Suggested Reading

Behavior Management | Body Image | Bullying | Healthy Attitudes | Nutrition | Parent Teacher Communication | Classroom Management | Temperament | Violence in Schools

Behavior Management

Behavior Management: Applications for Teachers (3rd Edition)
Thomas J. Zirpoli, Kristine J. Melloy
The best and most effective behavior management strategy is the teaching and reinforcement of appropriate behaviors and social skills. Features of the third edition: Techniques and issues of functional behavioral assessment, which is now required by many school districts; current information on changes in the law and court rulings regarding school discipline; cultural influences on behavior, early childhood issues, adolescent issues, standard behavioral assessment, cognitive behavior management, and social skills training; instructor's manual with test questions, and computerized test bank.

Managing Classroom Behavior: A Reflective Case-Based Approach (4th Edition)
James M. Kauffman, Mark P. Mostert, Stanley C. Trent, Patricia L. Pullen
Summarizes principles of good instruction, the acting-out cycle, and how to work with students, other teachers, and parents. Gives teachers practice in applying principles through analysis of actual case studies through self-questioning and reflection. Topics include identifying and analyzing behavior problems, basic behavior change strategies, talking with students, using the peer group, and working with other educators and parents.

Building Classroom Discipline (8th Edition)
Carol M. Charles, Gail W. Senter
The text analyzes 18 models of school discipline developed, researched and tested by educational thinkers of the last half-century and shows how they can be applied in realistic situations. Teachers are challenged to create a structure of positive discipline based on traditional and current disciplinary approaches suitable to their particular needs.

Body Image

Teaching Body Confidence: A Comprehensive Curriculum for Girls (Middle School & Up)
Rebecca Manley, MS

Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program Advancing Girl Power, Health & Leadership
Catherine Steiner, ADAIR, Ed.D.

Bullying

The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8
Allan L. Beane
Practical and effective strategies for coping with bully behavior, encouraging parental involvement, and making the classroom a place to learn, not fear.

Healthy Attitudes

Fostering Emotional Well-Being in the Classroom, Third Edition
Randy Page
Provides insights for prospective and current teachers on how to create positive impressions. Features activities for teachers and outlines the principles of a healthy classroom. Topics include media, limiting media exposure, and a chapter on violence.

Nutrition

Happy Feet, Healthy Food: Your Child's First Journal of Exercise and Healthy Eating
Carol Goodrow (Illustrator)
The book is a combination logbook (to record exercise and diet) and sourcebook for games, activities and eating tips. Each week features bright color illustrations, lists of games and activities to try, advice on good foods, suggestions for packing snacks and lunches, and a log page to write about the activities of each day and the foods eaten. The goal is to promote understanding of the benefits of exercise and healthy eating, to improve the child's reading and writing skills.

Parent and Teacher Communication

Easy and Effective Ways to Communicate with Parents (Grades K-6)
Barbara Mariconda
This must-have guide explains how to turn every interaction with parents-from the first letter home through the last conference-into a positive, productive one. Veteran teacher Barbara Mariconda provides surefire tips on how to build and maintain effective communication with parents.

The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Anyone who has ever sat through a parent/teacher conference, on either side of the tiny table, will find much to consider in these pages. (Publishers Weekly)

Classroom Management

Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8
Ruth Charney

The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers Series, 1)
Roxann Kriete, Lynn Bechtel
A powerful teaching tool that builds community, increases student investment, and improves academic and social skills. Step-by-step implementation guidelines; clear explanations of purposes; and specific examples of greeting, sharing, group activity, and news and announcements for grades K through 8.

The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 2)
Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete
This comprehensive guidebook for teachers K through 6 includes: Daily plans for the first three weeks; detailed guidelines for building community; creating rules and teaching routines; introducing engaging curriculum; fostering autonomy; integrating social and academic learning. An extensive collection of games, activities, greetings, songs, read-alouds, and resources especially useful during the early weeks of school.

Classroom Spaces That Work (Strategies for Teachers Series, 3)
Marlynn K. Clayton, Mary Beth Forton, Linsey Doolittle (Illustrator), Jay Lord (Introduction)
Create a physical environment that is organized, welcoming, and well suited to the needs of students and teachers grades K-6. Filled with practical ideas for: arranging furniture; establishing pathways; selecting and organizing materials; eliminating clutter; setting up a meeting area; accommodating special needs; keeping the classroom space healthy and clean.

Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers, 4)
Mary Beth Forton, Deborah Porter, Chip Wood, Kathryn Brady (Editor)
Learn an approach for helping students K - 8 become invested in creating and living by classroom rules. Offers practical techniques for: Involving students in generating classroom rules; modeling, practicing, and role-playing the rules; effective teacher language to reinforce the rules; logical and effective consequences for rule breaking; teaching children to live by the rules outside of the classroom.

Temperament

Temperament in the Classroom: Understanding Individual Differences
Barbara K. Keogh, Ph.D.
Scholarly and relevant, explains critical theoretical and measurement issues and offers practical applications of temperament concepts for educators.

Here's How to Reach Me: Matching Instruction to Personality Types in Your Classroom
Judith Pauley, Ph.D., Dianne Bradley, Ph.D., and Joseph Pauley

Violence in Schools

Reducing School Violence Through Conflict Resolution
David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson
Includes practical strategies and specific activities to teach students conflict resolution procedures and skills to reduce violence in schools.

Violence in Schools: Issues, Consequences, and Expressions
Kathy Sexton-Radek (Editor)

Handbook of School Violence
Edwin R. Gerler (Editor)

Schools, Violence, and Society
Allan M. Hoffman (Editor)
Examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. Includes past trends in school violence and describes the current extent of the problem and aspects of its causes and prevention. The influence of gang activity, gang-related issues, drugs, alcohol, and weapons on students and the community.

Preparing for Crises in the Schools: A Manual for Building School Crisis Response Teams
Stephen E. Brock, Jonathan Sandoval, Sharon Lewis
A step-by-step guidebook for advance preparation and early response to school crises.

Threats in Schools: A Practical Guide for Managing Violence
Joseph T. McCann