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| Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.9 | September 2008 |
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 The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: September 2008 Addressing learning difficulties; Teacher resource; All things Science; Games and writing skills help; Secondary level English lesson plans! | |
| by Marjan Glavac Regular contributor to the Gazette September 1, 2008 |
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MISUNDERSTOOD MINDS WEBSITE For one in five students, learning is an exhausting and frustrating struggle. The "Misunderstood Minds" website includes strategies for addressing various learning difficulties, tools for educators and parents, background on current issues surrounding the topic, resources to learn more, and information on the five children profiled in the documentary and their families. An interactive feature called "Firsthand" provides a glimpse of what it may be like to have learning problems, such as difficulties decoding the components of words, problems with memory, or with the recall of basic math facts. 
TEACHERVISION TeacherVision is an online resource for K-12 educators. There are timely features for holidays and annual milestones, such as Back to School, Olympic Games and Black History Month. Resources include printables, lesson plans professional development resources and more.
HYPOGRAPHY SCI-TECH Hypography Sci-Tech, is a large gateway to science and technology. Under the slogan "science for everyone", science articles are reviewed, science links, reviews, news, and quizzes are published every day. The science forums here are a major, independent place for discussing popular science on the web today.
ACE WRITING Ace Writing is a site where students can learn how to improve their writing. There are lessons and activities designed for middle elementary and up, as well as links to on-line writing games, resources, and even places that will publish student work. Parents and teachers will also appreciate the links to standards for all states, rubrics, portfolio management, and tons of original lessons to help improve students' writing.
OUTTA RAY'S HEAD Ray Saitz, a teacher in Ontario, Canada, set out to produce an English and Library lesson plan website which would feature classroom tested lessons complete with the original student handouts. The site has now grown beyond just Ray's lessons and includes over 200 mostly secondary school English lesson plans contributed by teachers from all over the world. The lessons are arranged in the areas of literature, writing, poetry and library.
P.S. To learn more about Marjan Glavac's
The Busy Educator's Newsletter, go to: "There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind." 
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Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He is a full time classroom teacher with 25 years teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach students from the inner city, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, ESL, and IEP students. He is an international speaker and workshop presenter.