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Volume 10, Issue 46
November 12, 2008
 Native American Heritage Month
November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month -- the perfect time to explore Education World's resources on the history and culture of America's original inhabitants. Included: Lessons for recognizing America’s Indian roots.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/native_americans.shtml
 Thanksgiving
"Gobble, gobble, gobble...." Increase your students' knowledge and skills when you use turkeys as a teaching theme. Plus teaching the real story of the First Thanksgiving, much more.
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/thanksgiving.shtml
 Reading Fun
Are you looking for a special project that will excite your students about reading? In this archive, we have gathered dozens of Education World articles that offer unique lessons and ideas for teachers of reading at all levels. Make every week Book Week with these fun and "novel" reading lesson ideas.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/reading.shtml
 Geography Awareness Week
Geography lessons can make a "world" of difference in students' knowledge of the world and in their test scores. That's because geography is multidisciplinary by nature. Our archive presents geography lessons that teach geography as well as math, language, and cultural literacy. Included: Dozens of lessons for Geography Awareness Week, November 16-22, 2008.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/reading.shtml
 Lesson Plan of the Day
Click the link above to see dozens of recent Lesson Plans of the Day, including the five lessons below that were posted last week.
Turkey Bulletin Boards - Two fun displays. (Grades K-5)
Lewis and Clark's Journey - A timeline activity. (3-12)
Smoking's Dangers - Just in time for the Smokeout, Nov.20. (K-12)
Gettysburg Address - Compare Lincoln’s draft vs. final version. (6-12)
Design a Navajo Rug - A lesson in symmetry. (3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml
 Friday Fun
Take students on the playground to measure the Mayflower.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday012.shtml
Learning Game of the Week
“Musical Spelling Words” is a variation on musical chairs.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame022.shtml
News for Kids
National Turkey Off to Disneyland
What happens to the National Thanksgiving Turkey after the president gives it a pardon?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml
 Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
Teach about resistance with this "drag race" between a coin and a stamp.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/
showbiz_science/showbiz_science037.shtml
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks
Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: “Adding War.”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars009.shtml
 Early Childhood Center
* Rhyme Time
This week's poem for Early Childhood educators:
Giving Thanks
* Early Childhood Teaching Themes
The Many Faces of Thankfulness
Giving Thanks
More About Thanksgiving
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/
Reader's Theater
Anansi and the Yam Hills
A spell (cast by an angry woman with magical powers) turns out to be Anansi’s undoing -- and teaches us all a lesson about greed.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater029.shtml
 Tech Lesson of the Week
An Attitude of Gratitude
Middle-school students identify unusual things they're thankful for, and then use digital content to represent those things on a PowerPoint slide.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp045.shtml
From the Reading Machine
Synonym Toast
Toss slices of bread into the toaster to help Captain Huggy Face. But be careful. The bread you choose must contain a synonym for the word on the toaster (Grades 3-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/readingmachine/readingmachine005.shtml
Writing Bugs
Giving Thanks
Three things I am most thankful for are...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug057.shtml
Things I'm Really Good at
I'm really good at these three things…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug069.shtml
A Turkey's Last Plea
Imagine you are a turkey that needs to convince someone not to cook you.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug056.shtml
 Writing Lessons
Discovering the Writers Within
Convince students that writing is worthwhile and their skills will grow.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller017.shtml
Family History Project
Donna Kielty’s family history project teaches students who “Americans" are.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature125.shtml
Cinderella and the Rough-Faced Girl
Compare Cinderella to the native tale The Rough-Face Girl. (Grades K-5)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson041.shtml
Working on the Slant
Learn about slant by comparing how several newspapers cover a story. (Grades 3-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp258-01.shtml
Go Figure
The Tall and Short of It
Use the clues to match each girl with the correct height and weight.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure005.shtml
Math Mnemonics
Add, Subtract, Multiply, or Divide?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics014.shtml
From the Math Machine
Mathteroids is a fun Web site for teaching multiples. (Grades 3-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine026.shtml
Bulletin Boards That Teach
Our Thankful Hearts
Invite students to open their hearts and share what they're thankful for.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard003.shtml
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Fun hands-on activity teaches outlining skills.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Students “team up” to create, market a sports franchise.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml
5-Minute Fillers
Volume #21
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml
Hunt the Fact Monster
Students learn Internet searching skills as they search the Fact Monster.
Primary Hunts
Ele-Middle Hunts
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml
Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Iguana
Ele-Middle Edits Georgia O’Keefe, Sesame Street…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml
Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with L
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous009.shtml
Work Sheet of the Week
“Sequencing Sentences” -- three activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_3_5.shtml
Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors’ Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers’ Voices section of this week’s themed booklists:
Best Books for Teaching About...
