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Teach Like a Champion

Considering Teach Like a Champion, what strategies are you likely to use in your own classroom and lessons?

 Teach Like a Champion has a lot of great strategies that is hard for me to choose from.  I really like Strategy 1, No Opt Out means that teachers don't accepts I don't know, but tells their student to give it a shot no matter if they don't know their answer. I like strategy 5, no Apologies because I feel a teacher shouldn't apologies for what they are teaching rather make the lesson more fun and engaging. I also like strategy 8, Post it because I think students should know the objectives of the day this can be done by just posting it to the board. These are some of my favorites but I like most of the strategies. I hoping that I could use almost all of them in my classroom and lesson. These just open up the possibilities for my classroom. 

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  1. Lindsay HollerApril 14, 2019 at 4:05 PM

    Kayla,
    I'm right there with you on wanting to use as many strategies as possible from Teach like a Champion. I went a little crazy and looked into everything I could on the topic. I too like the no opt out rule and even have it in my classroom management plan. In it I detailed that at the beginning of the year I would explain that I have this rule because in my class, if you're gonna fail, fail hard. Meaning, mistakes are a good thing, we learn from them. I want them to always answer in a proud and confident voice even if they aren't confident about the answer because if they are wrong, they will have learned a great lesson and have no shame in their mistake. Its cheesy but I think it builds the growth mindset. I also like the no apologies rule but I know I am going to have to watch myself on that one. There are just some subjects that even we as teachers are going to find kind of boring, but we have to figure out how to make it fun or how to fake it so that our students are none the wiser. Otherwise we risk adding to the myth that school is boring. Finally, strategy 8 is in my post as well! I like for students to be able to know the goal for the day and know exactly what they are going to learn about. This can help get their brains going before we even speak a word! Great post. You're going to have no problem teaching like a champion!

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  2. Kylie WoodsApril 15, 2019 at 6:57 AM

    Kayla,
    I agree, there are so many and while I was reading through them, there weren't any that I didn't like. They all sound like great ideas to incorporate into my future classroom. I too liked 'no opt out'. Students become complacent in not answering questions and allowing peers to do the leg work when replying to the teacher. With strategy 5, 'no apologies', I also agree with this one but I know it will be harder for me to implement. I apologize too much in life in general but in a classroom especially, there is no reason a teacher should apologize to his/her students over what he/she is teaching that day. Everything you will be teaching will be important. Not every day/lesson is going to be extremely fun and engaging but we, as teachers, should try our best to make them so. 'Post it' as a strategy makes sense for me from higher elementary on. However, the school I work at, has teachers post the objectives even for 1st graders. Let me tell you, 1st graders are not wanting/interested (or able sometimes) in reading the objective that is posted.
    Great post! I loved reading through all the Teach Like A Champion Strategies!
    Kylie Woods

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