Classroom Management
A proper classroom environment and Classroom Management is started the first day of school/first week of school. If you do not set the proper tone for your students, then they will never know what you expect from them the rest of the semester. The following websites and articles are resources I have collected about Classroom Management ideas that can help start a school year or semester off right.
This is a pdf that is different icebreakers that can be used on the first day of school to get to know your students and let the students get to know each other as well as get to know the teacher.
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~shumow/itt/Icebreakers.pdf
This is a pdf about how classroom environment can be changed and rearranged to be more effective for students and teachers. It also discusses the pros and cons of different traditional classroom desk arrangements.
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~shumow/itt/doc/ClassroomArrangement.pdf
This is a list of tips about classroom management that a junior high teacher has created out of his experiences.
http://www.nea.org/tools/51721.htm
This is tips about classroom management that involves relationships between students and teachers and how to cultivate the relationship and forge a lasting classroom identity and teacher-student relationship.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/7-tips-better-classroom-management-tyler-hester
This article focuses on the relationship between motivation, engagement, and achievement in literacy. It talks about how motivation isn’t always the reason for student struggles or failures, but it is still important to keep students motivated, especially those who seem to struggle with the basic elements of the class you are teaching.
This creative article shares an interesting first day scenario that points out a key aspect of what teachers need to do on the first day of school when it comes to classroom management.
http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/07/23/first-day-of-school-mistakes/