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Teachers must have high expectations for the students.  It will drive the successful classroom.

Celebrate success. Offer praise

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- Driven by the student's belief that they are capable of doing something, self-esteem
- The more interaction with people who value/support them, the greater the motivation to learn
-Teachers must draw the class into the lesson by making it exciting
- Persist to move past challenges
- Have the student take pleasure in a job well done

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- Begins with a strong classroom management plan
- The teacher must model the expected behavior
- Make each student responsible for their own content/participation in the group
- Teacher will monitor progress
- Assess (informal) and provide feedback
- Reflect on the activity

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- Students just want to sit and listen
- "I will end up doing the majority of the work!"
- "My group won't listen to me."
- Dislike speaking in groups or in front of the class
- I don't want to share my thoughts/opinions

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- Too much student control, not enough learning
- The teacher is the dispenser of information, the students are the sponge
- Students will spend too much time on irrelevant topics
- Takes too much time away from a lecture

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Build a classroom culture that allows students to feel safe in sharing ideas, opinions with fear of judgment

Accountable talk will allows students to respond to, and build upon, what has been said in class

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Talk with meaning
Present ideas, opinions, arguments, and counter-arguments.

It must have a meaning and direction so that the flow of communication moves freely towards an educational goal.

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Model the desired discourse. It is important that teachers model the classroom talk and academic language

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How to Engage in Classroom Talk & Academic Language

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How to Engage in Classroom Talk & Academic Language

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- Elaborate, clarify, question
- Support ideas with examples
- Build or challenge others' ideas
- Summarize

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A classroom teacher is the facilitator of academic language.

It cannot be "sprinkled;" it must be included in every daily lesson

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- Through proper teacher instruction
- Interaction with peers
- Through clear communications
- Reading/Writing

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Language used in educational setting to gain knowledge, and includes words, grammar, organizational strategies