In this deeply personal book, respected author and educator Susan Mandel Glazer brings us into her career in education and her work with teachers and students around the world. She asks teachers to consider the effect-negative as well as positive-their words and actions have on the attitudes and learning of the students they teach. Her goal in sharing this reflection is to persuade teachers to work at becoming more aware of what they do and how they speak in the classroom. Through a series of vignettes Glazer presents and analyzes a wide range of situations, then offers possible outcomes for the various scenarios. Checklists and self-assessments, presented in a workshop format, help teachers understand their actions and work to modify their behaviors appropriately.
2011 Just Published! Paperbound 224pp ISBN 978-1-933760-37-7 Order #8000 $26.95    4 Vignettes    Introduction

“I read it on the plane last night and could not put it down. What an interesting approach to improving teaching and the teaching of reading. You are really on to something here. Effective teachers are caring teachers and we do need to be more self reflective in our work.
I love how you take the abstract ideas and turn them into actual strategies for teachers. We could all learn a lot from your book. . . . Seems to me that we have responsbility to teach children to be good and caring citizens of the world. We can do that most effectively when we treat children in a caring and respectful manner. This is a terrific book that all teachers should read. Very very well done!!!”            --Timothy Rasinski, Kent State University

In her Prelude to this book Susan Glazer writes, "I hope this little comprehensive guide serves as impetus for you to learn more about yourself as a teacher of writing and about how your students can guide you to become a learner in the classroom." She helps you do this by covering: Children and Their Writing Development, Getting Writing Started in Your Classroom, The Learners In Our Classrooms: Who Are They?, Guiding ALL Learners to Write, and Self Assessment as Instruction. The ideal way to teach your grade 1-3 students to read and write!

2001 Paperbound 154pp ISBN 1-929024-32-0 Order #3021 $17.95

Turn to this guide for a no-nonsense look at how to teach phonics and spelling effectively ... how to make word study meaningful ... and how to teach students self-monitoring and self-assessment skills.

1999 98pp Paperbound ISBN 0-926842-82-X (K-12) Order #3001 $9.95

See how assessment and instruction are linked together, and how to organize and manage the materials generated by authentic classroom assessment.
1993 Paperbound 200pp ISBN 0-926842-25-0 (K-12) Order #750 $12.95

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