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Volume 12, Issue 21
May 20, 2008

Reviving Reviews: Refreshing Ideas Students Can't Resist
Is review time a deadly bore for you and your students? Add a little fun to review time and you might be surprised. Games will spice up reviews, revive interest, and ensure retention. Included: Five activities for use in all subjects, all grades.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson306.shtml

End-of-Year Projects: Volume 1
Keep students engaged til the end. Fill the final days of the school year with these lessons.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson268.shtml

Fitness Month Fun
A full roster of PE resources. Included: Dozens of Field Day ideas.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/physical_fitness.shtml

Spark Interest in Spelling!
Each May, students compete in the National Spelling Bee. But, in most classrooms, spelling is a yearlong activity -- and Education World has all the resources you will need to spark student excitement about spelling. Click on these resources to find spelling games that will help students spell up a s-t-o-r-m!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/spelling.shtml

Memorial Day: Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives
Five lessons help students understand the meaning of Memorial Day -- plus links to more than 2 dozen more lessons.
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/memorial_day.shtml

More Timely Lesson Themes
A Puzzle a Day Provides Practice That Pays
Celebrating Asian and Pacific-Island Heritage
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson336.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson340.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
Memorize quotes in teams in the "100 Famous Quotes" game.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame033.shtml

News for Kids
Editor Travels U.S. Fixing Errors on Signs
Jeff Deck is traveling the U.S. correcting spelling and punctuation errors that he spots on signs.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
Use the sun to launch a hot-air balloon made from a garbage bag.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science003.shtml

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Wonderful Water
May Flowers and the Five Senses
We Love Trees
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/

Friday Fun
Dictionary Deception
This fun game builds vocabulary and creativity.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday024.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Snap Two It – Addition."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars020.shtml

From the Math Machine
Penguin Waiter is a fun Web site for teaching about percentages and money. (Grades 4-12)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine001.shtml

Writing Bug
You have been asked to design a new video game for kids. What kind of game would you create?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug100.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 "Spur" interest in cowboy life, Old West.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Another fun game for math review, practice.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt June Hunt #1.
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #35.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Edit info about animals from A to Z.
Ele-Middle Edits New editing activities month by month.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with sl- blends.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous035.shtml

5-Minute Fillers Volume 36
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Work Sheet of the Week
"Number Patterns" -- two complete-the-patterns activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/math_3_5.shtml

Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors’ Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers’ Voices section of this week’s themed booklists:
Best Books for Teaching About...
Memorial Day
The Life Cycle
http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/archives/students.shtml

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

FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY

Readers Theater Scripts
Ready-to-read scripts provide hours of classroom fun. Teacher’s Guide included. (Grades 3-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/index.shtml#theater

Coloring Calendars
Use these calendar templates to build student skills and for many other purposes. (Grades Pre-K-12) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/calendar.shtml

Work Sheets from Teacher Created Materials
More than 250 work sheets organized by subject and grade level.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/index.shtml

Where in the World Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?
Can you figure out where she is this week based on the clues she provides? (Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/waffenschmidt.shtml

New! TGIF #15 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 15 Free tool for kids who are frazzled by fractions… First the food pyramid, now an exercise pyramid… Ten myths about students and writing… Watch for all new content this Friday in TGIF!

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Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
Closure Activities for the End of the School Year
“By the time May rolls around, everyone is looking forward to the end of the school year. Still, it can be hard for many students to leave their teachers and friends behind. Closure activities provide everyone with a chance to say goodbye."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald026.shtml

Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Preferred Activity Time: Having Fun With Responsibility Training
“These examples of PAT games are meant to whet your appetite. As your repertoire of PATs grows, you will find that the notion of having fun with learning increasingly permeates your teaching."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones036.shtml

Dr. Ken Shore: Classroom Problem Solver
Dealing With School Vandalism
“Vandalism in schools can take a variety of forms. Teachers who pay attention to the reasons for vandalism can play an important role in preventing it."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore037.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Organize Math Materials by Chapter
"Keep all your centers, games, manipulatives, and photo copies for math in one place. Using shelves or plastic containers, label a section for each math chapter in the text."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization031.shtml

Teacher Feature
Video Gaming for French Review
Lynn Endres's French classes design and play original video games to practice skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature181.shtml

Voice of Experience
I Never Knew I Could Be a Hero: Thoughts on Service Learning
To educator Kathie Marshall, service learning is an effective strategy for engaging students' interest in the curriculum and in their community.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice112.shtml

Reader's Theater
Figureheads of Speech
Will a pun-loving king stop confounding his simple subjects?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater027.shtml

Reading Review
Make a Memorial Day Book
This 8-page mini book for primary-grade students to color, cut, and fold tells of the origins and celebrations of Memorial Day.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/pdfs/020524pt.pdf

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

Strategy of the Week
Reader's Theater
Repeated reading of Reader's Theater scripts builds students' comprehension and fluency as it improves their self-esteem and reading confidence.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy006.shtml

