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CLASSROOM WARM-UPS
Dr. Linda Lee Shoop and
Deborah Wright
Paper, $21.95
96 pages, 8½" x 11"
ISBN 0-89390-477-5
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These quick, easy, ready-to-use icebreakers help teachers build a
comfortable and confident learning environment for their
students. Once the environment is made comfortable, students are more
receptive to learning, and learning becomes a more positive experience. And the teacher gains more
control over the classroom. These activities won’t take away from classroom time
because they are designed to be quick — leaving plenty of time for the actual curriculum. Suitable for
use in public or private schools, or for any group work with young people.
Reviews
“At last, a book that is teacher- and student-friendly. Classroom
Warm-Ups has strategies
for reducing tension, problem solving and resolving conflict. Give yourself a
daily dose of ideas from
this book. It will help you work smarter, not harder.”
— Pamela Weinberg, author of You and Your Child’s
Teacher, Family Literacy and
the School and Your Home Is a Learning Place.
“These warm-up activities provide interactive and collaborative
learning experiences that
place responsibility squarely where it belongs: on the student. They also
make much of what takes place
in the classroom relevant to the most important people in the room: again,
the students.”
— David Ciafre, guidance department chair, Sharon High School,
Sharon, Pa.
“Shoop and Wright’s strategies actively engage individuals in
the learning process.
Students are challenged to take responsibility for their own learning as they
personally reflect on their
responsibility to the ‘community’ within the
classroom.”
— Marc Dobbs, guidance counselor, Lower Macungie Middle
School, Macungie, Pa.
“Various activities in this excellent work have provided me with many
ideas that I have used with nine-year-olds and senior scouts, as well as my
12th-grade advanced placement English students. I strongly endorse
Classroom Warm-Ups.”
— Carolyn M. Ferrence, English teacher, Girl Scout leader, religion
instructor
“As a health educator, I understand the biological, psychological and
sociological effects of stress on our bodies. Classroom Warm-Ups
introduces important skill-building techniques that help teachers and
students maximize their performance in the classroom. When students
participate in classroom exercises, they practice stress-management skills
that divert negative energy into positive activities. When teachers
incorporate physical activity into their daily lesson plans, it invigorates the
body and mind, preparing students to receive and process complex learning
tasks.”
— Arlene E. Hall, assistant professor, College of Health and Human
Development, Penn State University
About the Authors
Dr. Linda Lee Shoop is associate professor of educational psychology and
special
education at Penn State University. A former Peace Corps volunteer in
Liberia, she has also taught in
elementary schools and directed a co-op care center. She received her
bachelor’s degree from the
University of Michigan, her master’s degreee in counseling from the
University of Kentucky and
her doctorate in educational psychology from Ball State University.
Deborah Wright teaches English and journalism at Apollo-Ridge High
School in Spring
Church, Penn. She received her undergraduate degree in education from
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and has done graduate work at Penn State University.
The authors have been collaborating for several years on workshops and
other activities that
promote “student-centered discussion.”
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