I am in need of a VT teacher to join my 50 state postcard exchange. I only have a few states left. If you can help me out, please email me at [email removed]
Include the following:
Who you want the postcards addressed to (Mrs. Hollingsworth's Class) Your school name and address Your grade level(s)
Once I have all 50 states plus Wash. D.C. filled, I will send out an email with a list of the participating teachers and ways to incorporate this exchange into your curriculum. Also, I will snail mail FREE LABELS to make your life easier. Please contact me now if you would like to join. I need one teacher from each state listed above. By October 1st each participating teacher will need to send a postcard to each participating teacher. Thanks for your help. Contact me if you have questions. :)
Hello! We are seeking to relocate from NY to Vermont and I am looking for a teaching position. I am certified to teach ESL and I am bilingual. I am not too familar with Vermont (yet!) so I would appreciate also any places or websites that may be useful. Thanks!
On 8/24/06, carrol she have 2kids wrote: > she live on halthorne drive we use to play cards we had > another freand that live upstairs from me . to say hellow
On 8/24/06, carrol wrote: > On 8/24/06, carrol she have 2kids wrote: >> she live on halthorne drive we use to play cards we had >> another freand that live upstairs from me . to say hellow
Each teacher will be responsible for sending a postcard to each of the other states. Please include information about your state such as state symbols and interesting facts. In return, you will receive a postcard back from each of the states involved. Address labels will be provided to you if you want. Also, a list of names, addresses, and school websites will be e-mailed to you. I would like to send address labels by the MIDDLE of October. Deadline for mailing out postcards will be sometime in November.
If you are interested in participating in this exchange, please email me personally with the following info. our email addresses: daniellemitchell1yahoo.com or uspostcardexchange.com Please make the subject line of your email read "POSTCARD EXCHANGE/ (your state abbreviation)".
Information to include in your email: Name
Grade you teach
E-mail address
Name you would like on mailing label (Ms. Smith's Second Grade Class)
I am a graduate student at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. I am conducting research for my master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction, specializing in math. Specifically, I created a survey regarding the role of virtual manipulatives in today's mathematics classroom. I am in the process of distributing this survey to as many mathematics teachers as possible. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Below is a direct link to the survey:
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PLEASE forward this e-mail on to any teachers you know who are currently teaching mathematics-- elementary, middle, or high school. With your help, I hope to receive results from all over the country.
Any help you can provide in publicizing this survey is greatly appreciated.
Over the last year or two I recall several people posting on T-Net about their experiences with the internet-based program, Headsprout Early Reading. In fact I think I was one of them -- we tried the free scholarships at my school two years ago, with outstanding results, and followed that up by purchasing accounts for a number of high-needs kids in Grade 1 plus some ELL kids in Grades 2 and 3 last year. Again, Headsprout proved to be a tremendous catalyst to the kids' reading -- not only their skills, but (most important in the long run), their enthusiasm about reading and their self-perception as good readers. Even the most struggling kids made a lot of progress and LOVED to read -- they took home books every night and there was lots of book-sharing and book-talk in the classroom. One of our teachers remarked that this was the first year that every single child was enthusiastic and really pumped up about reading . Of course she is a very skilled teacher herself, but she attributed the palpable shift to the effect Headsprout had on the (previously) "low- performing" kids.
It's an excellent supplementary program but I'm a theme- oriented person myself and like to integrate stuff. I can see lots of potential to tie in other reading and language activities (also science and social studies) with some of the Headsprout characters and backgrounds -- more thematic expansion about ocean life, the coral reef, rain forests, habitats & communities,.... writing activities.... I am never short of ideas but I would be a lot more productive in getting them on paper and organized if I had others to share ideas with. So far I am the only one in my district using Headsprout and I don't know of people elsewhere, either, but I know they are out there.
So, I have started a Yahoo group for teachers using Headsprout, hoping we can get enough folks to subscribe, trouble-shoot and swap ideas to be a support system for one another and also share materials and ideas we develop. I made up little letter tiles for word-building (a la Isabel Beck's new book -- a good one if you haven't seen it), a kind of tracking log to monitor kids' reading the "episode stories" (place for observations), and have some printing activities and games I have developed but not uploaded yet. If others were interested it would galvanize me into going farther with the themes idea and actually organize it -- need input from other people, though.
It would also be great to swap ideas on how to solve some of the practical issues, like timetabling and progress monitoring, that come up along the way.
So, if you are using Headsprout, please go here: [link removed]!
This is always a busy time of year but the kids are already excited about reading, so I am excited too.
Susan S. Toronto, Ontario (used to go to summer camp in Vermont -- loved it)
I am searching for a series of 4 books that my 5th grade teacher read to me and I want to use in my classroom. I can not remember the titles but there were 4 horse stories that were set on a maple syrup farm in Vermont. There was one book for each season. I know that this isn't a lot of information but any help would be appreciated.
If you are a teach students in grades 4-9, we invite you to participate in a special pilot study for a federally funded research project, the e-Learning for Educators Initiative.
The Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative (inTASC) at Boston College is conducting a pilot study to examine the characteristics of test items that will be used in the large-scale research project and you may be eligible to participate in this pilot study. You will only need to complete an online survey, and administer two online tests to your students, and you will eligible for a $100 stipend.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible you must: • Be a teacher in grades 4- 9 • NOT be a teacher in the following list of states. (The larger research study will occur in these states and thus these teachers cannot participate in the pilot study). o Alabama o Delaware o Kentucky o Mississippi o Missouri o New Hampshire o Pennsylvania o West Virginia • Be able to administer an online test to a class of students.
COMPENSATION
All teachers who participate will receive instant feedback about student performance. You can use this feedback to assess your students and inform future instruction.
In addition to the feedback about your students’ performance, the first 140 teachers to complete the requirements (10 in each sub-content area) will receive $100 for each sub-content area. Completing the requirements means taking the teacher survey and administering both tests to your students.
REQUIREMENTS
You can participate in multiple sub-content areas (listed below). Participation requirements are:
• You will take one online survey, estimated to take 30-45 minutes to complete. • You will administer two online tests to a class of at least 15 students. Each test takes one full class period; the total amount of participation time needed from your students is two class periods. You will need Flash v8 or higher to administer the students tests. This software is free for download at [link removed]
These requirements are for each sub-content area chosen. The sub-content areas are:
4th and 5th Grade ELA sub-content areas: • Vocabulary • Reading Comprehension: Narrative • Reading Comprehension: Expository • Writing 5th and 6th Grade Math sub-content areas: • Fractions • Algebraic Thinking • Measurement
7th and 8th Grade ELA sub-content areas: • Vocabulary • Reading Comprehension: Narrative • Reading Comprehension: Expository • Writing 8th and 9th Grade Math sub-content areas: • Proportional Reasoning • Functions • Geometric Measurement
For more information about the study and to sign up, please visit:
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Once you sign up, you will be directed to the Teacher Management Page. Here you can download the files “Pilot Instructions” and “Stipend and Contact Information” for further details.
You can also contact the researchers at efe.[email removed].
On 8/24/06, carrol she have 2kids wrote:
> she live on halthorne drive we use to play cards we had
> another freand that live upstairs from me . to say hellow