3.  Praise Students  Expect Excellence  Spread Excitement  Mix it up  Assign Classroom Jobs  Hand Over some Control  Fill children's world with Reading  Reward Positive Behavior Outside the classroom  Dream Field Trips  Track Improvement  Relate Lessons to students lives  Encourage them to express their opinion  Celebrate Achievements!

4.  Hands-on/project based?  Challenging, but achievable?  Prizes?  Creativity?  Clear expectations and instructions?  Immediate feedback?

5.  Direct Instruction only  Give clear communication  Present how you want work done  Make classroom climate welcoming (include all students)  Teach students to concentrate on the task  Teach in different learning situations

6.  Learning is incremental  Failure is a result of lack of information or not using the appropriate problem solving techniques, not lack of ability  Retrace steps to problem solve  Teach students not to be distracted by failure

7.  Students are different now (really?); we can not teach them the way we were taught. Visual aids and interactive instruction with attention to prior knowledge and relating lessons to real life are a must to motivate them.

9.  Use your students as teachers—give them strict guidelines and have groups teach a lesson.  Give students a choice  Group work  Charades to enhance the lesson  Art

10.  Know your students  Change the scenery  Allow students to work together  Give students a sense of control  Offer rewards  Give students responsibility  Give praise when learned  Encourage self reflection

11.  Stay excited  Harness students interests  Manage student anxiety  Give feedback  Track progress  Make things FUN!!  Provide opportunities for success.

12.  Understand why motivating students is a challenge  Stand out  Volunteer information  Jump out of the box  Watch the sarcasm  Brag a little, but not too much  Pay Attention  Bring out students opinions  Make A difference  Make your expectations clear  Expose them to the stimulus they were blocking off before

13.  Fine tune the challenge  Start with the question, not the answer  Encourage students to beat their personal best  Connect abstract learning to concrete situations  Make it social  Go deep

14.  http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-ways-motivate- students http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-ways-motivate- students  http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/six-ways- motivate-students-to-learn/ http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/six-ways- motivate-students-to-learn/  http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/21- simple-ideas-to-improve-student-motivatio/ http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/21- simple-ideas-to-improve-student-motivatio/  http://www.wikihow.com/Motivate-Students