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Math Fact Practice
Math Fact Practice Work Sheets
Use these printables for addition, subtraction, and multiplication math fact practice. Coming soon: division.
Free Work Sheets
From TLS Books
Select the Tense
Read each sentence and write the tense of its verb (past, present, or future) on the line.
Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits
Animals A to Z: Hyena.
Ele-Middle Edits
Sousa marches, the Hope Diamond, Montana…
Writing Bug
Story Starter
Three things I am most thankful for are...
Hunt the Fact Monster
Primary Hunt
November hunt #2
Ele-Middle Hunt
Hunt #10
Build a Fab Vocab
Vocab-u-lous! Activity
Words that begin with K.
Where in the World
Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?
Mrs. W:
Week 6
Which European landmark is she visiting?
It All Adds Up
Puzzle #6
Find the missing numbers so "it all adds up."
Word Search of the Month
November Word Search
How many words can you find?
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News for Kids
Meet Maurice Sendak
The movie is "wildly" popular, but what do you really know about Where the Wild Things Are and its author?
Learning Game of the Week
Spelling and luck combine in the team game, "Spin and Spell."
Friday Fun
Take students on the playground to measure the Mayflower.
Vicki Cobb's Show-Biz Science
Discover where string gets its strength.
From Our Early Childhood Activity Bank
Special activities for this week include...
'Feather Together' Turkey
Move Like a Turkey
Plan a 'Corn Week'
Thanksgiving Word Match
Savory Snacks for November
Learn About Pilgrim Children
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web.
From the Reading Machine
Gator's Smash 'Em reinforces spelling. (Grades 2-6)
From the Math Machine
Star Gazing is a fun Web site for teaching angle measurement. (Grades 2-6)
From the Science Machine
Use Cyber Tiger to explore the topics of zoology. (Grades 1-4)
The Math and Science Corner
Featured Math Article
Challenge + Fun = Math Achievement in Middle School
More than a dozen resources to help middle schoolers connect math and real life.
Wendy Petti's Math Cats
Halloween Math
Halloween is a time for...measuring pumpkins; drawing spiders with coordinates; categorizing costumes; graphing candy counts; more.
Go Figure!
In which house does each of the children live?
Zap
Addition to 12; counting on from larger numbers; immediate recall
Math Mnemonics
Numerator Over Denominator
The Science Lab
Weather Predictions From a Pop Bottle
A demonstration of what a barometer is and how a barometer can be used to help predict weather.
The Writing Center
Ten Prompts for Student Writing
Teachers are always on the lookout for story starters or writing prompts to use as student writing motivators. Here are ten such prompts.
The Memorial Project
Laurie Capponi's students remember the past as they move toward the future.
Dear Veteran
Write a letter to a veteran in your city or town.
Solving the World's Problems
If you could solve any problem in the world…
Writing Lessons
Write a Round Robin Story
In groups of five, every student takes part in writing a round-robin story. (Grades 3-12)
Persuade the Aliens
Be an alien. Persuade your master to adopt a custom you witnessed on Earth. (Grades K-12)
The Reading Room
Cathy Puett Miller:
Every Minute Counts:
Layering Instruction
The pace of instruction seems our first enemy -- making it imperative that we create multiple opportunities to enforce what we most want children to learn.
Reader's Theater
Hen-Picked
The hardworking Little Red Hen has a thriving pastry business and needs an apprentice. Who should it be?
Reading Feature
Dr. Seuss Literacy Night Is the Cat's Meow
An evening of characters and games at Hill Field Elementary includes a wide range of activities, a "make and take" home-reading activity area, and a popular school-wide book exchange -- all to excite kids and families about literacy.
Best Books for Teaching About...
Bats
Inventors and Inventions
More Lesson Ideas
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Students design their own pictograph sentences on scraps of "buffalo hide."
Teacher Lesson #2
Writing "takes shape" in this activity based on The Greedy Triangle.
Teacher Lesson #3
"Shaving Cream Spelling" offers hands-on practice -- and clean desks!
Bulletin Boards That Teach
Our Thankful Hearts -- Invite students to open their hearts and share what they're thankful for.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 24.
Just for This Month!
See our November Month of Fun. This week:
-- Day of the Dead Vocabulary Matching Game (Grades 5-12)
-- Daniel Boone Word Search (Grades 3-6)
-- Elections Crossword Puzzle (Grades 4-8)
-- Native Americans Online Quiz (Grades 4-12)
-- Addition Surprise Numbers Game (Grades 1-2)
-- Funny Fill-In: Turkey Story (Grades 3-6)
-- D is for Drum Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades PreK-1)
Plus! November Word Search, November Coloring Calendar, and create your own work sheets for this month's holidays and special days.
Ken Shore: The ABCs of Bullying Prevention
Understanding the Bully
Children are not born bullies. Bullies are made -- which means they can be unmade.
Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching
Calm is Strength; Upset is Weakness
A calm response to provocation can be learned. Because upset happens quickly, however, you have to learn to relax automatically when confronted. That takes practice.
Ruth Sidney Charney: The Responsive Classroom
Using Language to Encourage and Empower Children
Three simple structures support encouraging and empowering language. We call those structures "The Three R's": to reinforce, to remind, to redirect.
Brenda Dyck: Brenda's Blog
Listen Up!
