A Flying Start for Beginning Teachers (Yrs 5-8)

Name: A Flying Start for Beginning Teachers (Yrs 5-8)
SKU: 0399B
Price: 44.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781877478376

Hands-on, practical guide for getting started in the classroom

Translate training into the classroom reality with ease. This series makes specific suggestions for systems, processes and professional behaviour so that you can take practical steps to establish yourself in the first week of term. It also offers seating plans, timetables, games and activities, ideas for written reports and dealing with parents, and photocopiable templates to assist with planning and teaching. With this resource you have the support you need to make your earliest teaching experiences both purposeful and enjoyable.

Ages: 9-12 | Pages: 56 | Code: 0399B | ISBN: 9781877478376

Series: A Flying Start for Teachers

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Fran Connell

Fran Connell is a graduate of Dunedin Teachers' College and in 2001 completed a Bachelor of Education, specialising in literacy, at Massey University. Her teaching career has incorporated many schools and a variety of positions from principal of a small school to literacy leader of an intermediate school. Her recent mentoring of beginning teachers made her aware of the need for a practical, hands-on resource to assist them in making a positive start in their classrooms.

Michele Gordon

After graduating from Waikato University with a Bachelor of Education, Michele Gordon taught in a number of schools. As her career advanced she became a reading recovery teacher, assistant principal of junior school and then deputy principal of senior school. For the past six years she has been a tutor teacher for beginning teachers, reflecting her real passion for sharing her knowledge and skills with teachers starting out in their careers.

Contents
Introduction	4
Our teaching philosophy	4
Developing your own teaching philosophy	4
Key competencies	5
How to behave as a teacher	7
Acting as a professional	7
Cultural awareness	8
How to set up a dynamic classroom	9
Seating plans	9
Classroom display areas	10
How to be organised	12
Class description	12
Class duties	15
Toilet procedures	15
Methods for getting attention	15
Class agreement or treaty	16
Positive reinforcement	17
Behaviour management	19
Weekly allocation of time	20
Daily allocation of time	21
Setting out students' books	21
Types of groups	21
Gifted and talented students	22
Special needs students	23
How to get through the first week	24
Routines	24
Week one timetable	25
Team building activities	26
Outside cooperative games	27
Starter unit ideas	28
Beginning to teach	29
Learning intentions	29
Success criteria	29
Reading	30
Writing	33
Mathematics	38
ICT	40
Homework	40
Parents	42
Parent help	42
Parent conferencing tips	42
Students' reports	43
Display resources (photocopiable)	46
Punctuation	46
Sentences and parts of speech	47
Exposition writing	48
Narrative writing	49
Reading and writing graphic organisers	50