Jumbo Book Of Teacher Tips And Timesavers

This easy-to-use reference—with hundreds of helpful, classroom-tested answers, ideas, techniques, and teaching tools—will help you on your way to a successful and productive school year. Designed to be flexible, the book offers a choice of ideas and approaches that best fit your classroom situation. Master teacher Julia Thompson shows you how to: Develop successful relationships with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents Manage professional responsibilities and develop career skills Create an orderly classroom where students are courteous and respectful Motivate students to become independent learners Use proven strategies to prevent misbehavior Design instruction that will appeal to every student Set up a classroom for maximum comfort and learning Thrive in the world of high-stakes testing

Interactive CD included makes it possible for you to type information directly on the forms, save and/or print the file, modify information, and access it with ease.

Written as a practical aid to teachers this book includes practical management strategies, implementation tips, time saving ideas, checklists and much more, gathered and adapted to suit individual situations by the author over the years.

Contains grades 2-3 level teaching units for 10 holiday books. Units are cross-curricular and emphasize the development of critical thinking, reading, vocabulary, and creative writing skills.

To strengthen students' math skills with reproducibles from Teacher's helper magazine with background information for teachers, class projects, literature links, awards, patterns, and ideas for math manipulatives and games.