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Discover everything a beginning teacher will need for a successful school year, from tips for your first day, to classroom-management advice, to printables and lesson plans that will support your curriculum all year long. Get help with disciplining your students, lesson methodologies, the first day of school, maintaining both authority and fairness, assessing your students' work, teaching English-language learners and students with special needs, forming a relationship with parents, and more. You'll also find printable forms, awards, and graphic organizers to help you in planning your lessons and your curriculum for the whole year.
Slideshows of Advice
Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs in the Classroom
Behavior Management Tips for the Classroom
Favorite Icebreakers to Get to Know Your Students
Back to School Printables Slideshow
Classroom Organization Tips Slideshow
General Advice for Teachers Slideshow
Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students
Lesson Planning Advice from Veteran Teachers
Teacher-Parent Collaboration Ideas Slideshow
Bulletin Boards Printables Slideshow
Science Graphic Organizers
Ten Great Books on Teaching
Forms, Charts & Lists for Back to School
Create a Meaningful Open House
Preparing for Your First Day as a New Teacher
Favorite Writing Graphic Organizers Slideshow
Top 10 Free Field Trips
Tips from Veteran Teachers on Dealing with Parents
Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
Icebreakers Printables Slideshow
Parents' Back to School Guide: Printables Slideshow
Customizable Passes for New Teachers
Seasons Printables Slideshow
Open House Resources, Grades K-6
More Slideshows for Teachers
Beginning the School Year
First Day at the Secondary Level
Ten Guiding Principles for the Beginning of the Year
Preparing for the First Day of School
FAQs for the First Days of School
First Day Celebration
Student Orientation
First Questions First
Make a Giving Tree
Self Portrait Class Book
Offering Students Choices from Day One
More Resources for Back to School
The Classroom
Classroom Organization Tips Slideshow
Creating a Physical Learning Environment
On the Hunt for Supplies
Classroom Arrangement Checklist
Seating Arrangements
Creating an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
Bulletin Boards
Classroom Notes, Passes, and Forms
Class List/Grades
From the Desk of...
Library-Nurse Pass
Weekly Plans
Hall Pass and Lavatory Pass Samples
Bathroom Pass (8 per sheet)
Student Homework Checklist
More Classroom Forms & Notes
Lesson Planning
Lesson Planning Advice from Veteran Teachers
Teacher Team Planning Form
Structuring Lessons for Diverse Learners -- Planning Pyramid
The Question of Homework
The Basics of Centers
Lesson Plans: Using Objectives
Lesson Plans: Using Procedures
Bulletin Boards: Themes and Tips
Learning Centers
More Lesson Planning Forms & Resources
Assessment
Assessment vs. Evaluation
Skill Assessment Form
Categories of Evaluation
Portfolio Assessment Guide
Scantron® Sheets
Authentic Assessment
Teacher Self-Evaluation Form
Individual Activity Rubric
More Assessment Resources
Behavior Management
Behavior Analysis Log
Sample Behavior Contract, Version 1
Sample Behavior Contract, Version 2
Students' Contributions to the Rules
Tips for Achieving and Maintaining Discipline
Student Fight Sheet
Discipline Must Be Logical: Teaching Advice
Guidelines for Behavioral Observations
Setting Limits for Effective Behavior Management
Refusing to Do or Hand In Homework
Handling Misbehavior During Instruction (II)
Misbehavior Cards
Student Detention Analysis Sheet
Environmental Interventions
Student Telephone Script
Communicating Bad News to Parents
Chronic Offender Worksheet
Keeping Parents Informed
Strategies for Communicating Displeasure
Handling Misbehavior During Instruction (I)
Working with the Talkative and/or Disruptive Student
Does This Sound Familiar?
Problem-Solving Model
Making a Plan
The Choice Is Yours
Are These the Best Conditions?
Dudley Dreamalot's Problem
Rewarding Yourself
It Usually Happens Here
Luther Lateagain's Problem
What Is a Behavior?
