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Education World Weekly Newsletter ------------------------------------------------ Volume 6, Issue 27 July 2, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Education Professionals, Welcome to What's New This Week at Education World, published weekly as a free service by Education World(R). You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up to receive updates of What's New at Education World. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to other teachers. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up at www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. ********************************************** This Education World newsletter is brought to you by The Education Center Need ideas and activities that work for teachers? Get them in The Mailbox -- America's #1 Teacher Magazine! The Mailbox ideas and activities are... * Based on your curriculum and national standards * Introduce and reinforce basic skills * Easy to use and grade specific * Reliable, with clear and complete instructions * Timesavers -- require little preparation, can be used almost immediately With The Mailbox magazine you'll never run out of great ideas and activities for your classroom! Click the following link (or copy and paste the link into your browser window) to subscribe to The Mailbox today: http://www.educationworld.com/go/base?id=TED ********************************************** LATEST ARTICLES ********************************************** For the next four weeks, Education World will highlight the best of our archived articles and site reviews. Each feature posted below has been updated to ensure that all links are as current as possible. ---------------------------------------------------- LESSON PLANNING ---------------------------------------------------- Twenty-Five Ideas to Motivate Young Readers! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson035.shtml Twenty-five great ideas from teachers -- ideas that are sure to get kids across the grades excited about reading. ABC Books Aren't for Babies http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson083.shtml Looking for some inspiration for an activity that will engage students -- from kindergarten to college -- while they learn? Why not challenge students to create their own ABC books? Included: More than 200 ABC book ideas -- spanning the grades and the curriculum. Fun Activities to Get the Year Off to a Good Start http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson243.shtml Every teacher has a different approach to the first few days of school. Whatever your approach, Education World has an activity for you! Included: Thirteen activities to help teachers get to know student strengths, set the classroom tone, observe student interaction, or just provide a little fun! ---------------------------------------------------- CURRICULUM NOW! ----------------------------------------------------- 'Sustained Silent Reading' Helps Develop Independent Readers (and Writers) http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr038.shtml Some people call it Sustained Silent Reading. Others call it recreational reading or independent reading. Whatever they call it, many teachers set aside a block of time each day -- usually anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the grade level and the ability of the students -- for quiet reading. Find out why! Reading Aloud -- Are Students Ever Too Old? http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr081.shtml Reading aloud in school by teachers (and even by students), often stops, or is greatly cut back, once a child learns to read on his or her own. But is there ever a time when students are too old to be read to? Many teachers -- firm believers in reading aloud even at the high school and college levels -- say no. A Good Poem Will Give You Goose Bumps! http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr399.shtml Education World talks to popular children's poet Kenn Nesbitt about reading and writing children's poetry. In that interview, Nesbitt explains why poetry is important for children and how teachers and parents can inspire a love of poetry in kids. ---------------------------------------------------- TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM ---------------------------------------------------- Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech011.shtml What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use -- and create -- WebQuests in your own classroom? Education World explores those questions and more. Science and Math e-Projects Connect Students Worldwide http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech017.shtml The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) provides teachers with the tools for five different classroom projects and for several real-time projects that connect students worldwide. Get Outta Class With Virtual Field Trips http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech071.shtml Virtual field trips -- whether they involve a photo tour of a famous museum or a high-tech tour of the solar system -- allow students to experience a whole new world without ever leaving the classroom. --------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL ISSUES ---------------------------------------------------- Who Moved My Cheese? Message Continues to Spread http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues296.shtml Who Moved My Cheese? is a story about how two mice and two little people react to change -- embrace it or fight it -- and how it affects them. Millions of people have read the book, many of them educators. Bruce Bracken, of Who Moved My Cheese.com, talks with Education World about why he thinks the book is so popular. Maybe It's Time to Reform Demands We Put on Educators http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues161.shtml Need a little inspiration? The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee, granted Education World permission to reprint the column "Maybe It's Time to Reform Demands We Put on Educators," by columnist David Waters. It first appeared February 21, 2001, in Waters's "Faith Matters" column. Waters begins: "Public school teachers, please forgive us. ... We expect -- no, we demand -- that you work miracles by refining our precious raw materials into brilliant gems. We offer you little pay, limited help, and unlimited interference. ..." How Can Teachers Help Students With ADHD? http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues148c.shtml Strategies for teachers to help students with ADHD be successful in school, from routines that provide structure to showing students how to keep daily assignment journals. Half-Grade Program Helps Students 'Excel' http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues231.shtml A program called Excel allows motivated third, fifth, and eighth graders who do not meet grade-level standards and risk retention to advance half a grade instead. Then, as "half-graders," the students get the additional support they need to help them catch up with their peers. EDscoops: June 27 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/edscoop042.shtml Hispanic School-Age Population Growing Storytelling Helps Teens Handle Anger Future Problem Solvers Make Their Mark Students Can't Use Privacy Law to Sue Schools Help Wanted! Easing the Teacher Shortage http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues203.shtml StarrPoints columnist Linda Starr compares two jobs available to today's young college graduates -- and asks the question, "Who wants to be a teacher?" School Doodle: The Path to Teacher Certification http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles01.shtml ---------------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATOR'S DESK ---------------------------------------------------- Fund-Raising Ideas: Raise Money Without Selling Door-to-Door http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin105.shtml How far would you go to raise needed funds? Would you kiss a pig? organize a game of cow chip bingo? paint Pepsi on your school roof? As school budgets seem to buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need, money from fund-raising is becoming more and more important. Some school districts are discovering -- or creating -- new ways to raise money. Technology Standards for School Leaders Released http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin247.shtml A consortium of more than a dozen groups released Technology Standards for School Administrators at a meeting of the National School Boards Association. "These standards will empower administrators to provide strong technology leadership," said the chairperson of the group charged with authoring those standards. Principals Offer Expert Advice on Range of Topics http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/p_files.shtml Education World's "Principal Files" team has authored more than 30 articles offering advice on a wide range of topics of interest to school administrators. Looking for tips when it comes to hiring, involving parents, raising funds, or rallying the troops? In its monthly articles, Ed World's expert panel dispenses sage advice about those topics and more. ---------------------------------------------------- SITE REVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------- WhaleNet http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0102-30.shtml Real time data help students learn about marine life. LiftOff! Education http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0102-28.shtml Lift off to math and science. whitehousekids.gov http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0102-21.shtml The president's animals encourage kids to read, dream, and make good decisions. ArtAccess http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0102-10.shtml Resources "enrich visitors' understanding of content, style, and historical context," using pieces in the collections. Teachers@Work http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0102-07.shtml A rich resource of curriculum links and tips on integrating the Internet into the classroom. ********************************************** ********************************************** Sincerely, Lisa Gryskiewicz =================================== Education World (R) http://www.educationworld.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================== ******************************************* 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 **********************************************************
