Date: November 17th 2009


Dear Education Leaders,

Welcome! This free newsletter is published weekly by Education World®, the largest free, independent resource on the Web for educators. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to others. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml.
To unsubscribe, see instructions below.

Education World remains a free resource thanks to the support of our advertisers -- so please click on ads of interest and visit our advertisers' sites. Thank you.

===========================================================================

This week's newsletter is sponsored by Intel Reader.

Introducing the Intel® Reader, a mobile device designed to increase independence for people with dyslexia or vision disabilities. The handheld Intel Reader converts printed text into the spoken word as easy as point, shoot, and listen. And it even captures large amounts of text to read anytime, anywhere.

The Intel Reader puts life on your terms.







=============================================================================

This week's newsletter is sponsored by Penn State World Campus.

Penn State World Campus - Programs for Educators:

*Balance family, career and education goals.

*Study times and locations based on your schedule.

*Fulfill professional development requirements.  

*100+ years experience providing distance education.  

*Credits and degrees earned online identical to those earned by on-campus students.  


Get started TODAY!  


Click here for information

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degreesforeducators.shtml?CID=NAT26444

=========================================================================


Volume 13, Issue 46
November 17, 2009


Be sure to see all of this week's new Lesson Planning content on Education World's Lesson Planning Channel. And don't forget to sign up for our weekly Lesson Planning Newsletter, one of 12 free newsletters available from Education World. If you teach young learners, you might sign up for our biweekly Early Childhood Newsletter too.



Education World's Work Sheet Library includes hundreds of free printables for use across the grades and across the curriculum. You will find a sampling of our printables below. Visit our Work Sheet Library for a complete selection.

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

Synonym Practice
Circle the word that is a synonym for the underlined word in each sentence.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits
Animals A to Z: Jaguar.
Ele-Middle Edits
Marie Curie, Oklahoma, Macy's Parade...

Writing Bug
Story Starter
Each Person Is... One Native American proverb says, "Each person is his own judge." What does that proverb mean to you?

Hunt the Fact Monster
Primary Hunt
November hunt #4
Ele-Middle Hunt
Hunt #12

Build a Fab Vocab
Vocab-u-lous! Activity
Words that begin with L.

Geography A to Z
Places That Begin With the Letter F
Can you name all seven places?

Math Cross Puzzle
Math Puzzle # 3
Associative property: (5 + 6) x 2

Make Your Own Work Sheet
Work Sheets for Thanksgiving
Create an activity for any subject.



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 15-21, 2009.

More Reading Fun
Dozens of special activities shine the spotlight on reading all year long.

Thanksgiving
Ideas for teaching about Thanksgiving then and now.

Native American Heritage Month
Explore the history and culture of America's original inhabitants.

Bullying Awareness Week
For many years, bullying was seen as a necessary evil -- an unpleasant, but unavoidable, rite of childhood. Ignore it, we thought, and it would go away. The problem hasn't gone away, though, and educators can't ignore it. Included: Ten special activities for Bullying Awareness Week (November 15-21) -- activities for teaching kids about empathy, anger management, and effective conflict resolution.

The Great American Smokeout (November 20)
Use these activities to help you impart the "stamp out smoking" message.

Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.

Friday Fun
Create a favorite book on tape so others might enjoy it too.

News for Kids
Which Animal Is the Weirdest in the World?
Learn about five very weird-looking animals. Vote for the one you think is weirdest.

Learning Game of the Week
"Read the Teacher's Mind" game reinforces vocabulary, more.

Vicki Cobb's Show-Biz Science
Kids use their tongues to test pain endurance.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Fishing for Division Facts."

From Our Early Childhood Activity Bank
Special Activities for This Week
Turkey, Turkey (Art)
Turkey Hide and Seek
Thanks for the Corn (Math)
Cookin' Up Thanksgiving Words
Giving Thanks
A Harvest Snack
The Wampanoags

From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web.
From the Math Machine
Time to Move is a fun Web site for teaching measurement and sorting. (Grades 1-2)
From the Science Machine
Use Energy Vampires to explore the topics of energy and electricity. (Grades 2-6)
From the Reading Machine
I Spy City reinforces vocabulary. (Grades K-4)

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Learning math fact is fun with the "Doughnut Race."
Teacher Lesson #2
A handful of fun ideas for teaching about mysteries.
Teacher Lesson #3
Use letters in a book's title to write an acrostic book report.

