The Joyful Classroom: Practical Ways to Engage & Challenge Students K-6

by Lynn Bechtel

Students learn more, and with more joy, when offered intriguing lessons that connect with their lives and interests while challenging them to stretch and grow. In this book, you'll find practical, ready-to-use strategies for creating active and exciting lessons.

You'll learn about: Partnering and grouping students for optimum learning; using interactive learning structures such as Maitre d' and Swap Meets to support active learning; incorporating acting, drawing, debating, and more into daily lessons while still meeting rigorous learning goals; infusing lessons with choices in what or how to learn to increase students' ownership of their learning; and more.

Genres: Teaching, Education, Adult, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2016

Reviews

[The Reading Countess · Rating 5 out of 5]

✅ Just finished advanced training in responsive classroom. Adding to my SEL toolkit.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not gonna lie. I think this applies well beyond elementary school.

[Cheryl Fields-Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thinking of using this text for an initial course with brand new MAT students.