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Volume 12, Issue 3
January 15, 2008

Electing a President:
Lessons for Teaching About the Presidential Primaries
Tuesday, February 5, is Super Tuesday. On that day, twenty-some states will hold primaries or caucuses that will help determine the presidential nominees of the two major parties. This is an important step on the road to the White House and a "teachable moment" that should not be missed. Use these Education World lessons to help inform and engage your students in the election process. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson331.shtml

Celebrate the 100th Day in 100 Ways
The 100th day of the school year is a classic "teachable moment." Celebrate the day by organizing a classroom or school celebration that engages students in activities that promote fun and memorable learning. The day also is a unique opportunity to involve parents and the community. Included: 100 ways to celebrate the 100th day.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson149.shtml

More 100th Day Activities
100th Day for Young Learners
Writing Bug: $100,000 to Spend
Writing Bug: Happy 100th Birthday

Teaching Tolerance
Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed of a world more tolerant than the one he lived in. These lessons -- perfect for use at any time of year -- are designed to teach kids about tolerance. Included: Lessons on stereotyping, appreciating differences, recognizing how words can hurt (or heal), and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson294.shtml

Coming to America: Immigration Builds a Nation
The story of immigration is inseparable from the history of the United States. Discover the U.S. all over again as you introduce your students to the two major waves of immigration that brought 34 million people to our nation's shores and spurred the greatest period of national change and growth. Explore how immigration built our nation.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson204.shtml

More Timely Lesson Themes
Martin Luther King
Teaching About Respect
Heroes Across the Curriculum
Winter Welcome
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/mlking.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson329.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson218.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/winter.shtml

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

News for Kids
Wind Provides Electricity for Homes, Schools
Windmills, which used to dot the landscape, are making a comeback.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
"Spelling Takes a Hit" an active spelling game.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame015.shtml

Friday Fun
Mystery State
Use the clues to learn which "mystery state" is being described.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday033.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
Make a tuning fork appear to wiggle.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science049.shtml

Writing Bug
Tell about a time you were kind to someone.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug115.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Place Value War.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars002.shtml

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Who Hibernates?
The 100th Day of School
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/newsletterV05N05.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/early_childhood/newsletters/newsletterV03N02.shtml

From the Math Machine
Math Splat is a fun Web site for teaching addition and subtraction with fractions and mixed numerals. (Grades 4-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine019.shtml

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Building Money $kills
Learning about money can be fun using this "Build Your Money $kills" bulletin board.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard027.shtml

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Elaborate ruse teaches kids about good writing.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Create, conduct surveys; report the results in graph and letter form.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson026.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson033.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Narwhal
Ele-Middle Edits Aquarius, the Concorde, the Gold Rush…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/animalsAtoZ/animalsAtoZ020.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/edit01.shtml

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt January Hunt #3
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #17
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/factmonster/factmonster019a.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/factmonster/factmonster017b.shtml

5-Minute Fillers Volume 18
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with the letter Q.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous025.shtml

Work Sheet of the Week
"Similies and Metaphors" -- two activities teach the concepts.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_6_8.shtml

Just for This Month!
See our January Month of Fun, January Word Search, and January Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month’s themes: Winter, Martin Luther King….
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

Every-Day Edits
Use Every-Day Edits to build language skills, test scores, and cultural literacy. (Grades 4-up)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

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

Vocab-ulous!
Help students build a fab vocab. (Grades 5-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/vocabulous.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

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

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Instruction Meets Discipline
“While school discipline codes focus on large infractions, discipline management within the classroom is dominated by continuous small disruptions."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones022.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore: Classroom Problem Solver
The Disorganized Student
“Elementary teachers must recognize the importance of teaching organizational skills. Such skills will be essential in middle school, when students will be expected to keep track of their assignments and school responsibilities with little teacher assistance."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore052.shtml

Ruth Sidney Charney: The Responsive Classroom
The Three Rs of Logical Consequences
“'Logical consequences' is a strategy that seeks to help children learn from their mistakes. A logical consequence has two steps: the first stops the misbehavior; the second recalls children to the rules and teaches alternative behaviors."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/charney/charney006.shtml

Max Fischer
Add Literature -- and Life -- to Content Instruction
“Sterilized texts often have forced me to look elsewhere to provide students with a more real sense of events and time periods. In the process, I've learned how a good piece of literature can elevate my social studies instruction."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice136.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Organizing Science and Social Studies Materials
Invest in plastic drawers to keep science and social studies materials organized.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization013.shtml

Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach
Strategies for Teaching Revision
“Revision is the second most important part of writing (after the idea). Revising denotes stepping back and looking at content…adding details or clarification, tightening language…"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller020.shtml

Reading Review
Shared Reading
Many middle and high school teachers use shared-reading -- an approach to teaching reading that engages students and makes them better readers. Reading expert Dr. Janet Allen and two teachers offer tips for a successful start to shared reading.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev083.shtml

Total Reader
How Cool Is That!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev149.shtml

Go Figure
The Tall and Short of It
Students use information and logic to figure out the names and heights of eleven students in a line.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure005.shtml

Strategy of the Week
Pretzels
Pretzels, an activity from the creators of the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching and learning, is a primary-grade strategy that focuses on students' kindnesses -- and results in improved classroom behavior.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy029.shtml

Teacher Feature
Mystery Readers
Vicky Moore’s second graders solve clues to identify mystery readers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature169.shtml

From Our Archives
Whose Fault Is It Anyway?
“Students who fail to make the connection between effort and results attribute their successes and failures to someone or something other than themselves. Successful students see their successes and failures as something they can control."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev126.shtml

Coding and Quilting the Elements
Chemistry teacher Kathi Smith incorporates chemistry, technology, the arts, and more into a multi-stage classroom project that teaches students discipline, problem solving, and the sense of pride that comes from a difficult job done well. Included: Five teacher-created worksheets to use in your own classroom project.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev116.shtml

Backpacktivity
Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
Students find words that start with various letters of the alphabet.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_022.pdf

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 Reduction Kit.

