Teach DISTAR K
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Module Introduction5 Topics
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Overview20 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Direct Instruction Overview
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Distar Arithmetic 1 Overview
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Video: Introduction of the Distar Arithemetic 1 Module
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Distar Arithmetic Materials
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Time Requirements
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Placement Testing
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Video: Administering Placement Test
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Check Your Understanding
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Grouping and Seating
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STAR Rules
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Achieving Smooth Transitions
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Video: Routines and Transition
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Script Features
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Matching and Rote Counting21 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening The Lesson
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Auditory Signal
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Video: Matching Cards Exercise and Auditory Signal
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Matching Single Cards
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Matching Rows
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Matching Single Cards and Rows Correction
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Video: Matching Single Cards and Rows Error Correction Procedure
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Check Your Understanding
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Hand-drop Signal
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Rote Counting
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Video: Rote Counting with Hand-Drop Signal
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Get It Going Signal
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Video: Get it Going Signal Model Explained
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Get It Going and Count
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Video: Get it Going and Count
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Counting Events and Objects20 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Point–Touch Signal
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Video: Point–Touch Signal Explained
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Counting Events and Objects
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Counting Events and Objects Correction
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Check your understanding
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Counting Events: Coins
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Counting Events: Two Groups of Claps
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Individual Turns
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Counting Two Groups of Lines
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Counting Two Groups of Lines Correction
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Video: Counting Two Groups of Lines and Individual Turns
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Students Touch and Count
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Students Touch and Count Correction
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Check your understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Symbol Identification, Numerals and Lines18 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Symbol Identification
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Symbol Identification Writing Teen Numbers
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Check Your Understanding
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Symbol Identification Writing Multiples of Ten
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Symbol Identification Counting by Tens
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Symbol Identification Place Value
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Symbol Identification Place Value Corrections
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Video: Symbol Identification Place Value Corrections
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Numerals and Lines: Drawing Lines
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Numerals and Lines: The Empty Box
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Numerals and Lines: Writing Numerals When Lines Are Given
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Equality and Addition25 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Equality Explained
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Teaching Same Number: Group Activity A
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Teaching Same Number: Group Activity B
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Video: Teaching Same Number – Group Activity A
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Other Side
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Video: Reading This Side and the Other Side of the Problem
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Equality Rule Explained
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Teaching the Equality Rule
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The Equality Rule Track Correction Procedure
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Video: Equality Rule Explained with Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Ringing the Side You Start Counting on
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Rationale for Counting on the Other Side
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Ringing the Side and Counting on the Other Side Corrections
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Addition
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Teaching How to Work a Problem
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Video: On Teaching How to Work a Problem
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How to Work a Problem Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Algebra Addition19 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Algebra Addition Explained
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Teaching Algebra Counting
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Video: Alegbra Addition: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 61, task 2
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Algebra Counting Correction
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Lines Under a Box Explained
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Video: Algebra Addition Line Under a Box
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Check Your Understanding
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Get it Going, Draw Lines Under a Box
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Video: Draw Lines Under a Box with Individual Turns
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Teaching Algebra Addition
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Algebra Addition Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Algebra Addition Lesson 80 Task 3 With Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Counting Backward, Subtraction and Dictation19 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Teaching Counting Forward and Backward
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Counting Backward and Forward Corrections
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Video: Counting Backwards Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Subtraction Explained
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Counting Backward for Every Minus
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Writing Minuses and Counting Backward
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Working a Subtraction Problem Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 89, Task 1 Work with a Subtraction Problem with Error Correction
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Dictation Explained
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Dictation Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 142 Written Story Problem with Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Story Problems and Facts23 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Story Problems: Writing and Working a Problem
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Story Problems: Plus or Minus
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Story Problems Correction Procedure
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1, Lesson 105 Story Problems Group Activity A with Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Facts Plus Zero
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Tell Me the Next Number
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Video: Addition – Tell the Next Number with Error Correction
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Getting It Going and Plussing One
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Plus Zero, Next Number and Plus One Corrections
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Check Your Understanding
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Figuring Out Facts Explained
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Split Counting
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Figuring Out Facts
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Video: Figuring Out Facts Split Counting
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Completing Statements
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Saying Statements to Figure Out a Problem
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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More or Less, Written Story Problems, Ordinal Counting and Consolidation18 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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More or Less
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More or Less: Students Make the Sign
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More or Less with Error Correction
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Video: More or Less with Sign
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Check Your Understanding
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Written Story Problems
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Written Story Problems: Corrections
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Video: Written Story Problems with Error Correction
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Ordinal Counting
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Consolidation
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1, Lesson 148, Ordinal Counting
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Independent Work, Motivating and Assessing Students17 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Independent Work
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The Teacher’s Role in Motivation
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The Teacher/Student Game and Specific Praise
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Video: Teacher/Student Game Video
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Check Your Understanding
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Assessing Students and Mastery Tests
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Mastery Tests Continued
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Video: Mastery Test
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Remediating and Retesting
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Video: Remediating and Retesting
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Module evaluation survey1 Topic
Participants 506

STAR Rules

Classroom learning rules set the tone for a positive learning environment. The STAR rules are most commonly used.
Sit Tall
Feet on the floor, back against the chair, hands in lap.
Talk Big
Answer in a normal voice, not a yell or a whisper.
Answer on Signal
When the teacher gives a signal, students answer with the group.
Respect Others
We are all here to learn, we all make mistakes sometimes.
The teacher posts the STAR rules in the immediate learning area, so they are visible to students during the lesson.
The teacher reinforces the STAR rules at the beginning of the school year with the group. Every day, the teacher reviews the STAR rules before starting the lesson and elicits a choral read-aloud with them.
At the beginning of the school year, the teacher awards points frequently for following the STAR rules. As students learn the rules, points become more academically focused.