More Lesson Ideas
Sudoku Puzzles
Book Report Makeover
Backpack-tivities (Homework Activities)
Technology Lesson Plans

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Search 'n Spell -- Can students find this week's spelling words in this bulletin-board word search puzzle?

5-Minute Fillers
Volume 26

Just for This Month!
See our November Month of Fun, November Word Search, and November Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month's holidays and special days.



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 Five Senses

Best Books for Teaching About...Oceans

See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.


 

Shop the
Education World
MarketPlace

The Education World MarketPlace features products handpicked for educators.

This Week's Feature

Awards and Incentives Award medals, ribbons, and trophies. Plus certificates and preprinted pencils. All perfect for rewarding students for classroom or schoolwide achievement. See a complete selection in the Education World MarketPlace.

Remember, by shopping the Education World MarketPlace (powered by S&S Worldwide) and our Education World/SchoolNotes bookstore (powered by Amazon) you help us maintain Education World as a free resource for educators.


 


Be sure to see all of this week's new Professional Development content on Education World's Professional Development Channel. And don't forget to sign up for our biweekly Professional Development Newsletter, one of 12 free newsletters available from Education World.




Strategic Management of Human Resources, an education task force whose goal is to improve student achievement, recently issued a report containing 20 recommendations that task force members believe will help state and local education agencies achieve that goal.

The report, like most such reports, garnered support -- and criticism.

One school superintendent took issue with what he saw as the report's primary message -- the need to recruit "the best and the brightest" to be teachers. "In our profession, not everyone can teach regardless of how smart they may be," said Delmar, Delaware, school superintendent David C. Ring Jr. "We need people who can relate to children."

His remarks elicited this response from task-force chair Tim Pawlenty, governor of Minnesota...."

Read more.

This Week's Featured Articles

Are You Teaching the Real Story of the First Thanksgiving?
Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students a blend of fact and myth?


Teacher Feature
What We're Grateful For
Nicole Nelson's kindergartners use technology to express appreciation at Thanksgiving.


Wire Side Chat
Okay, Grammar Still Isn't Fun, But Everyone Can Master It
Veteran English teacher Marian Anders wants people to know that when it comes to grammar, making the right choice needn't be an ordeal.


A Parent Engagement Model That Works
Parent "engagement" can offer a superior opportunity for schools to work with families to improve their communities and the academic achievement and futures of their children.

Strategy of the Week
Stress Relief
Do you ever find yourself dealing with unmotivated, disrespectful, or unruly students? With large classes, heavy workloads, or unreasonable accountability standards? With job-related stress? What teacher doesn't?


From Our Classroom Management Archive


Ken Shore: The ABCs of Bullying Prevention
Dealing With Bullying Victims
Your success in counseling bullying victims depends largely on your ability to establish trust in the face of embarrassment and reluctance to talk about it.


Ms. Powell's Tips for Organizing Your Classroom
Creative Curtains
Create hidden storage by hanging a decorative curtain.


Classroom Management Article of the Week
Creating a Climate for Learning
In Positive Classroom Discipline, Fred Jones states, "The most widespread management technique at home and in the classroom is nag, nag, nag." It's also probably the least effective. Learn how to stop nagging and start teaching.


From Our Classroom Tips Library
Classroom Management: Be Kind to Substitutes
Behavior Management: School Allowance, Service, Certificates
Motivating Kids: Minimize Downtime
Book Report Makeover: Describe It!
Homework Tips: Participation Guide
Best Idea Ever: The Importance of Listening
Testing Tips: A Test Tour

Education World's
Professional Development Columnists

Ruth Sidney Charney: The Responsive Classroom
Logical Consequences Teach Important Lessons
Logical consequences reinforce the limits of the classroom, the accountability of each individual, and the belief that we can take better care of ourselves, one another, and our environment.


Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching
Follow Through and Pseudo-Compliance
In the body language poker game, teachers fold when they turn a way from a situation before students have folded. Students fold when they abandon pseudo-compliance and get back to work.


Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
Managing Student Talking
With the onset of collaborative learning groups and hands-on learning activities, the lines of when students can and cannot talk have become blurred. So, how do you manage the talking going on your classroom without stifling creativity and learning?


Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day
The Curriculum Mapping Song
Yes, curriculum mapping can be a little tedious, and -- by the way -- where do we find the time? But it makes good sense...doesn't it? So, if curriculum mapping sometimes gets you down, just sing your mapping woes away.


Meet other members of Education World's Professional Development columnist team.


The Math
And Science
Corner

Wendy Petti's Math Cats
Enhanced Visual Instructional Plans
I'd like to propose an adaptation to the Visual Instructional Plan that also includes a thinking prompt.

Featured Math Article
Start Your Engines
Merging his life-long love of racing and a classroom of fourth graders, teacher Tom Stock created a winning learning combination.

Go Figure!
Rearrange the shapes to create a new pattern.


Fair Game Subtraction
Subtraction; odd and even numbers.

Math Mnemonics
How to do long division.

THE SCIENCE LAB
Hot Box
A demonstration of why Venus is hot!

The Writing Center

Discovering the Writers Within
Convince students that writing is worthwhile and that their oral vocabulary and reading experiences give them tools to express themselves. Their skills will grow.

Family History Project
Donna Kielty's family history project teaches students who "Americans" are.


Giving Thanks
Three things I am most thankful for are...

What I'm Really Good At
I'm really good at these three things...

Writing Lessons
Cinderella and The Rough-Face Girl
Compare Cinderella to the native tale The Rough-Face Girl.
Working on the Slant
Compare how several newspapers cover a story.


The Reading Room

Reading Feature
A Thanksgiving Language Lesson
Students work in groups to create restaurants, menus, and advertisements to attract Thanksgiving Day customers.

Cathy Puett Miller:
Mining Foundational Treasures
In the Early Grades

Oral language, reading aloud, and language play provide students with a strong foundation for their reading experiences.

Cooks Challenge
It's a battle of culinary creativity when a nursery rhyme character competes in an unusual contest against a famous chef on a popular cooking show. The surprising results stun everyone.


Best Books for Teaching About...
Landforms
Reading





More from Our Professional Development Channel

This ten-part series from the Department of Education explores the components of a successful strategy for educating children with ADHD.

Part 8
Organizational and Study Skills Useful for Academic Instruction of Children With ADHD

Many students with ADHD are easily distracted and have difficulty focusing their attention on assigned tasks. However, these practices can help children with ADHD improve their organization of homework and other daily assignments.

 

Be sure to see all of this week's new Technology in the Classroom content on Education World's Technology Integration Channel. And don't forget to sign up for our weekly Site Reviews for Educators Newsletter, one of 12 free newsletters available from Education World.





An Attitude of Gratitude
Students identify unusual things they're thankful for, and then represent those things on a PowerPoint slide.

Sites to See
Thanksgiving
Whether you're looking for Thanksgiving games, crafts, coloring pages, recipes, or lesson plan ideas, one of these sites is sure to have what you need.

Larry Ferlazzo's Best...
The best places non-tech-savvy people can find resources related to technology trouble-shooting and software questions.

Happy Thanksgiving!
You're sure to find lots of uses for this Happy Thanksgiving sign.

A Techtorial
Make trading cards with Word.


This Week's Featured Articles

A Thanksgiving WebQuest
The U.S. Congress has decided to change the name of Thanksgiving. Your team will help Congress decide what the new name should be.


Meeler's Weblog Class
Hillary Meeler's students blog their way to better writing skills.

What's the Point of PowerPoint?
PowerPoint can be a powerful tool, but its bells and whistles can distract students from the importance of content. How can you rein in the PowerPoint beast?

Education World's
Technology Columnists


Doug Johnson: Tech Proof
It's Delightful; It's del.icio.us
The online bookmarking site del.icio.us is, in many ways, the poster child for what is commonly called Web 2.0.


Brenda Dyck: Brenda's Blog
Web 2.0 Tools
Will the potential of Web 2.0 find its way back into the classroom? Will these new tools transform education or simply entertain?


Nancy Willard: Cyber Savvy
Why Teens Make Unsafe Choices
The factors implicated in online decision making include the same factors that influence real-world decision making -- with a cyber-twist.



