Keys to the Classroom : A Teacher's Guide to the First Month of School

by Moran, Carrol; Stobbe, Judy; Baron, Wendy; Miller, Janette; Moir, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780761975557
• ISBN10: 0761975551
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-23
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This practical, easy-to-use workbook provides lesson plans, classroom management strategies, student assessments, and special aids for teaching bilingual students.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
About the Authors	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
Phases of Teaching: The Ups and Downs of a First-Year Teacher	2	(4)
A Guide to Planning	6	(10)
Long-Range Planning	7	(1)
Midrange Planning: Getting to Know Your Students and Community	7	(2)
Daily and Weekly Planning	9	(7)
Creating the Environment	16	(10)
Room Arrangement	17	(2)
Environment Checklist	19	(1)
Preparation Prior to the First Day	19	(4)
Essential Knowledge	23	(3)
Daily Routines and Procedures	26	(24)
Cardinal Rules of Classroom Management	27	(1)
Freeze and Listen	27	(1)
Cleanup	28	(1)
Procedures for Lessons, Groups, and Rotations	29	(13)
Strategies Regarding Behavior	42	(2)
Daily Ongoing Activities	44	(6)
The First Two Weeks of School...A Detailed Account	50	(63)
Overview of the First Two Weeks of School for Kindergarten and First Grade	51	(1)
First Two Weeks of School---Kindergarten	52	(13)
First Two Weeks of School---First Grade	65	(6)
First Two Weeks of School---Second and Third Grades	71	(18)
First Two Weeks of School---Fourth to Sixth Grades	89	(24)
Activities for the First Month	113	(63)
Appreciation Words	115	(2)
Positive Adjectives	117	(1)
Bingo	118	(2)
Monthly Calendar Lesson	120	(3)
Conflict Resolution: ``I'' Messages	123	(1)
The Garfunkle Story	124	(1)
Group Definition of Cooperation	125	(1)
Interactive Writing: Interactive Journals	126	(1)
Shared Writing	127	(1)
Names Activities	128	(1)
Journals (Grades 2-6)	129	(1)
Sentence Corrections	130	(1)
Ideas for Mini-Lessons	131	(1)
Problem-Solving Skits	132	(1)
Possible Problem-Solving Vignettes	133	(1)
Know Your Classmates	134	(3)
Names Games	137	(5)
Paired Interviews	142	(1)
Significant Object	143	(1)
Partner Introductions	144	(1)
Please/Please Don't	145	(1)
Brainstorming: Cheerios	146	(1)
``Me'' Pictures	147	(1)
Partner Drawings	148	(1)
Shields	149	(3)
Silhouette Murals	152	(1)
Find Someone Who...	153	(3)
Graffiti Boards	156	(1)
Letters	157	(1)
Quote Discussion	158	(2)
Wiggly Line Drawing	160	(2)
Math Challenges	162	(2)
The Class Age	164	(1)
Cooperative Triangles	165	(2)
Problem-Solving Strategies: Estimating Raisins	167	(1)
Math Journal	168	(1)
Graphing	169	(1)
People Measuring	170	(1)
Homework Ideas	171	(1)
Sponge Activities	172	(2)
PE Ideas	174	(2)
Fingerplays and Songs for Oral Language in English and Spanish	176	(8)
Attention-Getting Fingerplays	177	(2)
Inclusion Songs	179	(2)
Songs That Are Adaptable to Thematic Units	181	(3)
Assessments	184	(26)
Assessment Overview	185	(3)
Assessment Forms	188	(22)
Parent Communications: Sample Letters in English and Spanish	210	(13)
Resources	223	(1)
Bibliography for Teachers	224	(1)
Read-Alouds, K-6, In English and Spanish	225