TeacherPlanet Newsletter   April 16, 2006  
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Have a wonderful Easter Weekend and a great week back in school

1. 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

2. Lessons, Units and Other Complimentary Items

Teaching Units: Arbor Day [See Details]
Lesson Plans: National Poetry Month [See Details]
Worksheets: Air Pollution A to Z [See Details]
Monthly Themes: 270 A-Z Theme Unit Pages [See Details]
SitesforTeachers.com: 1000+ Teacher Sites [See Details]
ESL Feature: Teaching ESL thru Music [See Details]
Tool of the Week: Einstein Light [See Details]
Assessment Rubrics: Writing to Describe [See Details]
Certificates & Awards: Spelling Bee Certificate [See Details]

3. Humor and Inspiration:

Crazy Cartoon: Student of the Year - [See Cartoon]
Joke of the Week: ESL Jokes: Part I - [Read Joke]

Quote of the Week: Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson. ~Vernon Law [More Quotes]

Educational Posters: Inspiring Students with Classroom Posters: Now with more Selection than ever before. See:
- Grammar Posters
- Motivational Posters
- The Five Senses Posters
- General Education Posters

4. Other Sites For Teachers:

MyTeacherSoftware.com: Get Complimentary Software - including the item featured to the right - along with 50 other Educational Programs. Pay only for the cost of shipping to your home or school [Visit Here]

SitesForTeachers: Over 1000 Teacher-Focused Sites [Here]

Books4Teachers.com - Weekly Feature

In "Color Made Easy", Misti Tracy takes the work out of color coordination, freeing time for creating. This awesome resource contains 420 color combinations, full color projects, hundreds of ideas inspiring creativity and a removable Color Buddy to help pick colors while shopping!. To learn more visit here!

Animal Alphabet

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]

6. Top Teacher News of the Week:

Visit http://www.news4teachers.com for details

- Teachers to fight trust schools
- A teacher is attacked every nine minutes
- Teacher stresses importance of being bilingual
- Diligent teacher learns hard lesson
- Teacher Resigns After Duct-Taped Student Incident
- Former teacher admits she never had cancer
- Teacher hopes students ‘love to come to school’
- Teacher group blasts dismissals
- Rapping Physics Teacher Keepin' It Real
- Teacher comes to the rescue
- Academic success takes more than teachers
- Teachers change their tune to inspire pupils

7. Our Friendly Supporters:

Argosy University - Educational Leadership
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Walden University - Online Degrees for Teachers
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In this Issue:

1. Announcement
2. Lessons, Units & More
3. Humor & Inspiration
4. Other Sites for Teachers
5. Career Center
6. Top Teacher News
7. Our Friends

 
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