From the Learning Machine


From the Science Machine
Use Nanozone to explore the topics of technology, biology, and health.


Miguel Guhlin:
The IT Crowd

Moodle-izing Your Education Enterprise
A technology that can transform how you handle online professional development and student learning.

Alma Rowe's
Gadget of the Week

This speedy tool takes any group of words -- a quote, a speech, a poem, an RSS feed...-- and creates a graphic.

Featured (Free) Webinars
Friday, November 20
3:00pm (EST)
Top Ten Trends in Student Learning with Technology from T.H.E. Journal.
Julie Evans presents data findings from the annual Speak Up surveys, and moderates a panel discussion.


From the Reading Machine
Flood reinforces vocabulary, classification skills.

From the Math Machine
Follow the Stars is a fun Web site for teaching about patterns.


Featured Site Reviews

Check out this week's site reviews:

Animal Bytes
Animal facts, photos, Webcams, more.

Get Body Smart
An eBook about human anatomy and physiology.

Amazon Interactive
Explore the Amazon Rainforest -- without getting muddy.

Explore our Site Review Archives for more great sites. You also can keep up with our latest reviews by signing up for our Site Review Newsletter.



A Healthy School Lunch
A middle school in Berkeley, California, serves up nutritious grub kids love.


Using Word Wisely
Learn how to make the tools work for you.


What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out The Redding Report.

 

 


Education World Introduces RSS!


Want to be alerted whenever Education World updates one of your favorite Channels or adds content related to a subject of interest? Subscribe today to our RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to get new content delivered directly to your desktop!
  • Learn about the latest new content posted to our Lesson Planning, Professional Development, Administrator's Desk, or Technology Integration Channels.
  • Be notified when we add new content related to the teaching of Reading, Math, Writing, or Science.
  • Be the first to see new Classroom Management resources.
  • Sign up for a special RSS feed especially created for New Teachers.
  • See new content related to Parent Involvement.
  • Let us inform you when we add new resources to our Tools & Templates area.

    Sign up today for one or more of Education World's RSS alerts

    Learn more about RSS

  •  

    Be sure to see all of this week's new content for school leaders on Education World's Administrator's Desk Channel. And don't forget to sign up for our weekly Administrator's Desk Newsletter, one of 12 free newsletters available from Education World. Or perhaps our biweekly Grants Newsletter would be of interest to you and your fellow school leaders.



    From Our
    Leadership Library

    100 Mile Club Offers Exercise, Focus
    Club provides recess focus and structure, reduces scuffles.

    "Principal for a Day" Programs Provide Benefits
    PFAD connects schools with businesses and community leaders.

    Make Graduation Day Special
    High schools take a page from the book of higher learning.

    Year-Round Schools
    Is year-round schooling the answer?

    Principal's Tough Stand Turns School Around
    Frustrated by what he considered low expectations and minimal structure at American Indian Public Charter School, Dr. Ben Chavis set out to reform the school instituting no-nonsense policies regarding attendance, appearance, and instruction. And it worked.

    A Blog for School Leaders
    Have you seen the latest blog entries?
    Cuts, Cuts, Everywhere: Even Principals Get the Ax
    Just when we thought that budget cuts could not cut deeper, our hurting economy is forcing schools and districts to dig deeper for line items to chop. Some of the cuts we have read about recently make sense in trying times, but others verge on the absurd.
    Students' Hard Work Educates Community About Recycling

    Partners for Student Success
    Feeding a Community
    Part of the mission at Scott Elementary School (Naperville, Illinois) is to educate students to be "community contributors." The school's food drives involve students in each step of the process -- from visiting the food pantry to reporting results.

    From the Principal Files
    Hiring Teachers
    A recent news article discussed what school principals look for in the new teachers they hire. The article identified 15 traits that are most important. Which of those 15 "can-do" characteristics is number one on the list? Education World asked our Principal Files principals that question. Included: Our P-Files team ranks the top qualities of new teachers.

    Focus On...
    Teacher Evaluations
    Evaluating teachers is one of a principal's most important -- and time-consuming -- tasks. But taking the time to do it right is the key to helping your staff and school achieve its potential. The articles in this archive share practical tips to help you plan, carry out, and get the most out of the evaluation process.


