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Volume 12, Issue 37
September 9, 2008

Constitution Day
How will you recognize Constitution Day in your classroom? Education World has gathered resources that will help you find the perfect way -- whether you teach kindergarten or college. Dozens of lesson ideas and other resources provide the tools you will need to recognize Constitution Day this year and in years to come.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson347.shtml

America's Freedom Documents
Ten more lesson ideas for teaching about three important freedom documents -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Included: Activities that involve students in creating time lines and posters, writing new amendments, and much more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson190.shtml

Every-Day Activities
Students love routine. Use that fact to your advantage by offering "Every-Day Activities" in one or more of your curriculum areas. These daily activities offer reinforcement and practice, ensure retention, and improve end-of-year test results.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy003.shtml

Remembering September 11
Keep alive the spirit of patriotism and tolerance stimulated by 9/11.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson277.shtml

More Timely Lesson Ideas
Hurricane Watch
Ideas for All Year Long
Grand Activities for Grandparents Day
Classroom Management 101
Spark Student Interest in Spelling
Establishing Class Rules
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson076.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/back_to_school/index.shtml#ideas
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson136.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/classmanagement.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/spelling.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.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
A colorful chain promotes teamwork all year long.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday005.shtml

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science
Discover that your arm has bionic strength.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science029.shtml

News for Kids
A huge vault on an Arctic island is the new home for billions of seeds.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou089.shtml

Learning Game of the Week
Explore similarities, differences with this twist on Simon Says.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame013.shtml

From the Math Machine
Send in the Trolls is a fun Web site for teaching about probability. (Grades 2-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine017.shtml

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: "Factor Find."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars036.shtml

*Early Childhood Center*
Rhyme Time
This week's poem for Early Childhood educators: An Autumn Rhyme
Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Apples
Baby Animals
http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 For Constitution Day, a thoughtful lesson explores the Bill of Rights.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Write a bio poem about Tomie dePaola's Adelita.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml

Writing Bug
What is the best advice you have ever received?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug086.shtml

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Following the Rules
Quotes of Note -- Use quotes at the start of the school year to inspire your students to success.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard022.shtml

5-Minute Fillers
Volume #12
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Camel
Ele-Middle Edits Roger Maris, Muppets, Neptune…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt September Hunt #2
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #2
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml

Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin with E
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous020.shtml

Work Sheet of the Week
"Paragraph Writing" -- comparing and contrasting.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_6_8.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...
Constitution Day
Hurricanes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/archives/students.shtml

FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY

Animals A to Z
Reinforce capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar skills. (Grades 2-4)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml

Highlights for Children®
Hidden Pictures® puzzles, rebus stories, crafts, and more from the folks at Highlights.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/Highlights/index.shtml

Phonics Word Search Puzzles
Thirty-six puzzles teach and reinforce phonics and spelling skills.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/wordsearch.shtml#phonics

Calculator Lessons
Twenty lessons to engage students as they use their TI-73 Explorer™ calculators.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/calculator_lessons.shtml

Just for This Month!
See our September Month of Fun, September Word Search, and September Coloring Calendar. PLUS: Create-your-own work sheet templates.

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Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Teachers Must Earn Students' Respect
Warning: If you are a new teacher, please do not sabotage your career by making the biggest mistake most teachers make when they first start teaching. What mistake is that, you ask? It’s being a hypocrite.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin011.shtml

Angela Powell: Getting It Together
Pockets of Real-World Reading Material
Storing a wide variety of authentic, real-world reading materials in a way that is both attractive and child-friendly can be challenging.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization005.shtml

Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach
Sustained Silent Reading in the Classroom
Independent silent reading has been a time-honored educational tool. Yet today, many teachers argue that direct instruction is a more effective way to spend students’ time. What do the experts say?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadingCoach/ReadingCoach005.shtml

Reader's Theater
Writer's Block
When his teacher assigns what seems like a simple writing exercise, John discovers he’s out of ideas -- until characters from his imagination help him overcome "writer's block."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater017.shtml

