Embedded Non-Fiction Library At our most recent reading workshop, we offered to coordinate and curate teachers’ resources for embedding non-fiction texts...
Booklets are a brilliant tool in delivering an ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum. While a curriculum can never be reduced to booklets, it can be highly codified in them and in doing so is much m…
Just before the winter break we had a visit here at TLAC Towers from our old friend Jillian Robinson- she's head of teaching and learning at Nanango State...
Okay - since this is week 1 and there will be bugs that have to be worked out, but I thought I would go ahead and get the Book Study started...
Posted a quick note on Twitter the other day about working memory and teachers- how using a clip board to note observations could allow teachers to free...
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Lesgeven als een kampioen, hoe doe je dat? In het populaire boek Teach like a Champion 2.0 beschrijft Doug Lemov 62 concrete technieken.
Embedded Non-Fiction Library At our most recent reading workshop, we offered to coordinate and curate teachers’ resources for embedding non-fiction texts...
Hello! Beth and I decided it would be great to start highlighting some different strategies from the book "Teach Like a Champion". If...
Hi friends! It's Haley from My Silly Firsties. I'm sitting at the Detroit airport after a fabulous weekend with my sweet sister. I flew up to surprise her for the Aaron Watson concert and some sister time! We had a BLAST! I am definitely excited to be home to my sweet husband, puppy, and my 19 little monsters that I missed today! Here's a picture of my sister and I! Please excuse the eyebrows...whoa, hahaha... Anyway, I thought I would do a short little post about one of the most powerful tools I have used this year! If you try it, and give it time to work, I promise it will make a huge difference in the way your classroom runs! So a little background...our summer reading from my district was the book Teach Like a Champion. If we're being real here, I will tell you this book is NOT my style. I am not the kind of teacher that shoots out commands...to be honest, when I first started reading it, I felt like a drill seargent! BUT...implementing it wasn't optional, so I figured I would do my best to use it in my room. There are tons (49 to be exact) strategies to implement, but these are some of my favorites. I do feel like this book is geared towards older kiddos...especially middle school and high school. BUT some...like the ones below...are applicable in absolutely any classroom. No Opt Out means a kiddo can't say "I don't know." They can ask for help...they can ask a friend. But ultimately, they should give the correct answer. The way I implement is a kiddo can say "Can I get some help?" and I call on another friend to answer. THEN (and this is super important) I go back to the original student and ask them to restate the correct answer. 100% made me go "yeah right...come on..." when I read it. The expectation is that 100% of your students comply to your directive. To be honest, this year, I have a sweet little friend on a BIP and sometimes he just does not comply, hhahah. But he is a special circumstance, and my kiddos KNOW they all must "do it right or do it again." What To Do is giving very specific and understandable instructions. "Class, take out a pencil and your math notebook. Then put your head down and sit at a level 0." It tells them EXACTLY what to do and HOW to do it. Format Matters is SOO important. My sweet friend Christina Decarbo is the QUEEN of oral language, so I am so not the go to for this! But, I have tried really hard to have my students answer my questions in complete sentences. The right answer is great...but the right answer is a complete sentence is better! So...now on to "Do it Again." Like I said, the expectation is 100% compliance. SOO...if we are walking down the hall, and 2 sweet friends start jumping over the white squares becaause they are lava...they do it again. Sometimes the whole class does it, but usually the few students who need the extra practice do it again. At the beginning of the year, I believe you should explicitly teach and practice routines over and over...like so many times you want to punch something. But that is the way to ensure our little guys know exactly what is expected of them. If they don't do it right, I don't take away a point or anything like that...the consequence is "do it again and do it better." If they don't do it better, they do it again. Here are some times I implement it a LOT because it's times that I need their focus and attention so we can transition smoothly. I believe Do It Again works for several reasons. I truly believe that consequencces should be as natural as possible. If you break something, you have to fix it. If you hurt someone, you write an apology note. For things like walking down the hallway silently, it's hard to come up with something "natural," but I think "do it again" is pretty close! I present it like "oh...I think we forgot how to walk. Can we do it again so our bodies get even better at it?" It's all about muscle memory and practicing the RIGHT way over and over. I wanted to share one thing that has worked REALLY well this year. Each time we transition, we have a very specific way of doing it. I call out each step, and we ALL do it together. If we don't, we do it again. :) I hate talking about consequences...like really hate it. I try very, very hard to teach my kiddos WHY I ask them to do things and show them the correct way so I don't have to do it very often. But when I do, I always try to give consequences that aren't humiliating or ruin their entire day. I truly believe that "do it again" is the most powerful and EASIEST consequence I have ever used in my class! :) I'm curious if any of you have read Teach Like a Champion!? Comment with your favorite strategy if you have!
