Teachers.Net Gazette January 2003 - TEACHERS.NET JANUARY REGULAR FEATURES - Special Days This Month by Ron Victoria, Featured Schools, Classroom Photos by Members of the Teachers.Net Community, January Poem - A Small Collection of Poems for the New Year, The Lighter Side of Teaching - Classroom Chuckles, Goose At the Senior Center by Goose, Schoolies, Woodhead, Handy Teacher Recipes, Classroom Crafts, Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs, Teddy Bear vs. Real Bear from the Lesson Bank, FREE PRINTABLES - Cinnamon Bear, Categories Bag Take Home Activity, Upcoming Ed Conferences, Letters to the Editor, TEACHER INSPIRATION - Happy Ending Ahead, ON-SITE INSIGHTS - "Art" & "Craft" How they are alike and how they differ by MaryAnn Kohl, We get the best kids these parents have... from the Second Grade Mailring - Teachers.Net Gazette - STRESS RELIEF, STUDENT MOTIVATION, ORGANIZATION IDEAS, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, LESSON PLANS, DISCIPLINE, AND MORE - featuring columns and articles by top names in education and your teacher colleagues around the world! The Teachers.Net Gazette is a clearinghouse for teacher writing, from well-reasoned education essays to teacher prose, poems and humor! Bookmark the Teachers.Net Gazette and tell a friend!

TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE

Volume 4 Number 1

COVER STORY
Corks are popping! January is awards month in the world of children's literature. Esme Codell writes about contenders for the Caldecott award for best illustration in American children's literature, the Newbery for best writing, the Coretta Scott King award, and others...

COLUMNS

January Columns

ARTICLES

January Articles

REGULAR FEATURES

January Regular Features

FYI

January Informational Items

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COLUMNS
	*Business Cards* & *No Problem With Hurricane Lili* Dec./Jan. Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
	Learning and Relationships, The two are inseparable Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
	*Teach Children Test-taking Skills* Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber
	*Teachers Have Two Jobs* Teachers As Learners by Hal Portner
	*Male Elementary Teachers* Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
	*Starting a New Year�Ginny's List of 10* The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover
	*Sites for School Principals and High School Teachers* The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac
	*New Versions of Software Can Be Overkill* Ed-Tech Talk by Rob Reilly
	*Why Didn't We Think of That?* 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon
	*Corks Are A-Poppin' at PlanetEsme.com!* Postcard from Planet Esme - News from the world of children's books by Esmé Codell

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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Printables

This month's offerings;
Cinnamon Bear
Categories Bag Take Home Activity
and
Here's a Little Groundhog...

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Classroom Crafts

Mizletts's 3D Snowflake

and from
MaryAnn F. Kohl

Volcano!
Stand Outs
Dig It Sponge Art
and much more...

Ron Victoria's
Today Is...

January is...
Celebration of Life Month, International Creativity Month, International Year of Freshwater National Clean Up Your Computer Month, National High-Tech Month...

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Classroom Photos This month you are invited to visit Nancy Barnes' Special Education Classroom and the Middle School History Classroom of Jeff Kash's.	from the Teachers.Net Community Featured Schools January's Featured Schools are; Georgetown Elementary and Conneaut Valley Elementary School...
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Goose/TX Goose At the Senior Center "I've got two cornbreads and three rolls left, the dumplings are getting low, and folks are lined up to the corner." It had all of the appearances of the dreaded slam!...	from the Humor Chatboard Classroom Chuckles It was class picture day. We had just come in from recess and were getting ready for pictures. I was spending my time with a handful of combs, fixing hair. One kid said to me...
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Also in this issue: MORE REGULAR FEATURES

POEMS

A Small Collection of Poems for the New Year

TEACHER INSPIRATION

Happy Ending Ahead

MORE HUMOR

Schoolies

Woodhead

ON-SITE INSIGHTS

"Art" & "Craft" How they are alike and how they differ by MaryAnn Kohl

We get the best kids these parents have... from the Second Grade Mailring

PLUS

Handy Teacher Recipes

Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs

Teddy Bear vs. Real Bear from the Lesson Bank

Upcoming Ed Conferences

Letters to the Editor


ARTICLES
	*Teachers.Net Again Joins NEA in a Seussian Reading Celebration!* by Kathleen Alape Carpenter, Editor
	*New Tax Law Provides $250 Deduction for Educators* by Kathleen Alape Carpenter, Editor
	*Maslow's Theory of Hierarchical Needs -- Alive and Well in the Classroom* by Chuck Brickman
	*December 14th update from Operation Deep Freeze* by LT. Marshall Branch
	*Editor's e-Picks - January Resources* by Kathleen Alape Carpenter, Editor
	*A Time for Change* by Bill Page
	*If We Want�* by Bill Page
	*H.O.T.S. Activities for Use With the Classroom Word Wall* by Michelle Stankevicius
	*Mid-Year Mark: Closing the Curriculum Gap for ESL Teachers* by Jen Cullerton Johnson
	*Writing Tips for Teachers* by Joy Jones
	*Practice Doesn't Always Make Perfect - Even For "High Stakes" Testing* by Dr. Dorothy Rich
	*Attention Teachers! Homogeneous is [not always] a bad word!* by Janet Chapman
	*Dividing With a Difference* by P R Guruprasad
	*A Primer for Teaching in the University* by Bikika T. Laloo
	*Bits and Pieces* - Various Small Articles by The Teachers.Net Community *Chatboard Wisdom* *Dictionary Skills Activity* *Understanding Voice Control* *Person of the Year* *Snowperson Glyph* *100th Day Activities*



FYI
	*H.O.T.T. or NOT: Teacher Training Academy at Hartnell College* from: CSU Hayward
	*2002 World Population Film/Video Festival* from: Rawn Fulton
	*ANNOUNCING: Summer 2003 National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)* from: the National Endowment for the Humanities
	*Early Childhood Educators Release Guidelines for Early Learning Standards* from: NAEYC
	*Christopher Columbus Awards Challenge Teams of Middle School Students to Explore Opportunities for Positive Change in their Communities* from: The Christopher Columbus Awards
	*"Best 100 Communities for Music Education" Survey Moved Up for 2003* from: American Music Conference
	*Give Kids Good Schools Campaign*
	*Grants for Libraries*
	*Helping Afghan Children with School Supplies*
	*GRANTS DEADLINE: Congressional Research Awards* from: The Dirksen Congressional Center


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