As an educator, did anyone ever teach you how to make an effective behavior request or give an effective reprimand? Probably not. Yet, teachers constantly have to ask students to do things in a classroom or reprimand them for nonacceptable behavior. Using requests and reprimands correctly will decrease noncompliance and increase valuable teaching time.

How would you like to learn what usually takes teachers years to discover in just one day? The Beginning Teacher Academy was created specifically to help teachers thrive during their first years of teaching. At this one-day event, expert instructors offer proven and practical techniques to help you organize your instruction time, manage challenging students, raise academic levels, and much more!

Q: Is REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies) appropriate for struggling third grade students going into fourth grade as a summer program?
—Reading Coach in Florida

A: Yes and no! REWARDS would be too difficult for a struggling reader who is entering fourth grade. However, REWARDS Intermediate is hot off the press and is now available! It is designed for fourth and fifth grade students and contains the same research-based strategies that will help students learn to decode long words.

All students do not learn in the same way or at the same rate. What works for one student may not work for another. And what works one day may not work the next day. Use these proven strategies to engage and support all students.

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