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Survival Kit for New Teachers [Spiral-bound]

Emma S. McDonald (Author), Dyan M. Hershman (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)


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Book Description

June 1, 1998
Don't just survive...THRIVE with Survival Kit for New Teachers! Finally! A book that shows new teachers how to survive their first year in the classroom with organization, efficiency and great results! This book will make teachers and schools more successful through improved parent communication, student learning, and teacher effectiveness. Spiral bound and tabbed for easy use! Survival Kit for New Teachers includes everything a new teacher will need for a successful first year of teaching! This handbook is a complete resource with tips, instructions, and reproducible pages ready to use in the classroom! Just look at all of the important topics covered:

How to get a job; What to do before school starts; Getting organized; Managing the Classroom; Disciplining students; Writing successful lesson plans; How to communicate with parents; Holding a parent-teacher conference; Starting a Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies program; Team building activities; Integrated Learning Ideas; Different ways to assess and grade students; How to motivate students; How to help special education and ESL students; and Using technology in the classroom!



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No college program can prepare new teachers for the enormity of the task ahead. But the year will be made more manageable if the new teacher is prepared to take on a few mountains. That's why every teacher needs a "bag of tricks" -- a "survival kit"! Not long ago, teachers Emma McDonald and Dyan Hershman were new teachers. They remember those days well; they know what all first-year teachers go through! That's why the two veteran teachers have put together the Survival Kit for New Teachers. This "survival kit's" 200-plus, spiral-bound pages are packed full of practical ideas and strategies for beginning teachers. Even the most experienced teachers will find the "kit" to be a useful teaching tool! Hershman and McDonald, both teachers in the Dallas area, cover just about every problem a teacher might encounter in Year One, or Year Twenty-Five. Useful and workable ideas, tips, strategies, and activities are offered in response to teacher questions and comments such as: * What questions do I need to ask to help me get a better start? * How do I talk to parents or hold a conference? * My education classes didn't teach me this! * How am I supposed to grade this? What is a rubric? * I'm so frazzled. Somebody help me, please! And if a new teacher gets stuck, can't find the solution to a question or problem, all he or she needs to do is email the question to the authors of Survival Kit for New Teachers! Just go to the book's Web site at http://www.inspiringteachers.com and click on Ask a Mentor. A response will come back "as quick as a student being called for recess!" -- Gary Hopkins, Editor-in-Chief, Education World, August 1998

From the Publisher

This 220+ page book contains everything a new teacher will need to thrive in the classroom their first few years! Written in a "how to" format, new teachers will find it easy to follow the specific step-by-step instructions given by these veteran teachers. Not only that, but the book is spiral bound and tabbed which makes it easy for teachers to find information on the spot and copy the reproducible pages needed!

Product Details

  • Spiral-bound: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Inspiring Teachers Publishing Group; 1 edition (June 1, 1998)
  • ISBN-10: 0966714504
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966714500
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,763,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!, May 19, 1999
By A Customer
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THIS BOOK IS AWESOME! THE MULTITUDE OF IDEAS ARE EXCITING AND VERY HELPFUL! I TEACH IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL AND NEEDED HELP! MY PRINCIPAL BOUGHT THE BOOK FOR ME AND I AM SO THANKFUL! MANY OTHER NEW AND OLD BOOKS ON THE MARKET SUGAR-COAT EVERYTHING, AND MAKE IT SEEM LIKE TEACHING IS EASY! TEACHING IS HARD! MAYBE IT IS EASY IF YOU ARE TEACHING IN AN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PARENTS WHO INTERACT AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS! I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CUSHY JOB! I NEEDED REAL WORLD ADVICE AND THAT IS WHAT SUVIVAL KIT OFFERED! THANK YOU TO THE AUTHORS FOR MAKING MY LIFE EASIER! THIS BOOK HAS BEEN A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS! IT IS SOOOOO PRACTICAL!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Resource for New Teachers!!!!, October 21, 1998
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This review is from: Survival Kit for New Teachers (Spiral-bound)
I love this book! It tells new teachers everything they need in step by step instructions. It is like a recipe book!! I can't even begin to describe how much this book has helped me this year as a new teacher. This book has made my life so much easier. Before school started I was so overwhelmed at everything that had to be done. I didn't even know where to start teaching. But Survival Kit gave me tons of neat ideas with the reproducible pages and even showed me how to write a first day lesson plan. It just made everything so much easier! There is so much in this book -- writing lesson plans, motivating students, dealing with parents, a bag of tricks for discipline, using the computer in the classroom, a neat way to teach math, ideas & lesson plans for a full six weeks in language arts, ideas for integrating curriculum -- I could just go on and on.

FYI - I found out about it through Education World and I think they have done a great review about it.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceedingly Professional, well-thought-out and thorough!, May 18, 1999
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As a new teacher, I was more than a little frazzled my first weeks of teaching in a suburban middle school. I'm so glad I found this book! All the information, helpful hints, and lesson plans are so packed with information and helpful hints that I've recommended it to my district for all teachers, young and old, new or veteran. I was worried about the discipline chapter (see anonymous review below), but it seems that person just doesn't understand the thought and perception regarding child behavior used by the authors of this book - in fact, alot of what's in Survival Kit for New Teachers is based on theories I studied in college, only put into useful, everday language. If I could give the book 10 stars I would. It is a must for all teachers!
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