33 Recommended Reads for New Elementary Teachers
New teachers ask me all the time for book recommendations as they head into their first years of teaching, so I put together a list of some of my favorites!
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- My Favorite Books for New Teachers -
Job Search/Preparing for Your First Classroom
Ace Your Teacher Interview
The Essential 55
The First Six Weeks
How to Handle Difficult Parents
THE Classroom Management Book
Everything a New Elementary Teacher REALLY Needs to Know
Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers
Teach Like a Champion
Teach Like a Pirate
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Kids These Days
Trouble-Maker
Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids
Whole Brain Teaching:
122 Amazing Games
Management in the Active Classroom
Better than Carrots or Sticks
The Morning Meeting Book
Morning Meeting Ideas: K -2
Morning Meeting Ideas: 3-6
Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
What Great Teachers Do Differently
Take Control of the Noisy Class
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Why We Teach: Inspirational Reads
What School Could Be
Help for Billy
No One Ever Asked
I Wish My Teacher Knew
The Joyful Teacher
The Joyful Classroom
Creating Cultures of Thinking
Making Thinking Visible
50 Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement
Beyond Behaviors : Using Brain Science & Compassion
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
Cultivating Genius
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