grayer: Look what came in the mail for the TeamTeachers book club starting June 15. I hope it’s good, otherwise PPT owes me the cost of the book plus shipping and handling. I think it will be worth the money.  Not everything will fit you, or the students you have — but I’m confident that everyone will take something away from this book.  I’ve already read 2 chapters of it — and it can be a little hokey cutesy at times, but overall it has REAL approaches to working with kids in different situations that leaves the kid still feeling loved, and you not feeling exhausted.  When the basics are under control, we excel as teachers.  When we excel as teachers and our students’ self-worths are in tact, they can focus and explore learning with less hurdles in their way.

grayer:

Look what came in the mail for the TeamTeachers book club starting June 15. I hope it’s good, otherwise PPT owes me the cost of the book plus shipping and handling.

I think it will be worth the money.  Not everything will fit you, or the students you have — but I’m confident that everyone will take something away from this book.  I’ve already read 2 chapters of it — and it can be a little hokey cutesy at times, but overall it has REAL approaches to working with kids in different situations that leaves the kid still feeling loved, and you not feeling exhausted.  When the basics are under control, we excel as teachers.  When we excel as teachers and our students’ self-worths are in tact, they can focus and explore learning with less hurdles in their way.