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Volume 12, Issue 16
April 15, 2008

Earth Day 2008
To recognize this special day -- April 22 -- Education World offers lessons that will engage students as they create maps of an astronaut's view of Earth, explore issues of junk mail and hazardous household waste, learn about endangered species, and much more. Explore the world of environmental issues with these Best Lessons on Earth (Day)!
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/earthday.shtml

Library Week Lessons
Dozens of fun lessons to reinforce library skills, plus special reading theme celebrations, more than 50 different book report ideas, and much more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/library_week/

Math Fun! (Volume 2)
Math class doesn’t have to be stay-in-your-seat quiet. Kids will love practicing their computation skills with these six activities -- in which the emphasis is on the "active." In fact, they'll beg to do them again and again! Included: Activities that involve dice, playing cards, candy, and cameras.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson293.shtml

April Is Poetry Month
Stage a poetry slam for profit, find the funniest poems around, and write synonym poems, hinkpinks, and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/poetrymonth.shtml

Arbor Day
Many states -- 34 in all -- celebrate Arbor Day in April. Between Arbor Day and Earth Day, this month is a great time to branch out and include timely tree lessons in your curriculum. Why not go out on a limb! Included: Lessons on measuring trees, reading a color key map, creating tree silhouettes and a "good behavior tree," more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson309.shtml

More Timely Lesson Themes
Play Ball!
Think Spring
Math Fun: Volume 1
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson107.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/spring.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson265.shtml

Epilepsy Lessons from the Epilepsy Classroom
Epilepsy Lessons: These four sets of lesson plans from The Epilepsy Classroom (one set for each grade range, PreK-K, 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12) can help you share vital information with your students about this widespread condition. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/epilepsy_lp.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
Pass the Chicken
This fun, fast-paced game is a good reward for hard work.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday016.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
Use study skills, imagination in "Rewriting History" game.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame028.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
This experiment will help students understand fog "clearly."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science005.shtml

News for Kids
Recycled Vegetable Oil Powers Vans, Cars
Some vehicles are running on recycled vegetable oil instead of gas.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Fair Game – Subtraction."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars015.shtml

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Fishin’ for Addition
This bulletin board offers math practice fun for individuals or small groups of students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard019.shtml

Writing Bug
You have the chance to make over a room in your home. Which room would you choose?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug106.shtml

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Our Excellent Earth
The Library
A is for April -- and Alphabet
More for Earth Day
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/

From the Math Machine
Traffic Jam is a fun Web site for teaching problem solving and logic. (Grades K-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine032.shtml

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Create a realistic interview with a world leader.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Draw conclusions about the characters in Louis Sachar's Holes.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt April Hunt #4.
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #30.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Warthog.
Ele-Middle Edits Duke Ellington, Anne Sullivan, Uganda…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with fl- blends.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous030.shtml

5-Minute Fillers Volume 31
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Work Sheet of the Week
"Dialogue" -- practice writing conversations.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_3_5.shtml

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

Just for This Month!
See our April Month of Fun, April Word Search, and April Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month’s themes: Spring, "March Madness" Basketball, Umbrellas, Flowers….
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

New! TGIF #10 Have you seen Education World's new TGIF feature? Each Friday, TGIF rewards you for making it through another week. Take a deep breath, enjoy some cool ideas and resources, and get your weekend off to a great start! In Volume 10 Just in time for Library Week, 20 favorite read-alouds… Professor Joe's prescription for staying motivated… True or false? Today's kids need to be entertained... Watch for all new content this Friday in TGIF!

