Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers, 4)

Learn an approach for helping students become invested in creating and living by classroom rules. K-8 teachers in a wide range of settings have used this approach to establish calm, safe learning environments and teach children self-discipline. Written by four experienced classroom teachers, this book offers practical techniques for: * Helping students articulate their hopes and dreams for school * Involving students in generating classroom rules that grow out of their hopes and dreams * Modeling, practicing, and role playing the rules * Using teacher language effectively to reinforce the rules * Teaching children about logical consequences for rule breaking * Choosing effective logical consequences * Teaching children to live by the rules outside the classroom Includes separate chapters on what this approach looks like at various grade levels.