>I wasn’t sure of the first author’s spelling. Thanks! The book is published by Oxford University Press, and the first author is Patsy Lightbown (NOT lightbrown as is sometimes thought). Nina Spada is the other author. Jean W. LeLoup ====================== 96/06 From-> Mary Ann Dellinger Subject: Re: First day smilers Harry Wong’s “First Days of School”. Mary Ann Dellinger ====================== 96/08–> From: Mary Young Subject: First Days In _The First Days of School_ Harry Wong recommends teaching class routines and laying them out step by step for the kids–routines for entering the classroom, passing in papers, class rules, exiting the classroom, etc. You make a poster and handouts of the procedures, teach them to the kids, model them, and rehearse them. When a kids messes up you have him/her stop, go back and do it over correctly. I always expect 14 year-olds to be able to do that on their own, but there are always a few who are not and who