Classroom Routines that Really Work for PreK and Kindergarten

Classroom Routines that Really Work for PreK and Kindergarten
Author: Kathleen Hayes
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780590029285

Help children learn classroom routines! Filled with ideas for introducing and managing essential early childhood routines and activities that foster independence and build community.

Teach Smarter

Teach Smarter
Author: Vanessa J. Levin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 111969888X

Discover new, practical methods for teaching literacy skills in your early childhood classroom. Has teaching early literacy skills become a stumbling block to getting your preschool students kindergarten ready? Break out of the tired “letter of the week” routine and learn how to transform your lessons with fun and effective techniques. Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers will equip teachers to infuse every aspect of their teaching with exciting hands-on literacy teaching methods that engage students and help them build authentic connections with books, so that 100% of their students will have a strong literacy foundation and will be fully prepared for success in kindergarten and beyond. Respected author Vanessa Levin, veteran early childhood educator and author of the “Pre-K Pages” blog, breaks down the research and translates it into realistic, actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching. Features specific examples of teaching techniques and activities that engage students in hands-on, experiential learning during circle time, centers, and small groups. Offers a simple, four-step system for teaching literacy skills, based on the foundational principles of early literacy teaching Demonstrates how to build your confidence in your ability to get 100% of your students ready for kindergarten, long before the end of the school year Understand the problems with traditional literacy teaching and identify gaps in your current teaching practice with this valuable resource.

Number Sense Routines

Number Sense Routines
Author: Jessica F. Shumway
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1571107908

Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use of these quick five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute experiences at the beginning of math class will help build students' number sense. Students with strong number sense understand numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. They make reasonable estimates, compute fluently, use reasoning strategies (e.g., relate operations, such as addition and subtraction, to each other), and use visual models based on their number sense to solve problems. Students who never develop strong number sense will struggle with nearly all mathematical strands, from measurement and geometry to data and equations. In Number Sense Routines, Jessica shows that number sense can be taught to all students. Dozens of classroom examples -- including conversations among students engaging in number sense routines -- illustrate how the routines work, how children's number sense develops, and how to implement responsive routines. Additionally, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying math -- the big ideas, skills, and strategies children learn as they develop numerical literacy.

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Author: Joseph Slate
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2001-07-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101651741

This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten. It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Now the fun can begin! "Multifaceted and appealing, this book can be enjoyed in many ways, at home and at school." --The New York Times Book Review For readers of Kindergarten, Here I Come and The Night Before Kindergarten.

I Can Follow the Rules

I Can Follow the Rules
Author: Molly Smith
Publisher: Myself
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781478804734

Eva feels that rules are getting in the way of her fun at school. Will she discover that classrooms have rules for a reason?

You're Finally Here!

You're Finally Here!
Author: Mélanie Watt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1554535905

A rabbit in a picture book is very glad when a reader turns up.

Making Thinking Visible

Making Thinking Visible
Author: Ron Ritchhart
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-03-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118015010

A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilities Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, including thinking routines?small sets of questions or a short sequence of steps?as well as the documentation of student thinking. Using this process thinking becomes visible as the students' different viewpoints are expressed, documented, discussed and reflected upon. Helps direct student thinking and structure classroom discussion Can be applied with students at all grade levels and in all content areas Includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies The book also comes with a DVD of video clips featuring Visible Thinking in practice in different classrooms.

Teach Skills and Break Habits

Teach Skills and Break Habits
Author: Dan St. Romain
Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2018-06-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1953945058

Good behavior is a skill that can be taught - and developed through practice. It just requires a shift in our perspective. If you have tried behavior folders, clip systems, or other interventions based on punishments and rewards, you've probably discovered these one-size-fitsall approaches to behavior management all too often prove to be ineffective with the very students they were designed to help. Teach Skills and Build Habits explores the reasons why what we've been doing isn't working, and how to find a new path and process that will lead to better behavior in the classroom, as well as success for students beyond their school years.This book is for you if:? You are an educator looking for help with student behaviors? You spend more time managing behaviors than teaching? Your current methods don't seem to be working? You are looking for practical behavior strategies that can be used in a variety of settingsYou will be empowered to:? Focus on behavior change as a process of continual improvement? Use behavior concerns as an opportunity to teach your students skills? Help your students build on their gifts, accept their challenges, and practice areas of concern? Build a foundation of good behavior in your students by establishing healthy relationships and creating a positive classroom climate

Preschool Classroom Management

Preschool Classroom Management
Author: Laverne Warner
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780876592915

The solutions in Preschool Classroom Management encourage positive interactions and relationships with children and offer ways to help children develop into independent individuals who can control their emotions, make positive decisions, and learn effectively."--Jacket.

Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten
Author: Gaye Gronlund
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-11-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1605542504

Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the classroom. Gaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant who trains early childhood educators across the country. She is the author of six books.