This means that one subject (in this case Social Studies) is taught in Spanish, in addition to daily Spanish classes with a separate teacher. ... I also feel it is important to reward positive behavior maintaining an awareness of consequences for negative behavior in the classroom. ... I do this by rewarding behavior on several levels, individual, small group and whole group. ... As a whole group I use free time, added computer time and pizza/ice cream parties as incentives for positive behavior. ... Finally for behavior that is totally unacceptable I send them to the office. ...

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" The amount of out-of-field teaching nationwide "remains unacceptably high, with classes in high-poverty and high-minority schools much more likely to be assigned to a teacher lacking minimal academic qualifications in the subject being taught," the report concluded.... Identifiable standards, they argue, can also greatly reduce the achievement gap-the disparity in educational success between students from different economic and cultural backgrounds that has often been blamed for larger social inequities-as well as improve the quality of public school education overall. ... Some students...

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