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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Wendy Petti's "Math Cats Math Chat" Summertime Math
Summer's almost here. Will the long summer yield a "math drought," an occasional "math drizzle," or a flourishing "garden" of math skills for your students? Discover some activities to help their summer math garden grow.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mathchat/mathchat006.shtml
Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day Summer Is Comin' My Way
The last day of school -- a day worth singing about; a day that cries out for a rousing song that teachers can pour their hearts into. Oh, what a beautiful day!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/baylin/baylin024.shtml
Ask Dr. Shore A Student Who Stutters
I teach eighth-grade English and a boy in my class has a pronounced stutter. I want to help make him comfortable, but I'm afraid I'm going to do something to make him more self-conscious. What do you suggest?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore084.shtml
The Class Pest
How to deal with students who constantly bother their classmates. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore035.shtml
Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching Body-Language Poker
Poker is a simple game. You either bet or fold. In body language poker, teachers fold when they turn away from a situation before the students do. Students fold when they actually get back to work. You have to stay in the game until the students fold.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones011.shtml
Dealing with Backtalk
When students confront you verbally, everything they are doing is calculated to get you to react! Three rules for dealing with backtalk that leave students powerless -- and speechless.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones012.shtml
The Enlightened Teacher Favorite Colors
Before you can teach the child, say educators Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller, you have to reach the child.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev147.shtml
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OUR WEEKLY PRO DEV FEATURES
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Voice of Experience Alleviating Appraisal Anxiety
Max Fischer has taught for 29 years, but he still gets a little nervous each time he is observed. Over the years, however, Fischer has learned a lot about reducing anxiety during appraisal time.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice090.shtml> It's Quittin' Time
Brenda Dyck suggests ways to keep students learning until the last minute of the last day of the school year -- including ideas for making the last few days of school more meaningful.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice085.shtml
Reader's Theater Special Assignment
Zoe Brown thinks her assignment for her class's Web site project is boring, but she changes her mind when her research takes her to an unusual site full of important information.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater020.shtml Letters About Literature The Closing
Students use what they've learned to evaluate an entry to the Letters About Literature competition.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/Literature/LAL_page_019.pdf
Teacher Features Creating Classroom Blockbusters
Michigan third graders use the movie-making process to understand, reinforce, and review concepts, and to enhance their writing skills.
http://www.educationworld.com
/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature155.shtml Bio-graphy Bodies
Fifth graders in Greenland, New Hampshire, wrap up a year-long study of heroes by creating life-size models of the men and women they studied.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature156.shtml
Math on the Web Math Across the Grades
Exciting sites and lessons to liven up your math curriculum.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson061.shtml
Math Mnemonics Roman Numerals
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics035.shtml Area and Circumference
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics036.shtml
Bulletin Boards That Teach The End
Encourage summer reading!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard010.shtml
Backpacktivities A Family Vacation
Create a scrapbook about a recent family trip.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_011.pdf Families Are Funny
Draw a family comic strip.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_010.pdf Strategies That Work Cheating
Workable strategies for curbing cheating in the classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy023.shtml Chess in the Classroom
Chess improves children's critical thinking and problem solving skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy021.shtml
From the Responsive Classroom The Last Six Weeks of School
Closure activities to help wrap up the year on a positive note.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/responsiveclassroom/responsiveclassroom016.shtml
From Our Archives Summer Learning
As students set out on summer adventures, send their parents a much-needed "life preserver" -- a list of 25 activities to share and enjoy with their children.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev138.shtml Speaking of Education
Are you always looking for just the right words to inspire a new teacher, thank a retiring teacher, liven up a meeting, set the tone for a speech, or make it through the day? Check out these quick quips from people who know whereof they speak!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev138.shtml
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MORE FROM EDUCATION WORLD AND OUR ARCHIVES
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Nancy Willard's Cyber Savvy Prevention and Intervention
“It is necessary to consider the ability, authority, and responsibility of school officials when it comes to prevention of, and intervention in, cyberbullying in each of the locations where school-related cyberbullying occurs."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/willard/willard007.shtml
Brenda's Blog Using YouTube in the Classroom
“The power of YouTube only is activated when the teacher has a clear idea of how a specific video clip can be used to introduce a concept or theme, instigate a discussion, or serve as a writing prompt,” says Brenda Dyke. Discover some YouTube videos you can use in your classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck016.shtml
Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You Power Verbs Help Ensure Student Success
"I have found that when you put the same kinds of "Power Verbs" on regular teacher assessments as appear on most standardized tests, then you have given students a tool that will vastly improve their chances for test success."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/bell/bell005.shtml
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial Skype: Talk to Anyone, Anywhere for Free
Skype, a free software program that allows anyone to talk to anyone else in the world over the Internet for free, is easy to install and use. This techtorial will tell you how. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial107.shtml
Teach for America Diaries Looking Back and Ahead: A Year of Patience
From Will's diary: “As I prepare to part with the 13 eighth graders I have gotten to know so well, I can only hope they take with them the sense of urgency, the sense of entitlement to an outstanding public school education every child in America deserves.”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/TFA_diaries/TFA_hobart007.shtml
Partners for Student Success Test Prep for Families
With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student success. The result of that last focus: a series of sessions in which students and parents learned test-taking strategies together and practiced those strategies using actual test questions.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners018.shtml
Templates of the Week Student Memory Page
Encourage students to record their favorite memories of the school year. http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#miscel***ous Student Autograph Page
Invite students to write end-of-year messages to their classmates.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#miscel***ous
Wire Side Chat of the Week Using Acting Skills in the Classroom
By using acting techniques, teachers can grab and hold students’ attention and enjoy teaching more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat213.shtml
What Ever It Takes The Year at Bennet Draws to a Close
It was a year at Bennet Middle School of roof leaks, collapsing ceilings, and new leadership, but also one of student metamorphosis.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/WIT/WIT031.shtml
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