This manual, written by a classroom practitioner, addresses concerns frequently voiced by beginning teachers. It is designed as a practical approach to what works in the classroom. The chapters focus on the following issues: Classroom Management; Classroom Discipline (student behavior, easy ways to establish control, major issues, calling home, and insubordinate behavior); Lesson Plans; Markbooks (managing time, markbooks, and marking policy); Why Teach? (a changing profession); Questions (involving students in answering questions); What to Teach?; Homework (homework, notebooks, quizzes, classroom decorations as instructional devices); Can Johnny Read That?; Varying the Presentation; What Works? (effective teaching methods); and Other Subject Methods. (SM)