Enter Teaching! : The Essential Guide for Teachers New to Grades 3-6

Who needs a guesstimate of the number of pencils and paper clips to order, a game plan for literature circles, more ways to do science assessments, and a fresh perspective on a difficult behavior problem?

All teachers do. But if you're new to the profession, new to the school, or new to a certain grade level, making choices like these feels like stepping out on stage in an unscripted play.

Enter Teaching! provides no lines to memorize, just another player's ad-libbing to facilitate the creation of a new role.

Covering everything from supplies, fire drills, materials, and procedures to community building, specific instructional strategies, curriculum design, assessment, and professional growth, Enter Teaching! couldn't be more explicit. It's about finding the latitude to make classroom-based decisions and learning to trust your instincts, observations, and reflections.

As Mary herself states, "When advice doesn't make sense, including what you read in this book, return to the classroom and trust what you see."