I would add Harry Wong's "The First Days (of teaching?)" I can't remember the exact title...but it is awesome! It comes with cd. I refresh my memory at the beginning of each year.
Ashli On 4/10/07, Heather Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it depends on the teacher and student. Every teacher has their own > style. When I was first starting out, I read every book on management I > could my hands on. I chose what I liked, and what worked, from each one. > No > one "style" or book worked for me, and a LOT of it came with experience > and > trial and error. > > As long as the students are engaged in learning, I think the management is > > working. And many times if you have a good solid lesson that is at the > appropriate level for your students, behaviors will be minimal. Of course, > this isn't always the case, and it's good to read about and observe other > teachers and see what works for them and try it yourself. > > 2 great books: > How to Talk So Kids Can Learn - very thin book, very practical and really > helped me > Fred Jones Tools for Teaching - helped me a lot my first year. I tried > many > of his techniques, some I stuck with (like the whole body language part) > and > some (PAT time) I did not stick with. > Teaching With Love and Logic - is good, a lot of theory, and really the > first book I listed is similar and more practical, but this is still a > good > book. > > On 4/10/07, Lauren Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What types of classroom management are most beneficial to the teacher > and > > the students? > > > > > > Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay > > connected to friends. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > _______________________________________________ > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > > -- > - Heather > > "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of > man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments > fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; > new races build others. But in the world of books are > volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet > live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were > written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men > centuries dead." --Clarence Day > > "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little > good evidence exists that there's any educational substance > behind the accountability and testing movement." > —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds > > "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose > funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase > funding. " > —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
