The Effective Teacher's Guide, Second Edition

If you have a passion for teaching but need practical suggestions for organizing your classroom, establishing routines, and motivating your students, look no further. This book offers proven solutions to common problems that nearly all beginning teachers find challenging. The second edition is more efficiently organized and features a revised set of 50 research-based strategies. Youll appreciate how Freys tips are clearly explained, concise, and ready to be implemented right away. First-year teachers as well as teachers-in-training cant afford to miss these basics of effective teaching!--Drew Tuck, fourth-grade teacher, Keshequa Elementary School, Dalton, New York This book is a 'must' for beginning teachers. Having 50 engagement strategies at their fingertips will help new teachers improve their classroom management. When students are engaged, many discipline problems disappear. I especially like the discussion of bullying, which provides concrete ways to prevent the verbal aggression so often found in our schools.--Deborah Dowler, MA, Coordinator, Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment, Tustin Unified School District, Tustin, CA Frey fluidly and masterfully addresses teachers' two greatest concerns: classroom management and student engagement. This relevant, practical book should clearly be in the personal library of every teacher, from novice to veteran. Frey addresses challenging topics such as bullying and de-escalating problem behavior. She shares innovative ways to foster collaboration between peer partners and offers tips to engage students in reading. Teachers will surely pull this book off the shelf on a regular basis throughout the school year.--Maria Grant, EdD, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton -

Nancy Frey, PhD, is Professor of Literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. She is a recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference, as well as a co-recipient of the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. In addition to publishing with her colleague Douglas Fisher, Dr. Frey teaches a variety of courses in San Diego States teacher-credentialing and reading specialist programs on elementary and secondary reading instruction, literacy in content areas, and supporting students with diverse learning needs. She is a credentialed special educator and reading specialist in California and is privileged to learn with and from students and teachers at Health Sciences High and Middle College every day.

I. Five Rules for Engagement and Interaction 1. Organize Your Instruction through Gradual Release of Responsibility 2. Active Engagement Is Multileveled: GroupPartnerIndividual 3. Instruction Is Interactive: SayWriteDo 4. Students Help Each Other: TellHelpCheck 5. Students Learn from Each Other: ThinkPairShare II. Engaging Students through Classroom Procedures 6. Creating a Classroom Management Plan 7. Creating and Teaching Classroom Rules 8. Responding to Problem Behaviors 9. Deescalating Problem Behaviors with Voluntary Removal 10. Crumple Doll 11. Responding to Bullying 12. Fostering Problem Solving among Students 13. Room Arrangement 14. Taking Attendance 15. What to Do When a Student Returns from an Absence III. Engaging Students through Organization 16. Posting a Daily Schedule 17. Signaling the Class 18. Monitoring Noise Level 19. Teaching Students to Manage Their Time 20. Distributing and Collecting Materials 21. Calling on Students 22. Organizing Materials 23. Assignment Headings 24. Teaching Students How to Request Help 25. Managing the Technology in Your Classroom 26. Establishing and Maintaining a Course Website IV. Engaging Students through Peer Partners 27. Establishing Peer Partners 28. Peer Partners Role 1: Response Partners 29. Peer Partners Role 2: Reading Partners 30. Peer Partners Role 3: On-Task Partners 31. Peer Partners Role 4: Assignment Partners 32. Peer Partners Role 5: Collaborative Partners 33. Grouping Students Efficiently V. Engaging Students for Learning 34. Interest Surveys 35. Bellwork 36. RAFT (RoleAudienceFormatTopic) 37. Community Surveys 38. Human Graphs 39. Establishing Purpose 40. Vocabulary Routines 41. Whip Around 42. Response Cards 43. Walking Review 44. Jigsaws 45. Self-Corrected Spelling 46. Power Writing to Build Fluency VI. Engaging Students through Reading 47. Choral Reading 48. Cloze Reading 49. Read-Around 50. Rapid Retrieval of Information