The Human Body
Inventors and Their Inventions
http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/archives/students.shtml
FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY
Backpack-tivities
These @ home learning activities are great family fun -- and learning. (Grades K-4)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/homework.shtml
Math Cross Puzzles
Just like crosswords, but with math. (Grades 4-9)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/numbercross.shtml
Geography A to Z
Learn about world geography one letter at a time. (Grades 4-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/geography_az.shtml
Just for This Month!
See our November Month of Fun, November Word Search, and November Coloring Calendar. PLUS: Create-your-own holiday work sheet templates.
 Education Humor With Regina Barreca
The Kittens Who Colored My World
“I think everybody poops, but something we should certainly all remember as a piece of undeniable truth should not be considered the basis of a work of imaginative fiction.” So, what is it with the latest in children’s literature, wonders Gina Barecca in her latest column.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca034.shtml
Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Teach in the Now
Make a commitment to adopt a “now mentality” by asking yourself every day (for the next 7 days), “What small action can I take within the next 24 hours to move me one step closer to positive change?”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin013.shtml
Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Having Fun With PAT
Anything can be taught in the form of a team game, and team games make terrific PATs. Discover games you can play to let students "have fun with learning."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones017.shtml
Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
How to Involve and Engage Students
Student misbehavior isn't always caused by bad attitudes. Often students misbehave out of boredom. Keeping students involved and engaged is the very best solution.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald007.shtml
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Creating Tech Handouts
The trick to creating effective technology handouts is to keep each step simple, make sure you cover every step, and be specific.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial083.shtml
Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
HearWho
HearWho is a great online tool for converting text to mp3 files.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget013.shtml
 The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents this week’s poem, Pencil Billy.
Billy chewed his pencils.
He chewed them every day.
And each time his teacher caught him
She’d shout, “Billy, put that thing away!”…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan009.shtml
Strategy of the Week
Spelling
With just a few new strategies and activities, you can turn your spelling practices from dull to dynamic and your students' spelling skills from grating to great.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy007.shtml
Featured Articles
Ten Reasons to Build Students' Moral IQ
Moral Intelligence is what helps youth act right with or without our guidance, and the best news is that this critical intelligence can be taught.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev144.shtml
Cooperative Learning Saves the Day
In this Wire Side Chat, Dr. Theodore Panitz shares three cooperative-learning activities you can uses in your math classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr287a.shtml
 Focus on... Health and Wellness
Good physical fitness and nutrition are essential if students are to be "fit to be taught." Without those things, they are at a big disadvantage. The articles in this archive share "food for thought" and practical tips for building awareness about the importance of wellness when it comes to student learning.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/focus/health_wellness.shtml
Conventions & Conferences
What's coming up?
See our updated listing of 30+ conferences.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/conventions.shtml
Video of the Week
Teacher and Librarian Collaboration
This parody of Blind Date is a clip from a project on classroom teacher and librarian collaboration.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/videooftheweek.shtml
 Exceptional Event
Fab Friday.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events014.shtml
Grant of the Week
This week:
Responsible Sports™ Community Grants.
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml
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Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives
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Reluctant Disciplinarian: Advice on Classroom Management
From a Softy Who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher
A long title, but luckily it really tells you why this book is valuable. So many people do get into education for what might be called "soft" reasons -- love of children, love of learning, a desire to make people's lives better. Those of us who have such "soft" motivations in our personality often find it hard to be the militaristic, marching-orders person that classroom management sometimes requires. Here's our guidebook!
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The Best of LEARNING GAMES
If you enjoy Education World's weekly LEARNING GAMES feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet of more than 30 of our most popular learning games. PLUS an extra bonus -- ten more games for classroom fun!
These classroom games span the grades and the major subject areas -- and inject a healthy dose of fun into the serious business of teaching and learning. Looking to fill the end of a hectic day with something fun and educational? Looking for a great reward for students that will make valuable use of free time? Looking to reinforce basic skills with a fun activity? These games will fill the bill!
Included in this 80-page booklet you'll find these games and more:
- Math Facts Race (Math, grades K-8)
- You Can Count on Spelling (Math and Language Arts, grades K-12)
- Find It... Fast! (All Subjects, grades K-12)
- Concentration Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)
- The Dictionary Game (Language Arts, grades 3-8)
- Play Ball: A Major League Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)
- Friendly Feud (All Subjects, grades K-12)
- Plus 35 more games!
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