The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook: Middle School

by Paula Naegle

Super practical! From what to do during the first 5 minutes of school to the best teaching ideas for middle schoolers, this book has the answers. The author trains new teachers, so she knows the questions and concerns that keep them up at night. Includes advice from many teachers, curriculum planning guides, assessment strategies, and hundreds more tips and ideas. For use with Grades 5 & Up.

Genres: Education, Teaching

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

The New Teacher's Complete Sorcebook is essentially four years of a teaching degree in one 190 page book. Naegle has spent four+ years working with new educators and, given their common concerns and struggles, has addressed these through her book. On occasion I felt like I was being taught to suck eggs, but there were a number of areas where I learnt a new perspective on a particular subject, or clarified its practical use in the classroom. In fact, looking back over the book, I have bookmarked 94 of the 190 pages to go back over, use to reedit already planned work, or action an idea in these last two weeks before school returns. I suspect this book will never be far from my side this year as I take on my first regular class, plus it will be worth rereading it in subsequent years.

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like some of the forms and lists included in this book.