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Education World Weekly Newsletter ------------------------------------------------ Volume 6, Issue 35 August 27, 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. ********************************************** Education World's newsletter is brought to you by Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures(R) Why should you visit colgatebsbf.com? Because . . . * It features hundreds of cross-curricular lessons and activities for grades K-3! * It offers the best in oral health education for kids! * It was developed by teachers just like you! Plus. . . The site is an EdPress Winner and was voted "Web Site of the Week" by Teaching K-8 Magazine! Featuring online activities as well as printables, this site makes learning fun! Also, check out the "Kids" and "Parents" sections, which provide terrific reinforcement for your classroom teaching. All content is ready-to-use and FREE! Visit us now at http://www.educationworld.com/go/base?id=COS ********************************************** LATEST ARTICLES ********************************************** ---------------------------------------------------- LESSON PLANNING ---------------------------------------------------- Bring Ancient History to Life! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson276.shtml The civilizations of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome are among the most engaging of teaching themes. This week, Education World presents five lessons for teaching about those ancient cultures. The lessons challenge students to use and translate hieroglyphics, solve math problems using Roman numerals, learn about gods and goddesses, explore the society of ancient Egypt, and draw like an Egyptian. Included: Share your best ideas for teaching about ancient cultures. Teacher-Submitted Lesson: Fraction Spelling http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson029.shtml Spring Charles, who teaches at Albertville (Alabama) Elementary School, submitted this lesson. Students create fractions to represent the number of vowels and consonants in each of their weekly spelling words. Writing Bug: If I were the teacher ... http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug005.shtml Each week, Writing Bug provides a story starter or journal-writing activity for students. This reproducible student worksheet is a ready-made activity. Just print it out and hand it out! ---------------------------------------------------- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ----------------------------------------------------- Schwarzenegger Seeks to 'Terminate' the Danger Zone With After-School Programs http://www.educationworld.com/curr/profdev006.shtml Long known as a successful actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger in recent years also has become an influential activist. The beneficiaries of his efforts? Children! For more than a decade, building on his past experience and his years of service to Special Olympics, Schwarzenegger has turned his attention to after-school programs for children. In this Wire Side Chat, he tells Education World how he became involved with this important issue in education and why he feels after-school programs should be available to every child. Voice of Experience: Weighted Grading Can Work http://www.educationworld.com/curr/profdev008.shtml This week, educator Max Fischer shares his approach to grading, which takes into account all elements of his students' performance. It's a weighted system that Fischer believes truly reflects the needs of his students -- and it has the support of parents too. "No grading procedure completely shields a teacher from parental criticism," writes Fischer. "However, weighted grading categories offer teachers the opportunity to tailor their assessment practices to the skills they believe are most critical to student success within their classroom." Back-to-School Teacher Templates http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml Education World introduces the first in a series of printable, editable templates you can customize and use in your classroom. Web Wizard: Quelling Math Anxiety http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/webwizard043.shtml Ellen Freedman eases the concerns of anxious students with Math Help! ---------------------------------------------------- TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM ---------------------------------------------------- The ABC's of PC Maintenance http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial004.shtml A Techtorial: Learn to keep your PC in tip-top shape! Scavenger Hunt: Labor Day! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt044.shtml Why do we Celebrate Labor Day? WebQuest Discovery of the Week: The Friendship Files http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest016.shtml Kids explore conflict resolution techniques in this just-in-time back-to-school Quest! --------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL ISSUES ---------------------------------------------------- StarrPoints: You've Got E-Mail! http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues337.shtml Columnist Linda Starr shares an e-mail message about an activity you can use in your classroom. Like most of you, I get e-mail -- lots and lots and lots of e-mail. Most of those e-mails hit the recycle bin almost as fast as they hit my inbox. I received one the other day, however, that caught my eye before my finger reached Delete. So I thought I'd pass it on to a few million of my closest friends! School Doodle: Assigning blame. http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles44.shtml The School Doodle cartoon of the week. No Educator Left Behind: School Report Cards http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues338.shtml This occasional series provides answers from the U.S. Department of Education to questions about the federal No Child Left Behind Act and how it will affect educators. EDscoops: August 22 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/edscoop049.shtml 2003 Textbooks to Include 9/11 Events Poll Shows Opposition to Vouchers States Struggle With Developing Reliable Tests Teaching With Swing Principle Profile http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/principal035.shtml Meet William S. Meyers, principal, Washington Elementary School, a K-5 school in Sterling, Illinois (400 students) ---------------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATOR'S DESK ---------------------------------------------------- Great Staff Meetings: Pointers from the Principals Who Lead Them http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin277.shtml Stuck for ideas for effective staff meetings? Looking for ways to make sure everybody is present and interested? The Education World "Principal Files" team has some ideas for you! ---------------------------------------------------- SITE REVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------- Meridian http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-19.shtml Middle school computer technologies journal. Embassy of France: Just for Kids http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-20.shtml Take a virtual tour of the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. National Geographic GeoBee Challenge http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-21.shtml Test your students' geography knowledge. Exploring Autism http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-22.shtml A look at the genetics of autism. Jazz in America http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-23.shtml Learn all about jazz. ********************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pardon this quick break from this week's What's New This Week at Education World newsletter. We just wanted to let you know that a NEW newsletter is in the works -- ********* Education World's Education Humor Newsletter ********** debuts the week of September 9! 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