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Responsive Classroom teacher language is the professional use of words, phrases, tone, and pace to enable students to engage in active, interested learning; be contributing members of a positive learning community; and develop positive behaviors. It includes reinforcing, reminding, redirecting, and envisioning language. These types of language rest on a deep and abiding faith in the goodness in children, a belief in their desire and ability to learn. It also rests on faith in teachers’ ability to teach and bring out the best in children.

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Three Ways to Welcome Students to a New School Year

The beginning of the school year is full of emotion for teachers and students alike. Some students embrace the new year with excitement and anticipation, while others cautiously enter it ...

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Five Things Every Teacher Should Do on the First Day of School

There is such a sense of potential that comes with the freshly sharpened pencils, organized supplies, and stacks of books waiting to be handed out at the start of a ...

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Six Strategies for Partnering With Families at the Start of the School Year

One of the most important predictors for students’ success in school, according to the nonprofit organization The Global Family Research Project, is family engagement (Weiss, Lopez, and Caspe 2018). So, ...