Teaching Children to Care : Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8

Preface 1(2) Foreword 3(4) Section I: Building a Learning Community 7(132) Intentions 17(10) I See You, I See Everything 27(42) Making the Rules with Children 69(38) Teaching the Rules 107(16) The Critical Contract: A Student's Individual Goals for the Year 123(16) Section II: Making the community Work 139(88) Using Logical Consequences When Rules Are Broken 143(22) Time-Out: Establishing Boundaries and Promoting Self-Control 165(26) The Five Percent 191(20) Working Together to Support the Rules 211(16) Section III: The Voices of Teaching 227(46) Empowering Language: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say 233(14) Stress the Deed, Not the Doer 247(18) The Voices of Authority 265(8) Section IV: Further Strategies for Difficult Classroom Behaviors 273(88) Problem-Solving Class Meetings 277(28) Teachers as Mirrors: Using Social Conferences 305(34) Individual Contracts 339(22) Section V: Clear Positives 361(42) Teaching by Clear Positives: Revisiting Ideals 369(14) Clear Positives in Action 383(20) Conclusion: Authentic Teaching 403(6) Appendix A 409(4) Appendix B 413(6) Appendix C 419(6) Appendix D 425(2) Appendix E 427(6) Recommended Resources 433