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June 2008

Vol 5 No 6

Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.6

June 2008

	Cover Story by Alfie Kohn
	Atrocious Advice from "Supernanny"
	Behaviorism is as American as rewarding children with apple pie… but for how long does it work, and at what cost?

	Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
	Eight Year Summary of Articles, 2000 to 2008

	Columns
ť	VisualizationMarvin Marshall
ť	Textmapping: Where Old Becomes NewCheryl Sigmon
ť	Administrative BroadwayTodd R. Nelson
ť	The Busy Educator's Monthly FiveMarjan Glavac
ť	Easy Ideas to Wrap up the YearSue Gruber
ť	Committees: Make Them More ProductiveHal Portner
ť	Helping Children Cope After DisasterLeah Davies

	Articles
ť	The Dance of the Honeybee
ť	June 2008 Writing Prompts
ť	Your School's Mission in a Sound Bite
ť	The Medicalizing of Education
ť	I Used to Educate Students; Now I Prepare Them… for The Test
ť	A Great Model Of Differentiation
ť	Live Chat with Adora Svitak
ť	Making the Most of Summer To Prepare for the New School Year

	Features
ť	Printable Worksheets & Teaching Aids
ť	Candles of Inspiration: June 2008
ť	Teachers.Net Craft Favorite: Father's Day Project
ť	Featured Lessons, Resources and Theme Activities: June 2008
ť	Video Bytes: The human cost of war, in song, Literacy centers and more...
ť	Today Is... Daily Commemoration for June 2008
ť	Live on Teachers.Net: June 2008
ť	The Lighter Side of Teaching
ť	Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes for Teachers
ť	What are some things you absolutely DO NOT miss about teaching?
ť	How Many Years Did It Take You to Get It Together?
ť	Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers

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Featured Lessons...

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Featured Lessons, Resources and Theme Activities

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Regular Feature in the Gazette
June 1, 2008

June warms up with recipes, lessons and chats addressing Father's Day, Flag Day, history, and a collection of author/expert chats!

Father's Day Project: Footprints Craft & Poem with Photo
teachers.net/gazette/JUN08/crafts

June Lessons & Activities Chat transcript, including Father's Day gifts and crafts
Moderator: Sandy/K/MO
teachers.net/archive/ec052599.html

June Ideas and Themes Chat Transcript - Primary, Kindergarten and EC
Moderator: Peachy
teachers.net/archive/june_ideas.html

Getting Dads Involved in the Classroom Chat Transcript
Moderator: Beth Bruno, author and school psychologist
teachers.net/archive/bruno032102.html

From the Lesson Bank for June and 4^th of July Themes

Our American Heritage - A Full Unit Plan
Elementary Social Studies
teachers.net/lessons/posts/3764.html

A Flag Song (piggyback song)
Primary Elementary Social Studies
teachers.net/lessons/posts/363.html

"Me Flags" Activity
EC/K/Primary Social Studies & Language Arts
teachers.net/lessons/posts/4009.html

Colonial Times with Flag Making Activity
Middle Grades History, Social Studies & Language Arts
teachers.net/lessons/posts/3427.html

Dictator for the Day - Dictators in Europe, 1920-1945.
Secondary History
teachers.net/lessons/posts/2576.html

Declaration of Independence - Parallelism, Emotionally Charged Language
Senior level Social Studies
teachers.net/lessons/posts/3503.html

Symbols of Citizenship
All grades - Social Studies
teachers.net/lessons/posts/1051.html

4^th of July Fireworks Desk Decoration Craft
Elementary grades
teachers.net/lessons/posts/1117.html

Meet the Experts!
Chat Meeting transcripts featuring authors and experts in their fields

Supporting Families in Crisis - Early Childhood Moderator Djinn
teachers.net/archive/ec011999.html

Helping the ESL Student in Your Elem./Middle Classroom with Moderator Kathy/5/IA
teachers.net/archive/elem_ms061699.html

Disarming Bullies with author Kathy Noll
teachers.net/archive/taking_the_bully012501.html

The End of Homework author Etta Kralovec
teachers.net/archive/kralovec111500.html

Running on Ritalin author Lawrence Diller, M.D.
teachers.net/archive/docdiller.html

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