Encouraging Achievement

150 practical strategies to encourage students to achieve. Topics include Lesson Planning; Independent Learning Activities; Dealing with the Problems of Society and Pop Culture; Student Stress; the Role of the Family and School; the Brain and Learning; and Work, Challenges, Learning from Failure, and Responsibility. Complements Motivating Underachievers. CD includes PDF froms and customizable WORD forms.

WORD forms include:

Teacher Reflection Pages:
ENCOURAGE-What Does It Mean?
The Brain and Learning
Testing and Achievement

Forms:
Record of Work for Product or Performance
Student Self-Assessment Form
"Challenge the Weatherman"
My Plan for Helping a Child Deal with Stress
Planning a Learning Center
Plan for Learning Center Activities
Print Sources Record Sheet
Internet Sources Record Sheet
Evaluate and Classify Your Sources
Evaluate and Classify Ideas and Information
Encounter Lesson Planning Form
Tiered Assignment Lesson/Unit Planning Form


PDF Forms Include:
My Individual Pledge
Record of Work for Product or Performance
Working Together in a Cooperative Group
Quotes About Failure
An Overcomer
Student Self-Assessment Form
Family Fun Time
Challenge the Weatherman
Sample Restaurant Ratings Report Card
Strategies for Parents to Encourage Achievement Developing Self-Esteem, Motivating, and Responsibility
Strategies for Parents to Encourage Achievement Developing Good Study Skills
Measuring Your Stress Level
A Test About Tests
Typical Time Wasters for Students
What Can You Learn from the World of Sports?
Teacher Reflection Page Societal Problems
Facts and Guidelines about Television Viewing
Question Box Learning Center
Blockbuster Movie Review Learning Center
The Clean Out Your File Cabinet Learning Center
Mind Map of Activities
Mind Map of Products
Independent Study Action Guide
Print Sources Record Sheet
Internet Sources Record Sheet
Reliability of Sources General Guidelines
Evaluate and Classify Your Sources
Evaluate and Classify Your Ideas and Information
Sample Encounter Lesson
Encounter Lesson Planning Form
Sample Tiered Lesson/Unit Plan
Orbit Around the Sun Simulation
Tiered Assignment Lesson/Unit Planning Form