As a first year teacher, I learned so much from the Rosemary and Harry Wong videos and their book The First Days of School. The MAEd program I completed used many of his ideas and they worked for me. I plan to reread it this summer for a fresh start next August.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] (no subject) I'm one of the ones who didn't really like Wong's book, but there are some good ideas and it is worth reading and taking what you think will work for you :) I DID take the "Take 5" thing from that book, though I do it a little differently. On 4/10/07, Ashli and Paul Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > -- - 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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