Responsive Classroom for Music, Art, PE, and Other Special Areas

Author: Responsive Classroom
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
ISBN: 1892989840
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Responsive Classroom practices have helped thousands of special area teachers for more than 30 years. Here you'll find practical suggestions, charts, planners, and examples from experienced special area teachers who use Responsive Classroom practices every day. You'll learn how to: Open and close each period in calm, orderly waysSet students up for success by modeling and practicing skills and routinesUse positive teacher languageEngage students more deeplyRefocus and recharge students with quick, fun, movement breaksRespond to misbehavior to get students back to learning

Classroom Management for Art, Music, and Pe Teachers

Author: Michael Linsin
Publisher: Jme Publishing
ISBN: 9780615993263
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Teaching 400-600 students every week presents the ultimate classroom management challenge, one that if you're unprepared for can bury you in a mountain of stress and misbehavior. Classroom Management for Art, Music, and PE Teachers is a proven solution that will transform even the most difficult group of students into the peaceful, well-behaved class you really want. It provides the tools, tips, and strategies you need to simply and effectively manage any classroom, no matter how unruly or out of control, so you can focus on teaching, inspiring, and making an impact that lasts a lifetime.

The Joyful Classroom

Author: Responsive Classroom
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
ISBN: 1892989832
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Students learn more—and with more joy—when lessons connect with their lives and interests while challenging them to stretch and grow. In this book, you'll find practical, ready-to-use strategies for creating active and exciting lessons. You'll learn about: Partnering and grouping students for optimum learning Using interactive learning structures such as Maître d' and Swap Meets to support active learning Incorporating acting, drawing, debating, and more into daily lessons while still meeting rigorous learning goals Infusing lessons with choices in what or how to learn to increase students ownership of their learning Incorporating student self-assessment tools to help children monitor and evaluate their own work and identify ways to improve their learning Filled with lesson plans, precise directions for interactive learning structures, planning guides, and more!

Interactive Modeling

Author: Margaret Berry Wilson
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
ISBN: 1892989530
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Be a more effective teacher by using this simple, yet transformative, technique for teaching essential academic and social skills, routines, and behaviors. Through Interactive Modeling, your students actively observe, model, and practice skills that can lead to higher, lasting achievements and kinder classrooms. You'll save time; they'll gain mastery!, You can use Interactive Modeling to help your students achieve success in: math, reading, writing, social studies, science, working in groups, making smooth transitions, using supplies carefully, test-taking, and more! Book jacket.

The First Six Weeks of School

Author: Paula Denton
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools Incorporated
ISBN: 9781892989048
Category : Education, Elementary
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A guidebook showing K-6 teachers how to structure the first six weeks of school.

Better Than Carrots Or Sticks

Author: Dominique Smith
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416620648
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
This book provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together.

The Smart Classroom Management Way

Author: Michael Linsin
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781795512848
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The Smart Classroom Management Way is a collection of the very best writing from ten years of Smart Classroom Management (SCM). It isn't, however, simply a random mix of popular articles. It's a comprehensive work that encompasses every principle, theme, and methodology of the SCM approach. The book is laid out across six major areas of classroom management and includes the most pressing issues, problems, and concerns shared by all teachers. The underlying SCM themes of accountability, maturity, independence, personal responsibility, and intrinsic motivation are all there and weave their way throughout the entirety of the book. Together, they form a simple, unique, and sometimes contrarian approach to classroom management that anyone can do. Whether you're an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, The Smart Classroom Management Way will give you the strategies, skills, and know-how to turn any group of students into the motivated, well-behaved class you love teaching.

Crowd Control

Author: Susan L. Haugland
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 1475803648
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Crowd Control 2nd edition is a nuts-and-bolts manual for teachers of middle and high school performance-based classes such as band, orchestra, and chorus. This practical 'how-to' guide shows teachers, pre-service or experienced, efficient ways to manage large performance-based classrooms. With wit and sage tried-and-true advice, Haugland provides a complete behavior plan as well as concrete ideas for addressing the National Standards, Common Core, assessment, advocacy, and ensemble team building, along with ways to form a professional network. Accessible and indispensable, Crowd Control will become a vital resource in every music teacher's library.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

Author: Zaretta Hammond
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483308022
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

Managed to a Moment: Success in the Elementary Music Classroom

Author: Mari Schay
Publisher: Heritage Music Press
ISBN: 9780787766085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Here's a lifeline for anyone who's had a frustrating day, week, or month in the elementary music classroom--and that, of course, includes all of us. Teaching music is hard. This insightful and affirming book makes it easier, outlining strategies for all the details that make your classroom a successful learning environment. You'll learn ways to manage yourself and your workload; your relationships with colleagues, students, and families; and how to plan and deliver curriculum.