THE First Days of School

How to Be an Effective Teacher

Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong

• Publisher: Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc.
• Year: 2018
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780996335041
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

THE First Days of School is the most requested book for what works in the classroom for maximal teacher and student success. It is often referred to as the teacher's bible.

The research-based content focuses on the 3 characteristics of effective teachers: Classroom Management, Lesson Mastery, and Positive Expectations.

Written by award-winning teachers Harry and Rosemary Wong, this best-selling book on effective teaching has sold over 4.5 million copies. It charts the path to successful classrooms. The strategies can be applied at any time at no cost to produce noticeable changes with lasting impact. It's the foremost book on how to teach, used by all levels of teachers, thousands of schools, districts, colleges and universities, and alternative certification programs, in over 134 countries, and translated into 9 languages.

THE First Days of School is the parent book to THE Classroom Management Book and THE Classroom Instruction Book, which go deeper into effective teaching practices.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• About the DVD, You Have Changed My Life
• About the Authors
• Unit A: Basic Understandings–The Teacher
• Unit B: First Characteristic—Positive Expectations
• Unit C: Second Characteristic—Classroom Management
• Unit D: Third Characteristic—Lesson Mastery
• Unit E: Future Understandings—The Professional
• Bibliography
• Index
• Credits