What Every 4th Grade Teacher Needs to Know: About Setting Up and Running a Classroom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781892989390)

You're teaching fourth grade this year. What do you need to know? Mike Anderson gives you practical information about daily routines, furniture, and much more. After a concise review of fourth graders' common developmental characteristics, Mike explains 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 clear, plain writing peppered with classroom stories and examples, Mike shares practical know-how on topics like these:

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 fourth graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them.

Author: Mike Anderson
ISBN-10: 1892989395
ISBN-13: 9781892989390
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools Inc
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2010
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.30d