From: David Shively <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sackmann, Gleason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TeachersFirst Update - May 27, 2002 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 06:41:56 -0700
TeachersFirst update - May 27, 2002 This update should find most of you enjoying, or recuperating from, a long weekend. Here are some thoughts for those whose school year is ending as well as those who will stay on during the summer months. Fathers' Day is coming up next month. We'd like to acknowledge the roles of fathers before everyone leaves for the summer, so we're pointing out a special page that lists lots of ways in which fathers can be involved in schools of all types. This is a page full of ideas that might provide useful next time you want to involve parents in a school project or activity. Our fathers page is at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/fathers.html You can't send your students off for the summer without mentioning summer reading! While you can't give them the books to read, you can give them the link to our summer reading pages. We have reading suggestions for primary students up through high school seniors. Many of our suggestions include additional web links to information on the authors or titles we've mentioned. We're adding new listings regularly. The summer reading pages are on our TeachersAndFamilies site at: http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html Music is much lacking in many of today's schools. Here's a music resource that even the non-musical teacher can use with students. Created by the San Francisco Symphony, this interactive site teaches both the fundamentals of music theory and the more standard information on musical instruments. It's a great way to teach about music, even if you're no musician. You'll find The Music Lab at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/tchr-subj.cfm?subject=music&lower=6&upper=8 Looking for something specific? Have you tried TeachersFirst's keyword search feature. It lets you search our thousands of listings for a specific keyword or phrase. It's a great search tool when you want high quality resources on specific topics. Our keyword search page is at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/class.shtml Don't forget the Brain Twisters! Our weekly quiz - one of our most popular features will continue over the summer to keep your students' minds from moldering. Elementary and middle school students can find a regular challenge at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/twister/ This week's featured sites include an Antarctic journey, lessons about the presidents, a fascinating math site about estimating and comparing, and lots more. As always, the features are at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/feature.htm OK, that's it for this week. Remember, you do make a difference - even after your students are long gone. David Shively Senior Editor IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES: TeachersFirst's mailing list has thousands of names. This makes manual list editing extremely difficult. We'll continue to do it when necessary, but we'd much prefer you follow the automated instructions below: TO SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter, please follow these instructions: Go to the page: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lsoftsignup.htm and complete the form there. You will receive a confirming e-mail for security purposes. When you respond to that message, your name will automatically be added to the TeachersFirst mailing list. ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
