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Volume 11, Issue 44
November 6, 2007

Celebrating Children's Book Week
The calendar might identify the third week in November as Children's Book Week, but for most teachers -- always on the lookout for new ideas to promote literacy -- every week is Book Week. For those teachers and their students, Education World offers these lessons that emphasize reading skills and enjoyment across the grades. Included: Five new lesson plans for reading fun.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson326.shtml

Thanksgiving Lesson Ideas
Articles, lesson ideas, site reviews, books, crafts, clipart and much more.
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/thanksgiving.shtml

Learning About America's Natives
November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month -- the perfect time to explore Education World's resources on the history and culture of America's original inhabitants. Included: Lessons for recognizing America’s Indian roots.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/native_americans.shtml

Veterans Day
Activities, music, and Web-based ideas to help students understand Veterans Day's significance.
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/veterans_day.shtml

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

Friday Fun: Measure the Mayflower
Thanksgiving is one of teacher Vallye Blanton's favorite holidays. "I use many Thanksgiving activities," she told Education World. "We measure the dimensions of the Mayflower and rope it off on the playground. Then we have 102 people stand inside to demonstrate how crowded it was." Read more...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday012.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science: Where’s the Rub?
Discover invisible ridges on a refrigerator magnet.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science042.shtml

News for Kids
Honeybees Are Vanishing
What’s causing the disappearance of millions of U.S. honeybees?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou071.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
Adapt this "Concentration" Review Game to hundreds of skills. Ideas and puzzle sources are included.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame007.shtml

Writing Bug: Giving Thanks
Three things I am most thankful for are...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug057.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Baseball Three" teaches multiplying 2-digit numbers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars030.shtml

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Thanksgiving
Giving Thanks
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/newsletterV03N21.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/newsletterV04N24.shtml

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Our Thankful Hearts
Invite students to open their hearts and share what they're thankful for.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard003.shtml

From the Math Machine
Time to Move is a fun Web site for teaching measurement and sorting. (Grades 1-2)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine011.shtml

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Peak interest in reading books from a variety of genres.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 A game that builds vocabulary and provides a fun break too.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/06-1/lesson012.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/06-1/lesson011.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Hyena
Ele-Middle Edits Sousa marches, the Hope Diamond, Montana…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/animalsAtoZ/animalsAtoZ012.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/edit11.shtml

5-Minute Fillers Volume 10
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with the letter I.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous021.shtml

Hunt the Fact Monster
Students learn Internet searching skills as they search the Fact Monster.
Primary Hunts
Ele-Middle Hunts
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml

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 themes: Thanksgiving.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fun_month.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/wordsearch.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/calendar.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#holiday_editable

FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY

Animals A to Z
Reinforce capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar skills. (Grades 2-4)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.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

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

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Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day
The New Communication Song
Schools aren’t like they used to be in the leisurely days of yore, certainly not in terms of communication. Today, there’s e-mail, voice mail, cell phones all around the school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/baylin/baylin027.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Dealing With Backtalk
“When students confront you verbally, everything they are doing -- the challenge, the upset, the talk itself -- seems calculated to get you to do one thing -- to speak! Could there be a method to their madness?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones012.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Real-World Reading Materials
Provide attractive pockets of real-world reading materials.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization005.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore: Classroom Problem Solver
The Playground
“Behavior problems on the playground present opportunities to teach students important lessons about sportsmanship, kindness, conflict resolution, and respect for property."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore058.shtml

Reading Review
Free Voluntary Reading Pays Big Dividends
Teacher William Marson shares his success in motivating sixth-graders to read using a program he calls Reading for Fun (RFF).
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr007.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics014.shtml
NASCAR Math
Tom Baughman's fourth graders find mathematical inspiration in racing.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature166.shtml

Felicia Arnold: Voice of Experience
How Did We Change the World?
Felicia Arnold reflects on the mandate of the 60’s. Did the baby boomers make this a better world?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice147.shtml

Stress Relief
Are you looking for resources to help your students -- and their teacher - enjoy a stress-free year? Check out the new Education World Stress Relief Kit.

