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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.4 April 2009

Cover Story by Alfie Kohn
When “21st-Century Schooling” Just Isn’t Good Enough: A Modest Proposal
Are we serious about educating students for the global competitive economy of the future?


Earth Day Special Article:
GE Project Plant-A-Bulb
Give the planet the gift of flowers for Earth Day....


Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
The Tools for Success


Columns
»Actively Involve Every Reader—Ten Easy Ideas! Sue Gruber
»Motivating Children Leah Davies
»Multiple Working Hypotheses Todd R. Nelson
»Eliciting vs. Punishments Marvin Marshall
»The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
»Tattle Tales and Classroom Helpers Barbara Pressman
»Tips for Travel to France or Italy with Students Josette Bonafino
»Too Much Parent Involvement? Can It Be? Dorothy Rich
»Return to Sender & The Neon Necklace Rick Morris
»Be Your Own Mentor: Reflect Hal Portner

Articles
»Getting Your Students' Work Published Alan Haskvitz
»At Risk Students: Victims of Miseducation and Failure Bill Page
»Teachers – Healing Broken Lives Graysen Walles
»Get Smart! Doodle! Tim Newlin
»A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community Susan Fitzell
»April 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne
»Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VI Hank Kellner
»Quality in School Systems Panamalai R. Guruprasad
»Problems With 9th Grade Euclidian Geometry Stewart E. Brekke
»Multisensory/Kinesthetic Alphabet ActivitiesJeanine Horner

Features
»Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
»Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
»The Lighter Side of Teaching
»Teacher Blogs Showcase
»Guided Reading in Kindergarten (printable)
»Printables - Happy Earth Day, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Portable Word Wall, Earth Day Every Day Award, Bringing Choices to Light, and April - May Calendar
»Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom, Red Creek, NY
»Lessons, Activities, Theme ideas: Earth Day, Mother’s Day, Paul Revere, Spring, Easter, more!
»Featured Lesson: Outdoor Activities/Nature
»Meet Bill Martin Jr. and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Creative Quotes from Shakespeare, Massive Ant Colony Uncovered! AMAZING science!, Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel, Lovefield, and Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior
»Live on Teachers.Net: April 2009
»Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
»Wisdom for the pain? Why Did You Do It? Why Pursue National Board Certification?


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Lessons, Activities, Theme ideas: Earth Day, Mother’s Day, Paul Revere, Spring, Easter, more!

One of the finest collections of teacher tested activities and theme resources you’ll find anywhere!
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Paul Revere Resources

Build Paul Revere's House
Posted by Francie on the Upper Elementary Chatboard

You will be able to carefully build Paul Revere's house!
A great art project can be found in Hall #4.
Lots to explore at this website.
Paul Revere's house - Hall 3

The Paul Revere House
www.paulreverehouse.org
Includes a virtual tour of the route of Revere’s famous ride

Paul Revere: Messenger of the Revolution
www.earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm
An audio visual presentation

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
www.nationalcenter.org/PaulRevere'sRide.html

Teacher Appreciation Day

An impressive collection of teachers' favorite Teacher Appreciation Day gifts and activities, and some timeless articles we call "The Miracle of Teachers."

Teachers Favorite Teacher Appreciation Activities
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/teachers

Only a School; Only a Teacher – by Principal Todd Nelson
School is still, at its heart, a dance of men and women of character. A school is its teachers.
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/nelson

Teacher Appreciation Day – Not Nearly Enough by Alan Haskvitz
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/haskvitz

Two Teachers, Two Philosophies, One Result - by Bill Page
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/page

What is an Effective Teacher? – by Jan Fisher
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/archive

The Miracle of Teachers - A Tribute by Harry & Rosemary Wong
What teachers do is nothing short of a miracle that humbles and inspires us all.
teachers.net/gazette/MAY02/wong2.html

Teachers’ Best Teachers Remembered
teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/poll2

The Teacher Is the Difference - A Tribute by Bill Page
There are many factors that can make a difference in student achievement, but the teacher is the difference.
teachers.net/gazette/MAY02/page3.html

Overworked and Under Appreciated - by Don Quimby
Today, the hurdles teachers face in their effort to encourage young learners to become all that they are capable of becoming are far more stress producing than ever before.
teachers.net/gazette/MAY03/covera.html

Teachers Remember Their Favorite Teachers
teachers.net/gazette/MAY02/survey.html

Lemons to Lemonade - Teachers' Least Effective Teachers
teachers.net/gazette/OCT00/poll.html



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