GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRAISE

GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRAISE
(Applies primarily to praise associated with instruction and student performance)

Effective Praise
Ineffective Praise

1. Is delivered contingently upon studentperformance of desirable behaviors orgenuine accomplishment
1. Is delivered randomly and indiscriminately without specific attention to genuine accomplishment

2. Specifies the praiseworthy aspects of the student's accomplishments
2. Is general or global, not specifying the success.

3. Is expressed sincerely, showing spontaneity, variety and other non-verbal signs of credibility.
3. Is expressed blandly without feeling or animation, and relying on stock, perfunctory phrases.

4. Is given for genuine effort, progress, or accomplishment which are judged according to standards appropriate to individuals.
4. Is given based on comparisons with others and without regard to the effort expended or significance of the accomplishment of an individual.

5. Provides information to students about their competence or the value of their accomplishments.
5. Provides no meaningful information to the students about their accomplishments.

6. Helps students to better appreciate their thinking, problem-solving and performance.
6. Orients students toward comparing themselves with others.

7. Attributes student success to effort and ability, implying that similar successes can be expected in the future.
7. Attributes student success to ability alone or to external factors such as luck or easy task.

8. Encourages students to appreciate their accomplishments for the effort they expend and their personal gratification.
8. Encourages students to succeed for external reasons -- to please the teacher, win a competition or reward, etc.

Write a Lesson Plan Guide

Write a Lesson Plan Guide
How to Develop a Lesson Plan


To begin, ask yourself three basic questions:

Where are your students going?
How are they going to get there?
How will you know when they've arrived?

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Choose your lesson plans

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Lesson Planning - Alphabetical War (a card game)

Alphabetical War (a card game)

This is a fun card game used to put words in alphabetical order. Can be used for most grades since you supply the words. Teacher Preparations:Make a deck of cards with one word per card. Can use vocabulary words, spelling words, unit and theme words, or just words out of the dictionary.

How to make the cards:
Select slides 3-10 for the back of the playing cards, or you can choose a background of your own.Print 27 copies of your selected background.Put your printed copies back into the printer, but put them in upside down, (so the faces of the cards print on the opposite side.)Slides 6-32 are the face of the playing cards.Edit the text box on each card to put your words in. Can use vocabulary words, spelling words, unit and theme words, or just words out of the dictionary.Print slides 11-32. The faces should print on the back sides of the backgrounds.Cut out your cards.

How to Play:
This is a game for two players, or for a team of two, with one person being the card holder.Deal the cards evenly between the two players, or the two cardholders if playing in a team.The person or team that has the word on the card that comes first alphabetically wins the hand and collects the card in a pile.The person or team with the most cards collected in the winner. (Just like in the game of War.)