Preface About the Author About the Contributors 1. The Buck Reward System - Maria I. Davis, Ohio 2. Managing With Silence and More - Carolyn M. Daniels, Connecticut 3. Beginning the Journey With the Challenging Students - Patricia F. Clark, New York 4. Using a Student Information Notebook - Betsy Ann Wandishin, Maine 5. Organizing Homework Collection - Betsy Ann Wandishin, Maine 6. The Harmonious Classroom - Sharon Andrews, South Dakota 7. Using Newsletters to Communicate With Families - Deborah Gordon, Arizona 8. Building a Community of Learners - Zoma A. Barrett, Indiana 9. Corresponding With Parents - Mary Eby, Iowa 10. Classroom Posters: "Welcome to My Ball Park" and "The Scoring Guide to Whining" - Cliff B. Barrineau, South Carolina 11. Classroom Management and Finding Success in Your AP Spanish Program - Jesus "Jesse" Bernal, Kansas 12. One Teacher's Journey to the Classroom of the Future - Carrie Jane Carpenter, Oregon 13. Learning Through Love - Randy Heite, Illinois 14. Rules! Rules! Rules! - Chris Laster, Georgia 15. Making Connections: Effective Telephone Communications - John P. Pieper, Wisconsin 16. Relationships and Classroom Management - John McCleary, Colorado 17. Turning Your Classroom Into a Purposeful Roller-Coaster Ride! - Dano Beal, Washington 18. Classroom Discipline - Keith Ballard, California 19. Acquiring and Utilizing Technology Devices in the Elementary Classroom - Teresa Morton Owens, Alabama 20. Round-Robin Learning Groups: A Classroom Management Alternative - Gail McGoogan, Florida 21. Computer Lab Policies and Procedures - Cynthia R. Murray, Louisiana 22. Overinvolved Parents - Pauline H. Jacroux, Hawaii 23. Grantwriting Tips to Accommodate Learners' Needs 24. A Shared Responsibility - Eric Stemle, Wyoming 25. My Weekly Newsletter - Veronique Paquette, Washington 26. Success Is Just a Click Away! - Beverly R. Plein, New Jersey 27. Ideas to Help Students Thrive in a Stimulating and Successful Learning Environment - Pam Roller, Indiana 28. Strategies Over the Years - Joyce Dunn, Pennsylvania 29. A Community of Learners - Cathy Lutz, Madison, Mississippi Index
Do you enjoy swapping ideas with other teachers? Do you find the staffroom is the best place to learn? Do you wish you had time to attend classroom management seminars? The exchange of ideas often allows teachers to fine tune strategies for managing their classrooms by listening to others who have successfully overcome similar challenges. This inspiring collection of advice from award-winning teachers now brings the best of classroom management practice to your classroom. Best Classroom Management Practices for Reaching All Learners compiles strategies, suggestions, tactics, and plans for improving classroom management approaches. By observing the best run classrooms through the eyes of our best teachers, Stone brings us solutions to teachers' everyday questions and issues. Contributors focus on promoting a positive teaching environment and enriching learning experiences in today's diverse classrooms by covering such topics as: Building classroom community, working with challenging students, and communicating with parents; Rules, rewards, discipline, silence, and shared responsibilities; Homework, posters, newsletters, and reading groups; Computer labs and classroom technology; Invite Randi Stone and 29 expert educators into your classroom and find a virtual staffroom at your fingertips!
Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.