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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.2 February 2008 Cover Story: Rethinking Homework By Alfie Kohn Daily homework is the rule in most schools. Why not make it the exception? Columns » Coaches Are More Effective than Mentors » Sources for Below Grade Level Reading » To Promote Responsibility, Elicit Rather Than Impose » The Busy Educator's Monthly Five for February » Filtering the Web: Mission Impossible? » Hot Tips to Stay Healthy; High Speed Sub Plans Articles » Fighting "February Slump" » Make That Presentation a Winner! » Sports Done Right » Celebrate Dr. Seuss with Read Across America » Maslow - Alive and Well in the Classroom » 25 Ways to Obtain Children's Attention » The Year of the Earth Rat - The Chinese Zodiac Features » Featured Lessons: February 2008 » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Book Review: Three Cups of Tea » Video Bytes: NCLB, Whiteboard, and More » Creative & Critical Thinking Activities » Editor's Pick: Travels With Music » Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes for Teachers » Teachers.Net Craft Favorite: Picasso Faces » Today Is... Daily Commemoration for February 2008 » Live on Teachers.Net: February 2008 » Chatboard Poll: Do schools need to change, and how? » Preparing for Your Student Teacher » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers Advertisement The Teachers.Net Gazette is a collaborative project published by the Teachers.Net community Kathleen Alape Carpenter Editor in Chief Columnists & Writers: Alfie Kohn; Harry & Rosemary Wong; Cheryl Sigmon; Dr. Marvin Marshall; Barbara & Sue Gruber; Marjan Glavac; Dr. Rob Reilly; Barb S. HS/MI; Ron Victoria; Brian Hill; Leah Davies; Susan Rismiller; Hal Portner; Karen Hawkes; Emmy; Tim Newlin; Chuck Brickman; Barb Gilman; Grace Viduna Haskins Submissions: click for Submission Guidelines Advertising: contact Bob Reap Subscribe for free home delivery Email: State: - Select State (required) - Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington DC Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming -- Canada United Kingdom Australia/NZ Other

Featured Lessons... Teachers.Net Favorite February Theme Lesson Plans US Presidents; Recipe for Friends; Valentine's Day; The Human Heart; Character Education; Uncle Sam for the New Millennium from the Teachers.Net Lesson Bank Regular Feature in the Gazette February 1, 2008 Presidents, Friendship, the Heart are February themes covered in nine lessons gleaned from the Teachers.Net Lesson Bank. These are just a few of the more than 4,000 lessons and activities for all grade levels and subjects, submitted by members of the Teachers.Net community, available FREE to you in the searchable Teachers.Net Lesson Bank! #1520. Abraham Lincoln 4 Blocks, level: Elementary Concepts taught: US History, Abraham Lincoln bio, reading comprehension http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1520.html #1619. Presidents of the United States Social Studies, level: Middle Students will utilize the Internet to gather information in order to create products. http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1619.html #1198. Presidential Fact Find Social Studies, level: Middle Concepts Taught: locating information on the internet, computer skills, US History http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1198.html #2487. Recipe for Friends Social Studies: Elementary Concepts Taught: Caring and Friendship http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2487.html #2485. Valentine's Day Lesson on Caring Social Studies, level: Elementary Concepts Taught: Caring, Using Nice words http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2485.html #3210. The "Be Kind Kids" Project Social Studies, level: Elementary Concepts Taught: Anti-bullying promoted through kindness and acceptance http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3210.html #278. Blood Circulation through the Heart - Kinesthetic Activity Science, level: all Concepts Taught: teaches heart anatomy, blood circulation concepts http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/278.html #1155. Character Education Literature List Social Studies: Primary Concepts taught: Reading, bibliography http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1155.html #2283. Uncle Sam For The New Millennium Art, level: Senior Concepts Taught: Cartooning, caricatures, critical thinking, social studies, philosophy http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2283.html » More Gazette articles... Related Resources & Discussions on Teachers.Net... White House for Kids - The Presidents American Heart Association for Kids Smithsonian for Kids - Mr. President Planet Tolerance for Kids PBS Democracy Project Teachers.Net Lesson Bank Chatboard Grade Level Chatboards Teacher Mailrings

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