The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools and Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day (J-B Ed: Survival Guides) - Softcover

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Julia G. Thompson has been a public school teacher for more than thirty-five years. Through her Web site (www.juliagthompson.com) and Twitter handle (@TeacherAdvice) she offers tips for teachers on a wide variety of topics.

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The completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide offers beginning teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. The book is filled with valuable tips, suggestions, and ideas that help teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.

This new third edition covers changes in K–12 education over the past five years as well as the basics of teaching and classroom management that have made the book a trusted resource for new educators.

Updates include information on how to

• Teach in an overcrowded classroom
• Find teacher freebies and create a productive classroom environment on a budget
• Use digital tools to design and deliver innovative, engaging, relevant lessons
• Help students prepare for standardized tests and other assessments
• Handle "homework push-back" from parents and guardians
• Help students learn to assume responsibility and become self-disciplined learners
• The book includes a bonus DVD with video instruction on key topics as well as downloadable versions of the worksheets and much, much more.

Praise for The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide

"This useful guide gives new teachers a wealth of practical information, resources, and tools. Whether she's helping readers to handle tough classroom challenges or coaching them on how to develop a professional demeanor, Thompson's experience shines through on every page."

—Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion and Practice Perfect

"To get through your first year of teaching you need a friend, a trusted colleague, a mentor. You need someone who is there for you, believes in you, and cheers you on! Thompson is that friend, colleague, and mentor you can to turn to anytime you need."

—Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, professor, Molloy College, New York

"This book will be your most treasured resource as a new teacher! You will turn to it often for the comfort and inspiration you need as well as to sustain the passion you brought to teaching in the first place. The practical tips on collaboration, instructional strategies, freebie resources, student engagement, behavior, and more will empower you every step of the way."

—Pat Wyman, founder, HowToLearn.com; author, Amazing Grades