The best-selling First Year Teacher's Survival Kit gives newteachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and toolsfor creating a positive and dynamic learning environment whilemeeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuabletips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becomingeffective team players and connecting with students to handlingbehavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.
The new edition is fully revised and updated to coverchanges in the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates tothe second edition include:
* New ways teachers can meet the professionaldevelopment requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act
* Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, toaddress the declining literacy rate among today'sstudents
* Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions forthe classroom
* Expanded information on teaching English LanguageLearners
* Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facingelementary teachers
* More emphasis on how to reach and teach students ofpoverty
* Updated study techniques that have proven successfulwith at-risk students
* Tips on working effectively within a non-traditionalschool year schedule
* The latest strategies for using graphicorganizers
* More emphasis on setting goals to help students tosucceed
* More information on intervening with students who arecapable but choose not to work
* Updated information on teachers' rights andresponsibilities regarding discipline issues
* Fully revised Resources appendix including the latesteducational Web sites and software
Julia G. Thompson
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