How to Survive and Thrive in the First Three Weeks of School
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Master the 3 + 3 = 33 equation for successful first days at school-at any grade level!
Research shows that time invested during the first three weeks of school to teach Routines, Rubrics, and Rules-the three R's-leads to higher student achievement throughout the remaining 33 weeks of school, or 3 + 3 = 33.
This wonderfully practical and effective new book from bestselling author Elaine McEwan will help any teacher through those critical weeks and show how truly "with-it" teachers (WITs) can manage more easily the three critical facets of every teacher's day: classroom management and organization, student engagement, and time management.
WITs from K-12 classrooms share their specific personal routines, rubrics and rules to help you survive and thrive in those first three weeks of school, including
- Designing and organizing your classroom to support learning
- Teaching routines, rubrics, and rules to maximize learning time
- Creating organizational, academic, and social routines
- Choosing rules and rewards to build character and motivation
- Using the "With-It" teacher list, including attention-getters, noise-breakers, timesavers, routines, and homework helpers
With the power of 3 + 3 = 33, and the secrets of WITs, you can chart a sure-footed course for those all-important first weeks of school, and help guide your students successfully through the school year!
Contents
Preface
- The Goal of This Book: With-It-Ness for All Teachers
- Who This Book Is For
- What With-It-Ness Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- Special Features of This Book
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- The “Big Idea” of 3 + 3 = 33
- How to “Coach” Motivated and Attentive Students
- The Research Support for 3 +3 = 33
- Definitions You Need to Know
- How the With-It Teachers Were Identified
- How With-It Teachers Teach
- Acronyms You Need to Know
- What’s Ahead?
- 1. Creating Spaces for Teaching and Learning
- The Challenges of Creating a Supportive Learning Environment
- How to Allocate, Arrange, and Use Classroom Space
- How, Where, and With Whom Your Students Sit
- With-It Teachers’ Roundtable: Classroom Seating
- What’s Ahead?
- 2. Creating Walls That Work
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Using Your Walls Wisely
- How With-It Teachers Use Their Walls to Support Learning
- What’s Ahead?
- 3. How to Teach the 3Rs: Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- How to Maximize Academic Learning Time
- How to Become a With-It Teacher
- How With-It Teachers Teach the 3Rs
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Teaching the 3Rs
- How With-It Teacher Choose Their Teaching Models
- How With-It Teachers Use the Teaching Moves
- What’s Ahead?
- 4. Routines That Develop Self-Discipline
- Organizational Routines
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Organizational Routines
- Academic Routines
- Social Routines
- What’s Ahead?
- 5. Rubrics That Raise Expectations and Achievement
- What Is a Rubric?
- What Is a Checklist?
- What Is a Rating Scale?
- How With-It Teachers Use Rubrics
- How With-It Teachers Use Checklists
- How With-It Teachers Use Rating Scales
- Using a Rubric, Checklist, or Rating Scale to Motivate Student Performance
- What’s Ahead?
- 6. Rules and Rewards That Build Character and Motivation
- The Challenge of Choosing the Third R: Rules (and Rewards)
- The Basics Approaches to Discipline
- What Works and What Doesn’t?
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Rules and Rewards
- What’s Ahead?
- 7. How to Develop a 3 + 3 = 33 Plan
- Step 1: Get Organized
- Step 2: Answer Questions and Write a Reflective Essay
- Step 3: Arrange Your Space and Choose a Seating Plan
- Step 4: Design Your Walls
- Step 5: Choose and Analyze Your Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- Step 6: Develop Lesson Plans
- Step 7: Write a Detailed Lesson Plan for the First Day of School
- What’s Ahead?
Resource A: With-It Teacher’s List
- Attention Getters for Off-Task Students
- Attention Getters for Whole Group Instruction
- Bulletin Board List
- Ways to Check for Understanding
- Homework Helpers for Upper Grade and Secondary Teachers
- Noise Breakers
- Signals That Silence Students
- Time-Savers for Every Teacher
- Time-Savers for Elementary Teachers
- Time-Savers for Secondary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Elementary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Secondary Teachers
- Rewards (Tangible But Not Edible)
- Rewards (Intangible)
- Rewards (Low-Sugar or No-Sugar Treats)
- Social Routines
Resource B: With-It Teacher Questionnaire
- Introduction
- Directions for Completing the Questionnaire
Resource C: Respondents
Resource C: Respondents
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Master the 3 + 3 = 33 equation for successful first days at school-at any grade level!