Reading Tips
Start the Year Off "Write"
Research indicates that writing, by engaging students in creating and discovering meaning, improves reading comprehension. Start this year off "write" by encouraging your students to read and write.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/tips/tips002.shtml

Reading Feature
Sustained Silent Reading Develops Independent Readers
SSR can be one more element in a reading program aimed at demonstrating the joy that reading can bring and developing lifelong readers and learners.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr038.shtmll

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

From the Writing Center

Meet the Authors
Drive home the importance of the writing process with real words from real authors.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr039.shtml#resource

The Writer's Notebook
Laura Nardi’s third graders get the “write" idea.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature030.shtml

Writing Lessons
Goldilocks: The Sequel
Write a sequel to the classic story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." (Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2221.shtml
How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch
Create a play based on an Australian kangaroo legend. (Grades 3-5)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2133.shtml

Writing Bugs
Fame, Money, or Power?
Fame, money, or power -- which is most important to you?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug083.shtml
A Really Bad Day
When was someone upset by something you did -- or did not – do?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug085.shtml

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

Math Competitions for Students
Discover a dozen math competitions, including problem-solving and stock market competitions -- and the world's largest math event.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr145.shtml

Math Mnemonics
Roman Numerals for 50, 100, 500, and 1000
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics005.shtml

Featured Articles
Goal Setting: Understanding the Process
We never were taught how to set goals for ourselves, and we only discovered the power of goal setting later in life. But with a little creativity, we can adapt the strategies used by successful adults and share them with our students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev151.shtml

Thirty Ways to Show Students You Care
When a child feels good, he or she learns much more easily. Caring teachers help children improve social and academic skills in a way that allows them to use those skills on their own in the future.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr286.shtml

Strategy of the Week
Electronic Portfolios
Electronic portfolios allow students to save and display sound and video files as well as text and graphics.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy055.shtml

Tips Library
Classroom Management: Easy Seat Assignments
Behavior Management: Make-Up Work, Chat Busters
Motivating Kids: Engage Them With Props
Book Report Makeover: Character Interview
Homework Tips: Excuses, Excuses
Best Idea: Calendar Art
Testing Tips: Just in Time
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips005.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips005.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation005.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport005.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips005.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea005.shtml
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Doug Johnson's Tech Proof
Five For Fun
Lots of image "generators" are available on the Web. Most are free and easy to use -- so easy even a technology director can manage them. Here are five of my favorites.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson029.shtml

Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
Blabberize
Want to have some fun making a picture "talk?" Upload a photo, add sound, animate the mouth, and create your own talking picture.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget004.shtml

Miguel Guhlin: The IT Crowd
Managing Content in a Read/Write World
It's not how well a technology director controls the content, but how easily he or she can distribute the authority to end users to maintain their own web-based work.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin001.shtml

Brenda Dyck's Blog
Using the Net to Go Beyond the Real to the Possible
Telecollaborative projects have the potential to produce learning magic as students are introduced to authentic and meaningful activities designed to challenge their thinking.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck001.shtml

Bernie Poole
Creating Your Own Web Site
Eleven easy-to-read handouts designed to lead you and/or your students step-by-step through the process of creating a content-rich education-oriented Web site.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole002.shtml

Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Back-to-School Tech Checklist
Complete this checklist to ensure that you, your students, and the technology are ready for the new school year.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial081.shtml

Sites to See
Autumn
Celebrate fall with sites full of K-4 resources on autumn foliage, including printouts, online games, ideas for songs and books, and collaborative projects.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites069.shtml

Tech Lesson of the Week
How Does It End? A Lesson in Creativity
Students use drawing software, such as Paint or AppleWorks, to write and draw the ending to a read-aloud story.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp002.shtml

Template of the Week
Icebreakers
Use these templates with icebreaker activities (included) and other classroom activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#icebreakers

Featured Articles
Teaching With Technology
Marilyn Mossman's technology-based projects enrich the curriculum.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature028.shtml

Back-to-School Technology Activities
Challenge and motivate students with these back-to-school technology activities from the Education World Tech Team.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech141.shtml

Technology Integration Made Easy
Nineteen activities and nearly 50 Web sites to help you integrate technology into your daily routines.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech146.shtml

Behavior and Grades Improve After Fred Jones Training
Granite Hills High School freshmen describe behavior and grades improvement after their teacher adopted Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching.
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.

