Description
Book SynopsisThe Nitty-Gritty Classroom and Behavior Management Resource will help teachers better relate to, understand, and love their job by providing a professional resource that contains innovative ideas, visuals, and reproducibles that can be referenced quickly to help make the job easier. This comprehensive resource offers practical teaching techniques, solutions, and tips on: · Planning and designing your classroom environment made easy to include seating arrangements, centers, a class library, a guided reading group area, a daily schedule, displaying objectives, bulletin boards, and setting up a word wall. · Developing plans with ease for long range and short range, observations, substitutes, and the first week of school. · Implementing formative and summative assessments, rubrics, student-teacher conferences, and goal setting. · Record keeping through the use of student portfolios, anecdotal notes, grade books, and data binders. · Ways to prevent discipline problems by implementing tried and true behavior management strategies. · Establishing a home-school connection with newsletters, report cards, conferences, and parent volunteers. · Differentiating lessons according to student needs. · Methods for teaching reading groups and managing centers. · Ideas for integrating the hidden curriculum such as the morning news, calendar time, spelling, writing, and field trips.
Trade ReviewThis book is a must for all new teachers and a good reference for the seasoned teacher. -- Bob Findley, principal, Baltimore County Public Schools
A comprehensive teacher resource that is clear, direct, and applicable to every classroom situation. The Nitty-Gritty Classroom and Behavior Management Resource is a ready to use guide from the first to the last day of school with well-organized and ready to use parent letters, instructional strategies for all situations, and sample lesson plans. [This book] is sure to be the teacher tool to reference for years to come. This resource is a must have for teachers as well as team leaders, teacher mentors, and the supervisors who assist them. -- Angela R. Berry, teacher mentor/trainer, Baltimore County Public Schools
Regardless of experience level, this book will help teachers better relate to, understand and love their job. The Nitty-Gritty contains innovative ideas, visuals, and reproducible materials that can be quickly referenced. This comprehensive resource offers practical teacher techniques, solutions, and tips on classroom and behavior management topics. * Nea Professional Library *
The Nitty-Gritty Classroom and Behavior Management Resource is a practical teacher's guide which provides a quick and easy reference on a wide variety of topics which concern teachers on all experience levels. These teacher tips, time saving ideas, and effective teaching strategies will help further your expertise in areas from the classroom to home-school connections. This education manual is a must have for every teacher's professional bookshelf! -- Melissa Lingenfelder, teacher, Edgemere Elementary School, Ft. Howard, MD
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Classroom Set Up Made Easy Chapter 2 Quick and Easy Bulletin Board Displays Chapter 3 Planning Efficiently and Effectively Chapter 4 Record Keeping Made Simple Chapter 5 Substitute Plans in a Snap Chapter 6 Ready Made Plans for the First Week of School Chapter 7 Behavior Management Strategies Chapter 8 Home-School Connection Ideas Chapter 9 Methods for Teaching Reading Groups and Managing Centers Chapter 10 Helpful Hints on Implementing the Hidden Curriculum Chapter 11 Useful Graphic Organizers
