How do you help your students develop good attitudes towards learning?
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Learn to listen to them.
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Record the student as he/she reads over time.  Every time you record the student have them listen and let them list what they noticed first.  The offer some advice.  Maybe you can tape about once a week and then go back and see how he or she is progressing in reading.  \nA lot of times I read very slow to model slow fluency then ask the students what I did when I was reading.  A lot of the times they will catch on that I wasn't reading fast enough.  Before reading let them know that today you are going to look at how they are reading.  Are they reading word for word or are they reading like if they are having a conversation with someone.
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first off you will have a tough time teaching students by labeling them. treat them just like you would any other student. if you expect the worst out of people that is exactly what you will get. it'll be tough at first, but they will come to respect the fact that you push them to do their best and that you will not give up on them, or allow them to give up on themselves.
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MAke your subject as graphic as possible...with diagrams, films,whatever...then involve them in answering questions...tell them to ask whatever that comes to their mind even in allied fields...tell them to be fearless in asking as well as answering...if they had all the answers they wouldnt be students...
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Have a good attitude. Most teachers have great ideas that cannot fly without students being willing to go on the journey.  Nobody can have fun if they are constantly being corrected or yelled at nor can a teacher be fun if they are always weary of behavior.
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I teach about 100 students each semester. I flatter myself into thinking that they know a little more when I'm finished with'em. I can't change the world, I can only improve my little corner.
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find out what motivates the student. Some are competative with their peers and that alone is motivation. Others need to know that what they are working on translates into real world scenarios. Good Luck!
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I am a teacher so I'll give you tips on what I think a good t.a. does.\n\nA good t.a. will  :\n\nBe there right at the start of the lesson and not be late.\n\nListen to the teacher's introduction to the lesson so they know what the children will be doing\n\nWill have asked the teacher how she can best use you\n\nBe willing to help with anything\n\nWill interact with the children at their level, be friendly and approachable. \n\nBe patient.\n\nWill ask the teacher if there is something in the subject matter they do not understand, better that than to guess and teach the children the wrong thing!\n\nWill not rush off as soon as the kids are out the door at the end of the day.  Offer to tidy up or whatever, just say anything I can do?\n\nWill discuss any issues that arose during the day with the teacher.\n\nWill smile\n\nLike children.\n\nDon't panic, after reading all this, it's what would be expected from an experienced ta.  I think willingness is the key thing.\n\nI'm sure you're going to enjoy your Wednesdays and I wish you lots of luck.
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Younger children respond very well to short-term, visible goals like using sticker charts and small rewards at the end of a specific amount of time.  Depending on the kid this can be from good behavior during 1 period of class (particularly kids that are restless or have ADD, ADHD) or 1 week of periods.  Whenever you catch a student displaying good behavior in class you should acknowledge it publicly, it motivates that particular kid and it sets the right example for the rest of the class; be careful not to pick the same kid always since it can lead to labels such as "Teacher's pet, etc", I think all of our students, no matter their differences, behave good from time to time and we should try to find those instances and reward them.  Something that works really well with my students is sending notes to their houses when they have behaved in a particular good way, and I think parents also appreciate teachers that communicate with them for other than give out complaints about their kids.  I try not to criticize students' bad behavior in front of their classmates, unless it was a serious offense like hitting someone; some students like the attention and it may backfire if you criticize in front of the rest.  I ask them to leave the room with me (try to do it a little later, so you have time to think things through and don't say anything you might regret afterwards) and talk to them in private about their behavior and the consequence it will have.  This year I also had a talk with all of my students about how to solve problems among themselves and we settle on 3 rules to do so:  \n1. They should talk to the kid first and tell them that they don't like the attitude they have and to stop please doing ...whatever.\n2. If the problem continues, the student talks to whichever teacher is present in class at that moment.\n3. If the problem continues or the other teacher dismisses it they should approach the homeroom teacher (me).\nSomething very important is that you should make sure that your students understand that under no circumstances you will scold or criticize the other kid in front of them, sometimes they think that you did nothing and they tell their parents that the teacher did nothing to deal with the other student.\nHope it helps
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The best and most overlooked way to improve classroom education of any kind is to introduce the use of boardgames.  I have tacght for over ten years all over the world, and only when I use boardgames do students voluntarily insist on extending their classes for two, three even four hours.  Not only that but they then show the most rapid improvement. \nCheck out the following websites for some useful background info.\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-1.html\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-2.html\n\nhttp://subscriptions.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/208.cfm\n\nhttp://www.gama.org/uploads/nS/XX/nSXX7lbqv9r-V1glq3UvQg/GinEBrochure1.pdf\n\nGive it a try and you will be amazed.  At leat you will be helping to break the monopoly that the big textbook publishers have over the education industry.
