The Classroom Management Book

by Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong, Sarah F. Jondahl (With), Oretha F. Ferguson (With)

Overview

This is a solutions book that shows how to organize and structure a classroom to create a safe and positive environment for student learning and achievement to take place. It offers 50 procedures that can be applied, changed, adapted, and incorporated into any classroom management plan. Each procedure is presented with a consistent format that breaks it down and tells how to teach it and what the outcome of teaching it will be. While all of the work and preparation behind a well-managed classroom are rarely observed, the dividends are evident in a classroom that is less stressful for all and one that hums with learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780976423331
Publisher:	Wong, Harry K. Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2014
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Dedication	i
They Quietly Walked in and Got to Work	ii
Everything Is in Place Right at the Beginning of the School Year	iii
Acknowledgments	iv
The Authors	vi
The Greatest Gift	vii
Getting Ready for the Most Important Career You Could Ever Have	viii
Prologue: Classroom Management Defined
The Effective and Successful Teacher	2
Get It Right from the Start	4
Definition of Classroom Management	5
I Can't Wait to Start School Every Year	7
Difference Between Classroom Management and Discipline	8
The Worst Four-Letter Word	10
The Key to Success Is Consistency	11
Special Needs Students Thrive on Consistency	12
The Need for a Trusting Environment	13
Every Student Made Progress. Every. Single. One.	14
Preparat ion: Before the First Day of School
Prepare Before School Begins	16
A Complete First-Day Script Checklist	22
The Need for a Classroom Management Plan	24
Creating a Classroom Management Plan	26
Thanks for the Peace	29
Presenting Your Classroom Management Plan	30
Creating a Plan in PowerPoint	37
From Warrior to Effective Teacher	46
How to Teach a Procedure	47
The Class Proceeded Without Me	52
How to Start the First Day and Every Day	53
It's in the Bag	57
Procedures : For the First Day of School
1 - The Start of Class Routine	60
2 - The Agenda	64
The Freedom to Produce Results	69
3 - An Opening Assignment	70
Bellringer Times Three	75
4 - Taking Attendance	76
130 Students and No Time Wasted	81
5 - Dismissing the Class	82
A Safe Dismissal or a Tragic One?	86
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Procedures : For Students
6 - Collecting Notes and Forms	88
Clean Up the Classroom Clutter	90
7 - Classroom Tardiness	92
8 - Absent Folder	96
9 - Organizing Homework	100
10 - Paper Headings	104
District-Wide Consistency	107
11 - Unfinished Class Assignments	108
Procedures : For the Classroom
12 - Emergency Preparedness	112
Successfully Saving Lives	116
13 - Getting Students' Attention	118
Your Attention, Please	121
14 - Classroom Jobs	122
15 - Classroom Phone Ringing	126
Teaching Procedures Becomes Routine	129
16 - Bathroom Breaks	130
17 - Replacing Dull or Broken Pencils	134
18 - Keeping Desks Orderly	138
Everything Has a Place and a Purpose	141
19 - Collecting and Returning Papers	142
20 - Classroom Transitions	146
21 - Keeping Students on Task	150
Tone Is the Key	152
22 - Finishing Work Early	154
Creating a Learning Zone	157
23 - Missing Assignment Slip	158
24 - Daily Closing Message	162
Communication on a Weekly Basis	165
25 - Guideline Infraction Notice	166
26 - Morning Meetings	170
Procedures : For Instruction
27 - Class Discussions	174
I Know the Answer!	179
28 - Working in Groups	180
29 - Note Taking	184
30 - Reading a Textbook	188
31 - Read Any Place Time	192
Classroom and School Libraries	194
32 - Taking a Test	196
33 - Students Correcting Work	200
34 - Cultivating Social Skills	204
Simple Procedures, Plus Courtesy	207
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Procedures : For the Special Needs Classroom
The Special Needs Classroom	208
35 - Hand Washing	214
36 - Snack Time	216
37 - Walking to Another Location	220
Everything in Its Place	223
38 - Handling Student Anxiety	224
Effective Behavior Management Strategies	227
Procedures : For Teachers
39 - New Student Orientation	228
40 - The Angry Student	232
41 - The Death of a Student	236
In Tears the Class Proceeded	239
42 - The Death of a Parent	240
43 - Substitute Teacher Handbook	242
The Substitute Teacher	247
44 - A Teacher Aide	248
45 - Parent Volunteers	250
The Foundation of Effective Teaching	253
46 - Classroom Visitors	254
47 - Parent-Teacher Conferences	256
48 - Back-to-School Night	260
Job Sharing—The Best of Both Worlds	263
49 - Home and School Connection	264
50 - Technology in the Classroom	268
Plans: For the First Days of School
My Personal First Day of School Script	272
A Partial Script for the First Day of School	277
A Middle School First-Day Plan	281
A High School First-Week Plan	284
An Elementary First-Ten-Days Plan	287
A Principal's Guide for a Teacher's First-Day Script	291
Epilogue: A Call to Action
Execute and Follow Through	296
A Last-Day Letter	299
QR Code Summary	300
Index	304