First Days of School

As a parent this time of year means school clothes, haircuts and school supplies. As a teacher it means textbook, classroom management plans and lessons for the first day of school. Have you started planning your first days of school?

I always began the school year by reading Harry Wongs “The First Days of School” by Harry K. and Rosemary T. Wong. I had a chance to hear Harry Wong speak and I found it very entertaining and refreshing. Harry Wong was a educator and his ideas made sense!

If you are starting to think about the new school year I would recommend his book (found on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/First-Days-School-Effective-Teacher/dp/0962936065/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218155124&sr=8-1mazon.com/First-Days-School-Effective-Teacher/dp/0962936065/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218155124&sr=8-1 ) or the teachers.net website where he publishes different classroom strategies. There are links to many of his articles here http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html

This is also a great time to begin planning new lessons. This Saturday at the TNC Conference Center we will be presenting information on Webquests. This will begin at 10:00 am SLT and last about an hour. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43 We hope to see you there!