The 49 techniques from the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov have been tested and used in the charter schools of the Uncommon Schools.
Embedded Non-Fiction Library At our most recent reading workshop, we offered to coordinate and curate teachers’ resources for embedding non-fiction texts...
Look like a "champion" teacher using this quick reference chart based on the strategies in the book "Teach Like a Champion". I printed on front and back and placed with my lesson plans to put a quick strategy to use!
In this follow-up to Teach Like a Champion 1.0, Doug Lemov returns to the classroom to see how teachers are adapting and adding to the tools he shared in his first book. I used some of the ideas from his first book in my own teaching, so I recognise the format. I do, however, have misgivings.
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Are they picking up what you're putting down? Previously I blogged about how important it is in online learning to include lots of short consolidation...
Let's talk classroom and behavior MGT. This is one of my favorite topics! I always tell my parents at Curriculum Night that I do not reward good behavior. Sound crazy right? Good behavior in Mrs. Schroeder's class is expected. Not something you do for a treat. I DO reward Extraordinary Behavior. What is the difference? Well good behavior is being quite in the hallway or not throwing pencils. (Really? they know better:) Extraordinary behavior is helping a friend who dropped a whole tub of crayons or if someone gets hurt they come and get help. Those things need a BIG TIME reward. I have super stars on my board up front that I have those students grab and display on their desk. They then get to pick from the prize pots at the end of the day:) We spend a good part of the first week learning and modeling the difference. You can read more about my philosophy on Behavior MGT in Beyond Flipping Cards...creating a classroom of independent learners! One other thing that I always start the first week is Learn Like a Champion. Now being from OHIO we are OSU fans in our house but for Behavior MGT I am a Fighting Irish fan. Let me show you why! If you have not seen the movie RUDY...go grab it. It is one of my favorites. I recap the tale for my class of a young college boy with a dream. How he takes a chance and leaves what is familiar to him and works hard to earn his dream of playing for The Fighting Irish. I then introduce our LEARN Like a Champion sign. I have my class discuss what Learning like a Champion might look like. We also practice exiting the classroom and entering while touching the hand print on the sign with a tap. Through out the classroom I have mini signs posted and if someone needs a reminder it is easy to ask them to read the sign silently and give it a tap to redirect them. Mine is looking pretty bad after 4 years of 2nd graders tapping it. So I am making a new one and you can download it for free:) I sure hope this helps some of you out. This is truly one of my favorite ways to teach behavior MGT to my students. Remember it is not you responsibility to manage them it is your responsibility to teach them to manage themselves. TEACH Like a CHAMPION! Tap the sign to download your FREE copy!
There have been lots of teacher planner notebooks floating around Pinterest lately. LuckeyFrog's Lilypad - probably is my favorite! Mod...
Embedded Non-Fiction Library At our most recent reading workshop, we offered to coordinate and curate teachers’ resources for embedding non-fiction texts...