    Newsletters 'R Us
    Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.
    The ABCs of Student Success N is for Nothing
    Caught on the Web Native American Language (Grades 3-up)
    Newsletter Clipart Library Thanksgiving.
    Fun Facts Volume #8
    Parent Newsletter Template December Holidays
    Math @ Home You're Gonna Flip
    Parent Pointers Improving Time Management


    Education World's
    Administrator's Desk Columnists

    Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You
    Before "Lightning" Strikes
    Around and around we go with the Frequent Fliers. The Detention Crew. The kids who have difficulty staying out of trouble. They are the Lightning Club. Lightning can strike at any time, without warning. Included: Start a Lightning Club in your school.


    Diane Hodges' Looking Forward to Monday Morning
    Monday Morning Archive
    An award-winning educator, highly acclaimed speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Diane Hodges' weekly Monday Morning columns present a wealth of ideas administrators can use to drive staff members happy.



    From Our
    Admin Feature Archive

    Principal Ideas #44
    The Starfish Award, private pool party, Principal Bucks store, more...

    Pawlas on PR
    No news is bad news, so be sure to trumpet your school's good news.

    Take Five for...
    Developing school-business partnerships in your community. (Part 2)

    Exceptional Event
    Literature Night

    How I Handled...
    Working with a substitute who was getting poor reviews from teachers.

    Instant Meeting #34
    Use this BINGO activity to break the ice in a new group.

    Morning Math
    Questions for Week #13

    More Features
    Turnaround Tales
    School Grants
    Administrators Message Board

    Education Humor With Regina Barreca
    Laughter Is a Class Act
    "Ami is a brilliant teacher and a wonderful woman. It turns out, however, that she is not the world's best proofreader. Based on the prototype she handed to the printers, Ami wound up with 200 buttons declaring...‘Teachers Are My Hepoes.'"

    Peek's Perspective on Grant Writing with Don Peek
    Are You Filling Out Your Grant Applications Properly?
    You may think that since you have a college degree -- or two, or three -- that you should be able to fill out a grant application properly. For the most part, I agree. But it's not really the application itself that trips most people up. It's their approach to the application.

    Carlton Ashby's The Power Is In You
    We Can Be the "Miracles" in Our Students' Lives
    A Whitney Houston video and a couple events from this week at school have me thinking about how many times we teachers go the extra mile for our students. We are empowered to make a difference in their lives in so many ways because that is part of the "calling" we feel.

    Mr. Ivan:
    The Principal Poet

    "The Mouse in School"
    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 Mouse in School."
    "Vermin! Vermin!" Our
    Teacher's voice was shrill!
    And that much exuberance
    Gave us kids a thrill...

    Read more...

    Meet the other members of Education World's columnist team:
    Larry Bell
    Evelyn Cortez-Ford
    Leah Davies
    Sandra Harris
    George Pawlas
    Paul Young

    More from the Administrator's Desk

    Wire Side Chat
    Students Revel in Lessons from Storyteller Bill Harley
    Bill Harley is a popular children's musician and storyteller. Hook students on the power of Bill's "every kid" stories and songs -- and watch them write and tell stories of their own.

    Last Week's Featured Article
    Applying High Expectations to Everyone
    Principal Dr. Gerald Gary knew his students could do better -- he just had to convince them and their families. He improved student achievement and changed the school’s culture by setting high expectations for everyone in the building. Included: How high expectations are implemented.


    Best Books for School Leaders

    The Bully Free Classroom
    Subtitled "Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8," this useful volume provides well over 100 bite-sized ideas that are quick to read and common-sensical. Bullying, of course, is a terrible phenomenon in schools and famously hard to deal with effectively. So, a relatively brief (166 pages) resource that offers a wide variety of ideas and approaches is probably one of the most valuable items you can have on hand as a teacher in the modern classroom.
    Click to learn more or to purchase this book.


     

    Be sure to see all of this week's new School Issues content on Education World's School Issues Channel. And don't forget to sign up for our weekly EDlines Education News Headlines Newsletter, one of 12 free newsletters available from Education World.


    Ed Heads: News from Around the Education World

    Education World shares education headlines in the news.

