Being warm, supportive, and caring means that a teacher will have healthy, supportive relationships with his students.

Activities and questions should be thoughtfully designed so the teacher can monitor students’ thinking.

Whole class instruction does not allow teachers to accommodate individual student needs.

A teacher should avoid being assertive because it often makes the students think that the teacher doesn’t like them.

As students arrive on the first day of school, a teacher should allow them to wander around and explore the room and materials.

Placement of the teacher’s desk is critical and must be done in such a way that the teacher can see all students at all times; it is not necessary, however, for all students to be able to see the teacher when he/she is seated at his/her desk.

What general education breadth area does this course meet?

Inefficient procedures and the absence of classroom routines are bothersome but do not really constitute a classroom management problem.

The rule, “Respect and be polite to all people,” is

It’s the end of July, and Ms. Decatur, newly hired, is getting ready to start a job as a second-grade teacher at Martin Elementary School. She excitedly enters her classroom for the first time, thinking about all the different decisions she’ll need to make before school even gets started. It’s overwhelming, but she decides to simply start from the most logical point for establishing a well-managed classroom. Which one of the following activities would you expect to see her do first?