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Education World Lesson Planning Newsletter -- Volume 10, Issue 51

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:00 GMT

Dear Education Leaders,

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Volume 10, Issue 52
December 24, 2008

Each year at this time, we spotlight some of the most popular content from the year about to end.
In this week's issue, we present the BEST OF 2008 from our Lesson Planning Channel.
To view the BEST OF 2008 for the entire Education World site, see our BEST of 2008 page.

Our Ten
Most Popular
Features

These are the weekly Lesson Planning features that teachers like you love best!

Every-Day Edits
Teachers use these daily practice printables to build skills, cultural literacy, and test scores.
Animals A to Z
Grades 2-4
Every-Day Edits
Grades 3-8

5-Minute Fillers
Forty volumes of fun learning activities for those moments when teachers have five minutes to fill.

News
For Kids
These weekly news stories are written with your students in mind. The teacher's guide helps you lead classroom discussions and reinforce skills based on the news.

Writing Bug
Story-starters grouped for special days, special themes, and anytime. (Grades 1-5)

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Our early childhood editor, Sue LaBella, offers hundreds of activities on dozens of classroom teaching themes. Check out our archive today.

Tech Lesson of the Week
Easy ideas for integrating technology into your classroom curricula.

Learning
Game
Of the Week
Dozens of games for making learning fun. Check out a new game each week for use across the grades and the curriculum.

Math Cross Puzzles
Build a wide variety of math skills with these math "crosswords." (Grades 3-12)

Hunt the
Fact Monster
Build reading comprehension, cultural literacy, and Internet searching skills. Two levels: Primary (Grades 2-4) and Ele-Middle (Grades 5-9).

Mystery State
Share a clue a day to help students identify the “Mystery State.” (Grades 4-8)

OUR MOST POPULAR LESSON PLANNING CONTENT OF 2008

Holidays and Special Days
Whether you’re looking for lesson plans to help you teach about the holidays, the seasons, or special events such as Book Week or Black History Month, you’ll always find plenty of ideas and resources in Education World’s holiday archive.

More Lesson Plan Themes
If lessons for special times of year are not what you’re looking for, you will find more great “every day” lesson ideas in our Lesson Plan Archive. There you will find lesson ideas for teaching dozens of themes, like these and many others...

Celebrate Books: A Week of Fun

Review Games = Learning + Fun

Math Fun: Volume 3

Spotlight on Spelling

A Puzzle a Day: Practice That Pays

Lesson Plan of the Day
A new lesson posted every weekday! Search our archive of hundreds of Lesson Plans of the Day by subject too.

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Hundreds of lessons from teachers just like you. Search our Teacher Lessons by grade level or subject.

STILL MORE POPULAR LESSON PLANNING FEATURES

Readers Theater Scripts
Two dozen printable scripts free for classroom use. Scripts for the holidays, teaching lessons about getting along, sharing old tales, much more.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks:
Math Games With Joanne and Jane
A new game each week from the masters of math games, Joanne Currah and Jane Felling.

Friday Fun
Do your students deserve a special break after working hard all week? These lesson and project ideas will fill the bill for Friday afternoon fun and learning.

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Timely bulletin board ideas grouped by month. Great anytime bulletin boards too.

Show-Biz Science
Our resident scientist presents a weekly show-stopping activity that will make teaching science the most fun you've ever had in the classroom.

Vocab-u-lous!
Build a fab vocab with these printable activities from A to Z and then some. (Grades 5-up)

From the Math Machine
If you’re looking for games and other resources to help teach and reinforce all types of math skills, our labor-saving machine -- The Math Machine -- should be your first stop. New in 2008! The Reading Machine.

BEST BOOKS FOR TEACHING ABOUT...

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 Alphabet                  Martin Luther King, Jr.
April Fools!                     Money
Comuunities                   100th Day of School
December Holidays         President's Day
Friends                          The Senses
Games                           Spelling
Grammar                       Words
The Human Body            Writing Stories
Manners                        Many more themes...

