A Summer Start #61

Table of Contents for #61 A Summer Start:

1. LONG-RANGE LESSON PLANNING

• set your goals • divide your academic year into file folders • note school calendar dates • note other dates of interest • gather resources • write your long-range plans

2. UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE; WHO YOU TEACH

• who I am • why I teach • my important values • my responsibilities • my special needs • my philosophy of teaching • my students' physical development • my students' emotional development • my students' special needs

3. PLANNING A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT

• planning your space • organizing papers and supplies • gathering useful materials • planning bulletin boards

4. DEFINING EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

• when I am teaching • when students are working • how written work will looks • when guests come to the classroom • how students treat each other • getting in line order • responding to a class signal • fire drill procedures • when students enter the classroom • in the hall • in the lunchroom • bathroom and drinks • on the playground • rainy day recess • classroom cleanup • my own special circumstances

5. COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS

• parent letter • student profile

6. FIRST DAYS

• checklists • procedures • forms

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Teaching Tips for #61 A Summer Start:

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Lesson by lesson Objectives for #61 A Summer Start:

TO GET PREPARED!

BEFORE The First Day:

• Define your behavior expectations.
• Put up bulletin boards.
• Complete parent letter and student profile.
• Organize and label supplies.
• Arrange desks.
• Prepare class list.
• Post class list outside of door.
• Write name on blackboard.
• Prepare opening talk.
• Know times and procedures for: fire drill * taking attendance * recess * library * taking lunch counts * lunchroom * playground * P.E. classes * health room * office telephone * resource rooms * remedial classes * other?

On the FIRST DAY:

• Welcome your students.
• Present our opening talk.
• Learn all names.
• Collect glue and scissors that students bring from home.
• Practice fire drill procedure.
• Teach your class signal.
• Make sure that ll desks and chairs fit properly.
• Teach your behavior expectations.
• Select students of the week.
• Send home parent letters with student profiles.
• Other?

By the End of the FIRST WEEK

• Complete lesson plans for your second week.
• Assign each student a class number.
• Establish line order.
• Teach all remaining behavior expectations.
• Discuss special talents and assign special jobs.
• Review and file student profiles.
• Make a student directory.
• Record all birthdays.
• Make your seating chart.
• Practice fire drill procedure again.
• Finalize and distribute your class list.
• Develop an opening exercise.
• Evaluate classroom lighting and ventilation.
• Establish a procedure for turning in assignments.
• Other?

By the End of the FIRST MONTH

• Hand out daily class schedule to students.
• Complete the substitute information form.
• Plan your parent-night presentation.
• Take time to reflect.
• Other?

National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) for #61 A Summer Start:

This title is not applicable to meeting national science standards.