Research shows that time invested during the first three weeks of school to teach Routines, Rubrics, and Rules-the three R's-leads to higher student achievement throughout the remaining 33 weeks of school, or 3 + 3 = 33.
This wonderfully practical and effective new book from bestselling author Elaine McEwan will help any teacher through those critical weeks and show how truly "with-it" teachers (WITs) can manage more easily the three critical facets of every teacher's day: classroom management and organization, student engagement, and time management.
WITs from K-12 classrooms share their specific personal routines, rubrics and rules to help you survive and thrive in those first three weeks of school, including
- Designing and organizing your classroom to support learning
- Teaching routines, rubrics, and rules to maximize learning time
- Creating organizational, academic, and social routines
- Choosing rules and rewards to build character and motivation
- Using the "With-It" teacher list, including attention-getters, noise-breakers, timesavers, routines, and homework helpers
With the power of 3 + 3 = 33, and the secrets of WITs, you can chart a sure-footed course for those all-important first weeks of school, and help guide your students successfully through the school year!
Contents
Preface
- The Goal of This Book: With-It-Ness for All Teachers
- Who This Book Is For
- What With-It-Ness Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- Special Features of This Book
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- The “Big Idea” of 3 + 3 = 33
- How to “Coach” Motivated and Attentive Students
- The Research Support for 3 +3 = 33
- Definitions You Need to Know
- How the With-It Teachers Were Identified
- How With-It Teachers Teach
- Acronyms You Need to Know
- What’s Ahead?
- 1. Creating Spaces for Teaching and Learning
- The Challenges of Creating a Supportive Learning Environment
- How to Allocate, Arrange, and Use Classroom Space
- How, Where, and With Whom Your Students Sit
- With-It Teachers’ Roundtable: Classroom Seating
- What’s Ahead?
- 2. Creating Walls That Work
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Using Your Walls Wisely
- How With-It Teachers Use Their Walls to Support Learning
- What’s Ahead?
- 3. How to Teach the 3Rs: Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- How to Maximize Academic Learning Time
- How to Become a With-It Teacher
- How With-It Teachers Teach the 3Rs
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Teaching the 3Rs
- How With-It Teacher Choose Their Teaching Models
- How With-It Teachers Use the Teaching Moves
- What’s Ahead?
- 4. Routines That Develop Self-Discipline
- Organizational Routines
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Organizational Routines
- Academic Routines
- Social Routines
- What’s Ahead?
- 5. Rubrics That Raise Expectations and Achievement
- What Is a Rubric?
- What Is a Checklist?
- What Is a Rating Scale?
- How With-It Teachers Use Rubrics
- How With-It Teachers Use Checklists
- How With-It Teachers Use Rating Scales
- Using a Rubric, Checklist, or Rating Scale to Motivate Student Performance
- What’s Ahead?
- 6. Rules and Rewards That Build Character and Motivation
- The Challenge of Choosing the Third R: Rules (and Rewards)
- The Basics Approaches to Discipline
- What Works and What Doesn’t?
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Rules and Rewards
- What’s Ahead?
- 7. How to Develop a 3 + 3 = 33 Plan
- Step 1: Get Organized
- Step 2: Answer Questions and Write a Reflective Essay
- Step 3: Arrange Your Space and Choose a Seating Plan
- Step 4: Design Your Walls
- Step 5: Choose and Analyze Your Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- Step 6: Develop Lesson Plans
- Step 7: Write a Detailed Lesson Plan for the First Day of School
- What’s Ahead?
Resource A: With-It Teacher’s List
- Attention Getters for Off-Task Students
- Attention Getters for Whole Group Instruction
- Bulletin Board List
- Ways to Check for Understanding
- Homework Helpers for Upper Grade and Secondary Teachers
- Noise Breakers
- Signals That Silence Students
- Time-Savers for Every Teacher
- Time-Savers for Elementary Teachers
- Time-Savers for Secondary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Elementary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Secondary Teachers
- Rewards (Tangible But Not Edible)
- Rewards (Intangible)
- Rewards (Low-Sugar or No-Sugar Treats)
- Social Routines
Resource B: With-It Teacher Questionnaire
- Introduction
- Directions for Completing the Questionnaire
Resource C: Respondents
Resource C: Respondents
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
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March 2006 | 256 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412904537 | $95.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412904544 | $43.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781483361178 | $40.00 |
Master the 3 + 3 = 33 equation for successful first days at school-at any grade level!
