The power of our words: teacher language that helps children learn

General guidelines for teacher language

Envisioning : language as a spyglass

Open-ended questions : stretching children's academic and social learning

Listening : understanding the message in the words

Reinforcing language : seeing children and naming their strengths

Reminding language : helping students remember expectations

Redirecting language : giving clear commands when children have gone off track

Epilogue : putting it all together

Appendix A : examples of effective teacher language

Appendix B : the process of developing more effective teacher language.