Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book contains a wealth of strategies for new and experienced teachers. Specific
examples and advice are provided for negotiating the school culture, planning
lessons, teaching strategies, multicultural classrooms, and classroom management
and discipline.
Table of Contents
Creating the game plan. Introducing the game plan. Putting on your game face. Contextualizing your game plan. The pep talk. Miscellaneous tips on establishing yourself -- Planning lessons and teaching strategies. What to teach--the basic outline of subjects. Using the range of teaching strategies and media. Organization and pacing the curriculum. Grading, evaluation, and assessment. Motivating students. Miscellaneous tips on teaching. Teaching the hidden curriculum -- Managing classroom behavior. Expectations and procedures. Mike Myers' six rules for more savvy teaching. So what do I do now? Physical ploys to affect student behavior. 20 classic teaching mistakes. Classroom games and how to play them. A fourth grade dilemma, a trick of the trade. Comments on the philosophy of discipline. Reading levels and discipline problems. Miscellaneous tips on classroom management -- Thriving in teaching. The emergency plan. Thriving as a teacher -- Resource A. Almost instant lesson plans for most subjects -- Resource B. Sample A, B, and C activities -- Resource C. A scavenger hunt to encourage resourcefulness -- Resource D. Homework assignments -- Resource E. Annotated resources.