Are you left exhausted by the balancing act between maximizing instructional time, assessments, and ''housekeeping'' duties?
Classroom organization and management will help you increase instructional time and engage your student in learning. This excellent guidebook offers several strategies for reorganizing your space, minimizing down time, establishing ongoing routines, and managing student centers. Use the strategies and blacklines to gradually release responsibility to your students and to help them take ownership of their learning.
Classroom organization and management includes the following to help you reclaim valuable instructional time:
- Research based strategies
- Checklists for assessing the look and feel of your classroom
- Schedules for creating more minutes in the day
- Informal and formal assessments
- Checklists for ongoing teaching routines
- Blackline masters for teacher-led and student directed management
Section 1 : Creating a climate conducive to leaning
chapter 1 : organizing for space
chapter 2 : organizing for time
chapter 3 : organizing for Assessment
Section 2 : Setting the tone for the rest of the year
chapter 4 : establishing ongoing routines
chapter 5 : putting it all together for the first weeks of school
Section 3 : Manging independent work time
chapter 6 : management systems
chapter 7 : organizing stations with engaging activities