TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE NOVEMBER 2000 Volume 1 Number 9 COVER STORY Yes, you CAN write a book and teach at the same time! This month's cover story by successful author and teacher Marjan Glavac explains how he was able to get published directly from the classroom. COLUMNS Effective Teaching by Harry Wong Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall A Chat with Alfie Kohn Jan Fisher Column 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon School Psychologist by Beth Bruno ARTICLES Write A Book and Teach Interview with Joe Pickett Wake up Sleepyhead! When We Care for Children Teaching about Native Americans Early Childhood Interventions A Veteran Teacher Looks at SFA Developing Homework Policies Visually Impaired Experience in School REGULAR FEATURES Web News & Events Letters to the Editor Poll: What About Homework? Archives: Alfie Kohn New in the Lesson Bank Upcoming Ed Conferences Humor from the Classroom Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs Live Events Calendar Gazette Back Issues Gazette Home Delivery: Beth Bruno: Taking Creative Risks... Writing may not be your secret passion. You might long to sing professionally, dabble in photography, create films or dance on stage. Maybe that unique invention of yours will sell, if you take the time to develop it and bring it to light. You are the only person who holds you back.... Click for Full story Wake Up Sleepyhead... I often walk by the preschoolers or kindergartners and wish that I could switch places with them after lunch. I would love to curl up on my mat and take even a fifteen-minute power nap.... Click for Full story Classroom Humor... This month the Gazette adds our newest feature to our Classroom Humor page - two new cartoons from cartoonist J.P. Wood! Take a load off and check out this month's contribution from YENDOR, Goose, and more..... Click for Full story

Write a Book and Teach.... The author of The Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web answers the question, "How did you find the time to write the books?" Finding the time was the easy part - finding a way to organize and write the book was the hard part. This month's cover story by Marjan Glavac provides great advice for teachers who want to become published but still remain in the classroom.   Full story Win an A.H.Dictionary! Find out how you can win a new American Heritage dictionary. This month the Gazette features an interview with Joe Pickett from American Heritage and more! Full story The First Five Minutes This month Harry Wong explains that the first few minutes of the class are the most critical. Get your classes off on the right foot from the starting gun.... Full story Jan Fisher: The Only Behavior You Control... One of the first books I read on management, began with the statement, "The only behavior you can control is your own." Now that made sense to me! I thought about the people in my family whom I thought I could control. My husband? My children? Did they do everything I said? Are you kidding---not on your life! Even the poodle wasn't into control.... Full story Collaboration is the Key "Competition increases performance, but collaboration increases learning." This month Dr. Marhshall explains why we should foster collaboration in the classroom.... Full story Discussion with Alfie Kohn In October Teachers.Net invited outspoken author Alfie Kohn to be our live chatroom. If you couldn't make it, here's your chance to see what you missed.... Full story Cheryl Sigmon: Are We Demanding Enough? In the past we gave kids long lists of words to learn--or rather, to memorize--for the test on Friday. Parents worked with kids at home to practice the words, and kids did exercises out of the spelling book to practice these words, too. And, yes, they usually did really well on Friday's test--most "aced" it. But, on Monday, we found those words misspelled in their journals. What's wrong...? Full story In this issue: Harry Wong says The First Five Minutes Are Critical Marv Marshall tells Collaboration is the Key Win an American Heritage Dictionary! A conversation with Author Alfie Kohn Jan Fisher notes The Only Behavior You Control is Your Own! Cheryl Sigmon's Four Blocks Column Beth Bruno on Taking Creative Risks Kim Tracy cries Wake Up Sleepyhead Debbie Reese on Teaching Children about Native Americans Janet Currie reviews Early Childhood Intervention Yvonne Eddy investigates Developing Homework Policies Dave Melanson on the Visually Impaired's Experience in School Georgia Hedrick Takes SFA to Task Chatboard Poll: What About Homework? New regular feature: Two New Cartoons by J.P. Wood! Goose on Relentless Algebra Another warped Top Ten from YENDOR This just in: News from the World Wide Web Featured Lessons from the Lesson Bank Current Teacher Job Listings from around the world Live Meetings & Workshops this month on Teachers.Net The Teachers.Net Gazette is a cooperative publication by the members of the Teachers.Net community. If you would like to submit an article or story for publication, write editor@teachers.net.