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?

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School Photographs for April 2009 Welcome to Marie Smith’s third grade classroom at MW Cuyler Elementary School!

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Marie Smith Third Grade Teacher MW Cuyler Elementary School Red Creek, NY www2.rccsd.org/MSmith/OurClassroom.htm It's important for the children to know our daily routine. This bulletin board shows the schedule each day, calendar, and math center groups. It also has some important information that I can look at quickly. We add words to our Word Wall on a weekly basis. Words are chosen based on what I see in the daily writing. We try to work with the words before putting them up on the word wall. At the end of each day the children are responsible for getting their mail and putting it in the appropriate section of their S.T.A.R. Book. This becomes a very routine task by the end of the first full week of school. Continued on next page » » More Gazette articles... http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm

More Classroom Photos on Teachers.Net... Rita Sheffield's Third Grade at Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Middleton, Wisconsin (May 2009) Marie Smith’s Third Grade classroom at MW Cuyler Elementary School! (Apr. 2009) Heather Renz's 4th Grade Classroom Tom McCall Elementary School Redmond, Oregon (Mar. 2009) Mrs. Jeanine Horner's Kindergarten in Guilford Elementary, Howard County Public School System, Maryland (Dec. 2008) JAM in WA (Nov. 2008) Lassalette School in La Puente, CA (Oct. 2008) Anastacia Seuferling, Voluntown Elementary School (Sept. 2008) This month we go to Madison Middle School in North Hollywood, CA. (Aug. 2008) Tour a 3rd grade classroom (Aug. 2003) Tour a Kindergarten classroom (May 2003) Grade 4 and a Middle School classroom views (April 2003) Kindergarten math center activity & pocket chart activity, photos of the 4 Blocks Leadership Conference (March 2003) Tour a (Grade 1) 4 Blocks classroom (February 2003) Two Middle School classrooms - Special Education and History (January 2003) A Kindergarten classroom tour and Grade 2 holiday displays (December 2002) A Grade 3 classroom tour (November 2002) A Grade 2 classroom tour and views of a First Grade (October 2002) Related Resources & Discussions on Teachers.Net... Live Meetings Live Teacher Chat Live Events Mailring