Contests and Competitions
Exploravision Technology Contest
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/contests.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Getting to Know More About You
Behavior Management: Reaping the Rewards
Motivating Kids: Ask Students' Opinions
Book Report Makeover: Comics in the Classroom
Homework Tips: Homework Study Hall
Best Idea Ever: Smiles and Frowns
Testing Tips: Tell Me Why
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea022.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing022.shtml

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Doug Johnson's Tech Proof
E-Books on Hands
"I’ve been looking forward to the next iteration of ‘the book’ -- when well-designed silicon replaces cellulose as the means for publishing -- for quite a long time."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson023.shtml

Reflecting (Bernie) Poole
Social Networking: More Hype Than Help
“If you believe the hype, just about everyone between the ages of 16 and 34 who thinks he or she is hip -- or would like to be perceived as hip -- is logging on to a social networking site and having a ball. But can you believe the hype?“
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole001.shtml

Nancy Willard's Cyber Savvy
Regulating Student Online Content
"Schools need to make sure that they have good policies, are effectively monitoring student Internet use, and apply appropriate consequences to misuse that harms another student. Too many schools rely on filtering software."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat182.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Improving Media Literacy
"Choosing quality Web sites to use in your classroom or for lesson preparation can be a time consuming endeavor. You can make that endeavor easier and more successful, however, by using COCOA P to find the class among the trash on the Internet!"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial002.shtml

Sites to See
Media Literacy
With so many exemplary resources -- and so much artfully packaged trash -- now available on the Internet, how do you know which is which? More importantly, how do you teach your students to tell the difference? These sites might help.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites027.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
Tech in Media Literacy
Students learn the six criteria for evaluating Web sites and then use those criteria to locate three sites that provide good information and three that do not.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp007.shtml

Template of the Week
2008-2009 School Year Calendar
It’s never too early to plan for next year!
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/school_calendar_template_08_09.doc

Tech Classroom Spotlight
Tech Gets Real
Bryan Nielsen’s technology students go global with homemade videos.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature160.shtml

What Will the New Year Bring?
We asked members of the Education World Tech Team: What do you predict the new year will bring in terms of education technology? Discover what our experts see in your future.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech240.shtml

Do you agree with our experts predictions? Are their experiences and ideas valid for your classroom or your school? How do you expect technology to impact your teaching in 2008?
Join the Conversation

Interactivity
Intellectual Property Rights Education
Are you a middle- or high-school educator interested in field testing a brand new curriculum?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/interactivity.shtml

Five-Minute Tech Fillers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips019.shtml

The Tapped In® Page
What's happening on Tapped In this week?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/tappedIn.shtml

Total Reader: How Cool is That?
How cool is your reading assessment system? And does it merely assess your students' current reading performance or, like Total Reader, does it improve their reading performance as well?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev149.shtml

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

 

Community Scavenger Hunt Teaches Research Skills, Much More
When armies of students descend on local libraries to do research, educators in Ashland, Oregon, know it’s time for an annual three-day event that challenges kids to find the answers to a series of questions. The event improves students’ research skills, teaches the importance of documentation, enhances social skills, and provides priceless memories.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin507.shtml

Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You!
Confronting Concerns With Teacher Performance
The time is now to confront the malpractice being committed by teachers who don’t pull their weight, ignore “best practices” of instruction, and make no effort to cultivate a nurturing classroom environment. If there are children in that teacher’s classroom, we have an obligation to provide the best possible learning environment and to insist upon excellence from that teacher.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall022.shtml

Larry Bell's Somebody Needs You!
A Simple Idea for Improving Math Achievement
Are math word problems killing your state test scores? Or maybe fractions are? Or basic math facts? Whatever it is, you need to take action to do something about it. I have a suggestion that I have seen work very effectively…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/bell/bell006.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents "A New Way of Thinking."
If our ears were little funnels
That hooked up to our brains,
I'll bet all our school learning
Could be done with little pain…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan001.shtml

Partners for Student Success
"FACT Nights" Bring Families Together
Parents and kids connect during evenings of reading and math activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners002.shtml

Take Five for…
Planning an Open House before school begins next year.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive034.shtml

Pawlas on PR
Use that cell phone to reach out and touch parents.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR027.shtml

Instant Meeting #12
A powerful reminder about why we became educators.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas012.shtml

How I Handled…
A personality clash between a teacher and a parent.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled045.shtml

Exceptional Event
International Day or Multicultural Fair.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events021.shtml

Principal Ideas #34
"Goat insurance" fund raiser, Shadow Day, copy cats, more...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas034.shtml

Grant of the Week
New grants posted every week. Click to see what's new this week.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml

Morning Math
Questions for Week #18.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml

From the Principal Files
Character(istics) Count! -- What Principals Look for When Hiring New Teachers
What do principals look for in the new teachers they hire? One article identified 15 traits that are most important. Which of those 15 "can-do" characteristics is number one on the list? Education World asked our Principal Files principals that question. Included: Our P-Files team ranks the top qualities of new teachers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin257.shtml

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

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Education Humor With Regina Barreca
Handing Out Humility, Humor
"Before the event, I worked with the students to make this ceremony the best it could be, but let's just say that it wasn't shaping up to be the Academy Awards. No money, no time, no extra help -- the only thing I had was a lot of pressure from myself to get it right. Or close to right…"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca026.shtml

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