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Which books have had the most influence on how you teach?

by curiositycat

Jun 16, 2012

Looking for fantastic books on teaching strategies/classroom management/organization/etc. Which would you recommend?

maureen On 6/16/12, curiositycat wrote: > Looking for fantastic books on teaching > strategies/classroom management/organization/etc. Which > would you recommend?

Greg Nelson's "Teacher's Bag of Tricks". I have that book so internalized that I when I came across situations with classroom management issues I just knew what to do.

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Jun 17, 2012

Jamie I know many teachers who like The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong. Even if you have some teaching experience, it offers very structured ideas about how to set everything up, so you can find strategies that address any loose areas you might have.

I am a huge fan of the Pieces of Learning publishing company, which has amazin...See MoreI know many teachers who like The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong. Even if you have some teaching experience, it offers very structured ideas about how to set everything up, so you can find strategies that address any loose areas you might have.

I am a huge fan of the Pieces of Learning publishing company, which has amazing resources for differentiation and early finisher activity ideas. Carolyn Coil has some great books about differentiated instruction. Barbara Vandercreek has a great set of problem-solving books called Math Rules that work well with any existing math program.

Primarily Creativity/Primarily Thinking/Primarily Logic is an older series that works well for about grades 2-4, but can be stretched to first and fifth. These books include many activities for enrichment and explicit instruction in thinking skills.

I thought Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer was an interesting approach to literacy instruction: she advocates a program where students read. They talk about what they're reading, they write about what they're reading, and then they read some more. She describes how she manages this program, and it can be incorporated into the independent reading component of elementary literacy instruction.

I have a bunch of book recommendations--some with online quizzes, vocabulary lists, and discussion topics on my website. I also have a math problem of the week, vocabulary quizzes, and independent study project ideas. My latest addition is a set of daily writing activities. The site targets gifted students in grades 2-8. I'll post the link below and hope you will find some of the activities worthwhile.

The book Work Hard, Be Nice describes the KIPP school philosophy, which is especially useful if you are in a high-poverty school environment. The book is more of a biography than a strategy guide. The Rafe Esquith books are similarly interesting, but he offers a take-no-prisoners approach that isn't for everyone. He would probably be rough to work with, but he does have some great ideas--I modified his classroom economy system and it worked really well. His first book, There are no Shortcuts, is more biographical, but it's very passionate and honest, even if parts of it make you cringe a little. His second book, Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire is a more toned-down (for him) version of his philosophy, and it offers a chapter-by-chapter set of strategies. It's more practical than the first, but it lacks a little of the fire and inspiration, too. The third book (Lighting Their Fires) didn't really tell me much I hadn't gotten out of the first two.

Good luck!

Jun 18, 2012

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