What Every 4th Grade Teacher Needs to Know about Setting up and Running a Classroom: About Setting up and Running a Classroom

by Mike Anderson

Overview

You're teaching fourth grade this year. What do you need to know? Mike Anderson gives you practical information about daily routines, furniture, and much more. After a concise review of fourth graders' common developmental characteristics, Mike explains how to adjust your classroom and your teaching to fit these common characteristics. The result: students can learn, and you can teach, with minimum frustration and maximum ease and joy.

In clear, plain writing peppered with classroom stories and examples, Mike shares practical know-how on topics like these:

� Arranging a circle, desks, and tables
� Choosing and storing supplies
� Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines
� Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community
� Understanding the special concerns of second graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781892989390
Publisher:	Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Publication date:	08/16/2010
Series:	What Every Teacher Needs to Know
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
Classroom Setup
Schedules and Routines
Building Community
Classroom Games, Special Projects, and Field Trips
Appendix: Favorite Books, Board Games, and Websites for Fourth Graders
Acknowledgments
Further Resources