    High Schools Start Kids Early Preparing for State Exam
    A growing number of New Jersey high schools are providing test-preparation courses during elective and study periods for struggling students at risk of failing a state graduation exam.

    School Districts Retooling How They Evaluate Teachers
    Teachers in Evanston-Skokie (Illinois) used to be judged on what they did in the classroom. Now their evaluations -- and their pay -- will also depend on what their students do.

    Finding Fluency in Language Lessons
    Students in the dual-language program at Maryland's Kemp Mill Elementary School move between two rooms. In one classroom, English is spoken; in the other, students learn in Spanish.

    This Week’s Survey Question
    Does your school have a formal plan for dealing with H1N1?

    Last Week’s Survey Results
    Has NCLB changed proficiency standards in your state?  

    Congress Considers Expanding "Troops to Teachers" Program
    A proposed bill in Congress would expand the Troops to Teachers program, which provides incentives for U.S. service members to become teachers, to 98 percent of U.S. schools.

    Students Discover Online Collaboration
    More educators in New Jersey are utilizing Web 2.0 technology that allows shared access to content and more collaborative learning, saying wiki pages, blogs, and online chats prepare students for the real world.

    More Oregon Students Are "Getting" Math
    Oregon educators say more middle-school students understand math concepts because they've reduced the number of topics covered, spending more time on hands-on lessons with real-life examples.

    Study Shows How Discrimination Creeps Into Grading Practices
    A study by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government uses an innovative method to get an intricate picture of how cultural discrimination plays into the grading decisions teachers make.

    School Explores Teaching the Bible
    Teaching of the Bible in high school is a trend that's on the rise. More than two dozen public schools in Alabama are already offering Bible related courses and more schools are exploring the idea.

    University Researchers to Study Video Games' Effect on Health
    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced $1.85 million in funding for projects involving the use of video games to help people change behavior, manage chronic illness and improve communication.

    Teen Speaks Out for Autism
    A California high-school freshman has created a program, called Autism Ambassadors, that offers guidelines to help students understand and mentor their peers who have autism.

    See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.


    From Our "School Issues" Features Archive

    School Issues Articles
    Explore our archive of articles and columnist entries from recent months.

    Turnaround Tales
    Read about schools that have raised scores and transformed student achievement.

    Read About It
    Delve deep into our article archive via important keywords and topics.

    Fit To Be Taught
    Check out news brief about how you can help grow healthy kids who learn better.

    Lessons from Our Nation's Schools
    In a Sub's Shoes
    Education World news editor Ellen Delisio spent a year as a substitute teacher.
    What Ever It Takes
    Ed World spends a year with the seventh grade team at Bennet Middle School.
    Teaming Up to Achieve
    Ed World spent a year with the staff of a school in need of improvement.
    See more "Lessons from Our Nations Schools"

     

    ==========================================================================
    SITE REVIEWS
    ==========================================================================

    This week, Education World reviewed three Web sites of interest to educators.

    Annenberg Classroom
    Lesson plans, curricular materials, multimedia teaching aides, more.
    http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r1108-03.shtml

    Animal Bytes
    Animal facts, photos, more from the San Diego Zoo.
    http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r1107-05.shtml

    Get Body Smart
    An eBook about human anatomy and physiology.
    http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r1107-02.shtml


    ==========================================================================
    NEW! FROM EDUCATION WORLD
    ==========================================================================

    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."

    The First Six Weeks of School
    The critical first six weeks of school is the focus of this practical book, aimed at building a strong foundation in terms of motivation, cooperation, responsibility and self-control. The book, published by the Responsive Classroom folks, includes daily plans along with commentary for K-2, 3-4, and 5-6, and adds an extensive collection of games, activities, greetings, songs, read-alouds, and other resources that can help make the goal of starting the year strong a reality.
    Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

    Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms
    This is a big Prentice-Hall textbook that comes packaged with an access code to a teacher prep Web site -- just in case the 672 pages leave you wanting more! The Web site includes more than 150 video clips and more than 200 "artifacts," as well as 500 plus research papers. If you really want to own a truly comprehensive resource on educational psychology, then, this $115 paperback could actually be a bargain. In its 7th edition, no doubt, it's the book you'd be assigned by many courses in this field.
    Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

    Click the icon to the right to see more books and many other products that are available in the Education World MarketPlace.


