You have to go to school-- you're the teacher! : 300+ classroom management strategies to make your job easier and more fun /: 300+ classroom management strategies to make your job easier and more fun. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Renee Rosenblum-Lowden with Felicia Lowden Kimmel.
• Other Names: Rosenblum-Lowden, Renee; Kimmel, Felicia Lowden
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part I. Tips for New and Student Teachers; 1. Odds and Ends for Beginners; Put Loved Ones on Notice; Your Students Didn't Sleep Last Night Either!; The Mentor Teacher; Dress Like a Grown-Up; Students Do Get Crushes; Overplan; Flexible Personal Expectations; Everyone Else's Plans Are Better; The Clerical Work Blues; Ask Teachers for Help; Observing Other Teachers; Teacher Negativity; Just Say No; Part II. Beginning a Winning Year; 2. They're Not Here Yet; Get to School Early; Organizing the Room; Put Up Diplomas; Say Cheese; Don't Be Caught Unprepared or Late; Friendly, But Not Buddies; First Name Versus Surname; Personal Records Debate; 3. They're Here; The Rush to Seats; Seating Ideas; Don't Seat by Height or Gender; Dealing for Groups; Record Keeping Questionnaire; Now and Later Cards; What Is Your Favorite Subject?; The First Day "Sneaker"; Fun Introductions; You've Got Mail; Tangible Class Guidelines and Rules; Let Students Set Rules and Consequences; You Own the Limelight; You Can Always Ease Up; Sit With Your Students; Greet Students at the Door; Document?Document?Document; Yowks! 5 Minutes Left; End the First Day on an Up Note; 4. They're Gone and You Survived!; Everything Can Be Redone; You're Not a Shrink; You Can't Win `Em All; Go Home and Chill Out; Part III. Helping Students Be Responsible; 5. Establishing Routines; Creatures of Habit; The Standardized Notebook; The "Do Now"/ ?Warm Up?; The Aim of "Aim"; Class Wrap-Ups; When to Give Out Worksheets; You Teach, Not Videos; Who Dismisses?; 6. Have Them Come (and Stay) Prepared; You Are Not the Supply Store; Bless the Bargain Stores; Collateral, Please; Strings Attached; Creative Pencils; The Sharpener Cover; Pencils = Charity; ?You Owe Me a favor?; Swapping; Scrap Paper; 7. Homework Strategies; The Importance of Homework; The Homework Spot; Numbering Homework; Collecting Homework; Hand in a Blank Sheet; Sign on the Dotted Line; Homework Buddies; H-O-M-E-W-O-R-K; Oops Pass; Homework Penalty (With Room for Redemption); Homework Helper?You; 8. Bathroom Breaks; The Sign-out Book; ?Can You Wait a Minute? ?; The Visual Pass; Secret Code; Bathroom Coupons; Respecting the Restroom; It's That Time?; 9. Empowering Students; We Make Our Own Choices; The Right to Pass; The Sanctuary; Tacit Approval; One Is a Rat?Ten Is Power; The "Many Kids Told Me" Fib; Don't Call Home; Softening the Call Home; Tons of Quizzes; Offer Choices; Confer for Grades; "Class"?The Collective Noun; Independent Reading, With Twinkies!; Go With the Roll; Incorporating Fads; Did They Learn What You Taught?; Role Reversal/Role-Playing; ?Am I Boring??; Classroom Suggestion Box; A Fun Way to Limit Slang; Don't Overcorrect; Student Revenge: Your Personal Evaluation; "Help, I'm Being Observed!"; I Bragged About You; 10. Setting Consequences; Every Act Has a Consequence; Coupons/Tickets/Marbles/ ?Money?; Sweets or No Sweets; Start With a 99%; Conduct Sheets; Torture Sheets; When to Call Home; Avoiding Confrontation; 11. Preventing Showdowns; Going on Automatic; Everything Is Embarrassing; Humor, Not Sarcasm; The Biggest No-No: "Only Kidding"; "Shut Up!"