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Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Medicate to Educate
“What do I tell those teachers who ask me for my secret to staying motivated in the classroom? I tell them to ‘get medicated.’ But what I’m referring to isn’t a prescription; it’s more of a philosophy. It’s the secret weapon I like to call “the medicine cabinet."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin008.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Having Fun With "PAT"
“Apart from curriculum enrichment activities, team competition is perhaps the most reliable and easy-to-use motivational hook in education. Anything can be taught in the form of a team game, and team games make terrific PATs."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones017.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore: Classroom Problem Solver
ESL Students
“ESL students present instructional challenges for teachers. Those include teaching them academic skills, supporting their English proficiency, and helping them adapt to American culture. Schools have not always succeeded in meeting those goals."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore073.shtml

Max Fischer
Adding 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
Pocket Chart Holds Forms
"Keep frequently-used forms easily accessible by hanging a pocket chart near your desk."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization026.shtml

Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach
Integrating Reading and Writing into Content Instruction
"The 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress reports that less than one third of U.S. high school students read or write at grade level. What can local schools do?"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller023.shtml

Reading Review
Haiku: Teaching Japanese Poetry Writing
Writing haiku can be a way through which children can express their inner souls, a window through which one can see a child's world.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr052.shtml

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

Stress Relief
Maybe It's Time to Reform Demands We Put on Educators
Need a little inspiration to renew the spirit? Check out this essay by Memphis, Tennessee, columnist David Waters.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues161.shtml

Teacher Feature
Groovin' Through the 70th
Angie Malley's kindergartners mark the 70th day of school with a 1970’s celebration.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature177.shtml

Strategy of the Week
Teaching With Games
In the classroom, games can be used to review learned skills and to teach new ones. Games help build students’ academic confidence, improve their problem-solving skills, and strengthen teacher-student and student-student relationships.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy065.shtml

Math on the Web
Middle-School Math
Sites to help middle-school math teachers engage students in math instruction and involve them in their own learning.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr145.shtml

Math Worth Repeating
Math and Literature
Looking for a new way to add relevancy to your classroom math activities? The answer might be right in your school library. Literature is the ideal vehicle to help your students see the importance of numbers in their daily lives.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr249.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Roman numerals to 1000
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics035.shtml

Do you use differentiated instruction in your Math classes? If so, what activities, resources, and ideas do you use to challenge your higher level students?
Join the Conversation.
http://forums.educationworld.com

Backpacktivity
Which Park Is It?
Students and their families plan a family trip to a national park.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_035.pdf

Classroom Management Tips
Get Their Attention
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips052.shtml

From Our Archives
Let's Cooperate
Cooperation starts at the top. Teachers who use cooperative learning in their classrooms have developed techniques that make the most of this method, and they share them.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr287.shtml

Favorite Colors
Before you can teach the child, you have to reach the child.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev147.shtml

Kids Tune In to Weather
Want to tune your students into weather as they spring into a new season? Check out the weather activities in this Colorado school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr019.shtml

Contests and Competitions
Adobe School Innovation Awards
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/contests.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: More Bulletin Board Ideas
Behavior Management: Encourage Kindness, Participation...
Motivating Kids: Solve the Mystery
Book Report Makeover: Thumbnail Outline
Homework Tips: Blue Ribbon Homework
Best Idea Ever: Parent Notebooks
Testing Tips: Attendance Incentives
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips035.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips035.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation035.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport035.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips004.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea035.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing035.shtml

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Miguel Guhlin: The IT Crowd
The Power of Network Learning
"As we externalize our thinking, it becomes less of 'I am an expert expounding on what I know' and more of 'I am a learner, just like you, sharing what I'm learning so we can learn together.' Our understanding of learning is changing. We need to think of learning as an experience that happens when we connect with others."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin004.shtml

Brenda Dyck's Blog
Using Technology for Language Instruction
"Internet-based technologies have the potential to enhance and extend the principles of good language teaching and to modify and adapt language activities that teachers have used in the past."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck027.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Creating an Interactive Map
"As teachers, we frequently depend on such visual aids as maps, diagrams, charts, and graphs to teach or clarify lessons. How, though, do we "point to" features on a graphic that we send students electronically? Simple! We use Microsoft Excel."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial059.shtml

Bernie Poole's Tutorials Plus...
Essential Microsoft Office 2007
This series of 10 tutorials with skill consolidation exercises is designed to help pre-service and in-service teachers learn the set of applications that includes Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint in the context of the K-12 classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/

How do you use technology in your subject-area classes? Join the Conversation
http://forums.educationworld.com

