The Winter Olympics begin in Torino, Italy this week. If you would like to plan some curriculum around this great international event, please visit our Unit Theme Page below. Thanks and Have a Terrific Week!
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2. Lessons, Units and Other Complimentary Items
Teaching Units: Winter Olympics [See Details]
Lesson Plans: Valentine's Day Lesons [See Details]
Worksheets: Powered by Flight [See Details]
Monthly Themes: February is Black History Month [See Details]
SitesforTeachers.com: 1000+ Teacher Sites [See Details]
ESL Feature: ESL Lessons Using Websites [See Details]
Tool of the Week: USA: Growth of a Nation [See Details]
Assessment Rubrics: Group Presentation Rubric [See Details]
Certificates & Awards: Citizen of the Week Award [See Details]
3. Humor and Inspiration:
Crazy Cartoon: Being Left Behind - [See Cartoon]
Joke of the Week: The Following Persons - [Read Joke]
Quote of the Week: Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. ~Leonardo Da Vinci [More Quotes]
Educational Posters: Inspiring Students with Classroom Posters: Women Who Dared [See Poster]. |
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Announcement: Lesson Plan Directory
During the next few months, we will be helping to build up one of the most complehensive lesson plan directories on the internet. This directory will be found at LessonPlans.com. Obviously we don't want to miss any of the great sites that are out there, so please take a moment to submit any sites that you regularly use for lessons plans. Simply email us at directory@lessonplans.com |
6. Top Teacher News of the Week:
Visit http://www.news4teachers.com for details
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- Rusk teacher to appear on ‘Ellen’
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- Physical education teachers focus on virtues
- Study Says Utah Will Need 44,000 New Teachers by 2014
- Job vacancies for teachers announced
- Reading teacher nominated for national award
- Discipline to go beyond school gate
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