Master the 3 + 3 = 33 equation for successful opening days at school-at any grade level!
Research shows that time invested during the first three weeks of school to teach Routines, Rubrics, and Rules-the three R's-leads to higher student achievement throughout the remaining 33 weeks of school, or 3 + 3 = 33.
This wonderfully practical and effective new book from bestselling author Elaine McEwan will help any teacher through those critical weeks and show how truly "with-it" teachers (WITs) can manage more easily the three critical facets of every teacher's day: classroom management and organization, student engagement, and time management.
Loaded with specifics, WITs from K-12 classrooms share their personal routines, rubrics and rules to help you survive and thrive in those first three weeks of school, including
Designing and organizing your classroom to support learning
Teaching routines, rubrics, and rules to maximize learning time
Creating organizational, academic, and social routines
Choosing rules and rewards to build character and motivation
Using the "With-It" teacher list, including attention-getters, noise-breakers, timesavers, routines, and homework helpers
With the power of 3 + 3 = 33-and the secrets of WITs-you can chart a sure-footed course for those all-important first weeks of school, and help guide your students successfully through the school year!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
The Goal of This Book: With-It-Ness for All Teachers
Who This Book Is For
What With-It-Ness Is Not
Overview of the Contents
Special Features of This Book
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
The "Big Idea" of 3 + 3 = 33
How to "Coach" Motivated and Attentive Students
The Research Support for 3 +3 = 33
Definitions You Need to Know
How the With-It Teachers Were Identified
How With-It Teachers Teach
Acronyms You Need to Know
What's Ahead?
1. Creating Spaces for Teaching and Learning
The Challenges of Creating a Supportive Learning Environment
How to Allocate, Arrange, and Use Classroom Space
How, Where, and With Whom Your Students Sit
With-It Teachers' Roundtable: Classroom Seating
What's Ahead?
2. Creating Walls That Work
With-It Teachers Roundtable: Using Your Walls Wisely
How With-It Teachers Use Their Walls to Support Learning
What's Ahead?
3. How to Teach the 3Rs: Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
How to Maximize Academic Learning Time
How to Become a With-It Teacher
How With-It Teachers Teach the 3Rs
With-It Teachers Roundtable: Teaching the 3Rs
How With-It Teacher Choose Their Teaching Models
How With-It Teachers Use the Teaching Moves
What's Ahead?
4. Routines That Develop Self-Discipline
Organizational Routines
With-It Teachers Roundtable: Organizational Routines
Academic Routines
Social Routines
What's Ahead?
5. Rubrics That Raise Expectations and Achievement
What Is a Rubric?
What Is a Checklist?
What Is a Rating Scale?
How With-It Teachers Use Rubrics
How With-It Teachers Use Checklists
How With-It Teachers Use Rating Scales
Using a Rubric, Checklist, or Rating Scale to Motivate Student Performance
What's Ahead?
6. Rules and Rewards That Build Character and Motivation
The Challenge of Choosing the Third R: Rules (and Rewards)
The Basics Approaches to Discipline
What Works and What Doesn't?
With-It Teachers Roundtable: Rules and Rewards
What's Ahead?
7. How to Develop a 3 + 3 = 33 Plan
Step 1: Get Organized
Step 2: Answer Questions and Write a Reflective Essay
Step 3: Arrange Your Space and Choose a Seating Plan
Step 4: Design Your Walls
Step 5: Choose and Analyze Your Routines, Rubrics, and Rules
Step 6: Develop Lesson Plans
Step 7: Write a Detailed Lesson Plan for the First Day of School
What's Ahead?
Resource A: With-It Teacher's List
Attention Getters for Off-Task Students
Attention Getters for Whole Group Instruction
Bulletin Board List
Ways to Check for Understanding
Homework Helpers for Upper Grade and Secondary Teachers
Noise Breakers
Signals That Silence Students
Time-Savers for Every Teacher
Time-Savers for Elementary Teachers
Time-Savers for Secondary Teachers
Organizational Routines for Elementary Teachers
Organizational Routines for Secondary Teachers
Rewards (Tangible But Not Edible)
Rewards (Intangible)
Rewards (Low-Sugar or No-Sugar Treats)
Social Routines
Resource B: With-It Teacher Questionnaire
Introduction
Directions for Completing the Questionnaire
Resource C: Respondents
References
Index
