!

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About Communication Currents Working from recently published NCA journal articles and emerging research and perspectives, Communication Currents explains scholarly information in straightforward language geared for broad audiences, including communication experts working with laypeople, instructors and students, the press, and other interested members of the public.