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Rules in School

This edition of "Rules in School" is now out of print. The 2nd edition was published in 2011 (ISBN 9781892989420)

Written by four experienced classroom teachers, this book offers practical technique for: helping students articulate their hopes and dreams for school, involving students in generating classroom rules that grow out of their hopes and dreams, modeling, practicing, and role playing the rules, using teacher language effectively to reinforce the rules, teaching children about logical consequences for rule breaking, choosing effective logical consequences, and teaching children to live by the rules outside the classroom.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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