Secret Three: The Secret Of Instruction

1. Secret Three: The Secret Of Instruction

2. Section 1: How To Teach For Real Life Real life teaching means relating the skills they teach to real life Real life teaching means relating the skills, teacher’s teach to the real lives of their students Example: Teacher A, uses generic methods of teaching, with only worksheets and tests. Where as Teacher B, gives students work that is creative and asks students to make choices. Students are able to make choices based on what they are comfortable with and can relate to. Teacher B, has students interested and involved in schoolwork Make lessons exciting and inviting by relating what you teach to the student’s lives today

3. Section 2: How To Ensure Active Student Involvement • The most effective teachers, plan lessons and activities, that involve their students in every part of a lesson • The very best teachers: • plan specific questions they will ask their students • they actually anticipate student questions • They determine how their students, based on life experiences, will best be able to relate to and understand the new skills being taught • They plan activities that will cause students to think, to reason, to analyze, to question, and to understand

4. Part 3: How To Ensure Success For All Students If you want students to succeed, you have to make them successful The most effective teachers refuse to believe that no student is not capable of succeeding and achieving The student who appears to be the least successful should have the most attention, and patience from the most effective teachers Be sure to teach students at their own individual level

5. Section 4: How To Teach Enthusiastically Students need to think that everything you teach is something you love to teach Teach enthusiastically and student learning will improve drastically For example, a teacher with a positive attitude and friendly facial expressions with approachability will inspire enthusiasm for learning

6. Part 5: How to Align Teaching and Testing The most effective teachers test what they teach They test what they have taught in the the same way they taught it The method for this is, if you want students to do something on a test, then teach them how to do it, practice doing it with them, have them practice on their own while you monitor, and then test them in the same way that they have been practicing whatever it is that you have taught in the same way that you have taught it

7. Part 6: How To Pace Your Lessons Appropriately • Part of the secret of effective instruction is making sure that your lessons move along at a quick yet appropriate pace • When a lesson is paced appropriately, things move quickly, students are active and there isn’t a dull or empty moment • Everything flows along smoothly • Tips to let you know if your lesson is appropriately paced: • The students appear interested • Your voice sounds enthusiastic • You actually feel enthusiastic while teaching • You move quickly from one activity to the next, but not so quickly students are left behind • If students don’t understand, you immediately re-teach • Your transitions from one activity to the next should move quickly and in an orderly way • The students seem to understand what you are teaching!

8. Section 7: How to Teach Anything to Anyone Most effective teachers know that if you’re going to teach anything to anyone, you must establish a relationship between the new skill with the student, allow the student to try the new skills on his or her own, and review, over and over, providing as much guidance and practice First Step: Introduction: This is where you secure the student’s attention and relate the skills to their real lives, with interaction and discussion Second Step: Teach the new skill: be sure to model the skill for students as well Third Step: Practice it with the students: known as guided practice, in which the teacher and students practice together, while the teacher monitors for understanding Fourth Step: Let them try the new skill on their own: this is where you monitor while students practice independently Fifth Step: Review what was learned: let the students tell or show what they have learned, as opposed to the teacher re-telling or showing

9. Secret Three: Summary Relate everything you teach to the real lives of your students Plan lessons and activities that will actively involve your students Make all students successful by teaching them at their level and then moving them forward Be enthusiastic in your teaching and when you don’t feel enthusiastic, fake it Test only what you teach Test in the same way you have taught Pace your lessons so that activities move quickly, students remain active, and there is never any downtime when students have nothing to do Follow the basic steps we’ve outlined for teaching anything to anyone!

10. Key Question What kind of activity can you create for real life teaching?