FLYER> Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, October 16th, 2003
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Subject: Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, October 16th, 2003
THE CLASSROOM FLYER
>From Riverdeep: http://www.riverdeep.net/
Communications: classroomflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thursday Edition Focus: Grades 7-12
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
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Rules and restrictions apply.
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1. TODAY IN HISTORY: The Year was 1758 . . .
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus.
2. RESEARCH AND RESOURCES: Harry Potter Math.
3. ONLINE LEARNING: A Theater of Electricity.
4. TEACHING TOOLS: Sentence Starters and Learning
Logs; Techniques for Working with Behavior Challenges;
Halloween Clipart.
5. LESSONS AND SKILLS: I Want a Credit Card--
Or Do I? Measuring the Planet Earth; Algebra Work-
sheet Generator.
6. EXPLORE: Investigating Empire Builders.
7. TEACHER TO TEACHER: Gradebook Response.
8. RIVERDEEP CATALOG REQUEST
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Give me where to stand, and I will move the Earth."
- Archimedes
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1. TODAY IN HISTORY
The Year was 1758 . . .
and the author of the first American dictionary, Noah
Webster, was born today in West Hartford, Connecticut.
ONLINE DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS:
http://dictionary.reference.com
This online dictionary has the advantage of being both
quick and easy to use. It also offers an immediate sel-
ection of searching for your word in either a dictionary
or in a thesaurus.
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2. RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
HARRY POTTER MATH:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111201t_top10.jhtml
How was J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series respon-
sible for restructuring the New York Times booklists?
Read this Current teaching resource with your students
on bestsellers and marketing statistics, and then com-
plete the math exercises on pie charts, mean and median,
and bar graphs. Further student problems and extension
activities are also included.
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3. ONLINE LEARNING
A THEATER OF ELECTRICITY:
http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/toe.html
Use the Teacher's Guide available here to explore all
the many resources and learning opportunities provided
at this online exhibit and gallery. Included are Tesla
Coils, Franklin's Kite, the history of electricity, and
more.
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4. TEACHING TOOLS
SENTENCE STARTERS FOR LEARNING LOGS:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/i-search/sentstarters.html
When your students have a major research project planned,
use the idea of daily learning logs to keep their work
charted and on target. Find sentence starters here to
help them correctly identify their progress.
TECHNIQUES FOR WORKING WITH BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-7242.html
Every classroom has them and every teacher will experi-
ence them--the behavioral problems that really present
a challenge. Find some strategies here for dealing with
them in a positive manner in your own classroom.
HALLOWEEN CLIPART:
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/halloween/halloweenclipart1.html
Four pages of Halloween clipart will lend an October
theme to your web pages and worksheets this month.
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Do you know someone who would like this free Flyer?
Refer them! To subscribe to The Classroom Flyer visit:
http://pages.info.riverdeep.net/riverdeep/ed/ClassroomFlyerSignup.atl
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5. LESSONS AND SKILLS
I WANT A CREDIT CARD -- OR DO I?
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/crcard.htm
Online resources and a printable student worksheet sup-
plement this lesson plan on the costs involved in using
credit cards--a life-skills lesson that high school stu-
dents could always use.
MEASURE THE EARTH:
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Geometry/GEO0004.html
In Ancient Greece, a mathematician known as Eratosthenes
designed a valid method of measuring the circumference
of the Earth. Learn what he did, and then follow the
directions here to have your students practice measur-
ing angles themselves, and then calculate circumference
in the same manner.
ALGEBRA WORKSHEET GENERATOR:
http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm
Define your terms and variables, select the type of
equation you would like (one step, two step, combining
like terms, distributive property), choose quadratics,
and also print an answer sheet with this online alge-
bra worksheet generator. Great for printing out on-the-
spot student math worksheets.
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E A R N . F R E E . S O F T W A R E !
http://www.riverdeep.net/ad/ss/index.jhtml
Earning free software for your school or district is easy!
Riverdeep is proud to offer a new School Success Pro-
gram. This special program offers parents an opportu-
nity to enhance their children's learning experience
at home while offering schools the means to build their
educational software library.
Rules and restrictions apply.
http://www.riverdeep.net/ad/ss/index.jhtml
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6. EXPLORE
INVESTIGATING EMPIRE BUILDERS:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/03/031501_megamergers.jhtml
How much is a billion dollars? "If you stacked one bil-
lion dollars in one dollar bills, the stack would be 80
miles (120km) high." Students will figure out the inter-
est on one billion dollars, the number of years it would
take to spend one billion if you spent $1000.00 a day,
and then work with percentages and averages using data
on the AOL/Time/Warner merger to calculate related math
questions.
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50% OFF Site Licenses and Networks!
http://www.riverdeep.net/ad/backtoschool/restex.jhtml ;
Offer Extended until December 15th!
Get 50% off a Site License or Network Version when you buy
a like license of Millie's Math House, Mighty Math, Mavis
Beacon, Kid Pix and more!
Offer code: up73cc
Rules and restrictions apply.
http://www.riverdeep.net/ad/backtoschool/restex.jhtml
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
7. TEACHER TO TEACHER
GRADEBOOK RESPONSE:
"We are using GradeQuick for the first time this year in
our high school, and so far our teachers love it! We were
able to integrate it with our student information manage-
ment system, so we don't have to type rosters and other
student information into the gradebook. Also, we printed
individual student reports from GradeQuick as mid-term pro-
gress reports instead of our using our traditional hand-
written reports. Our next project is to post our gradebooks
on the web using Edline, to which we've subscribed. Every
day, one of our teachers finds another 'cool' thing to do
with GradeQuick!"
Barbara Witkowski
Instructional Technology Specialist
Keystone School District
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8. CATALOG REQUEST
To request the Riverdeep catalog, please visit:
http://www.riverdeep.net/products/prod_cat_request.jhtml
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subscription page, and choose the text-only option.
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RIVERDEEP CONTACT INFORMATION:
Customer Service and Sales Team:
http://www.riverdeep.net/support/contact_us.jhtml
School Product Technical Support Web Site:
http://www.riverdeep.net/support/support.jhtml
We welcome all of your comments & letters. Please send them to:
Brenda Barron, Editor
classroomflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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