U-Turn Teaching : Strategies to Accelerate Learning and Transform Middle School Achievement

Help Middle Schoolers Engage In The Classroom Before It′s Too Late! The Authors′ Four Principles Of Brain-based Learning Show You How To Create Strong, Positive Learning Patterns. Front Cover -- U-turn Teaching -- Contents -- Foreword: The Story Of Jenn -- Acknowledgments -- Publisher's Acknowledgments -- About The Authors -- Chapter 1: Why Many Middle School Students Need To Make A U-turn -- Making A U-turn In Your Teaching -- Brain-based Learning -- Guiding Insights -- Teaching With Intention -- Build And Maintain Trust -- Create A Collaborative Community -- Take A Teaming Approach -- Prime The Positive Environment -- The U-turn Is Vital -- Chapter 2: Creating And Maintaining Trust -- How To Establish Trust -- Safety -- Ownership -- Team Towers -- They Build The Rules -- We Are All Pieces Of The Puzzle -- Classroom Scavenger Hunt -- Morning Greeting -- Get To Know You -- 2 Truths And A Lie -- Find A Friend Who . . . -- Rituals -- Music For Transitions -- Beginning Song -- Where To Find Music -- Strong Morning Rituals -- Sign-in -- Read The Message Board -- Gather Materials -- Check-in With The Teacher -- Prework -- Celebrate Learning! -- Meet In The Middle -- Key Points -- Chapter 3: Create A Collaborative Community -- Why Collaborative Learning Improves Educational Outcomes -- Additional Benefits Of Collaborative Learning -- Collaborate And Cooperate-or Compete? -- Cooperation Must Be Taught -- How To Create A Collaborative Community -- Make The Physical Environment Conducive To Collaboration -- Ditch Your Desk -- Use Round Tables, Not Rows Of Desks -- Community Supplies -- Do Touch -- Meeting Area -- Alternative Seating -- Using Every Inch Of Space As Teaching Space -- Walls Under Construction -- Whiteboards (on The Walls) -- Floor Space -- Mini-whiteboards -- Using The Airwaves -- Ceiling -- Library -- Create Multiple Opportunities For Students To Talk About Information -- Pairing/sharing -- Courteous Conversations -- Give Me The Hard Cold Facts -- Wait Time -- Turn Tos -- Stop And Jots. I Do, We Do, They Do, Partner Do -- Use Deliberate Memory Strategies -- Teach The Corners/walls -- Body Pegging (using Body Location To Remember) -- Movement (using Their Bodies To Remember) -- Acting Out/drama -- Chants/songs -- Mean, Median, Mode, And Range -- Murals -- Manipulatives -- Key Points -- Chapter 4: Take A Teaming Approach -- Why Does Working In Teams Enhance Learning? -- What Does A High-functioning Team Look Like? -- Creating A Teaming Culture -- How To Take A Teaming Approach -- When To Split Up Into Smaller Groups -- How To Set Up And Manage Partner Pairs -- Additional Ways To Establish Partner Pairs -- Working In A Player/coach Partnership -- How To Set Up And Manage Table Teams -- How Do I Make This Work In A Departmentalized Classroom? -- How Many Students Per Team? -- How Often Should Teams Change Over? -- How Do You Establish Team Composition? -- How Do Students Know Where To Sit? -- What If I Don't Have Tables? -- Do Teams Need Their Own Supplies? -- Where Do We Store Textbooks? -- Changing Over Team Textbooks -- Where Do Students Store Their Own Supplies? -- Setting Team Expectations -- Getting Student Buy In -- Building Team Bonds -- Team Names -- Team Rubrics -- Team Cheers -- Team Mascot/flag/emblem -- Encouraging Team Functionality -- Team Leaders -- Keeping Teams Tight -- Ensuring Individual Accountability -- Ending Team Clean Routine -- How To Coach From The Sidelines -- Key Points -- Chapter 5: Prime The Positive Environment -- How To Prime The Positive Environment -- Demonstrate -- Understand Your Attitude Is Contagious -- Be Specific About The Behavior You Expect -- Find The Itty-bitty Bit Of Better Behavior -- Facilitate -- Expect Goodness -- Give Students The Benefit Of The Doubt -- Make Your Directions Clear -- Use Engaging Transitions -- Keep Them Accountable -- Motivate -- Smile -- Mini-messages. Team Tokens And Punch Cards -- Earning Recess -- Notice Good Days -- The Golden Weiner Award -- Superhero Awards -- Schoolwide Positive Behavior -- Punch Cards -- Karate Belts -- Hot Tickets -- Breakfast Of Champions -- Homework On Time (hot) Chart -- Brain Bucks -- Dealing With Discipline Issues -- Key Points -- Chapter 6: U-turn Teaching In Action -- Intentional Learning Framework -- Bite (before) -- Sample Bite Activities -- Know Want Learned (kwl) -- 5-minute Math -- Review/preview -- Predict/confirm -- Generate Questions -- Plausible Paragraphs -- Association Game -- Meaning Mix-up -- Picture/text Feature Walk -- Treasure Chest Intrigue -- Chew (during) -- Sample Lesson Design -- Sample Chew Activities -- Simple 1 Minute Chews -- Think/pair/share (lyman, 1981, P. 132) -- Thought Jots (dodge, 2005, P. 58) -- Stop/jot/share -- Doodle Your Noodle -- Partner Walk -- 'sticky'- Point -- Talking Text Tags -- Digest (after) -- Sample Digest Activities -- Ticket Out/exit Cards (dodge, 2005) -- Recap And Represent! (dodge, 2005) -- Quick Write (dodge, 2005) -- Mind Map -- Directions -- Here's The Answer -- What's The Question? -- Simple Sort -- Abc Brainstorm -- Word Summary Pyramids -- Artifact Box -- Murals -- Give One-take One -- Develop Questions -- Journal/diary Entry -- Draw It! -- Drama -- Lesson 1: Reading Detectives -- Lesson 2: Measurement Crime Scene -- Lesson 3: Olympic Race -- Lesson 4: Third-person Perspective Binoculars -- Lesson 5: Correct Those Sentences Game Show -- Lesson 6: Corner Sentence Types -- Lesson 7: Floor Calculator -- Lesson 8: Floor Keyboard -- Lesson 9: Wax Museum -- Lesson 10: Factor Number Tiles -- Review Techniques -- Appendix -- References -- Index.