A timely guide to online teaching strategies from bestselling author Doug Lemov and the Teach Like a Champion team School closures in response to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic resulted in an immediate and universal pivot to online teaching. More than 3.7 million teachers in the U.S. were suddenly asked to teach in an entirely new setting with little preparation and no advance notice. This has caused an unprecedented threat to children's education, giving rise to an urgent need for resources and guidance. The New Normal is a just-in-time response to educators’ call for help. Teaching expert Doug Lemov and his colleagues spent weeks studying videos of online teaching and they now provide educators in the midst of this transition with a clear guide to engaging and educating their students online. Although the transition to online education is happening more abruptly than anyone anticipated, technology-supported teaching may be here to stay. This guide explores the challenges involved in online teaching and guides educators and administrators to identify and understand best practices. It is a valuable tool to help you and your students succeed in synchronous and asynchronous settings this school year and beyond. Learn strategies for engaging students more fully online Find new techniques to assess student progress from afar Discover tools for building online classroom culture, combating online distractions, and more Watch videos of teachers building rigor and relationships during online instruction The New Normal features real-world examples you can apply and adapt right away in your own online classroom to allow you to survive and thrive online. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781119762935 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers Publication Date: 10-27-2020 Pages: 192 Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.50(d)About the Author DOUG LEMOV is the author of Teach Like a Champion (now in it's 2.0 version). His and his team's work has transformed classrooms by defining tangible teaching techniques educators can use and adapt. The Teach Like a Champion Team is made up of educators who study teachers and their work. You can meet them all at https://teachlikeachampion.com/about/meet-the-team/ and follow their work on https://teachlikeachampion.com/blog/Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction: Remote Teaching and the New Normal Doug Lemov Erica Woolway 1 1 Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Hannah Solomon Beth Verrilli 15 2 Dissolve the Screen Jen Rugani Kevin Grijalva 36 3 Culture of Attention and Engagement Colleen Driggs Jaime Brillante 57 4 Pause Points Hilary Lewis Brittany Hargrove 81 5 Accountability Loops and Checking for Understanding Emily Badillo Jen Rugani Hannah Solomon 99 6 Procedures and Routines Darryl Williams Dan Cotton 123 7 Classroom Tech Rob Richard John Costello 142 Coda: Planning for the Future 163 Erica Woolway, Emily Badillo, and Doug Lemov Glossary of Teach Like a Champion (TLAC) Techniques 175 Notes 178 Appendix: A Lesson Template and the Concept of the Semisynchronous Task 179
The 49 techniques from the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov have been tested and used in the charter schools of the Uncommon Schools.
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Lesgeven als een kampioen, hoe doe je dat? In het populaire boek Teach like a Champion 2.0 beschrijft Doug Lemov 62 concrete technieken.
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The 49 techniques from the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov have been tested and used in the charter schools of the Uncommon Schools.
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The 49 techniques from the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov have been tested and used in the charter schools of the Uncommon Schools.
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source The book club at school this past month read, Teach like a Champion by Doug Lemov. Our principal selected the book for us and my son said it was because he (the principal) did not want us to teach like a bunch of losers. Thanks Mike for the vote of confidence. Teach like a Champion is a wonderful book with great techniques to engage students in discussions. The book is focused on setting the children on the right path to college. Many of the techniques are not new techniques, however it is nice to refresh your thinking once in a while. After teaching for a million years you tend to do the same thing over and over. The book is a gentle reminder that they’re other techniques to use to engage the students and get them excited about learning. Here are a couple of techniques I want to make sure I incorporate in my teaching right away: 1. No Opt Out—A sequence that begins with a student unable to answer a question should end with the student answering that question as often as possible. (Yes! How many times do you hear---Oh! I forgot!) 2. The Hook-a short introduction that captures what is interesting or engaging about the material 3. Name the Steps—teach the process slowly so the children understand what to do next 4. Exit Ticket—a single question or problem to solve at the end of class. I have seen teachers create something on Pinterest for this: source source source 5. Cold Call—call on students regardless of whether they have raised their hands Other Good Points from the Book: “Students who know more words learn more words.” Teach lots of vocabulary! “Read aloud to your student regularly.” It will teach more vocabulary and expressive language. In my opinion, I think all teachers should read this book. It is very valuable to refresh your teaching style or if you are just beginning, this is perfect to get you started.
Here's another excerpt from the soon-to-be-released TLAC 3.