Backpacktivity
Flags of the World
Students learn about flags of the world.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_014.pdf

From Our Archives
Pretzels
A weekly activity allows the exchange of compliments and criticism among the students in your class. This activity, from Responsive Classroom guru Ruth Sidney Charney can help resolve conflicts and teach children how to handle conflict.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson009.shtml

Five Good -- And Not So Good -- Things to Say to Your Students
"Eighty percent of all talk done in classrooms is done by teachers. Is some of that talk better than others? Let's take a closer look at five good and not so good things to say to your students."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev141.shtml

Quick Ideas for Clean-Up Activities
Do you find yourself spending precious after-school time cleaning up your classroom? Have you tried student cleanup and decided it wasn't worth the chaos or loss of learning time? Maybe all you really need to turn class cleanup into a fun and productive activity is a little help from some creative colleagues.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev106.shtml

Classroom Management Tips
Communication
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips014.shtml
Time Savers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips050.shtml

Contests and Competitions
The Drive
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/contests.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Communication
Behavior Management: Noise, Rewards, Bellringers
Motivating Kids: Provide Real-World Problems
Book Report Makeover: In the News
Homework Tips: Two-for-One Quiz
Best Idea: SLANT
Testing Tips: A Test Rehearsal
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea014.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing014.shtml

Doug Johnson's Tech Proof
Filter Follies
"Maintaining both the concept of intellectual freedom and providing a healthy and educational online environment might seem to be a difficult balancing act. But so far, our district seems to have been able to both meet the requirements of CIPA and give staff and students access to the greatest possible range of online resources."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson022.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Create an Interactive Map
As teachers, we frequently depend on visual aids to teach or clarify lessons. But how do we "point to" features on graphics that we send students electronically? Let's create an interactive map and find out how.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial059.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
Tech in Social Studies
Energize a geography or language arts lesson with this online activity for grades 7-12. Students research the concept of indigenous people and then write a diamante poem about what they've learned. Both the research and the poem creation are done online.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp059.shtml

Sites to See
Native Americans
By the time the Pilgrims arrived in the New World, Native American groups had spread throughout the continent, each with its own name, language, beliefs, and way of life. Explore the varied American Indian histories and cultures and learn how they affect life today.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites010.shtml

Template of the Week
Turkey Template
Use this turkey template for a coloring worksheet or bulletin board display.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/images/bulletinboard_november_turkey_template.doc

Technology Gets "Real" With Multimedia Projects
Bryan Nielsen's technology students go global with homemade videos.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature160.shtml

Interactivity
P***tfesto
Create a virtual environmental ribbon long enough to wrap around the world.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/interactivity.shtml

From Our Archives
Did You See That Poem?
Fifth and sixth graders in Saskatchewan, Canada, learned a valuable lesson when the use of video technology turned a language arts unit into "poetry in motion."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech142.shtml

Videoconferencing Deserves a Second Look
In this Education World Wire Side Chat, videoconferencing expert Jan Zanetis shares tips and cautions for making your first videoconference a real success.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat127-2.shtml

Computers in the High-School Classroom
The experts offer nine ways to integrate technology in high school, as well as links to technology in action at high schools across America.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech211.shtml

EdTech Tips of the Week
Neatness Counts
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips013.shtml

What can you do with SchoolNotes?
Check out Mrs. Bailey's site to find out!
http://www.schoolnotes.com

Principals Promote Reading Aloud
Are you a principal who is looking for a special way to recognize Children’s Book Week (November 12-18)? Share your love of reading by reading aloud these five books and voting for your favorite. The top vote-getter will be recipient of NAESP’s 2008 Principals’ Read Aloud Award. “When a principal reads to students, it sends a message to students, parents, and staff,” says Bill Rich, the principal who originated the award…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin500.shtml

Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You!
Why 100 Matters
According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all students -- that’s 100 percent of enrolled students -- will test proficient by the 2013-2014 school year. Do you know what 100 percent really means? One goal-oriented school in Washington State does.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall014.shtml

Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You!
Prepare Students for Long, Dull Tests
If educators know that an end-of-year test will require their students to sit for 3-hour blocks of testing, why on Earth would they give tests throughout the year that last 15, 20, or 25 minutes? By giving short tests, we are training our students to fail.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/bell/bell002.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents "Lost 'n Found."
Based on all the coats and clothes
I see piled in Lost 'n Found,
In my school I half expect to see…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan029.shtml

Partners for Student Success
Kids Fill ‘Passports’ With Practical Math
Students’ passports are stamped as they "travel” through an evening of practical math activities for the whole family.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners016.shtml

