As you get started this year, remember...
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT - APPLICATION!!!
Let your students do the work - let them try, fail, go back & fix and practice, practice & practice applying the skills that you are teaching!
Make sure that you do not spoon feed everything to your students this year. Let them take responsibility, experiment, discover and challenge them to try doing some things on their own. You will be surprised at what they can do, after good teacher modeling has occurred (good teacher modeling is very important).
Just make sure that after teaching that great lesson, and modeling those skills and strategies for your students, that you step back and give them time to PRACTICE & APPLY what they have learned. Remember, all good sports figures & great musicians practice everyday, and lots of them several hours a day. What makes learning to read or comprehend any different?
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