Best Classroom Practices
What Award-Winning Elementary Teachers Do
- Randi Stone - Educational Consultant, Keene, NH
Randi Stone provides an inspirational, one-stop guide to the highest impact teaching practices of the nation's best and brightest high school educators. Through detailed, first-hand accounts of winning strategies, this book offers an exclusive glimpse into exemplary classrooms across the country. Outstanding teachers generously share their unique insights, innovative lesson plans, and expertise garnered through years of experience, forming an instant network and rich resource for practicing as well as future teachers. Administrators will also benefit from discovering the various proven, results-oriented approaches that work for teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools.
Divided by subject area, the chapters give a wealth of real-life examples and tactics that can be applied easily into any classroom. Highlights include:
- Tips for incorporating technology into the classroom
- Specific projects for Science, Math and Reading and Writing Instruction
- Proven plans for teaching Social Studies, Geography, Visual Arts and Physical Education
Ideas on classroom management, dealing with special needs and multicultural diversity, and making community connections.
"Elementary teachers are known for their special days, ideas, and projects, yet they seldom have time to share them with other teachers. Thanks to Ms. Stone, this highly practical resource will be used with confidence knowing these terrific ideas are shared by some of America’s best teachers."
"Using the best teaching practices among the United States’ premier elementary school practitioners, Randi Stone has compiled a teacher’s treasure chest! Her collection is a potpourri of learning activities that swell imagination, ignite teachers, and empower learners. These activities demonstrate the connectivity and integration necessary for students to become lifelong learners. This book is a priceless tool not only for teachers, but also for mentors and administrators whose responsibilities are to provide professional growth."