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| Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.5 |
May 2009 |
| Cover Story by Matt Levinson |
| Schools and Facebook: Moving Too Fast,
or Not Fast Enough?
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| Schools can draw a line in the sand, with zero tolerance rules written into school handbooks, or they can shift with the changing sands of social networking and utilize social networking and Facebook to enhance teaching and learning. |
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| Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching |
| Teachers Are the Greatest Assets |
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On the first day of school, the teacher across the hall commented to me that my students are "always so good!" It's not the students; it's the procedures that have proven to work. The First Days of School helps me to manage my class, so that I can be an effective teacher. |
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| Columns |
| » | Comedy Highlights from Room K-1! Sue Gruber |
| » | What Will Your Students Remember? Leah Davies |
| » | My Mrs. Krikorian Todd R. Nelson |
| » | Discipline Is a Liberating Word Marvin Marshall |
| » | The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac |
| » | Help! Too Much Talk! Not Enough Work! Barbara Pressman |
| » | Mayan Sites and Paris Easy on the Purse Josette Bonafino |
| » | The Little Things that Count in Our Schools: Doing Something Different, Simple and Powerful Cheryl Sigmon |
| » | Teacher Morale Matters Dorothy Rich |
| » | Team Management - It’s in the Cards Rick Morris |
| » | Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century Hal Portner |
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| Articles |
| » | The Document Camera: A Better Way to Present! Joe Frisk |
| » | Need a Teaching Job? Here’s Where to Find One Alan Haskvitz |
| » | Make Twitter an Ally in the Classroom! Alan Haskvitz |
| » | Teaching Is... Bill Page |
| » | Celebrating True Heroes Graysen Walles |
| » | Digital Pens & Touch-Screens Tim Newlin |
| » | 12 Ways to Improve and Enhance Your Paraprofessional- Teacher Experience Susan Fitzell |
| » | May 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne |
| » | Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VII Hank Kellner |
| » | How to Increase the Number of Physics and Chemistry Majors Stewart E. Brekke |
| » | Bibliotherapy Booklist for Elementary Students Lisa Bundrick |
| » | 8 Ways to Make Math Magical at School Steve Sherman |
| » | 5 Brainteasers Steve Sherman |
| » | What Will You Do For Shy Kids? Marjie Braun Knudsen |
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| Features |
| » | Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman |
| » | Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria |
| » | The Lighter Side of Teaching |
| » | Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom |
| » | Teacher Blogs Showcase |
| » | Carol Goodrow's Kids Running Printables |
| » | Dolch word activities, end of first grade test, first grade memory book, map and geography lessons for all levels, IEP progress, and graduation ceremonies songs |
| » | Video Bytes; Are You Going to Finish Strong?, Antarctica, Ted Talks - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?, How Big Is Will?, The Sling Shot Man, Styrofoam Cup vs. Deep Sea |
| » | Live on Teachers.Net: May 2009 |
| » | New Teacher Induction Programs |
| » | Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers |
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Today Is... (May 2009)
Daily Commemorations
Printable calendar version
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by Ron Victoria
Regular Feature
May 1, 2009 |
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Every day for years, Ron Victoria (AKA Ron/NJ) reported on the commemorations of the day on the Teachers.Net Golden Apples Chatboard. Now his many fans will find his Today is... for each month right here in the Teachers.Net Gazette!
May is...
Older Americans Month,
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month,
National Book Month,
National Mental Health Month,
Asia/Pacific American Heritage Month,
and
Steelmark Month.
| May 1 is |
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Mother Goose,
Loyalty,
and
Save the Rhino Days |
| May 2 is |
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Fire Day |
| May 3 is |
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Lumpy Rug Day |
| May 4 is |
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National Candied Orange Peel Day,
and
May Day |
| May 5 is |
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National Hoagie Day,
and
National Teacher’s Day |
| May 6 is |
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Beverage Day,
and
National Nurse’s Day |
| May 7 is |
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International Tuba Day,
Paste Up Day,
and
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day |
| May 8 is |
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No Socks Day,
and
Have a Coke Day |
| May 9 is |
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Lost Sock Memorial Day |
| May 10 is |
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Clean Up Your Room Day |
| May 11 is |
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Eat What You Want Day,
and
Twilight Zone Day |
| May 12 is |
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Limerick Day,
and
International Nurse’s Day |
| May 13 is |
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Leprechaun Day |
| May 14 is |
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National Dance like a Chicken Day |
| May 15 is |
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National Chocolate Chip Day,
Peace Officers Memorial Day,
and
National Defense Transportation Days |
| May 16 is |
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Wear Purple for Peace Day (great color!),
and
Armed Forces Day |
| May 17 is |
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Pack Rat Day |
| May 18 is |
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International Museum Day,
and
Visit Your Relatives Day |
| May 19 is |
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Frog Jumping Jubilee Day |
| May 20 is |
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Eliza Doolittle Day |
| May 21 is |
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National Memo Day,
and
National Waitresses/Waiters Day |
| May 22 is |
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Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day,
and
National Maritime Day |
| May 23 is |
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Penny Day |
| May 24 is |
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National Escargot Day |
| May 25 is |
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National Tap Dance Day |
| May 26 is |
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Grey Day |
| May 27 is |
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Body Painting Arts Festival |
| May 28 is |
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National Hamburger Day |
| May 29 is |
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End of the Middle Ages Day |
| May 30 is |
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My Bucket's Got a Hole in It Day |
| May 31 is |
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National Macaroon Day |
Printable "Today Is" Calendar in pdf format
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