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Daily Oral Science

by Patricia Mitchell

Feb 22, 2007

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I am looking for books or websites for daily oral science
questions for grade levels 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (mainly
3rd through 5th grades.) This will be used in conjunction
with the teacher's daily oral language, math, etc. review
in the mornings.

jill /blockquote>

have you found where you can order daily oral science? do
they have it for kindergarten?

Feb 28, 2007

Cory /blockquote>

On 2/28/07, jill wrote:
> have you found where you can order daily oral science? do
> they have it for kindergarten?
It's called Daily Science Workout and you can purchase it at
Great Source 1-800 289-4490. It's $24.00. Not sure if they
have it for kindergarten. Cory

Mar 8, 2007

Looking for pen friends for my students

by Özkan

Feb 23, 2007

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Hello,
I'm an English teacher from Turkey. I teach in a high
school and my students are 16 years old. I have only six
students. We are looking for pen friends who will write in
English. If you are an English teacher, please contact me.

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THILINI FROM SRI LANKA /blockquote>

On 2/23/07, Özkan wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm an English teacher from Turkey. I teach in a high
> school and my students are 16 years old. I have only six
> students. We are looking for pen friends who will write in
> English. If you are an English teacher, please contact me.

Jul 13, 2007

jasmine On 7/13/07, THILINI FROM SRI LANKA wrote: > On 2/23/07, Özkan wrote: >> Hello, >> I'm an English teacher from Turkey. I teach in a high >> school and my students are 16 years old. I have only six >> students. We are looking for pen friends who will write in >> English. If you are an English teacher, please contact...See More

Jul 17, 2010

Great Mail Race

by Cheryl

Feb 26, 2007

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I am the SLMS in a 4-6 Intermediate school in NY. One of
my 4th grade teachers is interested in participating in the
Great Mail Race. If you would like to help her out please
contact me. Thanks.

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smm On 5/25/10, Kavita wrote: > I recently also received a letter and would like to > participate. My students have already chosen cities and > written their letters. I am wondering if anyone has > a "teacher" letter or introductory letter that goes with it. > It seems that we have lost our model. > > Thanks

Here's one...I...See MoreOn 5/25/10, Kavita wrote: > I recently also received a letter and would like to > participate. My students have already chosen cities and > written their letters. I am wondering if anyone has > a "teacher" letter or introductory letter that goes with it. > It seems that we have lost our model. > > Thanks

Here's one...I wrote it following another teacher's model:

Dear Grade 4 Teacher,

Our class is participating in “The Great Canadian Mail Race” in which letters are exchanged between Grade 4 students across our country. We received a letter from a student in a Grade 4 class in ...., ON, that had received a letter from ..., BC. They received a letter from Aylmer, ON, who received a letter from Dartmouth, NS, who received a letter from Calgary, AB, who received a letter from Rosemary, AB, who received a letter from St- Foy, PQ…and now a student from our class is writing to your class with the hope that your students will reply.

This is how the Great Canadian Mail Race works: 1. Read my student’s letter to your class. 2. Have one of your students respond to my student by sending a letter back to us. 3. Ask all of you students to choose a different town or city in Canada, and send a letter to other Grade 4 students. We used the atlas to find towns, and the internet to get school addresses. 4. Enclose an explanatory letter like this one with each of your student’s letters. 5. The student who receives the quickest reply is the winner of the race in your school.

Hopefully, your class will enjoy having the chance to write and send letters. Many of my students had never sent an ‘old- fashioned’ letter through the mail. It’s great opportunity to learn about other kids and other places in Canada.

We connected this activity to our work in Social Studies and, of course, letter-writing. The students practised their peer-editing and proofreading skills, so there are certainly some errors in their writing. Most of my students speak a language other than English as their first language.

Perhaps you won’t have time to participate in the full race activity, but I hope that you’ll be able to at least have one student respond to the letter from our class.

Thank you, and have fun.

insert contact info.

May 27, 2010

hjknjlmjl On 5/03/07, Stacey McInnes wrote: > Good morning, Vanessa. I just thought I would tell you that I > received a letter addressed the same way that you indicated in > your e-mail to me. The letter that we received was actually > addressed to the small town next to our small town, but it > detoured, as that school closed a year ago. I w...See More

Dec 2, 2011

Need MT, CO, ID, WY, and UT

by Mrs Smoke

Mar 5, 2007

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Greetings from Kansas!

I know many teachers within teachers.net have already
joined in our No Place Like Home Travel Buddy Project, but
we still need just two more classrooms to host buddies
March 12-April 13 (we prefer 4th-6th grade classes who
study the American Regions). The classes need to be fr...See More

by Tracy

Mar 6, 2007

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During this long cold winter I have been thinking about an
idea to engergize myself and my program...It will be about
looking for signs of spring where you live..if you would
like email me and I will give you all the info...it will
be great to learn more about different places around the
world and what s...See More

week of the young child

by Heather

Mar 11, 2007

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I was looking for some activities and crafts for The Week
of The Young Child...does anyone have any suggestions?

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sue On 3/11/07, Heather wrote: > I was looking for some activities and crafts for The Week > of The Young Child...does anyone have any suggestions? In the past few years we have had these ideas- *Hats off to You!- Parents write a short note about their child and we did a bulletin board - Hats Off to You! Children designed different hats to go wit...See More

Mar 17, 2010

Rebecca McNaughton Try asking parents to send in significant dates from home and create personal timelines for each child. You can also ask that parents send in pictures to inclide if possible -- if not available children can make mini drawings of the occasions

you could also try having the children create their own faces using different types of food using...See More

Apr 1, 2010

Real-world connections for algebra

by Steven Patton

Mar 12, 2007

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As teachers we are always looking for real-world
connections to add significance to what we are teaching our
students. This project is a great way to take a simple
shopping trip and make several key mathematical observances.
As a MINIMUM, anyone who could provide data for the item
prices would be gratefully ...See More

Spanish 6th grade students need English speaking penfriends

by Lyn

Apr 3, 2007

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I am teaching an english class to 9 six graders in a small
town in Spain. They are very excited about the possibility
of creating life long friendships with english speaking
peers through letters.

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rebecca On 4/03/07, Lyn wrote: > I am teaching an english class to 9 six graders in a small > town in Spain. They are very excited about the possibility > of creating life long friendships with english speaking > peers through letters.

hi my name is rebecca, im english but im fluent in spanish, and i would love to write to you and your...See More

Jan 29, 2009

Angie Cruikshank I am looking to do an activity like this in my classroom also and hope is not too late to start. We are an ESOL reading class, so we speak both Spanish and English. I think the combination is terrific.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Angie Cruikshank

On 1/29/09, rebecca wrote: > On 4/03/07, Lyn wrote: >> I am teachin...See More

Feb 4, 2009

The Butterfly Count

by Tracy

Apr 9, 2007

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We are going to do an investigation about weather,
locations, and butterflies. We will take several walks at
the same time of day and make recordings about our
observations. It would be wonderful if anyone else is
doing a study of butterflies to add their info to this
project as well! To post your info. ...See More

by Kimberly

Apr 30, 2007

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It's Flat Stanley time again! Flat Stanley is the name of
a book written by Jeff Brown. In the book Stanley is
flattened in his bed one night when a bulletin board falls
on him. Don't worry, he's fine! Our project: during the
school year we've written in our Flat Person journals and
now we'd like to mail...See More

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