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Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8 » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8 by Ruth Sidney Charney

Authors: Ruth Sidney Charney, Ruth Sidney Charney
ISBN-13: 9781892989086, ISBN-10: 1892989085
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.
Date Published: June 2002
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Ruth Sidney Charney

Book Synopsis

This definitive work about classroom management shows teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes:

More information on teaching middle-school students
Additional strategies for help children with challenging behavior problems
Updated stories and examples from real classrooms

	Preface	1
	Foreword	3
Sect. I	Building a Learning Community	7
1	Intentions	17
2	I See You, I See Everything	27
3	Making the Rules with Children	69
4	Teaching the Rules	107
5	The Critical Contract: A Student's Individual Goals for the Year	123
Sect. II	Making the Community Work	139
6	Using Logical Consequences When Rules Are Broken	143
7	Time-Out: Establishing Boundaries and Promoting Self-Control	165
8	The Five Percent	191
9	Working Together to Support the Rules	211
Sect. III	The Voices of Teaching	227
10	Empowering Language: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say	233
11	Stress the Deed, Not the Doer	247
12	The Voices of Authority	265
Sect. IV	Further Strategies for Difficult Classroom Behaviors	273
13	Problem-Solving Class Meetings	277
14	Teachers as Mirrors: Using Social Conferences	305
15	Individual Contracts	339
Sect. V	Clear Positives	361
16	Teaching by Clear Positives: Revisiting Ideals	369
17	Clear Positives in Action	383
	Conclusion: Authentic Teaching	403
	App. A	409
	App. B	413
	App. C	419
	App. D	425
	App. E	427
	Recommended Resources	433