Take Five for…
Giving advice to job seekers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive026.shtml

Pawlas on PR: Putting Students' Stories About School and Home in Perspective
While we would like to rely on students to share information about school happenings, we must always remember that verbal young children, while usually willing to share information, are prone to embellish details of the actual events...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR019.shtml

Exceptional Event
Native American Museum Night.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/
exceptional_events/exceptional_events013.shtml

How I Handled…
Keeping teachers motivated as budgets tighten.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled039.shtml

Principal Ideas #26
Special night for kids and dads, prime parking, more…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas026.shtml

Instant Meeting #35
Too many people talking at once? Try the "talking stick."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas035.shtml

Grant of the Week
Braitmayer Foundation Grants help boost the teaching profession. Plus many more grant opportunities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml

From the Principal Files
Principals Offer 30 Ways to Fight Stress
Being a principal is a stressful job -- no doubt about it! But principals do a great job of figuring out ways to beat that stress. We asked our "Principal Files" team to share their stress-busting tips. Maybe a few of these 30 ideas will be ones you haven't thought of before.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin394.shtml

Morning Math
Questions for Week #11.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml

Join the Conversation
On our "School Administrators" message board.
http://forums.educationworld.com/

Newsletters 'R Us
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are the ones who have helped you."
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Wire Side Chat
Teacher of the Year Inspires Excellence
The daughter of a teacher/minister who taught service to others by example, the 2007 National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson became a music teacher dedicated to helping her students appreciate music and reach their potential.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat220.shtml

Turnaround Tales
A Community Pitches In
When nine of Chattanooga’s schools were listed among the lowest-performing in the state, local foundations teamed up to work with the school system to provide professional development, stabilize the faculty, and improve student performance.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork075.shtml

Fit To Be Taught
Fit To Be Taught Vol.14
Students track fitness gains using computers; New York City kids aiming to run a mile; playing in a marching band could damage hearing; students run or walk quarter-miles in Move Across America.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught014.shtml

NEW! NCLB Updates
Senate Looks at High School Reform
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently released portions of its draft legislation to reauthorize NCLB. The Senate bill includes much-needed resources for the nation’s lowest-performing high schools.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NCLBupdates.shtml

School Issues Article
Schools and Online Social Networking
Few educators working with middle and high school students are prepared to deal with the explosive involvement of youth on social networking sites. Internet safety expert Nancy Willard discusses the risks and benefits of such sites and offers schools a comprehensive approach to addressing student Internet access.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues423.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
AYP Targets
Why are schools that miss one adequate yearly progress target treated the same as those that miss many?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB145.shtml

Read About It
The 65 Percent Solution
What is the 65 Percent Solution?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit038.shtml

From the Education World Archives
Keeping Art Alive Under NCLB
While nothing in the No Child Left Behind Act says schools must eliminate the arts to concentrate on math and reading, arts instruction is shrinking or vanishing in many schools. Arts advocates say the arts are critical to a complete education.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat190.shtml

School Doodle
Arts Education in the Age of Accountability
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles57.shtml

This Week's School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Teaching About the Arts
Issues Spotlight 2 Bilingual Education
Issues Spotlight 3 Minority Educators
Issues Spotlight 4 Online Social Networking
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/a.shtml#arts http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/b.shtml#bilingual http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/m.shtml#minority http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/o.shtml#socialnet

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http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r1107-02.shtml

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections
More than 300,000 art works online: Enjoy!
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The "dismal science" is brighter in the digital age.
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Rules in School
Nothing is more wonderful than a well-run classroom, where students have internalized the classroom rules, and where those rules "add up" to a logical way to maintain a good learning environment. Another great thing is the positive impact the experience of learning to internalize a good set of rules has on the kids beyond the classroom. This book from the folks at The Responsive Classroom® offers a method of thinking about developing rules, including developing consequences for breaking rules. Enjoy! But no talking!
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32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Teaching is a human job, and this book is a great one for capturing the day-to-day delights of leading a classroom of little kids through a vital year of their young lives. The fact that the book's author reports, as of press time, presumably, that he had sung "Happy Birthday" to students in his classroom 657 times, tells a lot about the larger impact a teacher has. Meantime, the bite-sized essays in this book are perfect for the hurried teaching life.
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