EXPLORE MORE FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY

Geography A to Z
Learn about world geography one letter at a time. (Grades 4-8)

Where in the World Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?
Can you figure out where she is this week based on the clues she provides? (Grades 3-8)

Sudoku Puzzles
These popular puzzles build critical thinking skills. Thirty-six puzzles in all. (Grades 3-12)

It All Adds Up Math Puzzles
Challenge students to put their addition skills to work. (Grades 3-6)

Phonics Word Search Puzzles
Thirty-six puzzles teach and reinforce phonics and spelling skills.

Backpack-tivities
These @Home learning activities involve students and parents together. (Grades Pre-K-8)

Coloring Calendars
Use these calendar templates to build student skills and for many other purposes. (Grades Pre-K-12)

Work Sheet Library
Hundreds more printable work sheets from our partners, including Teacher Created Materials and Highlights for Children.

Make Your Own Work Sheets
Use these timely templates to create your own activities for any subject. (Grades Pre-K - 5)

STILL MORE LESSON PLANNING RESOURCES

Just for This Month!
See our December Month of Fun, December Word Search, and December Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month’s timely themes.

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."

Discipline in the Secondary Classroom
Many books on classroom management are aimed at K-8 or, more often, the early end of that range. So here is a "grown up" classroom management book that takes an approach and adopts a style more in keeping with the college-preparatory level (whether the kids are actually sitting down and getting enough work done to get into college is another question!). In particular, this book's appendices, including observation and analysis worksheets and a student satisfaction survey, are a good commbination of the practical tool often found for younger grades and the more "adult" methodology appropriate to high schoolers.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading
A guide to developing ambitious thematic units, a "balance diet" reading list of 150 books of interest to teens, and special help tips for students who struggle with reading, all help make this book a strong candidate for becoming a core content-area-reading playbook for middle school and high school teachers.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

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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!

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!

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Best Books for Teaching About… Booklists for 30 popular teaching themes.
Sign Up for Our Newsletters Ten free newsletters full of practical ideas.
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Education World Techtorials Tutorials to take the terror out of technology.
Template Library A wide variety of templates to meet your needs.
Wire Side Chats Each week, Ed World chats with an expert in the field.
Printables Library You'll find great resources here. Hundreds of printables!
Meet Our Columnists From many corners of the "education world."
Teaching Themes for Early Childhood Sue LaBella offers teaching ideas for popular EC themes.
Stress Relief Kit Take a deep breath. Then take a look here for great reading.
Classroom Management 101 Real teachers share what they are doing to manage real classrooms.
News for Kids News of our world written with kids in mind. Teacher's Guide included.

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LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING
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Real Teachers

Real teachers…
…buy Excedrin and Advil in bulk at Sam's.
…grade papers in the car, during commercials, in faculty meetings, in the bathroom, and even in church.
…know that sixth graders get hormones from Santa at Christmas.
…cheer when they hear that April 1st does not fall on a school day.
…drive older cars owned by credit unions.
…have disjointed necks from writing on boards without turning around.
…are written up in medical journals for the size and elasticity of their bladders and kidneys.

Last Laugh

Teacher: Jane, I hope I didn't see you looking at Emily's test paper.
Jane: I hope you didn't see me either!

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Education World Lesson Planning Newsletter -- Volume 10, Issue 50

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:36:00 GMT

Dear Education Leaders,

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Volume 10, Issue 50
December 10, 2008

Holiday Projects: Classroom Decorating and Gift-Making Ideas
Are you tired of doing the same holiday art project year after year? Or maybe you are looking for a new project kids can make for holiday gift giving? This week, Education World reaches into our holiday sack (and our archives too) to find just the project for you. Included: Handprint wreathes, cinnamon-scented ornaments, tissue paper bows, dozens of more ideas.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson245.shtml

Take the Polar Express to Learning
Polar Express -- the book and the movie -- are student favorites. During this holiday season, take advantage of this "teachable moment" by connecting the book and movie to your curriculum. Included: Education World connects you to lessons, resources.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson344.shtml

More Timely Lesson Ideas
Learn About December Holidays
Whiteboards Stimulate Student Learning
Word Wall Active-ities
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson246.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson251.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson328.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. Note: Since last week was Thanksgiving week, we posted only three new Lesson Plans of the Day.
Holiday Wreath Ornament - Fun holiday project. (Grades K-5)
Guide Word Game - A timed team dictionary game. (3-8)
Seasonal Notepad Gift - A simple technology lesson. (K-12)
Planet X - Celebrate the Bill of Rights anniversary, Dec. 15. (4-8)
Synonyms in the News - Rewrite news headlines and articles. (3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml

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.

