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Teach Like a

Champion
49 Techniques that put students on
the path to college.
Doug Lemov
We will cover just 5 tonight. Very
powerful, yet simple strategies.
Technique #1 - NO OPT OUT

• A sequence that begins with a


student unable to answer a
question should end with the
student answering that question
as often as possible.
Clip #1 – No Opt Out – Mr. Williams
Technique #2 – RIGHT IS RIGHT

• Set and defend a high


standard of correctness
in your classroom.
Clip # 3 – Right is Right – Mr.
Armstrong
Clip # 4 – Right is Right and
“Stretch It” – Ms. Bromley
Technique #4 – Technique
Matters
• “The complete sentence is the battering
ram that knocks down the door to
college.”
• Require complete sentences and
proficient grammar every chance you
get
• There IS a “language of opportunity.”
• Grammatical format – correct slang, syntax,
usage and grammar in the classroom
Clip #5 – Format Matters – Mr.
Williams
Technique #22 – Cold Call
• “How can I adapt my decisions about
which students I call on to help all my
students pay better attention?”
• In order to make engaged participation the
expectation, call on students regardless of
whether they have raised their hands.
Clip # 7 – Cold Call/Pepper – Mr.
Rector
Technique #15 - Circulate
• Move strategically around the room during
all parts of a lesson.
• “Breaking the plane shows that you move
where you want as a product of your
decisions about teaching rather than as a
product of student behavior.”
• Engage when you circulate.
• Move systematically.
Clip # 6 – Circulate – Ms. Dickinson

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