Education World Professional Development Newsletter -- Volume 1, Issue 13
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Dr. Ken Shore's ABC's of Bullying Prevention A Bullying Prevention Program
"Bullying is a pervasive school problem that can have serious consequences for students. Fortunately, it's a problem that schools can do something about."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore067.shtml
Bully Proofing Your Classroom
"Classroom teachers play a crucial role in preventing bullying. Prevention is, at its essence, a process of education, and many of the lessons students need to learn about bullying must come from you."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore070.shtml
Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor Getting Organized in the Midst of Chaos
Do you find yourself staring at all those piles of papers on your desk and wishing they would just disappear? If so, says Emma McDonald, perhaps it's time to get organized.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald003.shtml
Long-Term Planning Strategies
A little long-term planning, says Emma McDonald, can keep you from feeling overwhelmed and stressed out in the year ahead.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald005.shtml
Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching Learning to Give in Order to Get
"Preferred Activity Time" or PAT is the time you give students to teach them time management and to give yourself the opportunity to teach.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones015.shtml
Teaching Students to Hustle
All the various forms of responsible behavior can be organized under one heading: learning to be responsible with time.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones016.shtml
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OUR WEEKLY PRO DEV FEATURES
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From the Math Corner Wendy Petti's "Math Cats Math Chat" Summertime Math
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
Explain That! Regrouping
Grouping and regrouping make numbers easier to work with.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/explainthat/explainthat003.shtml Fractions
Explore adding and subtracting like and unlike fractions.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/explainthat/explainthat004.shtml
What's for Lunch?
Which meal goes to which restaurant customer?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure003.shtml What's Your Angle?
Do you know all the angles?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure004.shtml
Math on the Web Math in PreK-2
Sites designed for preK-2 students -- and their parents and teachers.
http://educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites086.shtml Cool Math Sites for Kids
Interactive sites designed to encourage exploration and develop conceptual understanding.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites085.shtml
Math Mnemonics Counting to 10
Help them learn and remember what they learn.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics003.shtml Roman Numerals IView X-rays and remember the Roman numerals for 1, 5, and 10.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics004.shtml
The Reading Coach Motivating the Reluctant Reader
Explore the value of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and discover classroom-ready tips and ideas to motivate reluctant readers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller004.shtml> Connecting Reading to Life
Exploring the use of realia and small group discussions to help students connect reading content to their own experiences.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller005.shtml
Reading Tips When to Read Aloud
Reading aloud increases students' vocabulary, familiarity with written language, and their interest in reading. But when will you find the time?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/tips/tips004.shtml Creating Active Readers
Ideas for keeping students involved in what they are reading, helping them improve their concentration and reading comprehension.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/tips/tips005.shtml
Reader's Theater Can Humpty Dumpty Be Saved?
When Humpty Dumpty is injured in a fall, prospects for recovery look grim until twin computer geniuses help put Humpty back together again.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater003.shtml Dancing With the Nursery Rhyme Stars
Nursery rhyme characters face-off the in the final round of a dance contest. It's a battle of fancy footwork as contestants vie for a pot of gold.
http://www.educationworld.com
/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater008.shtml
Teacher Features Write Your Own Life
"Using personal pieces gives my students a voice and allows them to openly express themselves on paper," says Illinois teacher Sue Flaherty.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature002.shtml Celebrating Diversity
In this thematic social studies unit, celebrations help students with special needs understand multicultural customs and traditions.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature076.shtml
Backpacktivities How Long Is the Line?
Students learn about estimation as they run errands with their families.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_005.pdf
Across the United States
Students explore geography as they work with a family member on a map of the United States.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_007.pdf
Strategies That Work Character Education
Read about the importance of teaching character education and learn about some of the programs schools are using to teach it.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy048.shtml Classroom Management
Effective classroom management creates an environment that is conducive to teaching and learning. It is the most important -- and the most difficult -- skill a teacher must master.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy047.shtml Voice of Experience The Power of Written Praise
Max Fischer reflects on the power of written praise to raise student achievement, and offers six reasons why you should put praise for students in writing.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev044.shtml Inclusion Can Work
Janice Robertson explains why she looks forward to integrating special-needs students into her classes -- and admits that was not always the case.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev007.shtml
From Our Archives Eek! Comics in the Classroom
Are you looking for a way to motivate reluctant readers, engage urban youth, develop the comprehension skills of second-language learners, or teach visual literacy to elementary level students? Have you considered comics?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev105.shtml
A Safe and Orderly Environment
"That's a put-down," John Ash tells his students. "We don't use put-downs. We tell the other person how we are feeling and what we want to happen." Can Ash's strategy help you eliminate put-downs from your classroom too?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev129.shtml
Tap In to Tapped In
You've heard about it. Friends and colleagues have raved about the professional development opportunities it provides through ongoing events, groups, and chats. But you still haven't visited it yourself. What are you waiting for?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech228.shtml
Five Steps to Teaching Any Character Trait
How do we help students develop strong character? The answer is found in this premise: Character traits are learned; therefore we can teach them.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev135.shtml
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MORE FROM EDUCATION WORLD AND OUR ARCHIVES
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The Humor of Regina Barreca It's Just Not That Simple
"I find that the people most visibly drawn to extolling the joys and the privilege of teaching are high-powered attorneys, successful venture capitalists, and exceedingly youthful movie stars of strikingly limited intelligence.”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca002.shtml
Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You Discipline With Love
"Teachers have a tremendous ability to make a difference in the lives of their students… But sometimes caring teachers inadvertently alienate their students of color when it seems to those students that the teacher disciplines some students but punishes them."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/bell/bell007.shtml
Reflecting Poole Free Online Teaching Tools
Discover a few of Bernie’s favorite online teacher tools -- including RubiStar, BlogMeister, Survey Builder, and Web Collaborator.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech231.shtml
Brenda's Blog Teaching in a Culture of...
"The responsibility to improve schools from within rests on the shoulders of the schoolhouse and the educators who reside there."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck004.shtml
Doug Johnson's Tech Proof A Proposal for Banning Pencils
"When are we going to learn to use kids' [technology] devices for their benefit rather than invent excuses to outlaw them?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson004.shtml
Teach for America Diaries This Is Why I'm Here
Will Hobart writes: "Today I was reminded of why I teach. It had been a rough week. Several kids were suspended for fighting and another student, Patrick, had run away from home following an incident with a BB gun…"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/TFA_diaries/TFA_hobart002.shtml
Wire Side Chat of the Week Know When to Discipline
Learn why prevention and knowing when to discipline can be more important than knowing how to discipline.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat020.shtml
Templates of the Week Teacher Note Pads
Personalize these teacher-quote notepads.
http://educationworld.com/tools_templates/teachernotes1.doc Trading Card
Put your students' faces on trading cards.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/trading_card.doc
Assistive Technology
Discover how technology can help all students succeed.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech200.shtml
Tech Solutions for Special Kids
Tech Team members reveal the software they use to maintain a level playing field for all kids.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech224.shtml
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial Accessibility Resources
Learn about the free accessibility tools found on most computers and about the online resources available for students with special needs.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial016.shtml
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Templates of the Week
From the Math Corner
Backpacktivities
The Humor of Regina Barreca
Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You