From the Math Corner

Wendy Petti's "Math Cats Math Chat"
Math Heroes
How much richer an appreciation our students might have for mathematics as a living science if we share with them the budding of new ideas in math heroes past and present! It all begins with "I wonder…."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mathchat/mathchat007.shtml

Explain That!
Place Value
Place value means that the value of a digit is determined by its position in the entire number.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/explainthat/explainthat001.shtml

Math Worth Repeating
Math and Literature
If you're looking for a new way to add relevancy to your classroom math activities, the answer might be right in your school library.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr249.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Roman Numerals
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics004.shtml

Backpacktivity
Across the United States
Students learn about the geography of the United States.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homework/pdfs/backpacktivity_007.pdf

Classroom Management Tips
Parent Partners
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips057.shtml

Teaching Citizenship's Five Themes
Memorial Day is a perfect opportunity to teach about citizenship. These activities, from the editors of Weekly Reader, highlight each of the five citizenship themes.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr008.shtml

Put the Memory Back in Memorial Day
Some teachers, concerned about students' ignorance of the origin and meaning of Memorial Day, have created programs that stress the importance of remembering and honoring U.S. war veterans.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev075.shtml

Celebrating Memorial Day
Why is Memorial Day so important? Your students will learn the significance of this very special day with this exclusive Education World lesson plan.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson119.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Managing With Technology
Behavior Management: Encouraging Good Behavior
Motivating Kids: Morning Meetings
Book Report Makeover: On the Installment Plan
Homework Tips: Keep It Covered
Best Idea Ever: Student Researchers
Testing Tips: You Are What You Eat
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips040.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips006.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation004.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport009.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips040.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea038.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing004.shtml

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Brenda Dyck's Blog
Giving Lip Service to Technology Integration
"The mode of instruction needed to facilitate a technology-rich learning environment demands both a significant financial commitment and a need to revisit what educators believe about teaching and learning."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck029.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Summer-ize Your Computer
"Before you lock up your classroom for the summer break, be sure to also get your computer ready for vacation. These five simple tips will ensure that your computer -- like you -- will be in tip-top shape in the fall."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial040.shtml

Bernie Poole's Tutorials Plus...
Essential Microsoft Office 2007
Bernie Poole's 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/

Tech Classroom Spotlight
Jouer à la Console
Lynn Endres's French classes design and play original video games to practice skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature181.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
Design a Community Flag
Students in grades 3-8 research basic principles for flag design, find out how their city's flag ranked in a national survey, and then use the computer to create their own community flag.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp026.shtml

Sites to See
Special Education
Whether you teach in a special-education program or a "regular" classroom, these sites provide information about online resources that can help you better understand -- and help -- students with special needs.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues000.shtml

Template of the Week
World's Best Father
Don't forget Father's Day!
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/certificate_best_father.doc

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

Get Outta Class With Virtual Field Trips
No money for busses or admission fees? No time for travel? Why not take a virtual field trip? The Web provides the resources; you provide the fun. Every day is a beautiful day for a virtual field trip.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml

What Do You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Find out what techies do during the summer -- and learn how you can use your vacation time to improve your computer skills and build your tech confidence.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech219.shtml

EdTech Tips of the Week
Quick Tech Help Online
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips037.shtml
Click here to contribute to our tips library.

Interactivity
Easy Essay
This free online tool teaches students how to write essays, speeches, reports, and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/interactivity.shtml

Web Wizard
Buddy2: The Next Generation of Teaching and Learning
Tammy Payton shares resources for technology integration.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/webwizard051.shtml

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

Games in Education
The value of games in education from the Orange County (CA) Department of Education's Educational Technology group.
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

Use Personality Types To Structure Staff Development
If you look around the room at your next staff meeting, you probably can spot the Bricks. And the Rebels. And the Knowledge Royals. Those are just a few of the personality types that can sabotage professional development and school reform efforts. But you don’t have to give in to those groups that can contaminate their colleagues with negativity. Included: Tips for engaging reluctant staff members.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin526.shtml

Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You!
Get Your Learnin’ On
Education fluctuates more than a rattlesnake’s temperature. We cannot wait for two years, heads buried in the sand, then emerge and ask, "What did I miss?” Education moves much too fast for that. So what can we do to keep our heads in the game? How can we ensure that our learning is running parallel to the profession itself? Here are some ideas…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall026.shtml

Evelyn Cortez-Ford's Coaching Teachers To Be Leaders
What Can I Do To Develop Collaborative Relationships With Teachers?
In professional learning communities, teachers are active participants in bringing about change. That collaborative culture has blurred the roles of teacher and principal. The empowered status of teachers requires teacher-leaders and principals to reframe their relationships.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/cortez-ford/cortez-ford006.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents this week’s poem, “Hall Lockers.”
My locker's stuck! I can't get in!
My books are locked in tight,
So I've been kicking and banging
On the door to make things right…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan020.shtml

