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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.7 July 2009
Cover Story by Lawrence Meyers Is There Such a Thing as "The Great Teacher"? Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching Teachers Are the Difference Now in her sixth year of teaching, Melissa Dunbar has helped her students achieve a pass rate of between 92% - 99% over the years, with her ESL and Economically Disadvantaged students achieving a 100% pass rate this past school year! Columns » Writing for Educational Publishers – Inside Secrets Sue Gruber » Self-Injury In Children Leah Davies » The School of No Knocks? Todd R. Nelson » Using Imaging to Move or Change Behavior Marvin Marshall » The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac » Substitute issues: What to Wear & Too Much Love Barbara Pressman » Student Travel Topics: “Staycations” Expose Students to Other Cultures & Packing for Safety Josette Bonafino » Making The Case to Parents for Broadening, Not Narrowing, The Curriculum Dorothy Rich » Red Basket & Problem Solving Forms Rick Morris Articles » The No.1 Ladies Detective Series Writer - Interview with Alexander McCall Smith Tim Newlin » Teachers and Technology: A Field of Dreams? Matt Levinson » Resources for Teaching Students with Autism Alan Haskvitz » Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy to Questioning Techniques in the Classroom Panamalai R. Guruprasad » Tips on Maximizing High School Physics Teaching Stewart E Brekke » The Most Cost Effective Approach to Improve Teacher Education Edward Strauser » Merit Pay Problematic, Money Is Not the Ultimate Motivator for Teachers Marion Brady » Launches an Online Degree in Special Education Drexel University Features » Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman » Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Video Bytes; Assume The Position, Lost Generation, Bathtub IV, Walk On - ESPN Video, Funeral, Heal, and At Home with Mrs. Hen
» Teacher Blogs Showcase » Printable - Sweet Rules for the Classroom » Featured Lessons, Wisdom from the Chat Achives, and Timely Printables Especially for July! » Getting and Keeping the Attention of 3 & 4 Year Olds » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.6 June 2009
Cover Story by Graysen Walles Teaching – The Power of Influence The impact of teaching is clear, and the influence of the profession is immeasurable. All it takes is one moment, one situation, one discussion to turn the life of a young learner. Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching Nine Year Summary of Articles, 2000 to 2009 On April 26, 2009, President Obama hosted the four 2009 finalists for America’s top national teaching honor, the National Teacher of the Year award. Alex Kajitani, who teaches mathematics at Mission Middle School in the Escondido Union (Elementary) School District in San Diego County was one of the four finalists. Columns » The Three R’s for Summer— Rest, Relax and Recharge! Sue Gruber » Buddy Programs for Elementary Schools Leah Davies » Moving to September Todd R. Nelson » Ronald Reagan and the Art of Influence Marvin Marshall » The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac » Substitute issues: Bathroom Passes & Anger Management Barbara Pressman » Preparing Students for Travel: Films and Immunizations Josette Bonafino » A Message to Share with Parents about Summer Learning Dorothy Rich » Classroom Clean-Up and Clay in a Can Rick Morris Articles » Schools and Filters: Ice Age, the Meltdown Matt Levinson » Effort: It Can be Taught! Deborah Granger » Homework: Damned if you do, and if you don’t Alan Haskvitz » Parents Are Recruits, Teachers Are Responsible, Kids Are Victims, and Schools Are Culpable For At-Risk Problems Bill Page » 12 Ways to Stop Conflict in its Tracks! Susan Fitzell » Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VIII Hank Kellner » The Writing on the Wall Tim Newlin » More Brain Teasers Steve Sherman » Teacher of Facts - and of Life Rachelle Ann A. Abad » Grant Writing Tips Kimberly McCloud » Bald is Beautiful! Teachers, Students Lose Locks to Fight Childhood Cancer David Peter Marchesseault Features » Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman » Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Video Bytes; Literacy Empowers (Illiteracy Awareness), The Underground Railroad, Wikis in Plain English - CommonCraft tutorial, Twitter in Plain English – a CommonCraft tutorial, Naturally 7 music group on Tavis Smiley Show, Tour the International Space Station!
» Teacher Blogs Showcase » Printable - Ice Cream in a Baggie Recipe » Featured Lessons, Wisdom from the Chat Achives, and Timely Printables Especially for June! » What Is A Document Camera? What Does It Do? » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.5 May 2009
Cover Story by Matt Levinson Schools and Facebook: Moving Too Fast, 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. Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching Teachers Are the Greatest Assets
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. 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 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 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
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?
Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.3 March 2009
Cover Story by Graysen Walles Teachers are Brave Somewhere in this country a drive-by was avoided, a robbery was reconsidered, or a suicide attempt was abandoned because a teacher was willing to show up and make a difference in the classroom, administrative office, after school activity, or at the home of a child. Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching Assessing for Student Learning Columns » The 21st Century Teaching-Learning Environment - (Think Outside the Classroom Box)Hal Portner » Why Do You Teach?Sue Gruber » Educating Homeless ChildrenLeah Davies » Old School Progress ReportsTodd R. Nelson » Habit vs. Awareness for the 3 Practices and for the Hierarchy of Social DevelopmentMarvin Marshall » The Busy Educator's Monthly FiveMarjan Glavac » Dear Barbara - Advice for SubsBarbara Pressman » Global Travel GuruJosette Bonafino » Tool & ToysRick Morris Articles » Economic Relief for TeachersTeachers.Net » Fifty Years of TeachingBill Page » Strange SignsTim Newlin » A Dozen Surefire Tips To Maximize Flexible Grouping and Small Group LearningSusan Fitzell » Time to Reward YourselfAlan Haskvitz » March 2009 Writing PromptsJames Wayne » Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VHank Kellner » What’s Wrong With Teacher Education In This Country?Howard Seeman » “Slumdog Millionaire” Teaches About Education, TooDorothy Rich » Teachers’ Role in Improving Students’ Thinking Skills: Moving beyond the ‘sage on the stage’Ambreen Ahmed Features » Apple Seeds: Inspiring QuotesBarb Stutesman » Today Is... Daily CommemorationRon Victoria » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Teacher Blogs Showcase » Liz Phillips' Printable Discipline Rubric » Photo tour: 4th Grade Classroom » Lessons, Resources and Theme Activities: March 2009 » Featured Lesson: Recognizing Bullying » Modeling Guided Reading FAQ, Periodic Table of Videos – Fascinating Chemistry!, Carl Sagan - 4th Dimension Explanation, Parabolas in the Real World, Al Jolson sings - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Lovers’ Waltz - Casey Willis on violin, Meet Secretary of Education Arne Duncan » Live on Teachers.Net: March 2009 » T-Netters Share Favorite Recipes » Managing Hyperactive Students » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers » This Board’s For Me!
Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.2 February 2009
Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.1 January 2009
Cover Story by Alfie Kohn It’s Not What We Teach; "I taught a good lesson even though the students didn't learn it,” makes no more sense than "I had a big dinner even though I didn't eat anything.” Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching The Sounds of Students Columns » Six Easy Resolutions for 2009Sue Gruber » Learning the Value of DiversityLeah Davies » Flash Nebula is in the house! Will standardized tests detect him?Todd R. Nelson » Teaching is an art, not a science.Marvin Marshall » The Busy Educator's Monthly FiveMarjan Glavac » Dear Barbara - Advice for SubsBarbara Pressman » 5 Ways to Activate Your Natural Teacher CoachKioni Carter » Global Travel GuruJosette Bonafino Articles » PRINTABLE 2009 Multilingual, Multinational Calendar
Tim Newlin » Thoughts on the Use of Failure as a Teaching Technique
Bill Page » Traits of a Good TeacherAlan Haskvitz » January 2009 Writing PromptsJames Wayne » Let's Get Started with SmartboardMarjan Glavac » Using Photographs To Inspire Writing IIIHank Kellner » Phonemic Awareness: Letting The Horse Pull The CartGrace Vyduna Haskins » Reading Strategies: Teaching Students to VisualizeLisa Frase » Teaching the Alphabet to Diverse LearnersHeidi Butkus » The Metaphor Of Collaboration - What's missing from group work?Ambreen Ahmed » A Taste of InspirationSteven Kushner » Activities & Games for Foreign and First Language ClassesRebecca Klamert » Four Years of High School Math and Science Should be a National PolicyStewart Brekke Features » Apple Seeds: Inspiring QuotesBarb Stutesman » Today Is... Daily CommemorationRon Victoria » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Some Rooms » Printable Worksheets & Teaching Aids » Lessons, Resources and Theme Activities: January 2009 » January Lesson Plans Especially for Preschool, Kindergarten & Early Primary » Video Bytes: Dr. Martin Luther King, One Minute “I have a dream” speech by Daniel Stringer, Crystal Photography – Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, FDR Fireside Chat on the Banking Crisis – March 1933, President Elect Barack Obama Reassures Americans – Thanksgiving 2008, T-Netter ron nj aka “Man of Steel” plays Sleepwalk, Big Dog Robot » Live on Teachers.Net: January 2009 » T-Net chefs share their favorite warm-up-winter recipes » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
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