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What can you do about a student with no friends? Ken Shore has some ideas.
Discover safe ways to weave Halloween themes into your curriculum.
Learn about a new community for floating teachers.
The theme for this week's character education lesson is persistence.

"Floating" Teachers A former "floater" creates an online forum for teachers who travel from classroom to classroom.

Scare Up Some Great Poetry-Writing Activities Halloween is the perfect time for students to scare up a humorous poem or epitaph.

Historical Figure Day Historical Figure Day is an alternative to the traditional Halloween hoopla. Find out how students bring the past to life.

Elections Education World offers a variety of resources, including books, lessons, and online and off-line activities, for teaching about the upcoming elections.

Competition Enter the Countdown to Election 2008 National Writing Contest.

This week's featured tip is from our Book Report Makeover Library.
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What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out http://www.schoolnotes.com/95337/hipkins.html " target="_blank">Mr. Hipkin's Page.

Ask Dr. Shore A child in my third-grade class does not have any friends. What can I do to help him?


Dr. Fred Jones The objective of Tools for Teaching is identical to that of PBIS. Both seek to develop and implement effective discipline practices.

Ruth Sidney Charney The quest for rules helps us achieve our hopes. If we are going to be able to learn math, what rules do we need?" If we are going to be able to make friends, what rules do we need?" The rules help the good things happen.

Emma McDonald To reach our goal of producing successful students, we must partner with the people ultimately responsible for those students -- their parents.

Ms. Powell's Tips for Organizing Your Classroom Keep a magazine file holder for each of the reading strands addressed in your state standards.

Meet the other members of Education World's Columnist Team.

Halloween Math Halloween is a time for measuring pumpkins; drawing spiders with coordinates; categorizing costumes; and graphing candy counts.

What's for Lunch? Can students figure out which meal goes to which restaurant customer?

Interest Grows in Checkbook Math Lessons Teachers say personal finance lessons can help teach basic skills and behavior and bring real-world math skills into the classroom.

Math Mnemonics The area of a circle

From the Math Machine Tickets Please: Players drag theme park "visitors" to rides as the numbers of visitors become addition problems. (Grades 1-2)

Look for more math resources, lessons, and activities in our Math Corner and on our Lesson Planning page.

 

 

Connecting Reading to Life Cathy Puett Miller investigates the use of realia and small group discussions to help students connect reading content to their own experiences.

Good to Be Green Little Gerry Green Thumb has applied to become the newest character in Nursery Rhyme Kingdom. Will the admissions committee look beyond his unique appearance and accept him into their group?

How to Read Aloud Eight tips for getting the maximum benefit from reading aloud.

From the Reading Machine Sink It n' Solve It Students practice vocabulary and spelling as the play basketball with Riffington, the mascot of Reading is Fundamental. (Grades 3-6)

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Student Essays Describe Perfect School Students in Sue Chanda's math class write about a perfect school with more technology, smaller teacher-student ratios, more electives -- and a later starting time.

The Stranger Project Rayna Freedman's student "agents" solve a story-based mystery.

Writing Lesson #1 Inspire students to write letters to veterans at local hospitals. (Grades K-12)

Writing Lesson #2 Engage students in writing indescribably excellent" descriptions. (Grades K-12)

Writing Bug #1 Winifred Witch was a sight to see! She...

Writing Bug #2 Choose a weird headline, be a news reporter #5.

 


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