Best Books for
Teaching About...

Click the links below for some great books for teaching about these timely topics.

Best Books for Teaching About... Fables

Best Books for Teaching About... Ancient History

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Friday Fun
Use PowerPoint to create a virtual tour of your community.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday021.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
Discover the pupil (of your eye) reflex.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science040.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
"Slice of Life” has students graphing daily activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/
learninggame/learninggame026.shtml

News for Kids
Could a Tiny Home Be the Home for You?
Some people are saving money and conserving energy by moving into homes the size of a closet.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks
Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Zap” teaches addition facts.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars013.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
Presidential Bookmark
Encourage students to use online resources and Microsoft Word to create bookmarks containing a photograph of, and information about, the newly-elected U.S. president.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp033.shtml

Reader's Theater
The Strange Case of S.C.
A doctor invites the family and friends of S.C., a patient with Hectic Holiday Disorder, to share their stories with a scientific panel.
http://www.educationworld.com/
a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater024.shtml

From the Reading Machine
Punctuation Paintball
Sharp shooting and an eye for punctuation errors make for a winning a combination. (Grades 1-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/readingmachine/readingmachine009.shtml

From the Writing Center

Literary Characters Transform Student Writing
This character transformation activity motivates students to think critically and write with a purpose as they develop characters in their writing.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr365.shtml

Discovering the Writers Within
Convince students that writing is worthwhile and that oral vocabulary and reading experiences give them tools to express themselves. Skill will grow.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller017.shtml

Writing Lessons
Planet X
Students work together to create a Bill of Rights for a colony they are founding on a distant planet.(Grades 3-5, 6-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2058.shtml
The Mail Race
Students write friendly letters, mail them to random schools -- and wait to see who responds -- in this lesson combining language arts and geography.(Grades K-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp281-02.shtml

Writing Bugs
A Letter to Santa Claus
Dear Santa, Today, I am writing about somebody else…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug019.shtml
My Famous Parents
If you could choose two famous people to be your parents…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug065.shtml

Go Figure
The Bird or the Egg?
How many birds can you hatch from just one egg?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure009.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Multiplying Negative Numbers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics018.shtml

Early Childhood Center
* Rhyme Time
This week's poem for Early Childhood educators:
A Movement Rhyme
* Early Childhood Teaching Themes
The Magic of the Season
Gifts to Make
Five Senses & the Holidays
Holidays and Hiccups
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/

Bulletin Boards That Teach
The Gift of a Helping Hand
Celebrate the spirit of giving with this December bulletin board.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard004.shtml

From the Math Machine
Time Travelin' is a fun Web site for teaching students to tell time. (Grades 2-4)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine030.shtml

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Ideas for celebrating the Wright brothers' historic flight, December 17.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Hands-on lesson teaches about an archaeologist’s job.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml

5-Minute Fillers
Volume #25
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt December Hunt #2
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #14
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Llama
Ele-Middle Edits Red Cross, Phillis Wheatley, Woodrow Wilson…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

Work Sheet of the Week
"Complex Sentences” -- subordinating conjunctions, adverb clauses.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_6_8.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 December Month of Fun, December Word Search, and December Coloring Calendar. PLUS: Create-your-own holiday work sheet templates for December Holidays.