?Not!; "I Told You So"; Avoid Arguments; Globalizing; Choose Your Battles; Start All Over; Beware of Empty Threats; No Spur-of-the-Moment Rules; Set Up Winning Situations; Plagiarism; Don't Force Students to Lie; Make Rules Specific: Narrow Them Down; No Sides; Time-Out; No Comparisons; Never Attack Personally; Distractions; 12. Alternatives to Yelling; The ?Teacher? Look; The ?Excuse Me? Smile; The Lowered Voice; The Art of Gestures; Clap, Clap; Hurry, Shut Out the Lights!; Praising One; Initials On Board; Visual Commands; "I Am Waiting"; The Bellhop Bell; Stop Teaching; The Tardy Quiz; Early Bird Special; An Imaginary Friend; Word of the Day; R-E-C-E-S-S; 13. Knowing Your Audience; Group Dynamics; Division of Labor; Don't Play "I Gotcha"; Deceiving Looks; Kids Have Bad Days, Too; Negative Attention Seekers; Good Kids Can Do Bad Things; Hold Students to Different Standards; Too Much Push on Sports; "Can We Really Be Anything We Want?"; Audio or Visual?; Check the Senses; Respect Privacy; A Secret Is a Secret, Unless; Ignore Reputation; Permissive Versus Overly Permissive; Cultural Differences; What Language Is Spoken at Home?; Quality, Not Quantity; Confusing Neatness With Responsibility; Describe a Fight to a Potential Pugilist; The Sound-Off Minute; Part IV. Showing You're on the Same Team; 14. Communicating Like a Pro; Acknowledge Feelings; Never Deny Perception; Use "I" Messages; "Let's" Instead of "You"; Interchange Gender Pronouns; Limit the "You Shoulds"; One-to-One; How to Listen; Make Limits Total Rather Than Partial; State Rules Impersonally; Vague Allegations; Describe What You See (or Don?t See); Pick a Rule and Stick to It; Stay Simple: One Word or Sentence Will Do; The Desk Drummer; Would You Talk to an Adult That Way?; Don't Futurize; Paraphrase; Don't Mix Criticism With Praise; Cursing ? Yes or No?; Forced Apologies Not Accepted; The Double Message; What Would Another Teacher Tell Me?; 15. Being Fair; Admit When You Are Wrong; Admit When You Don't Know Something; Never Break a Promise; Never Demand a Promise; "I'm in a Bad Mood"; "This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You"; No "Boys Will Be Boys"; Etiquette Pitfalls; Please and Thank You; Gauge the Amount of Homework; 16. Bonding Strategies; "I'm on Your Side"; Being Vulnerable: Share a Giggle; Relating Your Own Experiences; Staying Neutral; Those Special Few Minutes; 15 Seconds of Fame; Creative Excuses; Bend the Rules; Journals; Read Aloud to Your Students; Giant Calendar; Celebrate Birthdays; Catch the Spirit; "I Thought of You"; Morning Meetings; Class Solutions; Decorating Your Room?Again; Thank Them for the Joy They Bring; When All Else Fails, Buy Pizza; Part V. Building Confidence Through Earned Praise; 17. Self-Esteem Strategies; Praise, Praise, Praise?But Don't Overpraise; Acknowledge Improvements; Overgrading; Confidence Grading; Enthusiastic Credit When Credit Is Due; Put-Ups, Not Put-Downs; Respect Uniqueness; Leaders Need to Follow; Don't Rush to Correct; Call Home for the "Average" Student; "I Knew You Could Do It" (and More); A Little White Lie; "You're a Late Bloomer"; Tracking; Some of Us Can't Spell; Wonderful Comments on Paper; Post All Students' Work; "I Got a 97%! What Did You Get?"; Part VI. Safety; 18. Personal, Physical, and Professional Safety; To Touch or Not to Touch; Face the Door; Never Release a Student to a Stranger;
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Subjects: 371.102; Teachers -- United States; Teaching -- United States; First year teachers -- United States; Classroom management -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452294612; 1452294615
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