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Verbal redirection is a technique to guide students back to the task at hand when they become distracted or off task.
- Gonna go home. Gonna go home.
- After school, we'll go home. That's correct.
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By acknowledging Miles' question and offering a brief response, the teacher addresses the interruption without allowing it to derail the academic task.
- [Teacher]
Can you read this for me?
- [Narrator]
Verbal redirection helps maintain a productive learning environment while still valuing and addressing your students' concerns.
Verbal redirection is a technique to guide students back to the task at hand when they become distracted or off task.
