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"Do you want real-life strategies for creating a classroom community conducive to learning? Whether you're new to teaching, or you've been teaching for years, the 35 step-by-step strategies in this text will help you create an effective learning environment in your classroom. Each strategy includes two real-world examples demonstrating how each technique can be woven into your everyday activities to help students engage in their own learning and focus on active participation. A DVD illustrating 12 selected strategies from the text is included. These video clips are highlighted in the book through a feature entitled Strategy on Video, which offers questions to help you focus on the important points being demonstrated."--BOOK JACKET.

Adrienne L. Herrell has recently retired from California State University, Fresno where she was a professor of reading/language arts and taught classes in early literacy, assessment, and strategies for English learners. 35 Classroom Management Strategies: Promoting Learning and Building Community is her tenth book for Merrill/Prentice Hall. Her previous books include Camcorder in the Classroom with Joe Fowler, Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners with Michael Jordan, Reflective Planning, Teaching, and Evaluation: K-12 with Judy Eby and Michael Jordan, and Teaching Elementary Schoolwith Judy Eby. Dr. Herrell’s writing and research are built on her experiences teaching in Florida’s public schools for 23 years and teaching and supervising student teachers in California for fifteen years. She and Dr. Jordan (co-author) are currently engaged in research in public schools in California and Florida. She teaches part-time for her alma mater, Florida State University in Panama City, Florida where she now resides.

Michael L. Jordan has also recently retired from California State University, Fresno where he was an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and taught classes in curriculum, classroom management, and social foundations. He has taught primary grades through high school in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and California. Dr. Jordan is also an actor, musician, and former B-52 pilot. His work in live theatre is dedicated to providing access to the arts to children and youth. He and Dr. Herrell incorporate many dramatic reenactment strategies into their joint research working with English learners. This is Dr. Jordan’s fifth book for Merrill/Prentice Hall.

An Introduction to Classroom Management and Discipline
Strategies for Setting Up and Environment that Supports Engagement in Active Learning
Arranging furniture to encourage collaboration
Accessible resources and materials
Providing time to work, explore, interact
Setting up the structure for in-depth studies and ongoing research
Providing opportunitiesfor pursuing personal interests
Strategies for Establishing a Classroom Management System Built on Mutual Respect and Caring
Modeling and building mutual respect
Establishing routines and transitions
Individual conferences and goal setting
Using contracts to build intrinsic motivation
Implementing class meetings
Strategies for Building Responsibility for Their Own Actions and Words in the Members of the Learning Community
Using words positively
Avoiding power struggles in the classroom
Empowering students to resolve conflicts
Eliminating bullying in schools
Troubleshooting problem areas: Identifying and responding to student needs
When and how to ask for help with difficult students
Strategies for Integrating Active Learning Experiences, Authentic Practice and Assessment
Relating new skills to prior experiences
Using the learning cycle to enhance academic success
Building resources for using manipulative, realia, and visuals
Using simulations in the classroom
Documenting learning
Establishing and maintaining reading and writing workshops
MI Centers
Designing effective homework assignments
Making connections to the arts
Using technology to support learning
Strategies for Building Community Through Collaboration
Teaching classroom behaviors and routines that encourage collaboration
Training students to recognize and respond to the needs of the group
Establishing the rules and expectations for cooperative groupwork
Insuring that all students are active participants in cooperative activities
Intervening to support total participation by all members of the groups
Strategies for Building a Support System: Celebrations and Parent Involvement
Scheduling celebrations during the day
Using space in the room to celebrate learning
Setting up web pages, newsletters, and newspapers to document and celebrate learning
Involving parents in their child's education
Establishing Schoolwide Collaboration Structures
Teacher Resources
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35 Classroom Management Strategies Promoting Learning and Building Community

35 Classroom Management Strategies Promoting Learning and Building Community

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