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Go from the general to the specific.  On the first day explain what's involved in Botany.  Maybe you can have some plants that catch their attention and how the plants may affect the 5 senses(many plants are medicinal, some just decorative). Ask them if they have ever planted or helped to plant something in their garden or at school and let the students know that they have already behaved just like botanists(explain what it is...vocabulary!). Invite them to be better botanist by planting or cleaning something that very first day, and/or have them learn something that day that they can share at home.\n\nGood Luck
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Do demonstrations! For volume, for example, you can show a cone has a third the volume of a cylinder with the same radius by pouring water from a cone to the cylinder. Most students guess that the volumes are about the same and it's a demonstration that sticks in their minds. \n\nAnything outside of the classroom is great (if you can do that). Interactive stuff is always good. Get them to estimate the area of the basketball court or other playing surface. Or figure out how many people you could fill your classroom with if they were all lined up lying down.
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In what area are you providing support?  I'm assuming ESL?  From there, we need a little bit more information about their langauge level.  What benchmarks do you use to determine their level and according to those benchmarks where are the students?\n\nBefore you teach them, you might want to brush up on your own punctuation.  "Idea's" = "Idea is".  "Ones" = "several of the number one".  It concerns me that your own poor language skills might rub off on these young, impressionable students.\n\nYou can always find extra materials based around what they're doing in their other classes.  If they're studying plants in Science, get them to design a crosswork puzzle about plants, writing the clues themselves.  See if you can find some relevant newspaper articles about current events that interest/affect students.  My students from Eastern Europe are usually excellent at speaking and listening, but show poor writing skills.  Peer editing is great for this.  Give them a question or writing prompt and have them write for ten or fifteen minutes.  Then they can swap papers and correct one another's work.  After you can discuss the changes that they made and why.  If you're looking for worksheets (which should be a last resort) try some of the links below (which require registration).  Don't throw a grammar worksheet on them if their program of study is structured around themes.  It's too insulting.
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The best and most overlooked way to improve classroom education of any kind is to introduce the use of boardgames. I have taught for over ten years all over the world, and only when I use boardgames do students voluntarily insist on extending their classes for two, three, even four hours. Not only that, but they then show the most rapid improvement.\nCheck out the following websites for some useful background info.\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-1.html\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-2.html\n\nhttp://subscriptions.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/208.cfm\n\nhttp://www.gama.org/uploads/nS/XX/nSXX7lbqv9r-V1glq3UvQg/GinEBrochure1.pdf\n\nGive it a try and you will be amazed. At least you will be helping to break the monopoly that the big textbook publishers have over the education industry.
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Raise yer hand to answer their questions\nDont talk when they r talking\nGet good grades\nDo yer homework
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You have to figure out what they are interested it.  \n\nMaybe if you are teaching poetry you can take a song that they like and show how it is similar to the poetry that you are teaching.\n\nOr if you are reading a play maybe you can have the students act it out.  \n\nAlso, you can have them do reports about books that deal with issues that 8th graders are dealing with.  \n\nOr if you just want them to write, you can have them write a report about their favorite TV show, or a reveiw of their favorite tv show, but it can't just be "I like this show", but a full report where you make them do research to find out more about the show, how the idea came about, or who produces the show etc.  \n\nAlso, just getting kids to be creative, they can write about what they enjoy doing and you could have the other students grade each others reports, have them look for mistakes in spelling and grammar.  Of course you would have the final say.\n\nOverall of course just making the children feel more involved in their education and showing them how it will be useful to them in the future will help. \n\nMost importantly, just remember what it was like when you were there age.
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Fisrt use a phrasebook, so they will have a basic grasp when they do, you can proceed with learning books.\n\ntry pimsleur learning method,they are recorded books this is one of the best