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Volume 11, Issue 25
June 24, 2009
Writing Lessons
The push is on in schools to improve students' writing skills. This week, make the “write impression” with lessons that involve students in interviewing, editing, building vocabulary… plus story starters for all grades.
Great Reading Ideas
Find 25 great ideas for motivating young readers.
ABC Books
They aren’t just for babies! Tips for using ABC books in grades K-12.
 4th of July
Hear ye! Hear ye! The United States celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Education World brings you great sites to explore, games to play, and lesson plans that will help your students recognize how the United States became an independent nation.
More Timely Lesson Ideas
 Teaching Current Events
Brush Up Your Students’ Study Skills
Dino-Mite Lessons
Building Vocabulary
Playground Maps
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.
 This Is America! - A flag collage for July 4. (Grades K-12)
Math Magic - Students impress others with calculations. (3-12)
Build an Oxygen Plant - Understand the circulatory system. (6-12)
Put a Woman on a Stamp - Nominate a woman to be honored. (6-12)
Eggshell People - Write eggshell people diaries, poems. (K-5)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml
Learning Game of the Week
Review knowledge as you run the bases in “Play Ball” game.
Friday Fun
Use PowerPoint to create a virtual tour of your community.
Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
A "sweet" experiment teaches about heat.
 Early Childhood Teaching Resources
Summer Poem of the Week
Hooray for the USA!
Early Childhood Teaching Theme
Cool cooking.
Favorite Anytime Activities
Volume 3.
More Lesson Ideas
Technology Lesson Plans
Every-Day Edits
News for Kids
Reader's Theater
Hen Picked
The hardworking Little Red Hen needs an apprentice. Who should it be?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/
reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater009.shtml
From the Reading Machine
Aton-Ra: The Lost Statue
Students help investigators recover Egypt's missing statue by using their superior spelling skills. (Grades 3-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/readingmachine/readingmachine001.shtml
 Writing Lessons
A Letter to Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall inspires students as they write friendly letters.
(Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp281-03.shtml
Paper Bag Book Report
Paper Bag Book Report combines literacy, community service.
(Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson042.shtml
Writing Bugs
A Different Kind of Day
Students imagine a day that is out of the ordinary…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug007.shtml
When Spiderwebs Unite
What does this old Ethiopian proverb mean to you?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug011.shtml
From the Math Corner
Wendy Petti's "Math Cats Math Chat"
A Math Toolbox in Every Home
Extend a sense of discovery into students’ homes by helping them assemble math toolboxes to be enjoyed by the whole family.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mathchat/mathchat001.shtml
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.
Hunt the Fact Monster
It All Adds Up
Math Cross Puzzles
Name the Mystery State
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 Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: “Place Value Snap” teaches math facts.
Go Figure
What's Your Angle?
Test students' knowledge of angles with this clever puzzle.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure004.shtml
Math Mnemonics
Area and Circumference
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics036.shtml
The Math Machine
Measure It
The challenge of Measure It! seems simple: use an onscreen ruler to measure a red bar above it. (Grades 1-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine036.shtml
 Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Use clues to cooperatively develop a mystery character.
Teacher Lesson #2
Students compete in teams to learn 100 famous quotes.
Teacher Lesson #3
Five days of activities for teaching young students about shapes.
Teacher Lesson #4
Explore the Seven Wonders of the ancient and modern worlds.
5-Minute Fillers Volume 10.
Just for This Month! See our June Month of Fun, June Word Search, and June Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for Fourth of July.
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This Week's Feature
 Classroom and Recess Games
Board games, outdoor games, jumbo games, educational games, electronic games -- they're all here in the Education World MarketPlace. Check out our game shelves for everything you need for classroom fun and learning.
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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
Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Visual Instruction Plans
The use of graphics as an integral part of lesson presentation can prevent discipline problems while accelerating learning.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones024.shtml
Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Imitate to Motivate
Remember your favorite teacher. Reflect on what made you admire and respect him or her. Now, pretend to be your favorite teacher.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin005.shtml
Bernie Poole
The Excel Spreadsheet
Lesson 4 of Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007 explains how a spreadsheet can be useful for classroom management.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/Lesson4_2007.pdf
Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
Blabberize
Want to just have some fun making a picture "talk?" Try Blabberize.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget004.shtml
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Create an Interactive Map
Learn how to create interactive maps with Excel.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial059.shtml
Total Reader
How Cool Is That!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev149.shtml
Featured Articles
Teacher Education
Teacher education programs have their flaws, but schools and states need to build on their strengths rather than start from scratch, says Dr. Sharon P. Robinson, president of AACTE.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat198.shtml
Acting Out Opposites
Vera Lopes’ digital photography attracts tiny tots to opposites.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature006.shtml
Sites to See
Life Skills
Resources on increasing self-esteem, effective communication, responsible citizenship, decision-making, problem solving, and peer pressure.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites055.shtml
Featured Site Reviews
 Picturing America
Resources and information for teaching American History and culture using America's art treasures.
 Kids and Reading
Parents and teachers of young kids should see this strong British site.
Cyber Nations
A multiplayer persistent simulation useful for teachers of secondary social studies.
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Each week, we ask readers to cast their votes in The Weekly Survey. Cast your vote in this week's question of interest to all educators.
This Week’s Survey Question
Does your district offer teachers bonuses to teach specific subjects or to teach in low-performing schools?
This Week’s Survey Question
Has your district issued layoff notices to any teaching staff this year?
 Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators."
Rules in School
Nothing is more wonderful than a well-run classroom, where students have internalized the classroom rules, and where those rules "add up" to a logical way to maintain a good learning environment. Another great thing is the positive impact the experience of learning to internalize a good set of rules has on the kids beyond the classroom. This book from the folks at The Responsive Classroom® offers a method of thinking about developing rules, including developing consequences for breaking rules. Enjoy! But no talking!
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Teaching is a human job, and this book is a great one for capturing the day-to-day delights of leading a classroom of little kids through a vital year of their young lives. The fact that the book's author reports, as of press time, presumably, that he had sung "Happy Birthday" to students in his classroom 657 times, tells a lot about the larger impact a teacher has. Meantime, the bite-sized essays in this book are perfect for the hurried teaching life.
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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.
http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=0696800
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Red in the Face
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of blood in the human body. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, boys and girls, if I stood on my head the blood would run into it and I would turn red in the face, right?"
All the students nodded in agreement and recognition of this fact.
"Then why is it," the teacher continued, "that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
One quick-thinking student shouted out, "Because your feet aren't empty."
Off to Jail
It was the end of her day when the police officer was parking her police van in front of the station. As she gathered her equipment, her K-9 partner, Champ, was barking, and she saw a little boy staring in at her.
"Is that a dog you got back there?" the little boy asked.
"It sure is," the officer replied.
Puzzled, the boy looked at her and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
Grammar Lesson
Teacher: Courtney, can you give me a sentence starting with the word "I"?
Courtney: I is ...
Teacher: No, Courtney. Always start a sentence with "I am."
Courtney: OK. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.
Little Johnny Strikes Again
Mother: How do you like your new English teacher?
Little Johnny: I think she's biased.
Mother: What do you mean?
Little Johnny: She thinks words can be spelled only one way.
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