EdTech Tips of the Week
Digital Video
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips005.shtml
Click here to contribute to our tips library.

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

Bidding for Dollars: Online Auctions Help Schools Earn Cash
As budgets stretch to the breaking point, many schools are discovering the powerful fundraising possibilities of the auction with a technological twist. Schools and their parent-teacher organizations are capitalizing on the flexibility, convenience, and popularity of online auctions to tap a limitless base of supporters nearby and far away. Included: Simple steps for setting up an online auction.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin533.shtml

George Pawlas: Pawlas on PR for PRincipals
Newsletters -- An Essential Tool for Every Principal
George Pawlas remembers the day he invited the newbie education reporter into his school. The guy hadn't stepped foot in a school in years. But that special invitation led to some great coverage. Included: Simple tips for getting good media coverage.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/pawlas/pawlas004.shtml

Sandra Harris's BRAVO Principals
BRAVO Principals... Rekindle the Spirit
How do caring principals show teachers and students that they care? Sandra Harris shares ten traits of caring principals that she has observed -- ten ways in which principals make teachers and students feel important, respected, recognized, heard, and included.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/BRAVO/BRAVO06.shtml

Diane Hodges’ Looking Forward to Monday Morning
Ideas you can use to drive your staff happy! This week…
Staff Meeting Ideas
--- Five Minutes of Fun
--- Staff Raffle
--- Circle Massage
--- Quote This!
--- Grin and Share It!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/
columnists/hodges/hodges005.shtml

The Principal Poet
Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents this week’s poem, “Locker Clean-Out.”
Teacher says our lockers
Must be cleaned before we go.
I guess she hasn't peeked inside
My locker, or she'd know…
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan034.shtml

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

From the Principal Files
A Year of Special Events for Getting Parents Involved
Any day of the school year is a great day for a special event. The list of super-special events is a mile long. That's why we asked our Principal Files team to share some great ideas for school-wide events that are sure to draw parents in large numbers. Included: More than 30 events to add to your school calendar.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin327.shtml

Partners for Student Success
Families Share the Reading Experience, Bolster Reading Skills
Reading specialists at one Illinois school approached their parent group and proposed a new project. A "parent-child book discussion group," which would strengthen family connections through a shared reading experience, was a bestseller!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners029.shtml

Take Five for…
Planning effective and fun staff meetings.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive005.shtml

Principal Ideas
Drawing a crowd to PTA, newsletter kudos for teachers, more...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas027.shtml

Pawlas on PR
Putting students’ stories about school, home in perspective.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR019.shtml

How I Handled…
Promoting unity among the different groups on our school staff.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled034.shtml

Instant Meeting
“Teacher Book Talks" as a professional development tool.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas010.shtml

Morning Math
Boost math skills schoolwide with "Morning Math" questions for Week #2.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml

Exceptional Event
Pastries for Parents
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events005.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

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.
The ABCs of Student Success E is for Empathy
Caught on the Web U.S. State Detective (Grades 2-5)
Fun Facts Volume #4
Parent Newsletter Template Back to School
Math @ Home What Are My Chances?
Parent Pointers Helping Kids Get Organized
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/newsletters.shtml

From Our Leadership Archive
Cafeteria Noise
Some districts have found a workable solution.
Back to the Classroom
Five former school principals are teaching again.
Community Service
Ed World looks at two award-winning school programs.
Parent Involvement
Bringing families and schools together FAST!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/leadership.shtml

Education Humor With Regina Barreca
When Hovering Isn't Helping
"Nowhere in my previous column concerning the need for students -- at all stages of their development -- to embrace appropriate independence and autonomy, did I suggest that parents should be barred from interacting with their children or with their children's various instructors."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca032.shtml

Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 44

CATCH teaches kids how to prevent heart disease, diabetes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught044.shtml

Starr Points
The Best Laid Plans…
You've spent the last few weeks decorating bulletin boards, planning activities, collecting supplies, writing letters to students and parents, reading articles and texts on classroom management, and practicing personal relaxation techniques. You are ready, able, and full of anticipation. It's going to be a wonderful year! But is it going to be the year you planned?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues334.shtml

Wire Side Chat
Fantasy Game Helps Students "Pass" Math
Many youngsters crunch sports statistics, yet never think of that as doing math. But a curriculum developed by a former middle school math teacher that combines math with Fantasy Football is scoring big with students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat162.shtml

NCLB Updates
Wondering what's going on with the No Child Left Behind Act? Peruse our list of news stories about the federal law.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NCLBupdates.shtml

Education Studies and Reports More High Schools to Require Exit Exams By 2012, 74 percent of the nation's public school students in 26 states will be required to pass an exit exam to graduate from high school, according to a report. Inspiring Teachers Former Music Teacher Promotes Different Approach to Instruction Former Memphis, Tennessee, music teacher Dr. Deanna Stark now presents workshops for educators on Orff Schulwerk, an approach that stresses interactive, experiential learning. See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.

Read About It
What Is Constructivism?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit043.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
Why Does the Department of Education
Support Vouchers?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB141.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Curriculum Maps Direct Learning
Curriculum maps drawn up by East Millsboro Elementary School teachers working in grade-level teams determine what students will learn and when. The school is posting some of the best test scores in Delaware.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork068.shtml

Education World In the Classroom
Click to read Lessons from Our Nation's Schools, Whatever It Takes, In A Sub's Shoes, and Teaming Up to Achieve series.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/schools.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/WIT.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/subshoes.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/teamingup.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Vouchers
Issues Spotlight 2 Corporal Punishment
Issues Spotlight 3 Handwriting
Issues Spotlight 4 First-Year Teachers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/v.shtml.#vouchers http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/c.shtml#corporal http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/h.shtml#handwriting http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/f.shtml#first-year

School Doodle
Vouchers and the Public Schools
http://www.educationworld.com
/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles05.shtml

 

Each week, we ask readers to cast their votes in The Weekly Survey. Cast your vote in this week's question of interest to all educators.

This Week's Survey Question
A recent report notes that more than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools last year. Should corporal punishment be banned in all U.S. schools?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey182.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
Would you be willing to give up tenure and seniority rights for the chance to earn large annual salary increases and bonuses if your students performed well?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey181.shtml

 

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

National Sea Grant Library: Digital Libraries
Super site about the seas, with an ocean of teaching resources.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-25.shtml

Exploratorium: Iron Science Teacher
A competition between science teachers for the coolest demonstrations.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-22.shtml

International Space Station: An Interactive Reference Guide
Explore the world of the International Space Station.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-20.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."

Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance
Grant Wiggins is one of the most important education thinkers and writers because he has a unique and logical point of view on a fundamental aspect of school -- assessment. In this book, Wiggins attempts to envision what assessment reform would look like if it were to succeed, and then fleshes out his vision with strong logic and significant detail. Wiggins shows his ability to take the discussion to a higher level in the later chapters of this book by arguing that getting assessment right is not only an education priority but in fact a moral imperative.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Active Learning
This book starts with a grounding in brain research and applies its key concepts to making foreign-language teaching in the middle and high school more active and engaging. With practical activity suggestions and other considerations for teaching to multiple intelligences, activities related to specific themes such as holidays and based on specific creative ideas, like Jeopardy-style games, the book culminates in chapters on alternative assessment and incorporating technology. With foreign-language teaching so often falling into well-worn patterns, and with our national level of language skills lagging far behind other countries, this is a valuable addition to the education bookshelf.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

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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.

Included: In this booklet you'll find these Writing Bug titles and many more:

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