What Every 2nd Grade Teacher Needs to Know: About Setting Up and Running a Classroom
- Editore:
NORTHEAST FOUND FOR CHILDREN I
- Collana:
- What Every Teacher Needs to Kn
- EAN:
9781892989383
- ISBN:
1892989387
- Pagine:
- 113
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione What Every 2nd Grade Teacher Needs to Know: About Setting Up and Running a Classroom
You're teaching second grade this year. What do you need to know? Margaret Berry Wilson gives you practical information about daily routines, furniture, and much more. She starts with a concise review of second graders' common developmental characteristics and then shows 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 a warm, conversational style punctuated with anecdotes and examples from her own classrooms, Margaret shares practical know-how on topics like this: 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.