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Begin every class with an agenda and keep a routine to keep the students organized. Listing the things to do helps the students prepare for class. Beginning every class with a journal entry that gets them to think about their goals and how they can achieve them. Including a quote gives the students a little extra motivation for the day.

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Explain these classroom rules from the very first day. Instill in the students that these are the rules, and this will create a positive environment. Stick to the rules and make sure to have punishment for those who break them. This keeps consistency as well.

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Strategy that Increases Student Engagement and Rigor

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Strategy that Increases Student Engagement and Rigor

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Having a system that rewards and encourages the students to want to do better is highly important. For example, hanging up the "great work" students have turned in. This will encourage others to want to be placed on the wall and it will increase their engagement.

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Having daily greetings when the students arrive to class. This helps them form a bond and connection with the teacher making them feel safe and excited to get to class.

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Making a phone call home is a good strategy to approach inappropriate student behaviors. Having that line of communication with the parents is extremely important because it helps not only the student but the teacher as well. If there is not change, the next step would be detention.