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Summary Table of Contents

Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers, Sixth Edition, gives teachers the information and skills they need to establish management systems in today's rich, multicultural classroom, based on the authors' 30 years of research and experience in more than 500 classrooms. This best-selling text helps teachers plan, implement and develop the most basic classroom management tasks to develop a smoothly running classroom that encourages learning. Written for the prospective or new elementary-level teacher, the text's content is ready to be applied in a classroom setting. The text addresses the planning decisions teachers must make, including arranging the physical space, establishing rules and procedures, planning and conducting instruction, encouraging appropriate behavior, addressing problem behavior, and using good communication skills, with particular attention paid to the growth of ethnically diverse classrooms. All examples, checklists, case studies, and group activities are designed for the elementary level.

Preface

Organizing Your Classroom and Supplies

(17)

Four Keys to Good Room Arrangement

(1)

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Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom

(14)

Wall and Ceiling Space

(2)

Floor Space

(6)

Storage Space and Supplies

(2)

Further Reading

(1)

Suggested Activities

(2)

Room Preparation

(1)

Choosing Rules and Procedures

(22)

Why All Kinds of Classrooms Need Rules and Procedures

(1)

Preliminary Considerations

(5)

Definition of Terms

(1)

Identifying School Rules and Procedures

(1)

Planning Your Classroom Rules

(1)

Student Participation in Rule Setting

(2)

Planning Classroom Procedures

(15)

Procedures for Room Use

(2)

Procedures during Individual Work and Teacher-Led Activities

(2)

Transitions into and out of the Room

(1)

Procedures during Teacher-Led Small-Group Instruction

(2)

Procedures during Cooperative Group Activities

(1)

General Procedures

(2)

Further Reading

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Classroom Procedures and Rules in a Second Grade Class

(1)

Using Centers in a Multitask Classroom

(1)

Rules and Procedures

(2)

Managing Student Work

(18)

Clear Communication of Assignments and Work Requirements

(3)

Instructions for Assignments

(1)

Standards for Form, Neatness, and Due Dates

(1)

Procedures for Absent Students

(1)

Monitoring Progress on and Completion of Assignments

(3)

Monitoring Work in Progress

(1)

Monitoring the Completion of Assignments

(1)

Maintaining Records of Student Work

(1)

Managing Student Portfolios

(1)

Managing the Paperwork

(1)

Feedback to Students

(9)

Further Reading

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Managing Student Work

(1)

Keeping Students Involved during Center Activities

(1)

Using Technology in an Upper Elementary Grade

(1)

Poor Work and Study Habits in a Fourth-Grade Class

(1)

Accountability Procedures

(2)

Getting Off to a Good Start

(29)

Teaching Rules and Procedures

(2)

Planning for a Good Beginning

(26)

Planning for the First Days of School

(1)

Some Typical Activities

(5)

Communicating with Parents

(1)

Special Problems

(3)

Preparing for a Substitute

(1)

Further Reading

(1)

Suggested Activities

(1)

Beginning the Year in a Literature-Based Primary Classroom

(7)

Beginning the Year in a Sixth-Grade Math Class Using Cooperative Learning

(5)

Preparation, for the Beginning of School

(2)

Planning and Conducting Instruction

(24)

Planning Instructional Activities

(10)

Types of Planning

(1)

Types of Instructional Activities

(5)

Arranging Activities within a Lesson

(1)

Planning for Clear Instruction

(2)

Technology in the Classroom

(1)

Kounin's Concepts for Managing Whole-Group Instruction

(5)

Preventing Misbehavior

100

(1)

Managing Movement

101

(1)

Maintaining Group Focus

101

(2)

Common Problems in Conducting Instruction

103

(8)

Transitions

103

(2)

Clarity

105

(1)

Further Reading

105

(1)

Suggested Activities

106

(1)

Problem 5.1

106

(1)

Problem 5.2

107

(1)

Problem 5.3

107

(1)

Problem 5.4

107

(1)

A Science Lesson in a Sixth-Grade Class

108

(1)

Planning for Instruction

109

(2)

Managing Cooperative Learning Groups

111

(20)

Research on Cooperative Learning

112

(1)

Examples of Group Activities

113

(1)

Strategies and Routines That Support Cooperative Learning

114

(5)

Room Arrangement

114

(1)

Talk and Movement Procedures

115

(1)

Group Attention Signals

116

(1)

Promoting Interdependence within the Group

117

(1)

Individual Accountability

118

(1)

Monitoring Student Work and Behavior

119

(1)

