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- All about life
- A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.
- By Myra Erexson.
- Balancing order and learning in classroom discussions
- In The First Year, page 3.6
- Different learning objectives require different rules for student participation. Make your expectations for each day's class clear to students — and to yourself!
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Climbing the school ladder: A challenging task for immigrant Latino students
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.1
- Teachers play a critical role when helping immigrant children adjust to a new school life. Because immigrants' backgrounds and experiences are so diverse, it is important for teachers no to make assumptions and to get to know individual children.
- By Magda Corredor.
- Connecting with colleagues: No tricks, all treat!
- In The First Year, page 2.4
- You're busy, but making time for conversation with colleagues will pay off in the long run.
- Format: article
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Deficit thinking
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2
- Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
- By Buck Cooper.
- Funds of knowledge
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.1
- Teachers can use "funds of knowledge," the knowledge students gain from their family and cultural backgrounds, to make their classrooms more inclusive.
- By Janet Kier Lopez.
- Getting to know them
- In The First Year, page 1.5
- Getting to know your students as real people makes your classroom a more effective learning environment.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Helping Latino students feel comfortable in your classroom
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.2
- Most Latino students have experiences, family backgrounds, and expectations that conflict with the expectations of the American classroom environment. By understanding the expectations of Latino students and their parents, teachers can help them to succeed.
- By Sarah Plastino.
- James and the Giant Pencil: Lessons in classroom management
- In The First Year, page 2.7
- Don't back your students into a corner, and don't make discipline the focus of your class.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Making small groups work
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 2
- For students to work effectively in small groups, a teacher needs not only to set rules but to build a sense of community and teamwork within the basic structure the rules provide.
- By Gretchen Buher.As told to David Walbert.
- March Madness and relationship-building
- In The First Year, page 3.9
- Taking time away from instruction to build relationships with your students can pay off in the long run.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Math for multiple intelligences
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 1
- How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students.
- By Gretchen Buher.
- The problem-centered classroom
- In Problem centered math, page 5
- A look inside an eighth-grade classroom in which students work in pairs to solve problems, then debate as a class which solution is correct or easiest. An explanation of the teaching method is provided along with video of students presenting their solutions to problems.
- By Grayson Wheatley.
- Real-world learning in a virtual environment
- Want to try project-based learning to get your students involved in real-world issues? A former North Carolina Technology & Learning Teacher of the Year talks about how she worked with the North Carolina Zoo to get students excited about learning.
- By David Walbert.
- A room for students
- A learning environment where students feel that they belong is the key to success for this eighth-grade language arts teacher. A classroom profile.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Setting the tone
- Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.
- By Victoria Lunetta.
- The thirty-second system for managing tardies and misdirected attention
- In The First Year, page 3.3
- A countdown can give your students a chance to settle in and get ready to learn or to refocus their attention when it has wandered.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Valentine's Day: Love it? Or love it not?
- In The First Year, page 3.5
- Don't let holidays overwhelm the focus on learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
