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Volume 11, Issue 27
July 10, 2007

Phone Book Math
Did the phone company just deliver new phone books to your door? Don't throw out the old ones -- ask students to bring them to school. Those old phone books offer opportunities for lots of valuable math practice; they're a great teaching tool! Included: Links to additional math lessons and resources.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson270.shtml

Harry Potter Haiku
Kids by the dozens are creating original Harry Potter haiku and posting them to the Web. If you are a teacher who is looking for a fun -- and educational -- activity, why not turn students' enthusiasm for all things Harry Potter into a creative writing opportunity?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson180.shtml

Don't Waste a Minute: Quick-Tivities for Awkward Moments
So much to do! So little time! You can't afford to waste a minute. What do you do when every day is interrupted by at least a few transitions that never seem to fit into the natural rhythm of your lessons? Fill those minutes with real learning by introducing your students to one of these valuable mini lessons.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson220.shtml

It's Up for Debate!
Debates are a staple of middle and high school social studies classes. But have you ever thought about using debates at the lower grades -- or in math class? Education World offers five debate strategies and extra lessons for students of all ages. Included: Debate fairy tale ethics, use four corner and inner/outer circle strategies, more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson304.shtml

Plan a Read In!
Teachers share their favorite reading activity ideas. Included: Eight reading theme ideas for reading fun. Plan a special Read In! day for any time in the year ahead...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson057.shtml

More "Write Stuff"
Engage students with writing activities that involve them in writing round-robin stories, "indescribably" excellent descriptions, persuasive alien essays, tabloid news stories, and books about younger students they interview. Included: All the resources you need!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson255.shtml

Lesson Plan of the Day
See last week's lessons; search lessons by subject.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
Friendly Feud
Review any subject, skill with this version of "Family Feud."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame025.shtml

News for Kids
Soda To Be Absent from Schools
A new agreement will eliminate soda and other sugary drinks from most schools. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou037.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks With Jane and Joanne
This week: "Double Trouble" teaches adding double digits.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars012.shtml

Writing Bug
A Noise in the Night
If I Was the Parent for a Day...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug055.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug054.shtml

Show-Biz Science With Vicki Cobb
A Dramatic Easing of (Surface) Tension
Watch a battle as two liquids struggle for supremacy.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science023.shtml

Five-Minute Fillers: Volume 33
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Mystery State #46: Use the Clues, Discover the State
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/state.shtml

FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY

Hunt the Fact Monster
Build reading comprehension and Internet searching skills. Two levels: primary and ele-middle. (Grades 3-9)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.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

Make Your Own Holiday Work Sheets
Use these holiday templates to make your own activities for any subject. (Grades Pre-K - 5)
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#holiday_editable

Sudoku Puzzles
These popular puzzles build critical thinking skills. Thirty-six puzzles in all. (Grades 3-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/sudoku.shtml

Animals A to Z
Students learn about animals as they reinforce capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar skills. (Grades 2-4)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml

Calculator Lessons
Twenty lessons to engage students as they use their TI-73 Explorer™ calculators.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/calculator_lessons.shtml

Highlights for Children®
Hidden Pictures® puzzles, rebus stories, crafts, and more from the folks at Highlights.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/Highlights/index.shtml

Phonics Word Search Puzzles
Thirty-six puzzles teach and reinforce phonics and spelling skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/wordsearch.shtml#phonics

Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
Getting to Know Your Students
Building positive relationships with students is the number one way to forestall classroom behavior problem, says Emma McDonald.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald013.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching
A Win-Win for Severe Behavior Problems
"Omission training," says Dr. Fred Jones, "can bring an outcast child into the middle of the class sociogram in two weeks!"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones018.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore's ABC's of Bullying Prevention
Dealing With Bullying Incidents
Dr. Ken Shore offers some steps you can take to deal with bullying incidents and avoid their spinning out of control.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore074.shtml

Voice of Experience: Max Fischer
Should I Teach?
"Every one of us has a conception of what will bring personal success, satisfaction, and happiness. Are we looking for recognition? Money? Responsibility? Intrinsic satisfaction? If recognition or money is high on your scale of personal happiness, perhaps it would be best to forego any further thoughts of teaching."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice137.shtml

