In Harry Wong’s book, The First Days of School, he introduces how effective teachers begin the school year. In his book, he discusses why and how teachers should introduce rules and procedures. Kindergarten is a very important year for teaching students how and when to carry out particular activities. I will devote the first few days of school to strictly teaching routines and procedures. When discussing rules, Wong suggest that teachers only have three to five rules. After reading Wong’s reasoning, I very much so agree. Wong points out that all numbers we are to memorize are in groups of … Continue reading →