Consequences -- What Happens Next
Good and Bad Consequences
More than One Consequence
Holly Hoocares' Problem
Setting a Goal
Keeping Track of Your Behavior
Behavior Quiz
Instant Referral of Student for Disciplinary Reasons
Applying School Rules Outside the Classroom
Group Distraction Evaluation Guide
Supervision During Administrative Assignments
Preempting Students' Premature Questions
Unprepared Student Card
Guidance Office Information Form
The Fighting Student
Supervising the Halls
Dealing with Group Distractions
Reporting an Incident to School Administrators
The Academically Unprepared Student
The Rebellious Student
The "Picked-on" Group Member
Applying School Rules to the Classroom
Copying Another Student's Homework
Getting Back to Instruction Following a Disruptive Incident (II)
Instant Disciplinary Referral Card
Getting the Most out of Detention
Dealing with Cleanliness in the Classroom
Dealing with a Serious and Prolonged Behavioral Problem
Classroom Incident Report
Students Who Arrive Without Learning Materials
Student Incident Report
Worksheets for Missing Students
Avoiding Group Domination
Administrative Assignment Incident Form & Administrative Duties Checklist
Emergency Interruption List
More Behavior Management Resources
Special Education, Learning Disabilities, and Inclusion
Teaching Students with Special Needs
Students with Exceptionalities
Effective Teaching Strategies
Effective Accommodations for IEPs
Tally Sheet and Yes/No Chart
Top Signs of Trouble for Kids in Grades K-5
Grading Process Tips
More Special Needs Resources
Teacher-Parent Relationships
Getting to Know Your Student
Hosting a Successful Open House
Invitation to Open House: Sample Letter
Getting Parents Involved
Parent-Teacher Communication Advice from Veteran Teachers
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Before, During, and After
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Five Important Questions
Parent/Teacher Relations
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
Field Trip Permission Form
More Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Dealing with Homework
Homework Checklist
Homework Contract
Help Parents Deal with Homework
Student Homework Planning Calendar
Homework Sheet
Tips for Helping Your Kids Handle Homework
The Question of Homework
Homework Excuse Form
Homework Collection Record & Student Restitution Sheet
Special Homework Notice
Making Up Homework After Student Absence (II)
Assigning Student Homework (I)
Contacting the Home About Homework (II)
Giving Back Student Homework
Grading of Student Homework (I)
Professional Development
Cooperative Learning
Dictionary of Educational Jargon
Focused Mini Lessons
Cause and Effect
Metaphors and Analogies
The Fire Drill
Measurement of Volume
Powerful Ideas Related to Measurement
Handling the First Day of School
Classification
More Professional Development Resources
Teaching English Language Learners
Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students
What Is Comprehensible Input?
Teaching English-Language Learners with Learning Difficulties
Key Instructional Principals to Use with English-Language Learners
Bilingual Special Education
Dora the Explorer Map (Spanish)
Effective Instruction for English Language Learners with Mild Disabilities
Increasing Meaningful Access Through Comprehensible Input
Empowering Diverse Students with Learning Problems
Dora the Explorer: Weather Activity (Spanish)
More Resources for Teaching English-Language Learners
Dealing With Social/Emotional Issues
Classroom Management
Acting Out Conflict
Conflict Resolution Activities
Story Elements
Summarizing
Feeling Words Chart
Many Ways to Resolve Conflict
Practicing Problem Solving
Five Styles of Handling Children's Conflicts
Resolution Vocabulary
More Resources on Social/Emotional Issues
Teaching Methods & Strategies
Dictionary of Educational Jargon
Lesson Methodologies
Routines and Schedules
Helpful Bits of Advice from Veteran Teachers
Time Management Tips for Teachers
Standards for Good Teaching
Effective Teaching Strategies
Professional Development Resources for Teachers
Too Many Tasks, Not Enough Day
Basic Internet Skills for Teachers
What Are Blogs, RSS Feeds, Podcasts, and Widgets?
Organizing a Professional Portfolio
Copyright and Copy Wrong
More Teaching Methods

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