NOTE: This edition is out of print and was replaced by a second edition in 2002, ISBN 978-1892989086, $32.This remarkable book speaks to the heart of every classroom teacher offering a proven, practical approach that can help reduce the exhausting and often overwhelming classroom management problems confronting today's K-8 teachers.

Teaching Children to Care: Management in the Responsive Classroom

Education & Teaching

Ruth Charney

Schools & Teaching

Center For Responsive Schools

"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better." - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring
This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality.
The new edition includes:
<ul>
<li>More information on teaching middle-school students</li>
<li>Additional strategies for helping children with challenging behavior</li>
<li>Updated stories and examples from real classrooms.</li>
</ul>
"Teaching Children to Care offers educators a practical guide to one of the most effective social and emotional learning programs I know of. The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning—a pioneering program every teacher should know about." - Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence "I spent one whole summer reading Teaching Children to Care. It was like a rebirth for me. This book helped direct my professional development. After reading it, I had a path to follow. I now look forward to rereading this book each August to refresh and reinforce my ability to effectively manage a social curriculum in my classroom." - Gail Zimmerman, second-grade teacher, Jackson Mann Elementary School, Boston, MA

Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8, Revised Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Magic Number, Chicka Boom, Mystery Word, Galaxy Greeting, Name Four, In Search of a Noun…These are just a few of the activities, chants, greetings, and games in this lively resource. Each activity includes:
<ul>
<li>suggested grade level;</li>
<li>academic and social skills practiced;</li> <li>materials needed;</li>
<li>concise, easy-to-follow directions.</li>
</ul>
Using these activities, students will develop oral language skills, self-control, and problem-solving abilities. They'''''ll practice risk-taking, reading, math, and cooperation, all while having fun and building community.

Ninety-Nine Activities and Greetings: Great for Morning Meeting...and Other Meetings Too! (What Every Teacher Needs to Know)

Melissa Correa-Connelly

Humor & Entertainment

From its very first chapter, this extraordinary book draws you into Caltha Crowe's "never quit" efforts to help Sammy, a challenging but charming third grader, gain control of his behavior so that he and his classmates can learn—and you'll come away with strategies you can use to help the Sammy in your own classroom. Caltha takes readers into her classroom through rich stories, complemented with journal entries sharing her struggles, triumphs, and "Aha!" moments as Sammy's teacher. Through her sympathetic eyes, we experience Sammy's defiance, angry outbursts, and baffling responses to stress. By example, Caltha shows us how to help all children succeed in school.

Sammy and His Behavior Problems: Stories and Strategies from a Teacher's Year

Caltha Crowe

Solving difficult behavior problems with children leads to long-lasting change. Arguing, excluding classmates, forming cliques, "forgetting" to do homework, balking at sharing, refusing to do work—these common but challenging misbehaviors often disrupt learning, frustrate children, and exhaust teachers. Veteran educator Caltha Crowe shares five practical strategies that will help teachers and children solve these problems together. You'll learn to use:
<ul>
<li>Problem-solving conferences</li>
<li>Conflict resolution</li>
<li>Role-playing</li>
<li>Class meetings</li>
<li>Individual written agreements</li>
</ul>
With warmth, wit, and deep insight into classroom life, Crowe offers abundant guidance to help you use the strategies. She supports you with:
<ul>
<li>Detailed steps</li>
<li>Keys to success</li>
<li>Effective teacher language</li>
<li>Planning pages so you can personalize each strategy</li>
</ul>
True stories from classrooms, actual dialogues with students, and answers to real teachers' questions make for a lively book with an authentic and encouraging teacher voice. Throughout, Crowe never wavers in her belief in building classroom community through kind, respectful collaboration with children. K-6

Solving Thorny Behavior Problems: How Teachers and Students Can Work Together

To learn well, children need to move! A few minutes of playful moving, laughing, chanting, or singing promote more—and more productive—learning. The energizers in this book are easy to teach and learn. You can use them: Anywhere: Inside or outside the classroom, with children circled up, at their desks or tables, or waiting in line energizers work everywhere!
Anytime: Between long instructional blocks, as Morning Meeting activities, when children need to calm down, and when they need to perk up energizers work throughout the school day!
With any grade level, K-6: For quick selection, the energizers in this book are labeled by grade level but we've included variations and suggestions to help you adapt them to fit your group.
Please note: we have published 7 Kindle books of energizers, grades K-6. Each one contains 12 energizers. Available in the Kindle store for $3.98 each.

Energizers!: 88 Quick Movement Activities That Refresh and Refocus, K-6

Susan Lattanzi Roser

Bring joy and energy to math learning without adding to your already-packed schedule! 150 fun and engaging math activities for kindergartners to 5th graders: guessing games, songs, chants, hands-on experiments, and more.
Get math-themed ideas for all four Morning Meeting components: greeting, group activity, sharing, and morning message. Includes an appendix that shows how the activities in Doing Math in Morning Meeting correlate with Common Core standards and practices for mathematics.
Each activity includes:
<ul>
<li>Easy how-to steps</li>
<li>The Morning Meeting component in which to use the activity</li>
<li>Relevant NCTM content and process standards</li>
<li>Specific math skills addressed</li>
<li>Materials needed (all require few or no materials)</li>
<li>Tips on preparing students for success</li>
<li>Math vocabulary to emphasize</li>
<li>Variations and extensions</li>
</ul>

Doing Math in Morning Meeting: 150 Quick Activities That Connect to Your Curriculum (Responsive Classroom)

Margaret Wilson

Andy Dousis

You're teaching 2nd grade this year. What do you need to know? In a warm, conversational style punctuated with anecdotes and examples from her own classrooms, Margaret Berry Wilson reviews second graders' common developmental characteristics and shares practical know-how on topics such as:
<ul>
<li>Arranging a circle, desks, and tables</li>
<li>Choosing and storing supplies</li>
<li>Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines</li>
<li>Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community</li>
<li>Understanding the special concerns of second graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them</li>
</ul>

What Every 2nd Grade Teacher Needs to Know About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

You're teaching 4th grade this year. What do you need to know? Mike Anderson reviews fourth graders' common developmental characteristics and shares practical know-how on topics such as:
<ul>
<li>Arranging a circle, desks, and tables</li>
<li>Choosing and storing supplies</li>
<li>Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines</li>
<li>Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community</li>
<li>Understanding the special concerns of fourth graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them</li>
</ul>

What Every 4th Grade Teacher Needs to Know About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

Mike Anderson

You're teaching 1st grade this year. What do you need to know? In a warm, conversational style punctuated with anecdotes and examples from her own classrooms, Margaret Berry Wilson reviews first graders' common developmental characteristics and shares practical know-how on topics such as:
<ul>
<li>Arranging a circle, desks, and tables</li>
<li>Choosing and storing supplies</li> <li>Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines</li> <li>Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community</li> <li>Understanding the special concerns of first graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them</li> </ul>

What Every 1st Grade Teacher Needs to Know About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

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