Education Humor With Regina Barreca
Give Yourself a Gold Star! You Deserve It!
"I've decided that we teachers need to give ourselves credit…We deserve credit for the small, as well as the big, accomplishments." So if you (almost) never accept bribes or rarely file your nails during class, give yourself a gold star!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca035.shtml

Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Imitate to Motivate
Remember your favorite teacher. Reflect on everything that made you admire him or her. Now, pretend to be your favorite teacher for at least one week this month.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin005.shtml

Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day
Oh, the Substitute Is Comin’ in Today
Sometimes you wonder if it’s worth it to stay home. What happens to students when they sense that a substitute is a bit green and gullible? Surely, it’s material for a song!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/baylin/baylin022.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Tools for Teaching Implements PBIS at Level 2: Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention provides focused interventions to help students who are not responding to primary prevention.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones038.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Organize Your Whiteboard
If your whiteboard gets cluttered easily, try sectioning it off with attractive bulletin board borders.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization018.shtml

Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach
Engaged Reading
Centering reading around student interests, motivation, and self-concept is how we give every student a reason to read.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadingCoach/ReadingCoach007.shtml

Brenda Dyck's Blog
Google Goes to School
Over the past year, Google has stretched their search capabilities to include an abundance of open source web applications tailor-made for teachers. In fact, they've called this new suite of tools Google for Educators.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck025.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Fun and Ganes Replace Drill and Kill
Why not use kids' love of games to the best advantage? Age-appropriate online games can boost academic skills by keeping students focused on content. In moderation, games can be an engaging and beneficial learning tool.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial017.shtml

Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
geoGreeting
GeoGreeting allows users to send messages composed of letters formed by aerial shots of images from Google Earth.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget016.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents this week’s poem, “Retention.”
My teacher kept me after class
And gave me quite a fear.
She said if I did not improve
I’d be retained this year…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan013.shtml

Leah Davies: The Teacher Counselor
Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Growth
These activities are designed to foster students’ self-understanding, positive peer interaction, initiative, and learning.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/davies/davies003.shtml

Math Feature
Math Sites to Count On
Dozens of math-related Internet sites that will add to your lessons and multiply your effectiveness.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson061.shtml

Starr Points
'Tis the Season…to Accentuate the Positive
In the spirit of the holiday season, spread goodwill by saying something positive to some of your most significant "others" -- the parents or teachers of the children in your life.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/starr/starr364.shtml

Wire Side Chat
Stanley the Christmas Tree Has Lessons for All Seasons
Stanley the evergreen tree has one wish: to be the centerpiece of a family's Christmas celebration. While other trees sneer at him, Stanley never gives up his dream. The story Stanley the Christmas Tree reminds children to dream big and never lose hope.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat235.shtml

Read About It
What Is Understanding By Design?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit044.shtml

Grant of the Week
New grants posted every week. Click to see what’s new this week.
Be sure to sign up for Education World's free biweekly Grants Newsletter.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Objectivity Through Anonymity
Behavior Management: Attendance, Cooperation, Rewards
Motivating Kids: Use Manipulatives
Book Report Makeover: Book in a...
Homework Tips: Design Your Own Homework
Best Idea Ever: Scavenger Hunt Review
Testing Tips: Time Travails
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea018.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing018.shtml

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
How much harder do you have to work to keep students' attention between now and the holiday break?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey194.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
Some districts are rewarding teachers with bonuses or money for retirement if they use fewer sick days. Would you take fewer days off if your district offered such incentives?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey193.shtml

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."

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.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

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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.
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LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING
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What a Teacher Really Means

What a teacher says and what he/she really means...

Your son has a remarkable ability to gather needed information from his classmates.
Really means:
He was caught cheating on a test.

Fantastic imagination! Unmatched in his capacity for blending fact with fiction.
Really means:
He's definitely one of the bigger liars I have ever met.

Her athletic ability is marvelous. Superior hand-eye coordination.
Really means:
She has stung me with a rubber band from 15 feet away.

Your daughter's greatest asset is her demonstrative public discussions.
Really means:
Classroom lawyer! Why is it that every time I explain an assignment she creates a class argument?

An adventurous nature lover who rarely misses opportunities to explore new territory.
Really means:
Your daughter was caught skipping school at the fishing pond.

Unlike some students who hide their emotion, Charles is very expressive and open.
Really means:
He must have written the Whiner's Guide.

Her exuberant verbosity is awesome!
Really means:
A mouth that never stops yacking.

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