PLEASE NOTE: This edition went out of print in 2007, when it was replaced by the current (3rd) edition, ISBN 9781892989192. An outstanding guide for anyone working or living with children ages 4-14. Written for teachers and parents, author Chip Wood offers clear and concise descriptions of children's development. A comprehensive, "user-friendly" reference that helps translate knowledge of child development into schooling that helps all children succeed.

Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 : A Resource for Parents and Teachers

Politics & Social Sciences

Wood, Chip

Social Sciences

Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.

Habits of Goodness uses case studies from six experienced teachers, grades K-6, as the basis for commentary from Charney about their efforts to create classrooms in which students are taught social skills and ethical behavior along with strong academic skills. Offers an approach to solving problems that can be used in any classroom and includes an appendix outlining the process of case study. Case studies include:
<ul>
<li>Ritual and Real:Developing Language in a Kindergarten Classroom</li>
<li>Getting Underneath: Caring and Sharing Among Fives and Sixes</li>
<li>Letting the Spill Grow: Conflict Resolution in First Grade</li>
<li>Outer Structures/Inner Supports: Teaching Respect to Fourth and Fifth Graders</li>
<li>How Are You Going to Unbore Yourself? Active Learning in the Fifth Grade</li>
<li>Moving the Teacher's Desk: Democracy in a Fifth/Sixth Grade.</li>
</ul>

Habits of Goodness

Education & Teaching

Charney, Ruth Sidney

Schools & Teaching

Here is the oft-requested collection of songs from Center for Responsive Schools. Build community through singing together. Includes the songs: We Are One in the Center, River, This Pretty Planet, So Sang the River, Sandwiches, Peanut Butter, One Bottle of Pop, I Can't Imagine, A Place in the Choir, I'm Gonna Tell on You, Aiken Drum, Birthday Cake, Happy Birthday (The Candle Song), Circle of the Sun, Joyful, Joyful, Love Grows One by One.

16 Songs Kids Love to Sing

Center for Responsive Schools Inc

The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers Series)

Kriete, Roxann

"The time one commits to Morning Meeting is an investment which is repaid many times over....Morning Meeting is a microcosm of the way we wish our schools to be--communities full of learning, safe and respectful and challenging for all." - from The Morning Meeting BookSince its original publication three years ago, The Morning Meeting Book has introduced thousands of teachers to this powerful teaching tool that builds community, increases student investment, and improves academic and social skills. The book's step-by-step implementation guidelines; clear explanations of purposes; and specific examples of activities, greetings, and charts have helped teachers across the country launch their school days with Morning Meeting.The expanded edition of The Morning Meeting Book now includes:<ul>
<li>An in-depth chapter on implementing Morning Meeting in middle schools</li> <li>A detailed appendix on adapting Morning Meeting for use with second language learners</li> <li>11 new greetings(45 total) and 24 new group activities (66 total)</li>
</ul>

Morning Meeting Book, The

Reference

PLEASE NOTE: In 2011 this edition went out of print and was replaced by the current (2nd) edition, ISBN 978-1892989420. Learn an approach for helping students become invested in creating and living by classroom rules. K-8 teachers in a wide range of settings have used this approach to establish calm, safe learning environments and teach children self-discipline. Written by four experienced classroom teachers, this book offers practical techniques for: * Helping students articulate their hopes and dreams for school * Involving students in generating classroom rules that grow out of their hopes and dreams * Modeling, practicing, and role playing the rules * Using teacher language effectively to reinforce the rules * Teaching children about logical consequences for rule breaking * Choosing effective logical consequences * Teaching children to live by the rules outside the classroom Includes separate chapters on what this approach looks like at various grade levels.

Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers, )

Porter, Deborah

Forton, Mary Beth

Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed. 
For each age, this book includes: 
<ul>
<li>Narrative description of developmental traits</li>
<li>Charts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patterns</li>
<li>Suggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic units</li>
<li>Favorite books for different ages.</li>
</ul>
What's new in the third edition:
<ul>
<li>A new, brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic children</li>
<li>A new appendix on the 'birthday cluster exercise' for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of students</li>
<li>An updated list of recommended children's books</li>
<li>An updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.</li>
</ul>

Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14

Chosen from among readers' favorite articles going back to our first newsletter in 1989, this collection offers inspiration, provocative ideas, and strategies you can try tomorrow. The authors include well-known educators associated with the Responsive Classroom approach and other teachers from across the United States. They all know the classroom, and the wisdom they offer is grounded in the details of everyday classroom life. Whether you're new to the Responsive Classroom approach or already using it, in this book you'll find adaptable ideas for: welcoming children to school in the morning and bringing the day to a calm, harmonious close; stretching children's learning through open-ended questioning; helping children take responsibility for solving their problems; teaching children how to make lunch and recess peaceful and productive; working with children with challenging behaviors; welcoming children's families into the classroom.

20 Articles from 20 Years: Timeless Selections from the Responsive Classroom Newsletter

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Stop bullying before it starts.
Use the practical strategies described in this book to prevent bullying and create a safe, inclusive elementary classroom where kindness and learning flourish. Veteran educator Caltha Crowe offers a proactive approach to bullying prevention that shows you how to create a positive classroom environment and how to respond to mean behavior before it escalates into bullying. Learn to:
<ul>
<li>Recognize and stop gateway behaviors as soon as they start</li>
<li>Build a caring classroom community</li>
<li>Create rules with children that help prevent bullying</li>
<li>Talk candidly with children about bullying</li>
<li>Work with parents in your anti-bullying efforts</li>
</ul>

How to Bullyproof Your Classroom

Crowe, Caltha

Promote a climate of trust, academic growth, and positive behavior by launching each school day with a whole class gathering. This comprehensive, user-friendly book shows you how to hold Responsive Classroom Morning Meetings, a powerful teaching tool used by hundreds of thousands of teachers in K-8 schools.
In the new edition of this essential text, you'll find:
<ul>
<li>Step-by-step, practical guidelines for planning and holding Responsive Classroom Morning Meetings in K-8 classrooms</li>
<li>Descriptions of Morning Meeting in action in real classrooms</li>
<li>100 ideas for greetings, sharing, activities, and messages: some tried-and-true and some new</li>
<li>Updated information on sharing</li>
<li>Guidance on adapting meeting components for different ages and abilities, including upper grades and English Language Learners.</li>
<li>Explanations of how Morning Meeting supports mastery of Common Core State Standards, 21st century skills, and core competencies enumerated by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL).</li>
</ul>

The Morning Meeting Book: K-8

Davis, Carol

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