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We welcome everyone back to class this week; Have a great 2006!
1. Announcement: Toshiba ExploraVision Awards
Enroll your students, grades K–12 for the chance to create their own vision of the future in the Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards competition. For more information or to obtain entry materials, Click here or visit www.ExploraVision.org
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2. Lessons, Units and Other Complimentary Items
Lesson Plans: Religious Freedom Lessons [See Details]
Worksheets: Martin Luther King Jr Coloring Page [See Details]
Monthly Themes: 2006 Themes Now Available [See Details]
SitesforTeachers.com: 1000+ Teacher Sites [See Details]
ESL Feature: ESL Lessons and Resources [See Details]
Teaching Units: Martin Luther King Jr. Theme Page [See Details]
Tool of the Week: Teaching Weather [See Details]
Assessment Rubrics: Reading Assessment [See Details]
Certificates & Awards: 100th Day Perfect Attend. [See Details]
3. Humor and Inspiration:
Crazy Cartoon: Mold in Your School - [See Cartoon]
Joke of the Week: Teacher/Pupil One-Liners [Read Joke]
Quote of the Week: No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick [More Quotes]
Educational Posters: Inspiring Students [See Poster]. Rosa Parks - Black History Month are just a few weeks away. Posters can be both engaging and motivational! |
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4. Other Sites For Teachers:
MyTeacherSoftware.com: Get Complimentary Software - including the item featured to the right - along with 70 other Educational Programs. Pay only for the cost of shipping to your home or school [Visit Here]
Gradebooks4Teachers.com: the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of online gradebooks and grading software available anywhere. If you need a gradebook, you will find it listed here! [Visit Here]
Music4Teachers.com: Two Hilarious "Teacher Therapy" music CD's - great for staff meetings, or just for listening on the drive to and from school [Visit Here]
SitesForTeachers: Over 1000 Teacher-Focused Sites [Here]
5. Career Center:
OnlineDegrees4Teachers.com: Featuring several of the top ranked online Master's Degree in Education for K-12 [Visit Site]
TeachersCollege.net: Over 100 Universities and Teachers' Colleges offering Online Courses for Teachers. Get your Advanced Degree or Certificate without leaving your home! [Visit Site]
Announcement: Walden University
Challenge your mind, not your schedule, with a distance-learning master’s degree in education from Walden University . Walden offers classroom teachers a practical way to strengthen their skills and advance their career, in areas such as curriculum, technology, leadership, math, science, reading, and more. For information visit HERE |
6. Top Teacher News of the Week:
Visit http://www.news4teachers.com for details
- Offender cleared to teach PE
- Republicans nominate teacher to run for open senate seat
- Teacher pay, school funding likely topics in 2006
- Local teacher publishes book of poetry
- If students don't attend class, teachers will lose allowances
- What Teachers Want
- Teachers give lessons, get germs
- Teachers could get tax credit for supplies
- Teachers threaten boycott over pay
7. Featured Site by Level:
Pre-School - New Feature Coming Spring 2006
Elementary - New Feature Coming Spring 2006
Middle School - New Feature Coming Spring 2006
High School- New Feature Coming Spring 2006
8. Our Friendly Supporters:
Walden University - Online Degrees for Teachers
Math Renaissance™ software - Please Visit Here
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