Tech Classroom Spotlight
The Boalsburg Grant Project
Maile Peachey's students learn that history happens in their own backyard.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature078.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
"101 Amazing Earth Facts" Game
Students work cooperatively to learn "101 Amazing Earth Facts" and then compete as teams in a Jeopardy-like game.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp075.shtml

What Is the Most Serious Problem Facing Earth?
In this Earth Day WebQuest, student teams vie for funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson307.shtml

Sites to See
Earth Day
On April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day, an event designed to focus public attention on environmental issues. These sites help make students aware of the risks of neglecting the environment and of their responsibility for maintaining it.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites029.shtml

Template of the Week
Family Tree
Students chart their history with this three-generation family tree.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/template_family_tree.doc

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

Science and Math Projects Connect Students
The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) focuses on providing teachers with free real-time projects that connect students worldwide.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech017.shtml

EdTech Tips of the Week
Clean and Crime Free
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips032.shtml
Click here to contribute to our tips library.

Interactivity
Free Rice
Help end world hunger with Free Rice's vocabulary game.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/interactivity.shtml

Web Wizard
Mr. Leahy's Class
This site celebrates the work of Mr. Leahy's fourth grade students and communicates what students are studying and learning to parents and relatives.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/webwizard060.shtml

Click here to share your classroom Web site with Education World readers.

Technology Planning
Weighing the relationship between technology investments and student growth in the technology planning process.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/videooftheweek.shtml

Do you have a comment about this video -- or a favorite online video you'd like to recommend to other educators? Click here to let us know about it.

What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Mr. Hipkin's Fourth Grade Class News.
http://www.schoolnotes.com

NEW! From the Principal Files
Principals’ Favorite Read-Aloud Books: 2008
Are you a principal who loves to read aloud to students? Modeling a joy of reading is one of the most valuable things you can do. So what is the book (or books) that you most love to share? That’s what we asked members of our “Principal Files" team, and here is their list. Included: Add to the list by sharing your favorite read-aloud titles.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin521_a.shtml

From the "Principal Files" Archive
Showing Appreciation on ‘Secretaries Day’
Administrative Professionals Week (formerly called National Secretaries Week) is celebrated each April. What are you doing to recognize the folks in the front office who keep things on an even keel in your school? Here are some practical ideas…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin484.shtml

George Pawlas: Pawlas on PR for PRincipals
Crisis Planning: Have You Done Yours?
Because no one can predict when or where the next disaster or tragedy will strike, school principals must be prepared to deal with any possible crisis. Principals who develop effective crisis plans are being proactive in their work. They are the ones who understand the true meaning of the saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/pawlas/pawlas010.shtml

Paul Young’s Young @ Heart
Give Yourself the Best Gift: The Gift of Time
“Time is a precious resource. So why do most principals give it away so freely? We need to learn to regain control of our daily schedules. We need to learn how to create time for ourselves. Do you want to save precious minutes every day? Or create more hours in a week?” Included: Two dozen ideas ideas to help you accomplish just that.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/young/young004.shtml

Meet the other members of Education World's Columnist Team.

Take Five for…
Creating a plan to raise test scores.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive011.shtml

Partners for Student Success
"Guess Who's Coming to Lunch" at School
This program presents guests who students read about in the newspaper, see on television news, or discuss in the classroom.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners013.shtml

Pawlas on PR
“Summer vacation” is a misnomer for many teachers…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR040.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents “The Week Before Spring Break.”
I’ve got a great big problem,
And it has to do with time:
My school’s clocks must be broken.
I’m about to lose my mind…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan015.shtml

Instant Meeting #25
Use a grid to compare options vs. criteria.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas025.shtml

Exceptional Event
Rhyme Time: a night of poetry.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events035.shtml

How I Handled…
A parent who thought her son's suspension was unfair treatment.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled015.shtml

Morning Math
Questions for Week #30.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml

Principal Ideas
Positive meetings, "Teacher-Talk" journal, inspiring the teacher-artist, more...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas006.shtml

Grant of the Week
Partners in Arts Education Grant Program advances partnerships between community schools of the arts and public schools.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml

Conventions & Conferences
What's coming up?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/conventions.shtml

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

Newsletters 'R Us
Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters.

