March is National Nutrition Month. As promised, weve provided you this week with several nutrition related resources. For more, be sure to visit our National Nutrition Month Special Theme page.
This week, we also introduce part one of Cathy Puett Millers new series on read alouds. Find out how to create a read-aloud environment thats a standards-based shared-reading experience.
And Ken Shore answers a teachers question about a student with hearing loss.
This weeks Best Books for Teaching Aboutselections are eggs and music. BTW, did you know you can buy books at discounted rates and help us maintain Education World as a free resource by accessing Amazon through the Best Books section of our Marketplace. Check it out. Happy St. Patricks Day!
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Cantaloupe Instead of Cupcakes? Believe It! Nutrition can't be a unit; it has to be ongoing." Those are the words of Sabina M. Mosso, who teaches preschoolers and kindergartners at Anna Boyd Child Development Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
A Feast of Nutrition Ideas on the Internet If you're looking for "fresh" ideas to squeeze into your classroom nutrition lessons, you'll find a "feast" of ideas on the Internet.
Interest Fairs More flexible than a Science Fair or a Social Studies Fair, an "Interest Fair" taps all subjects and students' interests.
Teachers Share Tips for Cooperative Learning Cooperation starts at the top. Teachers who use cooperative learning in their classrooms have developed techniques that make the most of this method, and they share them.
Cooperative Learning
Saves the Day: One Teacher's Story Three of Dr. Theodore Panitz's favorite cooperative-learning activities and links to his cooperative-learning resources on the Web.
Meet the Parents
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This weeks featured tip is from our Book Report Makeover Library. Contribute to our tips library.
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Dr. Ken Shore A girl in my fourth-grade class has a hearing impairment. What can I do to make sure she understands what I am saying?
Dr. Fred Jones Tools for Teaching implements PBIS. Level 1: Primary prevention in the classroom.
Professor Joe Martin Its difficult to remember the blessings" of teaching when were constantly bombarded with the burdens" of teaching. I call that affliction teacher amnesia."
Emma McDonald The days of closing the classroom door and creating a self-contained world are over. Todays students need more than just one person to guide their education -- they need a team.
Leah Davies Even though children are often inclined to be either intrinsically or extrinsically motivated, a worthwhile goal for educators is to foster intrinsic motivation in children.
Eric Baylin This song was written to rouse a roomful of slouching teachers at an after-school meeting. It worked. Find yourself dozing off at meetings? Try The Meeting Song.
Ms. Powells Tips for Organizing Your Classroom A great way to keep reading materials easily accessible is to invest in enough 3-drawer organizers to have one drawer for each story in the reading series.
Meet the other members of Education Worlds Columnist Team.
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Math and Literature If you are seeking a new way to add relevancy to your classroom math activities, the answer may be right in your school library. Literature is the ideal vehicle to help your students see the importance of numbers in their daily lives.
Twenty Questions for Math Class This word-on-the-back version of Twenty Questions is a great way to review and synthesize new math vocabulary and concepts at the end of a unit.
George Island In which house does each of the children on George Island live?
Math Mnemonics Multiplying With Negatives
From the Math Machine The Crazy Pattern MachineStudents examine a group of letters, shapes, colors, or numbers and click an item to complete the pattern. (Grades K-3)
Look for more math resources, lessons, and activities in our Math Corner and on our Lesson Planning page.
Competition Presidential Awards honor exemplary math and science teachers.
What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Emmott Elementary’s fifth grade page.
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