TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE JULY 2000 Volume 1 Number 5 COVER STORY July is Teacher Gatherings Month! Take a road trip this month and come meet your friends at Teachers.Net! COLUMNS Effective Teaching by Harry Wong 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon Schoolhouse Views by Beth Bruno ARTICLES Help with Kid Writing (pt 2) Helping Students Recall Job Hunting Strategies Students Select Mars Site Detroit Jobfair July 10 REGULAR FEATURES New at Teachers.Net Web News & Events Letters to the Editor Poll: Schedule Pet Peeve Archives: BCL Chat New in the Lesson Bank Upcoming Ed Conferences Humor from the Classroom Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs Live Events Calendar Gazette Back Issues Gazette Home Delivery: Helping Students Recall Information... Ask a child what he or she learned over the last year and in the top ten items, the child will list a field trip, guest speaker, something extraordinary that happened in the class, to name a few. As an adult when I am driving down the road, I can hear a song that reminds me of a specific event in high school, or of a party I might have attended. Those emories are context memories, or episodic memories.... Click for Full story 4 Blocks: Way Too Picky...! You who are "Nit Nannies" need to relax a bit. I still want teachers to "do" 4-Blocks the right way. But, we mustn’t work ourselves into a frenzy, nor should we get close to having a script for teachers. We need to trust teachers as professionals to use and be guided by common sense. And, if I can say that (especially since I’ve been called the 4-Blocks Police Chief before!), you all should be able to relax a bit, too.... Click for Full story

July Is Teacher Gathering Month! This month teachers from across the U.S. will travel thousands of miles just to meet their colleagues from Teachers.Net This month's cover story will show you where you can find a teacher gathering near you this month. So gas up your car, load up on snack food and fruit punch, and come out and live it up with the Teachers.Net teachers!   Full story Applying for Your First Job Harry Wong explores job hunting in this month's "Effective Teaching" column. Get the inside edge, read the expert's tips and strategies for finding your first teaching job. Full story Help with Kid Writing Second of two installments by Isabell Cardonick, teacher and co-author of Kid Writing. Ms. Cardonick answers questions from kindergarten and grade one teachers. Full story Students To Select Mars Landing Site Mission to Mars, 2000 - Students across the U.S. have entered to win a spot as a Student Scientist on the Mars project "Red Rover Goes to Mars." Click to read the full story, and for other great projects promoted in the Teachers.Net Project Center. Full story Also in this issue: Find Out What's New at Teachers.Net Kim Tracy on Helping Students Recall Information Bone up with Successful Job Hunting Strategies Cheryl Sigmon's Four Blocks Column Schoolhouse Views by Beth Bruno YENDOR'S July Top Ten! Chatboard Poll: What is your Schedule Pet Peeve? Goose discovers you must first Open Before Using From the Archives: The Brain-Compatible Classroom Featured Lessons from the Lesson Bank Current Teacher Job Listings from around the world Live Meetings & Workshops this month on Teachers.Net The Teachers.Net Gazette is a cooperative publication by the members of the Teachers.Net community. If you would like to submit an article or story for publication, write editor@teachers.net.