Hi friends! It's Haley from My Silly Firsties. I'm sitting at the Detroit airport after a fabulous weekend with my sweet sister. I flew up to surprise her for the Aaron Watson concert and some sister time! We had a BLAST! I am definitely excited to be home to my sweet husband, puppy, and my 19 little monsters that I missed today! Here's a picture of my sister and I! Please excuse the eyebrows...whoa, hahaha... Anyway, I thought I would do a short little post about one of the most powerful tools I have used this year! If you try it, and give it time to work, I promise it will make a huge difference in the way your classroom runs! So a little background...our summer reading from my district was the book Teach Like a Champion. If we're being real here, I will tell you this book is NOT my style. I am not the kind of teacher that shoots out commands...to be honest, when I first started reading it, I felt like a drill seargent! BUT...implementing it wasn't optional, so I figured I would do my best to use it in my room. There are tons (49 to be exact) strategies to implement, but these are some of my favorites. I do feel like this book is geared towards older kiddos...especially middle school and high school. BUT some...like the ones below...are applicable in absolutely any classroom. No Opt Out means a kiddo can't say "I don't know." They can ask for help...they can ask a friend. But ultimately, they should give the correct answer. The way I implement is a kiddo can say "Can I get some help?" and I call on another friend to answer. THEN (and this is super important) I go back to the original student and ask them to restate the correct answer. 100% made me go "yeah right...come on..." when I read it. The expectation is that 100% of your students comply to your directive. To be honest, this year, I have a sweet little friend on a BIP and sometimes he just does not comply, hhahah. But he is a special circumstance, and my kiddos KNOW they all must "do it right or do it again." What To Do is giving very specific and understandable instructions. "Class, take out a pencil and your math notebook. Then put your head down and sit at a level 0." It tells them EXACTLY what to do and HOW to do it. Format Matters is SOO important. My sweet friend Christina Decarbo is the QUEEN of oral language, so I am so not the go to for this! But, I have tried really hard to have my students answer my questions in complete sentences. The right answer is great...but the right answer is a complete sentence is better! So...now on to "Do it Again." Like I said, the expectation is 100% compliance. SOO...if we are walking down the hall, and 2 sweet friends start jumping over the white squares becaause they are lava...they do it again. Sometimes the whole class does it, but usually the few students who need the extra practice do it again. At the beginning of the year, I believe you should explicitly teach and practice routines over and over...like so many times you want to punch something. But that is the way to ensure our little guys know exactly what is expected of them. If they don't do it right, I don't take away a point or anything like that...the consequence is "do it again and do it better." If they don't do it better, they do it again. Here are some times I implement it a LOT because it's times that I need their focus and attention so we can transition smoothly. I believe Do It Again works for several reasons. I truly believe that consequencces should be as natural as possible. If you break something, you have to fix it. If you hurt someone, you write an apology note. For things like walking down the hallway silently, it's hard to come up with something "natural," but I think "do it again" is pretty close! I present it like "oh...I think we forgot how to walk. Can we do it again so our bodies get even better at it?" It's all about muscle memory and practicing the RIGHT way over and over. I wanted to share one thing that has worked REALLY well this year. Each time we transition, we have a very specific way of doing it. I call out each step, and we ALL do it together. If we don't, we do it again. :) I hate talking about consequences...like really hate it. I try very, very hard to teach my kiddos WHY I ask them to do things and show them the correct way so I don't have to do it very often. But when I do, I always try to give consequences that aren't humiliating or ruin their entire day. I truly believe that "do it again" is the most powerful and EASIEST consequence I have ever used in my class! :) I'm curious if any of you have read Teach Like a Champion!? Comment with your favorite strategy if you have!
Lesgeven als een kampioen, hoe doe je dat? In het populaire boek Teach like a Champion 2.0 beschrijft Doug Lemov 62 concrete technieken.
Booklets are a brilliant tool in delivering an ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum. While a curriculum can never be reduced to booklets, it can be highly codified in them and in doing so is much m…
Just before the winter break we had a visit here at TLAC Towers from our old friend Jillian Robinson- she's head of teaching and learning at Nanango State...
