OneMinute Discipline : Classroom Management Strategies That Work

For classroom teachers at all levels, here is a unique collection of practical, proveneffective techniques and readytouse tools for managing classroom behavior and creating the positive environment that students and teachers need to promote learning.Each classroomtested strategy is presented in a simpletouse format for quick reference that shows: What the technique or idea is, Why you need it, and How to make it work. Plus, the techniques are complemented by support ideas, timesaving reproducible forms, lively illustrations, and interesting, reproducible quote about teaching.For easy to use, it s all printed in a big, 81/2 x 11 layflat format for easy photocopying and its organized into 10 sections: PHILOSOPHY provides a philosophical framework for the strategies presented in the book, such as The Three C s of Teaching.KNOW YOU CLIENTS features activities and surveys, including Icebreaker: Backpack Introductions and the student Survey, to help you learn about your students and their needs.HOME AND SCHOOL gives you support ideas and reproducible forms for improving the home school connection, such as Newsletters and Parent Homework Letter.THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL offers tops and readytouse tools for getting the school year off to a positive start, including Classroom Rules Checklist and Classroom Welcome Sign.VOCABULARY presents effective techniques for modifying student behavior, such as Grandma s Law, which motivates students with a payoff (desert) for completing a task.TECHNIQUE, STRATEGIES, AND GOOD IDEAS is packed with easytouse ideas, including Noise Level Control and OneMinute Correction, for solving discipline problems.TEACHING SKILLS provides practical procedures that enhance your teaching and decrease disruptive behavior, such as Transition Time to reduce the time spent between activities and a Teacher SelfAssessment to help you evaluate and improve your teaching techniques.GREAT LITTLE GEMS offers a variety of helpful discipline and teaching strategies. For example, Token Economies shows you how to use a pint system to reward good behavior.SURVIVAL SKILLS gives you invaluable ideas for conserving energy and relieving stress, such as Crisis Management and the 24Hour Rule for handling difficult situations.FORMS features timesaving, reproducible forms, including Substitute Teacher Form, Office Discipline Ticket, and Student/Teacher/Parent Action Contract. In short, OneMinute Discipline is a practical guide providing effective, easytoimplement approaches to the many classroom management and discipline challenges that teaches face every day.