    ==========================================================================

    Are you looking for a nice holiday gift for colleagues?
    Our Best of... booklets might just fill the bill!


    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!


  • 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


    The Best of the WRITING BUG

    If you enjoy Education World's weekly WRITING BUG feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet with 44 of the most popular Writing Bug story starters. Use these Writing Bug activities to engage your students in effective writing. Each writing prompt will spark students' imaginations, tickle their funny bones, and motivate their pencils.

    Included: In this booklet you'll find these Writing Bug titles and many more:

  • If I Could Interview Any U.S. President...
  • The Best Lesson I Ever Learned
  • I Got a Postcard from Another Planet
  • A Week Without TV
  • The Best Invention Ever/The Worst Invention Ever
  • Plus 39 more Writing Bug writing prompts!


  • The Best of WRITING BUG is part of the Teacher Treasure Series, an NEA Professional Library Publication.
    http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?&item_id=0695X00

     

    ==========================================================================


    Education World now incorporates www.SchoolNotes.com ~ "everybody on the same page!" The leading school-to-home communications platform, with FREE pages for teachers and automatic notification of parents and students when new homework is posted!

    For a modest $24.95 PER YEAR, upgrade to Personal Edition, "Super SchoolNotes," with thousands of resources linked to your state's standards.

    Click here for more information.

     

    ==========================================================================
    LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING
    ==========================================================================

    A Frog's Fate

    When a lonely frog consults a fortune-teller, he's told not to worry. "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl," she says, "and she will want to know everything about you."

    "That's great!" says the excited frog. "When will I meet her?"

    "Next semester," says the psychic, "in biology class."


    Handwriting Counts

    The professor had just handed back the term's final exams. As I looked over the comments the professor had written, it was clear that he was reading papers late into the night. His tired scrawl was unreadable. I went up to him after class, eager to know what one particular comment said. "Professor Greene," I said, "I can't make out this comment you wrote on my paper."

    The professor took a close look and, after studying it, sheepishly replied, "It says that you should write more legibly."


    Computer Talk

    Sally: What did the computer do at lunchtime?
    Martin: I don't know. What did he do?
    Sally: Had a byte!


    Little Johnny Strikes Again

    Father: Johnny, why are you doing your math homework on the floor?
    Little Johnny: Because the teacher told me to do it without using tables!

     

    ==========================================================================

    If you enjoy this What's New This Week at Education World Newsletter, please feel free to forward it to other teachers! If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up for it -- and any of the other Education World newsletters -- at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml.

    SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS

    Have you signed up to receive the...
    Education World ADMINISTRATORS DESK NEWSLETTER?

    Each week, Education World's Administrators Desk Newsletter shares with school leaders all the new content of interest posted to Education World in the previous week. You will find news articles on wide-ranging topics; the weekly How I Handled… feature, in which a principal shares a recently solved problem; a new or archived "Principal Files" article in which principals share practical ideas about real issues; a principal profile; and much, much more.

    Would you like to see a sample of the Education World Administrators Desk Newsletter? If so, simply click the link below:
    http://www.educationworld.com/newsletters_images/admin_sample.shtml

    If you would like to subscribe to the Education World Administrators Desk Newsletter, simply click the following link:
    http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml#admin

    If the Administrators Desk Newsletter is not of interest to you, do you know somebody else who might benefit from it? Perhaps you could pass this information along to that person.

    ==========================================================================

    Education World®
    http://www.educationworld.com/
    newsletter-weekly@educationworld.com
    ===================================
    Education World
    1062 Barnes Road Suite 205
    Wallingford, CT 06492
    ===================================


    << Previous: Education World Weekly Newsletter Vol. 13 Issue 45

    | Archive Index |

     

    (archive rss , atom )

    this list's archives:


    This mailing list will send you one email per week. In these messages you will be able to read about the latest additions to Education World®:
    * URLs to Education World's New Original Content Education Articles
    * New Education Categories and Topics of Interest
    And much more... to keep you up-to-date with Education on the internet!

    Subscribe to Education World Weekly Newsletter:

    |

    Go back to Education World