(#61) A Summer Start
Unhurried summer days are a perfect time for planning. Start with new file folders for each month you teach. Then draw weekly columns on each folder, and presto, you've got an ideal calendar space for planning, and a handy pocket for filing all your resources. Our workshop-in-a-book leads you through all phases of planning and organizing. Our checklists help you remember every last detail. Teaching doesn't have to feel like a struggle just to stay one day ahead. A Summer Start helps you extend the ease of summer right into each school year.
(#61) A Summer Start is part of our Master Teacher Series. It is an 88 page soft-bound book organized into six chapters:
1. LONG-RANGE LESSON PLANNING
* set your goals * divide your academic year into file folders * note
school calendar dates * note other dates of interest * gather resources *
write your long-range plans
2. UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE; WHO YOU TEACH
* who I am * why I teach * my important values * my responsibilities * my
special needs * my philosophy of teaching * my students' physical
development * my students' emotional development * my students' special
needs
3. PLANNING A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT
* planning your space * organizing papers and supplies * gathering useful
materials * planning bulletin boards
4. DEFINING EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
* when I am teaching * when students are working * how written work will
looks * when guests come to the classroom * how students treat each other
* getting in line order * responding to a class signal * fire drill
procedures * when students enter the classroom * in the hall * in the
lunchroom * bathroom and drinks * on the playground * rainy day recess *
classroom cleanup * my own special circumstances
5. COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS
* parent letter * student profile
6. FIRST DAYS
* checklists * procedures * forms
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(#61) A SUMMER START is bursting with practical ideas to help you more effectively manage and teach in the self-contained classroom. This book contains 40 reproducible forms to help you get organized before classes begin, then stay organized throughout the whole school year.
GRADE RANGE: 1-8
ORIGINS: written by Pat Fellers and Kathy Gritzmacher / edited by Ron
Marson / illustrated by Peg Marson / copyrighted in 1985
by TOPS Learning
Systems / ISBN 0-941008-61-4
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#61 A Summer Start @ $15.00
