Book Description

"New teachers get a wealth of advice and hands-on strategies for navigating through their first year of teaching-a first step that helps them understand the context of a classroom, develop effective classroom management skills, and successfully face the many and varied challenges of teaching in today's diverse classrooms. This resource addresses all of the important issues new teachers and alternate route teachers face as they enter their first classrooms-assessment, unit and lesson planning and design, and literacy instruction across the grades and content areas, including two chapters about literacy instruction with a focus on teaching students to read write, think, view, and speak well. "--Publisher.