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Volume 11, Issue 24
June 17, 2009
 Current Events
Studies have long pointed to the benefits of "current events" programs in shaping a nation of lifelong newsreaders. "Using the news" -- whether in the form of the daily newspaper, TV news reports, or classroom discussions of important events -- can go a long way toward developing an informed citizenry too. Ed World's themed page offers dozens of ideas for teaching with the news and newspapers.
Language Arts
Ed World has mined the Internet for great language activities.
 Dino-Mite Lessons
Lions and tigers -- and Stegosauruses -- oh my! Few teaching topics excite young students the way dinosaurs can. Make the most of their interest in meat eaters of the Mesozoic Era with these dino-mite lessons and resources.
Study Skills
Brush up research skills with these online scavenger hunts.
More Timely Lesson Ideas
 Building Vocabulary
Dozens of ideas for building vocab, dictionary skills.
Playground Maps
An endless source of fun and learning.
Father's Day
Gifts, books, songs, and inspiring activities.
End-of-Year Projects #1
End-of-Year Projects #2
Flag Day
Ten Classroom Games
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.
 Heroes in History - Create an ABC book. (Grades 3-12)
Art Imitates Life - Study postcards of World War I. (3-12)
A Moth Is Not a Butterfly - A Venn diagram comparison. (K-5)
Native American Glossary - Learn about words with Native origins. (3-8)
'Indescribably' Excellent Descriptions - Engage students in writing. (K-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml
 Friday Fun
Students reflect on and chronicle their lives from A to Z.
Learning Game of the Week
"Sequence Surprise" reinforces sequential order, numbers.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Race To 1000" teaches place value.
Vicki Cobb's Show-Biz Science
Learn why you shouldn't hold your nose around garbage.
Reader's Theater
How the Camel Got Its Hump
The magical Wizard of All Deserts teaches a lazy camel a lesson.
From the Reading Machine
SpellaRoo
Players help SpellaRoo find words that are misspelled in his sentences. (Grades 1-6)
Total Reader
How Cool Is That!
Writing Lessons
When a Story Met a Sandwich
In this lesson, a sandwich serves as a metaphor for good writing.
(Grades 6-12)
Writing Takes Shape
Writing "takes shape" in this activity based on The Greedy Triangle.
(Grades 3-8)
Writing Bugs
Writing Is Hard Work
Is the wastebasket "a writer's best friend?"
A Fitting Introduction
You must introduce a person you admire to your class…
From the Math Corner
Go Figure
What's for Lunch?
Can students figure out which meal goes to which restaurant customer?
The Math Machine
Disguise Combos
Students learn how to use tables or lists to find combinations and solve math problems. (Grades 2-5)
Explore Our
Printable
Work Sheet Library
In our Work Sheet Library you will find printables for every grade level and subject. Some of our work sheet collections are listed below. For a complete list of printable resources from our editors and our partners, visit the Work Sheet Library.
Animals A to Z
Backpack-tivities
Coloring Calendars
Every-Day Edits
Geography A to Z
Hunt the Fact Monster
It All Adds Up
Make Your Own Work Sheets
Math Cross Puzzles
Name the Mystery State
Phonics Word Search Puzzles
Readers Theater Scripts
Sudoku Puzzles
Vocab-u-lous!
Where Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?
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Math Mnemonics
Roman Numerals
Writing Bug
Tell about a person who touched your life.
 Early Childhood Teaching Resources
Summer Poem of the Week
A Safe You
Early Childhood Teaching Theme
Celebrate our country.
Favorite Anytime Activities
Volume 2.
More Lesson Ideas
Technology Lesson Plans
Every-Day Edits
News for Kids
 Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Draw a picture of a spider based on a detailed description.
Teacher Lesson #2
A fun cooperative-group reading comprehension strategy.
Teacher Lesson #3
Active game reinforces spelling or vocabulary words.
Teacher Lesson #4
Create and write vivid descriptions of new "Fear Factor" stunts.
5-Minute Fillers Volume 9.
Just for This Month! See our June Month of Fun, June Word Search, and June Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for holidays and special days.
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Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
Developing Positive Parent Partnerships
If we are to reach our goal of producing successful students, we must partner with the people ultimately responsible for those students -- their parents.
Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Positive Discipline Part 3: No Joy, No Work
Incentives answer the question, "Why should I?" But in order to use incentives effectively, you must have fun.
Dr. Ken Shore: The ABC's of Bullying Prevention
A Bullying Prevention Program
Research indicates that when schools implement a comprehensive program of bullying prevention, they can significantly reduce bullying.
Brenda Dyck's Blog
Teaching in a Culture of…"They'll Never Let Us” and “We Cannot Do”
The responsibility to improve schools from within ultimately rests on the shoulders of the schoolhouse and the educators who reside there.
Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
More Who, Less What
The best lesson I learned as a new teacher was to focus on WHO we teach, not just on WHAT we teach. Sacrificing the WHO for the WHAT is just plain criminal.
Bernie Poole
The Office Drawing Tools
Lesson 3 of Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007 explains how to create and work with diagrams, charts, clip art, and other images.
Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
CamStudio
CamStudio, an open-source program, allows you to create videos recording what you're doing on your computer and then add narration to your videos.
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Create Self-Correcting Worksheets
Learn how to create self-correcting worksheets with Excel.
 The Principal Poet
Education World's resident poet, Mr. Ivan, presents a poem that is sure to bring grins to school leaders everywhere. This week's poem is "Bringing Elephants to School."
If I can pull this pet thing off
And bring an elephant with me,
They'll talk about my "Show 'n Tell"
For years…I guarantee…
Read more…
 Partners for
Student Success
Math Games Encourage Practice at Home
A partnership with a local teacher supply stores is helping the staff at one Maryland school improve state assessment scores. The result was a night of creating make-and-take games to help reinforce math skills at home. Everyone went home with materials to use.
Sites to See
Online Literacy
Today's Web users can choose from millions of Web pages created by experts, pseudo-experts, jokesters, and the just plain ignorant. How can you tell what's real?
Wire Side Chat
Help for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
More educators are teaching children with learning disabilities, at the same new regulations and strategies for helping these students are coming out. The National Center for Learning Disabilities has new resources to help all teachers. 
Featured Articles
A Framework for Raising Well-Balanced Children
Children today may be pampered with a plethora of gadgets, but they are not nurtured in a way that helps them develop into responsible and caring citizens, argues Dr. Peter L. Benson.
Write Your Own Life
Sue Flaherty’s students contemplate the future.
Tips Library
Classroom Management: Free Storage Solutions
Behavior Management: Dealing With Difficult Students
Motivating Kids: Service-Learning Projects
Book Report Makeover: Paperless Book Reports
Homework Tips: Make Your Own Grade
Best Idea Ever: E-Mail Journals
Testing Tips: What's Wrong
EdTech Tips: Mac Facts
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This Week’s Survey Question
Has your district issued layoff notices to any teaching staff this year?
Last Week’s Survey Results
Do you integrate music into your classroom curriculum on a regular basis?
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If You Don't Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students
This book's best joke may be its title, but it's still very refreshing to have a humorous approach taken to the endless supply of practical tips that the art of teaching needs. In particular, this is one of the best books for teachers to give to administrators as "presents..." well, a gift that hopefully will keep on giving back to the teachers. Lots of great stuff in here that teachers can make happen, but it's really a book that can give administrators ideas to help the staff in many human ways in this most human of professions.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.
The Sixty-Second Motivator
Okay, this isn't really an education book per se, but if there's any profession that faces motivation challenges, it's teaching: Teachers have to motivate students to learn, to behave, and maybe even to grow up a little bit. They also have to motivate administrators to learn, to behave, and maybe even to grow up a little bit (just kidding). Seriously, self-motivation is a huge part of any job that requires a person to motivate other people, and this is certainly a useful approach to self-motivation for time-strapped teachers.
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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)
The Best of LEARNING GAMES is part of the Teacher Treasure Series, an NEA Professional Library Publication.
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The Following Infraction
The teacher was sitting at her desk grading papers when her first-grade class came back from lunch. Little Alice informed the teacher, "Paul had to go to the principal's office."
"Do you know why?" the teacher asked.
"Because he's a following person," Alice replied.
"A what?"
"It came over the loudspeaker," Alice explained: 'The following persons are to go to the office...'"
Birthday Suit #1
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"
Birthday Suit #2
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"
Little Johnny Strikes Again
Teacher: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
Little Johnny: A teacher.
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