Ensuring that your students remain motivated and interested in learning is more important at this moment than pushing forward the lessons.
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Be realistic in your expectations: Studying in school and learning at home is not the same.
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Encourage students to reach out to you when they are facing challenges: with their homework, or in more general, with the situation and pay extra attention to children you think that are not coping with very well.Ģ. It can be done once a day, for instance, in the morning, at the beginning hour of the first class when in school. Remain in touch with students: Using messaging platforms to stay connected with your students, check-in how they are doing, announce lesson plans or assignments, and keep students informed on the situation and their learning. How can teachers continue teaching and supporting students as the new academic year started? Here are some tips for teachers to interact with students and to support their learning, even at home.ġ.
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Be dismissed from school 2 minutes early.Be allowed to sit, stand, or lie down anywhere in the classroom (short of distracting other children) during story time or independent seat work.Receive a "good job" note from the teacher.Post drawings or other artwork in a public place.Have the teacher write a positive note to the student's parent/guardian.Have the teacher call the student's parent/guardian to give positive feedback about the student.Get a silent "thumbs up" or other sign from teacher indicating praise and approval.Design-or post work on-a class or hall bulletin board.Be praised privately by the teacher or other adult.Be praised on school-wide announcements for good behavior or caring attitude.Be awarded a trophy, medal, or other honor for good behavior/caring attitude.Help a specials teacher (e.g., art, music, gym).Complete chores or helpful activities around the classroom.Be given responsibility for assigning other students in the class to helping roles, chores, or tasks.Be appointed timekeeper for an activity: announce a 5-minute warning near end of activity and announce when activity is over.'Adopt' a younger student and earn (through good behavior) daily visits to check in with that student as an older mentor.Spend time (with appropriate supervision) on the Internet at academic sites.Select friends to sit with to complete a cooperative learning activity.Select a friend as a "study buddy" on an in-class work assignment.Select a class learning activity from a list of choices.Invite an adult "reading buddy" of student's choice to classroom to read with student.
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Help the teacher to present a lesson (e.g., by completing sample math problem on blackboard, reading a section of text aloud, assisting cooperative learning groups on an activity).Help a classmate with an academic assignment.Read through this list for reward ideas that will motivate your students.