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I have a group of kids who love to be the teacher. I’ve found that having them “teach” the class how they got an answer is a great way to explain their reasoning.

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I give students time to share with their elbow partners after we complete a social skills reading worksheet and I also give everyone a chance to share with the whole class. Students know the expectations for this activity is that they are to quietly listen to their peers and respond thoughtfully.

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I make sure the students know that they are individuals. They should be trying to better themselves academically and behaviorally.

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Each week I work with a small group of students on working together as a group, encouraging positive feedback and staying on track.

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During lessons, I have my students in teams and they have to work together to get the correct answer. This way they’re learning social skills, team work, and also staying more engaged

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I try to connect with all students. Learn what they like, what they need, how they like to form relationships so I can make sure I’m there for them.

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I work on creating a loving, accepting and comfortable classroom culture so all my students feel comfortable explaining their feelings/needs whether one on one or during our instruction if needed through validation and encouraging those OTR.

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We read social stories, like how to be a good friend, then do a game where they pick a card that says things like, "say mean things", "help a friend who fell down", and put it in the good choice column or bad choice column.

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My students copy down and respond to a quote each day. As class we then discuss what they think it means and they then get to respond to each other in a quick discussion.

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Each week during one lesson I teach a social/ emotional or function skill and open it up for the students to comment and apply it to their lives. I love listening to their comments.

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I have three social skills groups mixed in with either reading or writing. This groups are arranged by grade level and so I will have a story that is relevant to that grade level that we read together then each student is given a worksheet that aligns with the story we read together that they answer questions on. After they finish the questions (normally only 2-3) they share their thoughts with their elbow partners and then we share as a whole group.

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I give students opportunities to respond and tell me when things make sense or don’t make sense. We respond verbally or with gestures so if a student doesn’t feel confident they don’t have to respond verbally for everyone to know. We also have time to think and explain their thinking even if it’s “off topic” because that’s what they are connecting to.

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I make sure to connect with all my students. I make eye contact, I smile, I compliment good choices. I give lots of choices. I do all that I can do to make sure they feel safe and welcome in my class so we can do our best work. I make sure they know I'm glad they are here.

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I have a group of kindergartners and I only have 20 minutes to work with them so I do my BSE lessons in the hall on the way to and from their classes. We play games like follow the leader and red light/green light.

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Targeting needs: when a student needs help with emotional regulation, we work on identifying emotions and calming strategies

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I try to provide rewards that students have indicated they would enjoy - we brainstormed reward ideas at the beginning of the year.

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I regularly reinforce and thank students when they answer questions respectfully as well as provide them with rewards in my class's token economy when they're working with each other and interacting with each other respectfully.

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Throughout each lesson my students will respond in different ways: verbally, gestures, holding up a card

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I make sure to use visual as well as explaining expectations and material so kids of all comprehension methods can be engaged

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Discussing conflict resolution scenarios and what might be best and why

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I put the student’s interests into my lesson so they become more engaged.

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I made a survey for each kid to fill out of what they want to see in our work like their interests and I will go in and add some stories and problems with things that they like to do in their day to day.

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I give kids opportunities to ask social questions during morning meeting. Generally, students don't have questions, so I come up with questions they may have and we talk about it.

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My lessons involve questions and observations for students to asses BSE.

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My students are very open with me and will actually pull me aside to discuss any problems they may have with not following the rules of the classroom, or if a fellow classmate is having a hard time. We also have time during the beginning of class to chat and answer their questions. It really helps cut down the talking during instruction time.

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Providing opportunities by offering the thumbs up, thumbs down, and thumb to the side to show their understanding and comfort level with what we are discussing.

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Lots of opportunities to respond in many different ways, verbal, non verbal and think time so that all students have time to respond and.

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I try to vary response types based on student ability and use multiple modalities for presentation and response, especially for students who cannot write or read yet. I use a lot of visual supports and wait time.

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Engage students by connecting learning to their personal interests. Include games or engaging activities and allow students to participate in a variety of response options. Some may be individualized or whole group. Student may respond by pointing, verbalizing, and thumbs up /down. Students can communicate their thinking through models, pictures, or words.

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I allow them to answer questions in their native language if they desire.

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I use the iReady interactive lessons weekly as a whole Group. For each question, I have different students answer to get everyone involved and sharing their thinking. I also have different students do different jobs every day like during calendar.

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I try to keep the students involved as mush as possible by having the come up to the board writing words, answer math problems with a video playing on the board.

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Recognize and respond to all efforts to engage and participate in a lesson whether it is a traditional response, eye gaze in the correct direction, use of AAC, or even excitement about the right answer.

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I give expectations in spanish to my spanish speakers and find individual motivators not just classwide.

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My lessons revolve around socially appropriate behavior using real examples in the school. As well as, videos of the school to support them.

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I like to add a little bit of social skills in morning meeting where we can talk about different things like how kids are feeling, or discuss questions the kids have.

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I have one student whose cultural heritage is very important to them. I provide them with worksheets representing that culture and during goal work when he is asked to provide writing prompts I provide culturally relevant images for him to get his prompts from.

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Learn responses in other languages so it helps them connect

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Communicate with students at their level. (sign, acc, verbal, gestures.)

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Using small words in the students language to teach to the whole class, such as i am teaching them sientate means sit, so when I say our to the class sientate they all know they need to go sit in their chairs

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I will often incorporate their interests into my lesson, “eddie played fortnite at 10pm and played for 6 hours, what time did he go to bed”

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I provide individually designed BSE instruction in my small groups for both literacy and math. My groups are individualized to where they are at academically grade wise and what their IEP goals are. I also ensure my groups are hangs-on engaging for their interests.

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Celebrate when children answer or respond, even if it is even another language.

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Engaging students in interactive ways such as games to get them involved in the learning.