What Every 4th Grade Teacher Needs to Know about Setting up and Running a Classroom: About Setting up and Running a Classroom

You're teaching fourth grade this year. What do you need to know? Mike Anderson gives you practical information about daily routines, furniture, and much more. After a concise review of fourth graders' common developmental characteristics, Mike explains how to adjust your classroom and your teaching to fit these common characteristics. The result: students can learn, and you can teach, with minimum frustration and maximum ease and joy.

In clear, plain writing peppered with classroom stories and examples, Mike shares practical know-how on topics like these:

• Arranging a circle, desks, and tables
• Choosing and storing supplies
• Scheduling a child-centered day and teaching daily routines
• Planning special projects and field trips that maximize learning and build community
• Understanding the special concerns of second graders' parents and finding the best ways to communicate with them.