Interventions for Groups

120

(1)

Effective Group Work Skills

121

(2)

Social Skills

121

(1)

Explaining Skills

122

(1)

Leadership Skills

122

(1)

Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups

123

(8)

Room Arrangement

123

(1)

Procedures and Routines

123

(1)

Forming Groups

124

(1)

Initial Group Tasks

125

(1)

Teaching Group Skills

126

(1)

Student Goals and Participation

127

(1)

Using Group and Individual Rewards

128

(1)

Further Reading

128

(1)

Suggested Activities

129

(1)

Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction

130

(1)

Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior

131

(18)

Monitoring Student Behavior

133

(2)

Consistency

135

(1)

Management of Inappropriate Behavior

136

(1)

Four Ways to Manage Inappropriate Behavior

137

(1)

Building a Positive Climate

137

(2)

Improving Class Climate through Incentives and Rewards

139

(4)

Recognition

140

(1)

Activities

140

(1)

Symbols

141

(1)

Material Incentives

142

(1)

Caution in the Use of Rewards

143

(6)

Further Reading

144

(1)

Suggested Activities

145

(2)

Problem 7.1: Misbehavior in a Third Grade Class

147

(2)

Communication Skills for Teaching

149

(23)

Constructive Assertiveness

152

(2)

Stating the Problem or Concern

153

(1)

Body Language

153

(1)

Obtaining Appropriate Behavior

154

(1)

Empathic Responding

154

(4)

Listening Skills

156

(1)

Processing Skills

156

(2)

Problem Solving

158

(4)

Talking with Parents

162

(10)

Further Reading

163

(1)

Suggested Activities

163

(1)

Developing Assertiveness Skills

163

(1)

Recognizing Listening Responses

164

(1)

Producing Empathic Responses

165

(1)

Problem-Solving Exercises

166

(1)

Dialogue Analysis

167

(1)

Vignettes

167

(1)

Brad

167

(1)

Alice and Alicia

168

(1)

Terrence

169

(1)

Assertiveness Assessment Scales

170

(2)

Managing Problem Behaviors

172

(24)

What Is Problem Behavior?

174

(1)

Nonproblem

174

(1)

Minor Problem

174

(1)

Major Problem but Limited in Scope and Effects

174

(1)

Escalating or Spreading Problem

174

(1)

Goals for Managing Problem Behavior

175

(1)

Management Strategies

175

(12)

Minor Interventions

177

(2)

Moderate Interventions

179

(2)

More Extensive Interventions

181

(6)

Special Problems

187

(6)

Tattling

188

(1)

Rudeness toward the Teacher

189

(1)

Chronic Avoidance of Work

190

(1)

Fighting

191

(1)

Other Aggressive Behavior

192

(1)

Defiance or Hostility toward the Teacher

192

(1)

A Final Reminder: Think and Act Positively

193

(3)

Further Reading

194

(1)

Suggested Activities

195

(1)

Managing Special Groups

196

(32)

Assessing Entering Achievement

197

(1)

Identifying Special Groups

198

(1)

Strategies for Individual Differences

198

(11)

Team Teaching

198

(2)

Modifying Whole-Class Instruction

200

(1)

Supplementary Instruction

201

(4)

Individualized Instruction

205

(3)

Additional Strategies

208

(1)

Working with Special Needs Students

209

(10)

Students with Learning Disabilities

210

(1)

Students with Emotional or Behavioral Problems

210

(2)

Students with Serious Social Deficits (Asperger's Syndrome)

212

(1)

Students with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity

213

(1)

Students Who Are Deaf or Hearing Impaired

214

(1)

Students Who Have Visual Impairments

215

(1)

Students with Limited English Proficiency

216

(2)

Students Living in Extreme Poverty

218

(1)

Teaching Lower-Achieving Students

219

(3)

Active Instruction

219

(1)

Organizing and Pacing Instruction

220

(1)

Remedial Instruction

220

(1)

Building Positive Attitudes

221

(1)

Teaching Higher-Achieving Students

222

(6)

Further Reading

223

(1)

Suggested Activities

223

(1)

Organizing Reading Instruction for Low Academic Level Students

224

(1)

Supporting Students with Auditory Disabilities in the Classroom

225

(1)

Teaching Students in a Third Grade Inclusion Class

226

(1)

Team Teaching

227

(1)

A Heterogeneous Class

227

(1)

Appendix: Answer Keys for Chapter Activities

228

(10)

References and Further Readings

238

(5)

Index

243

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