An Education World Teacher Feature
Hoops and Haiku
Phys ed teacher Marty Mentzer brings students together for poetry reading and basketball.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature135.shtml

Strategy of the Week
Read Alouds
Educators offer suggestions for using read-alouds in classrooms across the grades.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy024.shtml

Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach
Building a Better Classroom Library
Cathy Puett Miller explains how to give your classroom library new life and make it work for your curriculum and your content goals.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller008.shtml

Reader's Theater
Will the Music Play?
To mark the 50th anniversary of a world-famous Classical Music Festival, some musicians want to play modern music; others want to stick with the traditional. Will the dispute stop the music?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater012.shtml

Backpacktivity
Family Timeline
Students create a timeline as they learn about their family's history.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_009.pdf

Explain That!
Ratio and Proportion
A ratio is a comparison of two numbers. A proportion is a statement that says two ratios are equal.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/explainthat/explainthat006.shtml

Go Figure
The Hot Dog Stand
How much can Harry charge for the items on the menu?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure006.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Five Tomatoes
How many feet in a mile?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics006.shtml

Wendy Petti's "Math Cats Math Chat"
Outdoor Math
Wendy Petti offers a number of creative ideas for teaching math outside the classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mathchat/mathchat005.shtml

Biography Lessons Made Easy
Make biographies fun and informative with monologues, poems, and time lines.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr230.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Be Kind to Substitutes
Behavior Management: Real-Life Learning
Motivating Kids: Minimize Downtime
Book Report Makeover: Describe It!
Homework Tips: Participation Counts
Best Idea: The Importance of Listening
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips015.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips015.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation015.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport015.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips015.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea015.shtml

Nancy Willard's Cyber Savvy
Schools, the Internet, and Copyright Law
Nancy Willard discusses the educational activities that risk copyright infringement and suggests strategies that can minimize the risk.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech121.shtml

Doug Johnson's Tech Proof
Are 21st Century Skills Right Brain Skills?
"To what extent should we be helping kids develop design sense, storytelling abilities, synthesis, feelings for others, humor, and the ability to detect the importance of the information they learn?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson006.shtml

Brenda's Blog
Ripping Into 21st Century Learning
Does a mismatch exist between the demands of today's economy and what our schools are teaching students?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck008.shtml

Reflecting Poole
Reflections on India
Education World tech columnist Bernie Poole reflects on his experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in Tirupati, India.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole004.shtml

Sites to See
Geography
Geography sites offer minds-on -- and often hands-on --opportunities to study Earth's characteristics and inhabitants, and learn how they affect one another.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites025.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
Tech in Problem Solving
Students participate in a digital (camera) scavenger hunt.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/03-1/lesson034.shtml

Template of the Week
Welcome Letter
Welcome your students and their families to a new school year.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/welcome_letter.doc

From Our Archives

Tech Integration Made Easy
Twenty activities and nearly 50 Web sites to help you integrate technology into your daily routine.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech146.shtml

Tech Integration Tips
The top ten tips to help you expand the ways you use technology in the coming year.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech039.shtml

Computer Rules Prevent Problems
To make sure that your technology lessons are as orderly as all your other classroom activities, our experts share their rules with you.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech044.shtml

Managing Technology
Thirty-three tips for managing classroom technology use.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech116.shtml

EdTech Tips of the Week
Teaching Tech Made Easy
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips024.shtml

SchoolNotes
Communicate online with students, parents, colleagues...
http://www.schoolnotes.com

Using Data Rooms to Map Your Way to Success
Got data? Most administrators would say of course. The trick is to get it off the shelves and into the open. By setting up data rooms to display, track, and analyze information, administrators can make meaningful, measurable changes in their schools. Included: Tips for setting up a data room.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin392.shtml

