Today, I wanted to provide you with some great books to help to start off with a great school year:

First Six Weeks of School By Paula Denton and Roxann Kriete

Geared toward K-6 educators. Learn how to structure the first six weeks of school to lay the groundwork for a productive year of learning. Discover how taking the time to build a solid foundation in the early weeks of school can pay off all year long in increased student motivation, cooperation, responsibility, and self-control. Includes daily lesson plans and guidelines for the start of school.

The Power of Our Words:Teacher Language that Helps Children Learn By Paula Denton, EdD

This book, by an author with more than twenty years of experience teaching children and educators, will help you recognize the influence your words have on the children you teach. It will show you how to use language more skillfully, building a classroom where students feel safe, respected, appreciated, and excited about learning.

The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong

This book focuses on classroom management and lesson mastery. The book walks a teacher, either novice or veteran, through the most effective ways to begin a school year and continue to become an effective teacher.

New Teacher Induction: How to Train, Support, and Retain New Teachers by Annette Breaux & Harry Wong

This book blends first hand knowledge into workable solutions for easy implementation. Written for school and district administrators, principals, school board members, and anyone in a decision making capacity, New Teacher Induction will show you how to set up a support program step-by-step.

First Year Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Strategies, Tools & Activities For Meeting The Challenges Of Each School Day by Julia G. Thompson

This book gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.

Teaching Strategies: A Guide to Effective Instruction by Donald Orlich, Robert Harder, Richard Callahan, Michael S. Trevisan, Abbie H. Brown

An introductory core text known for its practical, applied help with commonly used classroom teaching strategies and tactics. Accommodating both traditional and non-traditional education students as well as site-based teacher education programs, the text focuses on topics such as lesson-planning, questioning, and small-group and cooperative-learning strategies.

Fred Jones Tools for Teaching by Fredric H. Jones

In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to reduce the stress of teaching by preventing most management headaches. Dr. Jones helps you reduce student disruptions, backtalk, helpless hand-raising and dawdling while helping you increase responsible behavior, motivation and independent learning. These skills are made accessible by practical, down-to-earth language and many examples and illustrations.