Full Description
Teach well. Be happy. In this book, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of the popular education blog "Tweenteacher" shares ideas for teaching an age group that too often presents a challenge for educators. With sparkling humor and a unique, fundamental understanding of the middle children of education, the award-winning teacher offers tried-and-true strategies for:
Creating a tween-centric classroom environment
Building community in the middle school classroom
Encouraging deeper thinking and curiosity among tweens
Understanding and informing tweens about how they learn
Conversational and practical, this book aims to motivate and inspire middle school teachers as they work to engage their students, instruct with rigor, and improve their own experiences as Tweenteachers!
Contents
Acknowledgements, Meet the Author, Free Downloads, Introduction, 1 Tips for Creating a Tween-Centric Classroom Environment, 2 Tips for Building Community in the Middle School Classroom, 3 Tips for Teaching Tweens About Their Brains and How They Learn, 4 Tips for Using Data Formatively, 5 Tips to Help Keep Their Time Meaningful, 6 Tips for Teaching Deeper Thinking, 7 Tips for Teaching Tweens to be Teachers, 8 Tips for Developing a Tween-Centric Classroom Library for Any Subject, 9 Tips for Differentiation in a Tween Classroom, 10 Tips for Teaching Knowledge Through Questioning, 11 Tips for Speaking Their Language Through the Use of Social Media, 12 Tips Dealing with the Grading and Feedback Masses, 13 Tips for Being Flexible, 14 Tips for Publicizing Your Efforts to Get What You Need, 15 Tips for Taking Care of Yourself, Bibliography
