Basic knowledge for a first year teacher

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	• Fred Jones Tools for Teaching: Discipline, Instruction, Motivation Fredric H. Jones, Patrick Jones, ... Fredric H. Jones & Associates, 2007 - 339 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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Basic knowledge for a first year teacher

Good information for first year teachers, but if you have taught for a while it is definitely just a review of everything that you already have experienced and know.

The attached DVD is useless

I've recently bought the latest edition of this book, because I also wanted the attached DVD, which didn't come with the first edition.

I was very disappointed to find that the DVD you get with this book is just a cheap infomercial for some other book or DVD set that Fred Jones has produced. It was really useless. You might as well throw the DVD into the trash.

Save yourself a few bucks. Buy a used copy of the first edition.

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Some Good, Some Bad

I bought this book to try and gain control of my classroom. I was brought in shortly after the school year started and have faced many challenges since then. This book has offered some wonderful ideas that I will most likely use next year, but it does not address how to put these things into place after the school year has started. I have been figuring that out on my own.

The behavior section is very helpful as it offers great ideas on how to address behavior as it happens.

Overall, this book is well written and organized. It has been helpful, but I wish it had more on how to implement after the year has begun.

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Cartoons are great

The cartoons are great in this handy book on discipline and instruction. There are many useful strategies and it is reader friendly. When I read some of the stories, I burst out laughing. It is informative while being entertaining.

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In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to reduce the stress of teaching by preventing most management headaches. Dr. Jones helps you reduce student disruptions, backtalk, helpless handraising and dawdling while helping you increase responsible behavior, motivation and independent learning. These skills are made accessable by practical, down-to-earth language and many examples and illustrations that provide the next best thing to attending one of Dr. Jones' workshops. The second edition also includes an Overview DVD of Dr. Jones entire program; including how to use the Study Group Acitivity Guide, workshops, and parent videos.

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