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Volume 10, Issue 21
May 21, 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
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
More Timely Lesson Themes
End-of-Year Projects: Volume 1
Memorial Day: Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives
A Puzzle a Day Provides Practice That Pays
Celebrating Asian and Pacific-Island Heritage
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson268.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/memorial_day.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson336.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson340.shtml
Lesson Plan of the Day
Click the link above to see dozens of recent Lesson Plans of the Day, including the lessons below that were posted last week.
Ball and Triangle Game - Create a Native American game. (Grades K-8)
Space Tourism - Create travel brochures for space travelers. (6-12)
Favorite Reading Choices - Survey classmates’ preferences. (K-8)
Targets - Examine the real messages behind advertising. (6-12)
Guide Word Writing - The dictionary spurs creative writing. (3-8)
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
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
 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
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
The Ultimate Science Fair Sweepstakes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/contests.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
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
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
 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
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
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
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
Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 38
Sports4Kids improves recess by teaching children the rules of play
High food costs have school cafeterias scrambling
School clinic keeps kids healthy and in school
Students learn benefits of running and good nutrition
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught038.shtml
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
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
 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
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.
Caught on the Web Lemonade Stand (Grades 2-up)
Newsletter Clipart Library Summer Fun
Fun Facts Volume #25
Parent Newsletter Template Summer
Math @ Home Super Sums
Parent Pointers Have a Good Summer!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/newsletters.shtml
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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
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
 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!
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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.
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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:
Math Facts Race (Math, grades K-8)
You Can Count on Spelling (Math and Language Arts, grades K-12)
Find It... Fast! (All Subjects, grades K-12)
Concentration Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)
The Dictionary Game (Language Arts, grades 3-8)
Play Ball: A Major League Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)
Friendly Feud (All Subjects, grades K-12)
Plus 35 more games!
The Best of LEARNING GAMES is part of the Teacher Treasure Series, an NEA Professional Library Publication.
http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=0696800
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