50 Great Questions for Teacher Interviews
Whether you need to fill five teaching positions or 25, the questions you ask during interviews will be the key to drawing out the personalities of applicants and ultimately selecting the right educators to join your staff. Find your next new hire with a few of these great interview questions. Included: 50 questions to help you learn about applicants' knowledge, experience, and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin396.shtml

Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You
Power Verbs Help Ensure Students’ Test 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

Evelyn-Cortez Ford’s Coaching Teachers To Be Leaders
What Structures Need To Be in Place To Make Teacher Leadership Thrive?
The hierarchical structure of schools perpetuates a tradition: principals lead and teachers teach. Given that structure, it is difficult to imagine how teacher leadership can thrive. But it can thrive, and principals are instrumental in creating conditions to make it happen.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/cortez-ford/cortez-ford004.shtml

Partners for Student Success
Parent Workshops Overcome Language Barriers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners005.shtml

Signaling an End to Classroom, Cafeteria Chatter
Some districts have found a workable solution.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin336.shtml

Bringing Families and Schools Together-- FAST!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin170.shtml

The Journey Back: Five Principals Who Have Returned to the Classroom
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin390.shtml

Is the Four-Day School Week Coming Your Way?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin073.shtml

Principal Ideas
Staff Member of the Month, Quarterly Incentives, "Caught in the Act," More...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas008.shtml

TAKE FIVE for...
Thinking About New Ways to Involve Parents
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive008.shtml

Pawlas on PR
Create Video or DVD Recordings of the School Year
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR001.shtml

Great Meetings
Long-Range Planning
Warm-Up Activities Encourage Meeting Participation
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/greatmeetings/greatmeetings029.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/greatmeetings/greatmeetings030.shtml

From the Principal Files
What Qualities Do Principals Look for in a New Teacher?
What will school principals be looking for in the new teachers they hire in the weeks ahead? That's what Education World asked a group of school principals. The principals' responses might help others -- principals and candidates for teaching jobs -- as they focus their thoughts on the interviews ahead.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin071.shtml

The Interview: Principals Share 30 Favorite Questions for Future Teachers
We asked our "Principal Files" principals to share their favorite questions to ask as they screen potential candidates for an opening. The questions they provided get to the heart of an applicant's skills and passion. Included: Thirty great questions for future teachers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin352.shtml

Newsletters 'R Us
Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.
ABCs of Student Success
Caught on the Web
Math @ Home
Parent Pointers
Summer Newsletter Clipart
QuotED of the Week
Fun Facts
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/newsletters.shtml

Soapbox of the Week
NCLB: If It's Sauce for the Goose...
Veteran teacher Max Fischer suggests that if the federal government, under the No Child Left Behind Act, is going to hold schools to strict accountability standards, then all entities receiving federal funds also should be held to such standards.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/soapbox/soapbox003.shtml

Wire Side Chats of the Week
Carrots or Sticks? Alfie Kohn on Rewards and Punishment
Alfie Kohn talks about classroom rewards and punishments and instilling intrinsic motivation in students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat031.shtml

Author Aims to Help Children Manage Anger
Author Laura Fox describes how to teach children to use their anger in positive ways by listing what makes them angry and understanding why those things make them angry.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat044.shtml

Lessons from Our Nation's Schools
Reservation Schools Preserve Cultures, Boost Academics
Infused with state and federal money but facing more requirements and students with challenges, staff at two Native American schools in Maine talked with Education World about meeting their two missions: passing on Native American culture and boosting academics.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/schools/schools010.shtml

Archive Section of the Week
Urban Education
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/urban.shtml

Spotlight on Issues in Education
School-Based Enterprises
Walk-Throughs
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/s.shtml#enterprises
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/w.shtml#walk

EdScoops: Current Education News Headlines
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/edscoops.shtml

This Week's Survey
What method of communication with parents do you find most effective?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey053.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
How important is it for teachers to work values and character education into their lessons?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey048.shtml

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

Mark Twain’s Mississippi
An interactive Twain library emphasizing his work featuring the Big River.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0207-26.shtml

Google Docs and Spreadsheets
Another amazing tool from the company named after that really big number.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0207-23.shtml

Google Earth
Satellite pictures power this amazing search-the-Earth tool.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0207-21.shtml

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