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Volume 2, Issue 6
March 24, 2008

Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
A Little Change Will Do You Good
“I believe we have three choices when it comes to responding to change: we either can get up (do something about it and learn from it), give up (throw in the towel), or shut up (accept it for what it is)."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin007.shtml

Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
Do You Doubt Yourself?
“Every teacher worries about lessons, behavior, paperwork, parents…everything that affects students. The question is, do you let worry become self-doubt or do you channel it to more positive purposes? Don’t be a ‘doubting Thomas.’ Be a reflective teacher."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald024.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore
Dealing With Aggressive Students
“Aggressive students can engender a climate of fear in the classroom, creating anxiety among other students and distracting them from their schoolwork. What you can do…"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore039.shtml

Managing Field Trips
“Class trips offer students unique learning experiences -- and provide the opportunity for disciplinary problems. With some advance planning, however, you can avoid those problems."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore021.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Calm is Strength; Upset is Weakness
“Classroom management requires calm. A calm response to provocation can be learned. Because upset happens quickly, however, you have to learn to relax immediately and automatically when confronted. That takes practice.“
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones009.shtml

The Body Language of Commitment
“When kids go to school, they already have a Ph.D. in parent management, and all of those skills will transfer to you. They will know what you are going to do before you do it, because you will tell them -- with your body language.“
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones010.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Store Small Items on an Overhead Cart
"An overhead cart can be a great way to store things you use frequently when teaching your lessons."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization022.shtml

After-School Tracking With Clothespins
"Keeping track of where students go after school can be simple even when their home schedules aren’t."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization023.shtml

Reader's Theater
Snack Attack
Fruit and vegetables vie for the attention of two kids looking for snacks.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater026.shtml

Reading Review
How to Write a Five-Paragraph Essay
A new SAT, as well as the mandates of NCLB, make it more imperative than ever that teachers provide students with increased opportunities to develop their writing skills. Provide that practice for your students with these step-by-step instructions for planning, outlining, and writing a five-paragraph essay.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev109.shtml
Reaching Out to Illiterate Teens
After third grade, reading is less of a subject and more of a tool, as students begin reading for content. But many students enter middle and high school without basic reading skills, dooming their academic careers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues408.shtml

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

Math Worth Repeating
Sports Math Scores Points
Looking for math activities to connect with March Madness? Grab students' interest with a site that teams math with sports -- and everyone comes out a winner! Included: Math teaching resources for all sports, all grades.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr106.shtml
Math Across the Curriculum
Are you having trouble integrating math with literature, geography, art, or music? Discover how one teacher brought her love of running into the classroom and, in the process, integrated all areas of her curriculum. Included: Sites for integrating math with literature, history, science, geography, health, art, and music.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr146.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Solving Word Problems
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics031.shtml
Metric Units of Measure
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics032.shtml

Teacher Features
Two Cents Worth
Jeff Hart’s "two cents worth" technique enhances student discussions.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature060.shtml
Wearin' Thin o' the Green (Beans)
Constantine Christopulos's second graders petition for fewer green beans.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature176.shtml

Saving Kids From Stress
"I'm totally stressed out." Listen carefully when teachers repeat that mantra. The stress could affect their performance, students, and personal lives. But stress doesn't have to take a toll -- not with these stress-fighting strategies in your arsenal.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin460.shtml

Classroom Management Tips
Bulletin Board Bonus
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips048.shtml
Transition Time
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips049.shtml

Contests and Competitions
Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/contests.shtml

Backpacktivities
Secret Message
Students and their families learn how heat turns lemon juice and oxygen into a compound called an oxide.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_031.pdf
Number Tic-Tac-Toe
Students practice addition and subtraction facts with their families.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_032.pdf

From Our Archives
How to Accentuate Respect and Eliminate Disrespect in Students
The secret of learning character-building behaviors is that such behaviors are "caught" by watching others do them well. The secret of teaching character-building behaviors is to tune up the behavior you want to be caught and accentuate it.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev137.shtml

NCLB: Up Close and Personal
How has NCLB affected how and what you teach? Has it improved student progress? Closed the achievement gap? Created better students who are better prepared to face the future -- and succeed in it? The Education World Teacher Team tells all.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev130.shtml