Every day, teachers like you and me are joining the podcasting fever by using the handheld listening devices to give a facelift to an age-old learning tradition -- homework!
Carlton Ashby's The Power Is In You
It Can Be Done
Last weekend I attended a benefit breakfast at a community center. The director took time to introduce the recent college grads in the crowd. As they stood, I noticed a disturbing reality: Why are so few of our African-American boys completing high school and going on to college?
Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day
The Meeting Song
This song was written to stir to life a roomful of slouching teachers at the beginning of a meeting. It worked!
Mr. Ivan:
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...
"The Substitute Teacher"
At five a.m. the telephone
Rings sharply in my ear.
The principal, on the other end,
Says words I almost fear…
Read more…
Strategy of the Week
SLANT
This class participation strategy is a simple, easy-to-remember technique for helping students increase their contributions to -- and benefits from -- group instruction and class discussion.
Classroom Management Article of the Week
Helping Students Find the "Write" Way to Behave
Having students write about their misbehavior, why it occurred, and what they are going to do to correct it is valuable for students and teachers.
Wire Side Chats
Teachers Can Help With the U.S. Census
The U.S. Census provides the federal government with key data that affects local communities, and the Census Bureau wants educators to spread the word about the 2010 head count through lesson plans and teaching materials it has prepared for teachers. Included: Examples of ways to use census materials in the classroom.
Rafe Esquith: On Raising Extraordinary Kids
We have to be careful about defining "academic success." The guys at Enron were academically successful. Is that what we want for our children?
Using Music to Teach Content Gets Rave Reviews from Students
Today, more than ever, wise teachers recognize the power that music possesses to teach new and difficult concepts. Take Alex Kajitani, for example. He is California's Teacher of the Year for 2009, but he is probably best known as the Rappin' Mathematician.
Collaboration Dinners Bring Together Staff, Parents
After a family dinner at school, daycare is provided for the students who work on homework while the adults convene in another room where they work in small groups to define the school's mission and create an action plan for ensuring success.
Template of the Week
November Calendar
Students can practice printing and calendar skills with this traceable November calendar.
Teacher Feature
Can You Beat That Time?
Diana Solis uses a little competition to motivate her beginning readers.
A Veterans' Day Scavenger Hunt
Explore the Web site provided and then answer questions about Veterans' Day.
 Sites to See
World Wars I and II
These sites for teaching about World Wars I and II include photographs, maps, video, timelines, articles, primary sources, virtual reality activities, and more.
Tech Classroom Spotlight
A Personal School Bell System
Freeware turns Jay Edwards' computer into a personal school bell system.
Alma Rowe's Gadget of the Week
HearWho
A great online tool for converting text to mp3 files.
Video of the Week
Using Video Games in Your Classroom
Watch an expert teacher integrate the video game Coaster Creator to teach students the concepts behind potential and kinetic energy.
What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Mrs. Brown's Brainy Bunch.
Newsletters 'R Us
Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.
Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.
The ABCs of Student
Success Helping students achieve from A to Z.
Caught on the Web Sites to share with parents.
Clipart
Library Free art to liven up newsletters.
Fun
Facts Fun and educational content.
Parent Newsletter Templates A different template for each month.
Math @ Home Math activities for parents and kids.
"QuotED" Educational quotes to inspire.
Parent Pointers Ponder these themed parenting tips.
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Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
For a book from one of the major education associations -- the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) -- this is a relatively compact book of under 200 pages that offers nine categories of instructional strategies, along with the research and statistics to back up their efficacy. Among the nine are Summarizing and Note Taking; Homework and Practice; Nonlinguistic Representation; and Cooperative Learning. The emphasis in the book is on elementary instruction. Written by Robert Marzano and others.
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Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
This is one of the modern classics in education, first published to much bru-ha-ha in 1987. The author, E.D. Hirsch, argues that education is suffering because we lack a strong common "bank" of cultural knowledge -- i.e., what every American should know. He even goes so far as to include a list, a huge list of 5,000 essential items of knowledge. Seen at the time as a conservative, even reactionary text, Hirsch argues that it is precisely those less advantaged students who would benefit from schools focusing more on getting these basic 5,000 items into every kid's head.
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A high school senior saw an inspirational advertisement on television about becoming a teacher. She called the number shown: 1-800-45TEACH. A woman answered the call, and the student rambled on about how she thought she would be a great teacher. "Could you send me some information?" she asked.
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More Profound Thoughts On Parenthood
Teachers will relate to many of these thoughts…
There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.
To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.
An alarm clock is a device for awakening people who don't have small children.
Adolescence is the age at which children stop asking questions because they know all the answers.
The people hardest to convince that it's time for retirement are children at bedtime.
How do you cope when the 'apple' of your eye becomes the "Why 'orange' you buying me the latest Xbox game?"
No wonder kids are confused today -- half the adults tell them to find themselves; the other half tell them to get lost.
The right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called 'labor'!
S'no Test
Sonia: Great news, the teacher says we have a test today come rain or shine.
Peter: So what's so great about that?
Sonia: It's snowing outside!
Little Johnny Strikes Again
Little Johnny: What do you get when you cross Godzilla with a mole?
Teacher: I give up.
Little Johnny: The Panama Canal!
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Veterans Day
Native Americans - Blast students' stereotypes. (Grades K-5)
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Classroom and Recess Games
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.
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