All educators agree: what we say to students matters, both for their wellness and capacity to learn. Based on the latest brain research, this book shares classroom-tested strategies and powerful, brain-boosting teacher talk that positively transforms how students feel and perform within their classroom communities and beyond. Includes real-life transcripts between teachers and students, as well as literacy connections that help students explore and internalize these transformative words.

• Transformative teacher talk creates neural pathways that trigger brand-new patterns of thinking in students
• Curricular connections make it easy to integrate brain-changing words and strategies into lessons.
• Includes tips for how kids can use brain-changing words with each other, with themselves, and with their families and communities