Reading Essentials: The Specifics You Need to Teach Reading Well by Regie Routman is a book that I had previously begun to read but didn't get the opportunity to finish. The first chapter is titled: "Simplify Your Teaching Life." Who wouldn't want to do that?
Sometimes when reading a professional development book there is so much useful information in the book that it could be easy to go on information overload. I used to use Google Notebook(GN) to track things that I wanted to remember and put into place. I was frustrated when GN became obsolete. I think I lost all the information that I had saved on it. I have now decided to use a Moleskin journal to keep track of useful information. My goal is to write no more than three things from each chapter to implement and put into place.
How do you organize information from professional development? In what ways do you implement ideas from books or seminars in your classroom?
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Wonderful blog on teaching! I know of a great website which promotes classroom management. This site provides guaranteed techniques that have been proven to give teachers control over any disruptive behaviour and motivate any pupil to produce their best work.
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