Parent Pointers Being Safe Online
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/newsletters.shtml

From Our Leadership Archive
Military Vets as Teachers Three troops-turned-teachers talk about the transition.
Wee Deliver School’s mail system teaches letter writing, responsibility.
School Libraries Schools with strong media centers earn higher test scores.
Bullying Schools are putting an end to bullies’ reign of terror.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin485.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin438.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin178.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin018.shtml

 

Cooking with Joy
Two Quick Takes On Cake
Cakes don’t have to be saved for birthday parties or other milestone occasions. Nor do they have to be elaborate or expensive to bring their special touch to a meal. Joy Rotondi provides recipes for two quick, comfort-food cakes.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/joy/joy008.shtml

April Is Financial Literacy Month
Practical, Hands-On Financial Literacy Lessons
Managing money is not an innate skill, as the high rate of debt in the U.S. shows. Lessons on managing money should be part of a formal education, many believe. Programs like Hands on Banking give students practical lessons in handling their finances.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat211.shtml

Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 33

Schools spend thousands on fast food when students travel
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught033.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Quality Instruction Builds Student Success
By focusing on quality instruction, Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School has helped its diverse student body make impressive gains. Administrators are required to observe teachers regularly and make suggestions for improving lessons and techniques.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork069.shtml

NCLB Updates
Dept. of Ed. Proposing Uniform Graduation-Rate Formula
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings plans to propose that states use a uniform graduation-rate formula and publish data on the graduation rates of students from different racial and socioeconomic groups.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NCLBupdates.shtml

Read About It
What Is Financial Literacy?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit039.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
How Does NCLB Define a Graduation Rate?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB152.shtml

From the Education World Archives
In A Sub's Shoes
A fourth grade class touted as "a great class" lived up to its reputation, even for an inexperienced sub.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/subshoes/subshoes008.shtml

School Doodle
Test Your Zero-Tolerance Aptitude
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles37.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Financial Literacy
Issues Spotlight 2 Outdoor Education
Issues Spotlight 3 Teaching Poetry
Issues Spotlight 4 Extracurricular Activities
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/f.shtml#fin http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/o.shtml#outdoor http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/p.shtml#poetry http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/e.shtml#extracurricular

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

 

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THE WEEKLY SURVEY
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This Week's Survey Question
In the past year or two, has your school increased its efforts to recycle materials and conserve energy?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey171.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
Is your school doing more than it did a year or two ago to incorporate physical activity into the school day?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey170.shtml

 

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

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
The case-study method of science teaching: a valuable resource.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0408-11.shtml

Energized Learning
Energy topics, including a home energy audit tool.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0408-09.shtml

The Molecular Workbench Museum of Models
Simulations on the molecular level at this highly interactive site.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0408-07.shtml

 

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NEW! FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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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."

Teaching Outside the Box
Subtitled, "How to grab your students by their brains," this paperback edition of LouAnne Johnson's well-reviewed book promises a lot of practical guidance for today's classroom teacher. Including a step-by-step plan to make the first week of school a success, the book's advice ranges across classroom management and motivational topics to strategies for teaching the reluctant reader. This is a book not only to read, but also to share with colleagues.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Education: The Practice and Profession of Teaching
Yes, this is a textbook, costing $100 in paperback, not counting a companion book you can get by adding $20 and a package of online resources you can get from www.mylabschool.com. However, the book's fans claim its comprehensiveness and readability make it a worthwhile investment even outside the context of education courses. Case studies that start each chapter, a feature called "teachers and the law," and a guide to certification, are all special features of this most recent edition.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Click the icon to the right to see more books and many other products that are available in the Education World MarketPlace.

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The Best of the WRITING BUG

If you enjoy Education World's weekly WRITING BUG feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet with 44 of the most popular Writing Bug story starters. Use these Writing Bug activities to engage your students in effective writing. Each writing prompt will spark students' imaginations, tickle their funny bones, and motivate their pencils.

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