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- “I am very sorry. It is going to happen again”
- In The First Year, page 4.2
- Maintain your commitment to classroom organization and management all the way through the end of the year.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- 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.
- Arranging for independence
- Erin Espinoza's kindergarten classroom encourages children to learn on their own. A classroom profile.
- By Sydney Brown.
- 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.
- Basic strategies for assigning homework
- Suggestions for establishing homework assignments and policies.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Bulletin boards and other displays
- Using your bulletin boards as a teaching tool — not just as decoration.
- By Denise Young.
- Classroom environment: the basics
- Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
- By Denise Young.
- Classroom routines and procedures
- Establishing clear classroom routines and procedures is necessary for ensuring that your classroom runs smoothly.
- By Denise Young.
- Creating a safe space for students to take academic risks
- In The First Year, page 1.6
- A classroom culture that encourages students to take academic risks starts with the teacher.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Designing your gym class
- From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.
- By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.
- Don't put it down, put it up!
- In a fifth grade classroom based around projects, everything has its place. This classroom profile shows you the design and purpose of Debra Harwell-Braun's fifth-grade classroom.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- 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 students get organized
- In The First Year, page 1.4
- Tips for helping students keep track of their materials and supplies.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Instructional goals and classroom space
- Your classroom should be arranged to help you meet your pedagogical goals. Any setting, including your classroom, exerts many influences — frequently subtle — on the people in it.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- 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.
- Making the best of testing
- Two teachers offer a four-point plan for preparing students for end-of-grade tests without "teaching to the test": Teach to students' needs, integrate tested concepts into the curriculum, focus on learning before test-taking, and reduce students' stress.
- By David Walbert.
- Managing a classroom with brain food
- Tina Maples' eighth-grade language arts students are serious about their work they do. When students work on projects they care about — what Maples calls "brain food" — they manage the classroom themselves.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Managing paperwork: top priorities for organization
- Suggestions for keeping track of your teaching materials, your students, and their work.
- By Mitch Katz.
- 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.
