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TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE
Volume 3 Number 6

COVER STORY
Harry & Rosemary Wong remind us that, "The effective teacher is prepared"...
COLUMNS
Index of Columns
ARTICLES
Index of Articles
REGULAR FEATURES
Index of Regular Features
FYI
Index of Informational Items
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Partner Book Talk Procedures
Kindergarten Precursor to Literature Circles

by Sandy Hamilton
Our Partner Book Talk is an extension of our Read Aloud with accountable talk...

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Volunteer Recognition Poems
compiled by Vikki
on the Second Grade mailring http://teachers.net/mailrings

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Teachers.Net Adds Chatboards for all U.S. States & D.C.
From the Editor
Teachers.Net has dramatically expanded with the addition of chatboards and mailrings for every state in the U.S. and the District of Columbia...

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Homeschooling
from ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
Homeschooling -- educating children under the supervision of parents instead of school teachers...

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True Scientific Literacy for All Students
by Stewart E Brekke
Scientific literacy is far more than knowing a list of terms and definitions...

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COLUMNS


The Teachers.Net Gazette is a cooperative publication by and for members of the Teachers.Net community. We accept for consideration brief articles (approximately 350-2500 words) on topics of interest to educators. Articles should be fully edited, spell checked, and ready for publication. Send submissions by e-mail to editor@teachers.net along with a brief biography written in third person. A digital photo (headshot) is desirable but optional. Teachers.Net reserves the right to edit articles accepted for publication.
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Jamie Robert Vollmer
The Blueberry Story: The teacher gives the businessman a lesson
"If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn't be in business very long!"...

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A LOOK AT . . . Getting Back to Basics
by Alfie Kohn
We are facing an educational emergency in this country. You've heard that claim before, of course, but this time there's a twist...
We Have Achieved Education For All...Now We Seek Education for Each
by Bill Page
In any classroom grouping, there are only two possibilities: either all the kids in class are alike or some of them are different...
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Revisiting a "Fool's Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood"
by Dr. Rob Reilly
I believe that educational technology will greatly enhance the ability of students to learn and will provide educators with terrific tools to facilitate learning...

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How Teachers Can Benefit From School Choice
by Robert Holland
Rarely does discussion of the prospect for increased educational freedom in the United States extend to the classroom teacher, the person whose work is so crucial to academic progress...
The Tipping Point
by Jay Davidson
Gladwell has made a study of significant changes that result when influential people change the way they approach problems...
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Best Practice: Establish a "No Putdown Rule" in Your Classroom
by Susan Gingras Fitzell
Class rule: No putdowns, no exceptions...not by students or by the teacher...

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The Words We Use
by
Tom Drummond

Delivered during the Worthy Wage Day Rally, May 1, 2002, Seattle, Washington...
Authoring an eBook in 10 Basic Steps!
by Paul Jackson
Authoring a book, specifically an eBook (electronic book), is easy, affordable and profitable...
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Teaching Gayle to Read (Part 6)
by Grace Vyduna-Haskins
So much to do yet, and so little time to finish it all...

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Online Course with Leslie Bowman Aims to Break the Cycle of Bullying
by Kathy Noll
Bullying is a widespread (international) problem that has serious ramifications on students' ability to progress academically and to grow emotionally and socially...
Teaching Is A Full Time Profession
by Dave Melanson
In Quebec Many Politicians Do Not See It This Way...
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Also in this issue:

REGULAR FEATURES

TEACHER INSPIRATION

FYI


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