What Every 2nd Grade Teacher Needs to Know: About Setting Up and Running a Classroom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781892989383)

You're teaching second grade this year. What do you need to know? Margaret Berry Wilson gives you practical information about daily routines, furniture, and much more. She starts with a concise review of second graders' common developmental characteristics and then shows how to adjust your classroom and your teaching to fit these common characteristics. The result: Students can learn, and you can teach, with minimum frustration and maximum ease and joy.

In a warm, conversational style punctuated with anecdotes and examples from her own classrooms, Margaret shares practical know-how on topics like this:

Arranging a circle, desks, and tables; Choosing and storing supplies; Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines; Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community; Understanding the special concerns of second graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them.

Author: Margaret Berry Wilson
ISBN-10: 1892989387
ISBN-13: 9781892989383
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools Inc
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2010
Pages: 113
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.30d