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From the Math Machine Send in the Trolls is a fun Web site for teaching about probability. (Grades 2-6)
From the Science Machine
Use Microbe Zoo to explore biology. (Grades 3-12)
From the Reading Machine Word Confusion reinforces vocabulary and homophones. (Grades 3-12)
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Plinkoball Helps Students Exercise Math Skills
In search of a way to liven up the playground, principal Sam Slarskey invented Plinkoball, a game in which kids launch balls at funnels and calculate their scores based on where they were standing and the balls path to the ground.
Five Ways to Make Quizzes Fun
As you prepare your next quiz, use these five tips to create a quiz that will help students receive the best possible score while having fun completing it.
Fearless Learners
Harriet Ball's strategies breed success for at-risk students.
Strategy of the Week Every-Day Activities
Most students love routine. Use that fact to your advantage by offering daily activities in curriculum areas. "Every Day" Activities offer reinforcement and practice, ensure retention, and improve end-of-year test results.
What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Heather Ashmore's Life Science Page.
Classy Jigsaw Puzzle
Students create a puzzle of classroom activities.
Character of the Month
See -- and reward --good character in your classroom. Mini Whiteboards
Make each student a mini whiteboard for classroom use.
Ken Shore: Classroom Problem Solver The Assembly
Your challenge when faced with misbehavior during an assembly is to respond in a way that leaves the misbehaving student's dignity intact and allows others to enjoy the program.
Ms. Powell's Tips for Organizing Your Classroom Paper Organizers Simplify Take-Home Tasks
Use a metal and plastic or cardboard paper organizer to organize notes, flyers, and forms for students to take home.
Classroom Management Article of the Week
Token Economies Yield Promising Results
When classroom management is a struggle, the answer might be as simple as the traditional American "five and dime!" See how systems based on "token economies" can work with even the toughest classes.
From Our Classroom Tips Library
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Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor Special-Needs Students in the Regular Classroom
We aren't alone when dealing with special-needs students. Unlike in the old one-room schoolhouse, teachers today have a number of support resources available.
Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching Exceptions to the Rule
What happens when the body language of Meaning Business produces the opposite of what we expect? How do we handle the exceptions to the rule?
Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day Passing Time Passing Time is a re-make of that favorite song Over the River and Though the Woods, but instead of Thanksgiving, it celebrates our ability to maintain the frenetic pace of school.
Meet other members of Education World's Professional Development columnist team.
THE MATH AND SCIENCE CORNER
THE MATH CORNER
Wendy Petti's Math Cats Spreadsheets: A Dynamic Path to Understanding Math
A spreadsheet program might be one of the most underappreciated assets on nearly every computer. Let's take a look at what we can gain from using spreadsheets in a classroom math program.
Featured Math Article Connect Math to the Community
Devise math homework that reaches children through their community -- the things they see and do every day in their own neighborhoods.
What's My Number?
Can you fill in the missing numbers?
Boxcar Math Subtraction War
Subtraction from 10.
Math Mnemonics
Metric units of measure.
THE SCIENCE LAB It's a Dirty Job
Demonstrate how much air is present in different samples of soil and....
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Exploring Writing Through Children's Books
Explore how to teach paragraph structure and use of details to support topic through the picture book, When Jesse Came Across the Sea, by Amy Hest.
A Teachable Moment
Constantine Christopulos's second graders petition for fewer green beans.
Name That Tune
Write new holiday lyrics for a familiar tune. Future World
Describe your vision of the world 25 years from now.
Writing Lessons Circulatory System Travel Brochures
Create travel brochures for a trip through the human circulatory system. Reporting Live From the 20th Century
Report live from one of the top news stories of the 20th century.
Reading Feature Teaching Japanese Poetry Writing
Writing haiku can be a way through which children express their inner souls; a window through which one can see a child's world.
Uptown Mouse and Country Mouse
When these cousins exchange visits, they find that home is truly where you make it.
Cathy Puett Miller Teaching Reading by Example
A series of thought-provoking questions designed to help teachers reassess their influence on their students, and rediscover how to help students translate the skills they are learning into tools for life.
Best Books for Teaching About... December Holidays Countries of the World
Learn what Total Reader can do for your students.
More from Our Professional Development Channel
This ten-part series from the Department of Education explores the components of a successful strategy for educating children with ADHD.
Part 10 Classroom Accommodations for Children With ADHD
Many children with ADHD benefit from accommodations that reduce distractions in the classroom environment and help them to stay on task and learn.
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