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It is easy to give up on a kid and oftentimes those kids expect you to give up on them, so by not giving up on them you are breaking a pattern they have experienced in life.

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Make work accessible

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Email other teachers to see what they’ve done that works for that student. Talk to that student one-on-one to figure out why they can’t do it. Where are they getting stuck?

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I love pistachios too! I don't think I could tell a kid that I've never seen black people eat them, but I realize the connection made.

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I love pistachios too! I don't think I could tell a kid that I've never seen black people eat them, but I realize the connection made.

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Make sure you know why. Does the student know their missing the assignment? Do they know how to access the assignment? Do they understand your late work policy?

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Don’t give up on them...

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Visit their other classes and see what they are doing that is successful for them.  Also, sentence starters are great

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Pistachios

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LOVED your get to know you document - especially the recipe component

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Reward students for the amount they have done. For example, if you do the first 2 on your own and have them checked by me, then you get to do the last 2 working with a friend of your choosing. When checking the first two, be encouraging and praise what was done well.

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Great ideas - it brought to attention many ways I can help all students learn.

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Great ideas - it brought to attention many ways I can help all students learn.

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Figure out why the student is resisting and adjust your instruction to motivate that student.

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Challenged student to say hi or make eye contact to teachers at least twice a day. Other teachers began to notice his change

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Connecting with students over shared interests (sports, food, music)

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Call home, celebrate their successes, partner with someone that will help them.

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Find a way to show commonalities with student

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I start all meetings with positivity and try to remain focused on the student. I’ve had a parent say that our IEP was the best meeting for her child she had attended.

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I put student's names and interests in Quiz and Test problems, so that they are on the lookout for their problem. They leave fewer problems blank.

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I put student's names and interests in Quiz and Test problems, so that they are on the lookout for their problem. They leave fewer problems blank.

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Find out the why behind it

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Students often times will get work from my website when they are absent. Also, a lot of students follow along when we are taking notes in class.

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Worked with a student who had never passed a science class (or a science test for that matter) to come up with a alternative way to show me that he was learning. He scored really well on the alternate assessment and was shown that he really could do it. I never had another problem with him!

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Brought kid’s favorite snack as motivator

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When students aren’t engaged in class, giving them a project where they get to choose their topic/research interest. Almost every kid worked incredibly hard because they cared about their project and topic

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Double check that a student didn’t just misplace the work or keep it for some reason. Work on organizing notebooks/backpacks because students might have the work but didn’t turn it in for some reason.

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I had a student normally disengaged but shared her experience during discussion one day, so I wrote how much I appreciated what she had to say on a post-it and gave it to her before she left. She came back to class during her lunch to tell me it meant a lot, and she then participated more and ended up getting the credit for the class.

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Practicing public speaking and interviewing

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Providing students with confidence they need to succeed. Even if it is the smallest thing, sometimes it is the push they need to do it.

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I had one of my Hispanic male students call his mom on his cell phone during independent work in class so I could tell her in my best broken Spanish what a turn around he was making. It was great because he was there to help me with the words I did not know. The look on his face was priceless. 🙂