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

Take Five for…
Helping teachers to develop classroom management skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive016.shtml

Partners for Student Success
'Crossing the Bridge' Puts Freshmen on Solid Ground
Incoming ninth graders get an early, beneficial start on their first year of high school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners017.shtml

Pawlas on PR
Hold a special meeting for parents new to the school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR003.shtml

How I Handled…
A parent request for student retention.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled012.shtml

Instant Meeting #30
The "Have-a-Ball Brainstorm" activity lets everyone have a say.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas030.shtml

Morning Math
Questions for Week #35.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml

Exceptional Event
Graduation Day.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events040.shtml

Principal Ideas
Pies and water balloons boost attendance, Teacher Appreciation Year!, more...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas011.shtml

Grant of the Week
The History Channel funds Save Our History Grants for non-profit history organizations (such as museums or libraries) to partner with schools or youth groups.
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/

More from the Principal Files
Principals Offer Advice to Job Seekers
Have a plan, a portfolio, and a good attitude! That's just some of the advice Education World's Principal Files principals have for soon-to-be college grads looking for their first teaching positions. Any educator who is involved in a job search will benefit from this advice from the people who are doing the hiring. Included: Questions to help any job candidate prepare.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin222.shtml

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

Home Visits Home visits encourage parent involvement. Tips included.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin439.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues058.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin490.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin241.shtml

 

Cooking with Joy
Teacher’s Stash
How many times have you left home without breakfast or lunch and longingly eyed the kids’ snacks during the day? You never have to go hungry again if you follow these tips for creating a mini-pantry in a desk drawer or filing cabinet.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/joy/joy009.shtml

Wire Side Chat
Alfie Kohn: Breaking the Homework Habit
The ideas that homework reinforces classroom lessons, helps children develop good work habits, and improves student achievement have no basis in fact, according to Alfie Kohn. Homework, he says, should be assigned selectively rather than automatically.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat200.shtml

Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 38

Students learn benefits of running and good nutrition
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught038.shtml

NCLB Updates
Reading First Not Improving Scores
Students enrolled in the $6 billion federal Reading First program that is at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law are not reading any better than those who don't participate, according to a U.S. government report.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NCLBupdates.shtml

Read About It
What Are "Schools in Need of Improvement"?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit023.shtml

In A Sub's Shoes
Reflections from a Newbie Sub
With my stint as a substitute teacher at an end, I got to look back at the path I traveled in unfamiliar shoes and think about what I learned. My respect for anyone who stands in front of a class has grown, as has my understanding of today's students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/subshoes/subshoes010.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Early Readiness, Support Efforts Pay Off
The Waynesboro, Virginia, school district has been working with preschoolers and their parents for years to help children be ready for school; the district relies on a School Improvement Team when students fall behind. But expanded testing could mean problems with AYP.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork036.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
How Is NCLB Addressing the High School Dropout Problem?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB129.shtml

School Doodle
The Uphill Climb to AYP
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles49.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 End of the Year
Issues Spotlight 2 Substitute Teachers
Issues Spotlight 3 Boards of Education
Issues Spotlight 4 Teacher Burnout
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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
During your "summer vacation" from school, will you be going to school to work on a degree or learn new skills?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey176.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
Some schools have reported students using peanut products to bully kids with allergies. Should students be charged with a crime for deliberately exposing allergic students to peanuts?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey175.shtml

 

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

Biology Browser: Teaching Resources
Lots of activities for the high school "science of life" teacher.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0508-16.shtml

Exploring the Early Americas
Travel back in time, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0508-14.shtml

Essentials of Geology
Rocks rock! Geology basics from here to Mars.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0508-12.shtml

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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 With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
Jim Fay and David Funk embody their method of classroom management in the term "love and logic," and follow up this concept with chapters like "Apply Consequences with Empathy." Aimed ultimately at transferring the responsibility for maintaining order from the teacher to the student, this method is a "golden mean," a balanced approach that sees both teachers and students as real human beings. A treasure!
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since this powerful book hit the education scene, and if you've never read it, get this paperback edition and a box of tissues, because these stories from our nation's poorest schools have lost none of their emotional punch. Kozol's more recent books, including "Amazing Grace" and "Shame of the Nation," demonstrate that we have not solved the problems dramatized in "Savage Inequalities," but it's worth returning to this 1992 volume as well, to once hear Kozol's exquisite voice raised in just anger.
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 LEARNING GAMES

If you enjoy Education World's weekly LEARNING GAMES feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet of more than 30 of our most popular learning games. PLUS an extra bonus -- ten more games for classroom fun!

These classroom games span the grades and the major subject areas -- and inject a healthy dose of fun into the serious business of teaching and learning. Looking to fill the end of a hectic day with something fun and educational? Looking for a great reward for students that will make valuable use of free time? Looking to reinforce basic skills with a fun activity? These games will fill the bill!

Included in this 80-page booklet you'll find these games and more:

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