Including Wyatt
Third-grade teacher Nancy Kovacic explains how Responsive Classroom strategies helped one of her students, a boy with cerebral palsy, become a participating -- and respected -- member of the classroom community.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/responsiveclassroom/responsiveclassroom009.shtml

Teaching With Songs
Songs are an effective tool for learning that is fun, memorable, and long-lasting.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin510.shtml

The Prop Box: Setting the Stage for Meaningful Play
Find out how you can use "prop boxes" -- play materials grouped by theme -- to guide your students toward meaningful role-playing and creative exploration.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev101.shtml

In A Little Change Will Do You Good!, Joe Martin talks about the positive affects of even unwanted change. What's the greatest change you've experienced in your professional life? How did you deal with it? What unexpected benefits arose from it?
Join the Conversation.
http://forums.educationworld.com

Tips Library
Classroom Management: More Ways to Say "Well Done!"
Behavior Management: Homework, Hall Passes, Responsibility
Motivating Kids: Check Work as They Do It
Book Report Makeover: Report Recipe
Homework Tips: Doing Lunch
Best Idea Ever: Wearable Concepts
Testing Tips: No Time Left
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea031.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing031.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents "The Garden in My Classroom."
My classroom is my garden,
And my students are the seeds.
In late summer I open envelopes,
And shake out all their needs…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan014.shtml

Miguel Guhlin: The IT Crowd
The Power of Network Learning
"What if you could broadcast learning at will to a world of learners? What if you could interact with people, not only face-to-face in your workshops, but also halfway around the world? What if your on-site workshop participants could participate in a conversation with those virtual participants?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin003.shtml

Brenda Dyck's Blog
Using Web 2.0 Tools to Breathe New Life into Old Projects
"Some of the pre-technology projects we've discarded could fit into today's classroom if we spent some time pondering how one of the Web 2.0 tools could be integrated to bring it more in line with the preferences of 21st century learners."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck026.shtml

Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007
Mail Merge and Related Operations
Lesson 7 of Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007 explains how to apply what you've learned about databases to the task of creating form letters and mailing labels.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/Lesson7_2007.pdf

Database Use
Lesson 8 of Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007 explains how to use a database to organize data resulting from research, help students work on projects, personalize interactions with students, and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/Lesson8_2007.pdf

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorials
Higher Order Thinking Through Technology
"The educator's goal is to help students use what they learn to create something new or to arrange information in a new way. So, what's a teacher to do to keep brains engaged during digital lessons?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial011.shtml

Tech Tools for April Fools
"For most of the year, we teach students to act maturely and responsibly when using computers. Once a year, however, we like to have some safe, educational fun with technology. In this techtorial, you'll find four tech tricks you can play on your students on April Fools."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial055.shtml

Wire Side Chat
The Forgotten Middle
Many of today's students are what educators call "average," not distinguishing themselves academically, yet not doing poorly enough to warrant attention. One educator says these "forgotten middle" students have been ignored too long.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat165.shtml

Starr Points
Is High School Failing Our Kids?
When it comes to high school, we stop adapting our program to fit the students and we start expecting kids to fit the program -- or leave it. Can we afford to lose those kids whose parents can't afford to provide the resources their schools fail to provide?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues272.shtml

Templates of the Week
March Madness Worksheet
Liven up learning with this March Madness Worksheet.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/march_nbl.doc
Problem-Solving Strategies Bookmark
A reminder students can carry with them.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/template_wordproblemsbookmark.doc

School Doodle
The Modern Principal's Mantra
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles29.shtml

Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators."

What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things That Matter Most
Todd Whitaker is one of the prolific education writers who continually remind us that teaching is primariliy an art, though it is surrounded by a lot of science (and pseudo-science). As such, Whitaker looks at great practitioners and focuses on what they do that distinguishes them from less-than-great teachers. Among the intriguing chapter headings are: "Restoring Trust," "The Angry Parent," "Handling the High Achievers," and "Treat Everyone As If They Were Good."
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

The Elementary Math Teacher's Book of Lists
Subtitled, "with Ready-to-Use Patterns Worksheets," this book brings list-mania to math. We often forget, in thinking about math as driven by the familiar symbols for operations, that learning math is as much about learning the meaning of a universe of concepts as it is about learning specific operational skills. This approach offers the practicality of worksheets and activities along with the more conceptual value of covering the major groups of concept words in elementary math.
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