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Devote time at the beginning of the year to
have the students set the class rules - students
have a need to be empowered.
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Model
the behaviors you want your students to engage in.
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Keep
the students involved in active learning.
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Engage
student learning through cooperative group work, group discussions,
debates, and role playing.
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Assign
a role to each student in a group to keep students on task.
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Look
for the positive side of a situation.
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Realize
that students are individuals, not robots.
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Each
student has something to offer a classroom.
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Allow
the students to learn from each other, and maybe even teach you.
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Make
the students responsible for their own actions.
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Don't
ask why-ask how it will help them achieve their goal.
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Circulate through the room - physical
proximity to students can stop inappropriate behavior before it
starts.
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Plan for student successes.
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Have
a back-up activity for those unexpected events.
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Have
something for students to do when they finish an assignment early.
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Make
a positive initial contact with each student everyday by saying
"Good Morning" or "How are you?"
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Ignore
behaviors that may possibly increase by attending to them.
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Involve
students in the evaluation of their own work and your lessons.
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Vary
style as well as the content of the lesson in order to address diverse
student learning styles.
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Use
authentic assessments such as projects, journals, and portfolios.
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Relate
materials to students' lives whenever possible.
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Remind
yourself of what you liked and disliked about school and apply those
ideas to your classroom.