'ME' Strategies

Change 'ME' First!

For every lesson do you think about the following:

Do you ALWAYS for EVERY student...

  • Grow Relationships - do you build relationships every day?
  • Grab Attention - do you always use an attention grabber?
  • Assess Background Knowledge - do you always assess background knowledge?
  • Zone of Proximal Development (ZDP) - do you always teach with each child's ZDP in mind to increase expectancy for success?
  • Student Interests - do you capitalize on student's interests?
  • Link to Life - do you connect learning to life experiences?
  • Collaborative Learning - do you offer and encourage collaborative learning?
  • Varied Strategies - do you use various instructional strategies?
  • Success Supports - do you use rubrics, formats, templates, and models?
  • Choices - do you offer choices? They provide power and more engagement.
  • Praise - find ways to create a growth mindset.
  • 10 Minute Rule - do you honor the honor the 10 minute rule for engagement and activity?
  • Respect - do you show respect to your students?