Full Description
Having worked with "at-risk" students for over 20 years, author Liz Breaux knows "we cannot teach our students until we reach them." This book demonstrates how -- by providing typical situations, along with "What Works", followed by "What Doesn't Work".
Contents
Part 1 How to Reach All Students; Chapter 1 First Impressions: Getting Students on Your Side; Chapter 2 The Power of Thanks and Praise: Accentuating the Positive; Chapter 3 The Assertive and In-Control Teacher: Taking Control of Your Classroom; Chapter 4 Implementing Procedures to Perfection: Three Simple Steps; Chapter 5 Enforcing Consequences: The "Ifs" and "Thens"; Chapter 6 Making Home Contacts: Getting Parents on Your Side; Chapter 7 Avoiding Power Struggles: Everybody Wins; Chapter 8 The Mobile Teacher: Being Everywhere; Chapter 9 The Teacher as Role Model: They Hear What We Do; Part 2 How to Teach All Students; Chapter 10 The Well-Organized Classroom: Like Teacher, Like Students; Chapter 11 Effective Instruction: What Does It Really Look Like?; Chapter 12 Real-Life Teaching Strategies: Make It Real and They Will Come!; Chapter 13 Different Strokes: Accommodating All the Differences; Chapter 14 Using Rubrics for Assessment: When They Know, They Do;
