Teacher communication and positive reinforcement can impact student motivation. Teachers should have four positive interactions for every corrective interaction to encourage positive behaviors. Expectations for students, their work, and actions should be observable, measurable, positively stated, understandable and always applicable. Graphic organizers can be used before lessons to connect prior knowledge to new skills, increase student interest and engagement. Organizers can also reinforce rules and allow assessment of student remembering of procedures.

1. can
and does
impact the
motivation
of students

3. Teacher Communication
A teacher should have four
positive interactions with
4:1 Ratio students for every
corrective interaction
PRAISE THE CORRECT BEHAVIORS THAT OCCUR
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR!
Instead of pointing out the inappropriate actions of
one student, point out what four to five of his or her
classmates are doing right, and compliment them for
behaving in the manner you wish the student
behaving inappropriately would behave.

4. Whether instructional or
behavioral, all
expectations of
students, their work, and
their actions should be:
• OBSERVABLE
• MEASURABLE
• POSITIVELY STATED
• UNDERSTANDABLE
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• ALWAYS
APPLICABLE

5. INSTRUCTIONAL
Utilizing graphic organizers in a precorrective manner allows
for students to connect their prior knowledge to the skills of
the upcoming lesson. This can increase their interest, their
connection to the material, and their engagement in the
lesson.
Student Engagement:
Using Organizers as Precorrects
Graphic organizers can be used to help with
routines, procedures, and transitions between activities.
Giving students time to interact with behavioral expectations
in a graphic form will increase their ability to perform to
expectations.
BEHAVIORAL

6. Graphic organizers can build upon other
instructional activities to encourage more
engagement. They can also be used
throughout a unit as guides for students to
activate their prior knowledge and to
connect knowledge learned throughout
the unit.
Graphic Organizers can be used to
reinforce rules, procedures, or routines.
Graphic organizers in this manner can
be used to assess if students remember
the rules, procedures and routines. If
they do, celebrate. If they do not, teach
the expectations they do not remember
again.