B.+Classes+2+&+3--Resumes+and+Classroom+Management

Wow! And I bet you thought your week would be bor-ing! You can always count on me to provide you with fascinating, stimulating and extraordinarily useful information to make your transition to teaching rich, smooth and chocolaty.


 * Session 2**
 * The Effective Teacher –** Borich, Chapter 1
 * Instructional strategies/content:** Levin – Chapter 5-6
 * Common Core State Standards (and the next generation of standards- [|www.corestandards.org] & [|www.achieve.org]**
 * Lesson planning with developmentally appropriate practices:** Levin – Chapter 3;
 * Conceptualizing and writing appropriate behavioral learning objectives:** Levin – Chapter 2
 * Class Assessment: Come up with an idea for the lesson you will eventually be teaching and bring it in to Session 4. Be sure that the lesson is aligned with a Common Core Standard.**


 * Session 3**
 * Understanding Your Students –** Borich- Chapter 2
 * Lesson Planning:** Levin – Chapter 3
 * Differentiated Instruction:** Levin – Chapters 3-4-5;
 * Cooperative Learning strategies:** Levin – Chapter 7; Borich- Chapter 12
 * Class Assessment: Write a well developed anticipatory set and behavioral objective and bring it to the next session.**

Here are the websites that might help you with your management plans. Rationale behind Classroom Management Plans [|More On Classroom Management Plans]

Harry Wong's First Days of School Columns @http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html

This says it's for English teachers, but it has great information for everyone. []

Read and learn. The Importance of Wait/Think Time (in case you don't believe me) []

In order to be a successful teacher, you must know your own learning style and strengths. You will also need to overcome your reliance on what works for you and create lessons that focus on your students' learning styles.

Take the Quizzes on these sites and print out or note the results. Bring to class.

Multiple intelligences: @http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Learning Styles: @http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

Read these articles and visit the links contained within them. You need to know your students' cognitive development in order to plan activities that they will find interesting and manageable. You also need to know what/how their brains are thinking.

Stages of Intellectual Development--Print Out the Charts on This Page @http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/piaget.shtml

Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Development @http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/piaget.html





That's probably enough. Contact me with questions or comments.