Research shows that time invested during the first three weeks of school to teach Routines, Rubrics, and Rules-the three R's-leads to higher student achievement throughout the remaining 33 weeks of school, or 3 + 3 = 33.
This wonderfully practical and effective new book from bestselling author Elaine McEwan will help any teacher through those critical weeks and show how truly "with-it" teachers (WITs) can manage more easily the three critical facets of every teacher's day: classroom management and organization, student engagement, and time management.
WITs from K-12 classrooms share their specific personal routines, rubrics and rules to help you survive and thrive in those first three weeks of school, including
- Designing and organizing your classroom to support learning
- Teaching routines, rubrics, and rules to maximize learning time
- Creating organizational, academic, and social routines
- Choosing rules and rewards to build character and motivation
- Using the "With-It" teacher list, including attention-getters, noise-breakers, timesavers, routines, and homework helpers
With the power of 3 + 3 = 33, and the secrets of WITs, you can chart a sure-footed course for those all-important first weeks of school, and help guide your students successfully through the school year!
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- The Goal of This Book: With-It-Ness for All Teachers
- Who This Book Is For
- What With-It-Ness Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- Special Features of This Book
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- The “Big Idea” of 3 + 3 = 33
- How to “Coach” Motivated and Attentive Students
- The Research Support for 3 +3 = 33
- Definitions You Need to Know
- How the With-It Teachers Were Identified
- How With-It Teachers Teach
- Acronyms You Need to Know
- What’s Ahead?
- 1. Creating Spaces for Teaching and Learning
- The Challenges of Creating a Supportive Learning Environment
- How to Allocate, Arrange, and Use Classroom Space
- How, Where, and With Whom Your Students Sit
- With-It Teachers’ Roundtable: Classroom Seating
- What’s Ahead?
- 2. Creating Walls That Work
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Using Your Walls Wisely
- How With-It Teachers Use Their Walls to Support Learning
- What’s Ahead?
- 3. How to Teach the 3Rs: Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- How to Maximize Academic Learning Time
- How to Become a With-It Teacher
- How With-It Teachers Teach the 3Rs
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Teaching the 3Rs
- How With-It Teacher Choose Their Teaching Models
- How With-It Teachers Use the Teaching Moves
- What’s Ahead?
- 4. Routines That Develop Self-Discipline
- Organizational Routines
- With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Organizational Routines
- Academic Routines
- Social Routines
- What’s Ahead?
- 5. Rubrics That Raise Expectations and Achievement
- What Is a Rubric?
- What Is a Checklist?
- What Is a Rating Scale?
- How With-It Teachers Use Rubrics
- How With-It Teachers Use Checklists
- How With-It Teachers Use Rating Scales
- Using a Rubric, Checklist, or Rating Scale to Motivate Student Performance
- What’s Ahead?
- 6. Rules and Rewards That Build Character and Motivation
- The Challenge of Choosing the Third R: Rules (and Rewards)
- The Basics Approaches to Discipline
- What Works and What Doesn’t?
- With-It Teachers Roundtable: Rules and Rewards
- What’s Ahead?
- 7. How to Develop a 3 + 3 = 33 Plan
- Step 1: Get Organized
- Step 2: Answer Questions and Write a Reflective Essay
- Step 3: Arrange Your Space and Choose a Seating Plan
- Step 4: Design Your Walls
- Step 5: Choose and Analyze Your Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
- Step 6: Develop Lesson Plans
- Step 7: Write a Detailed Lesson Plan for the First Day of School
- What’s Ahead?
- Resource A: With-It Teacher’s List
- Attention Getters for Off-Task Students
- Attention Getters for Whole Group Instruction
- Bulletin Board List
- Ways to Check for Understanding
- Homework Helpers for Upper Grade and Secondary Teachers
- Noise Breakers
- Signals That Silence Students
- Time-Savers for Every Teacher
- Time-Savers for Elementary Teachers
- Time-Savers for Secondary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Elementary Teachers
- Organizational Routines for Secondary Teachers
- Rewards (Tangible But Not Edible)
- Rewards (Intangible)
- Rewards (Low-Sugar or No-Sugar Treats)
- Social Routines
- Resource B: With-It Teacher Questionnaire
- Introduction
- Directions for Completing the Questionnaire
- Resource C: Respondents
- References
- Index