FLYER> Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
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Subject: Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, October 23rd, 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 23RD
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1. TODAY IN HISTORY: The Year was 42 B.C...
Outline Maps.
2. RESEARCH AND RESOURCES: The Great Monarch
Migration.
3. ONLINE LEARNING: A Multimedia Tour of the
Dewey Decimal System.
4. TEACHING TOOLS: NCBL Resources for Educators;
Vocabulary Boosters; Time Saving Tips for Teachers.
5. LESSONS AND SKILLS: Middle School Research
Modules; Bibliographic Planning Sheets for Students;
Curriculum for Middle School Research.
6. EXPLORE: Environmental Awareness Lesson Plans.
7. TEACHER TO TEACHER: Submission for Making
Cell Models; Help Needed with Student Advisor Pro-
grams; The Eleanor Rigby Online Project Submission;
Mentoring Help Needed; Help Needed Planning Student
Reading Materials List
8. TEACHER FORUM: Changing Public Education;
More Orientation Toward Students Please; More Hu-
man Interaction Needed; Excessive Testing; Respon-
sible Feedback and Response Needed.
9. RIVERDEEP CATALOG REQUEST
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Every English poet should master the rules of grammar
before he attempts to bend or break them."
- Robert Graves
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1. TODAY IN HISTORY
The Year was 42 B.C. . . .
Et tu, Brute? Two years after plotting against Julius
Caesar and after losing battles to Antony, Brutus and
co-conspirator Cassius both took their own lives in
October 42 B.C., Brutus on this day.
OUTLINE MAPS:
http://abcteach.com/directory/researchreports/maps/
This site offers a large collection of blackline outline
maps to print out for classroom use, including all fifty
states, world maps, continents, world countries, and re-
gions of the United States.
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2. RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
THE GREAT MONARCH MIGRATION:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/09/092900_migrations.jhtml
What do Monarch butterflies do when they sense the com-
ing of autumn? They cannot turn up the heat, so they
must travel in search of warmer climes, as they would
become paralyzed and unable to fly in cold temperatures.
Learn about all of the factors involved in the great mi-
gration to California and Mexico, track their expected
latitudes as the fall days pass, and learn how Monarch
habitats are becoming endangered with encroaching human
developments. Three levels of quizzes on Monarch bio-
logy are also included.
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3. ONLINE LEARNING
MULTIMEDIA TOUR OF THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM:
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tour/
Take a problem-solving approach to understanding the
Dewey Decimal Classification system with this online
tour. In "Let's Do the DDC!" students will be assign-
ing Dewey Decimal numbers to different topics; they
will further test their knowledge with an online quiz.
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4. TEACHING TOOLS
NCBL RESOURCES:
http://nclb.riverdeep.net/index.jhtml
Riverdeep has assembled a helpful list of No Child Left
Behind resources to assist educators in responding to
these requirements. Find FAQ's, a correlation chart to
federal funding, and various relevant articles on the
topic.
VOCABULARY BOOSTERS:
http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/english/ceclang009.html
If your vocabulary lessons lack a certain pizazz, or
they just aren't staying with your students, then con-
sider implementing this vocabulary plan with your middle
school language arts classes.
TIME SAVING TIPS:
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/timesavingtips/timesavingtips.html
Ideas for writing lesson plans, using coded folders to
organize your daily materials, creating absent folders
for students... Find ways here to help you save time
and become more organized.
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5. LESSONS AND SKILLS
MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH MODULES:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/middle.html
Student research activities are well-developed in these
middle school modules across the curriculum, for use in
libraries or media labs. Each module contains a central
question, a task, a product, research guidelines, help
for organization, report guidelines, and assessments.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC PLANNING SHEETS:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/i-search/bibplan.html
Use these printable bibliography sheets to help students
identify their research needs and pinpoint books to sup-
port their research.
CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH:
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/cur/curriculum.html
Here is a sample library research curriculum geared to
middle school level. Projects and bibliographies are in-
cluded.
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6. EXPLORE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION LESSON PLANS:
http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/schools/lessons.html
If you are interested in environmental education, here
is a bit of a gold mine to meet your needs. Find a whole
collection of lesson plans in the subject area, all de-
veloped by educators. Topics include organic v.s. con-
ventional farming, how to control various pests, weeds,
pest populations, and several more, all organized by
grade level.
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Offer extended until December 15th!
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tion Reading and get a FREE LAB PACK!
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7. TEACHER TO TEACHER
SUBMISSION FOR MAKING CELL MODELS:
"Hello. I thoroughly enjoy reading the Flyer on Thurs.!
In this issue, you gave a short description and the URL
of making 3D cells. I also know of another way; it is a
bit messy but the kids really enjoy it and the models look
great hanging from the ceiling in the classroom:
http://camillasenior.homestead.com/resources.html
When you get to the site, you will see many pdfs for a
variety of topics. The one you want is called, '3D cells
with balloons'."
Barb Jackson,
Webmaster
HELP NEEDED WITH STUDENT ADVISOR PROGRAMS:
"I very much need help with Middle School Advisor/Ad-
visee programs. I would appreciate any information or
help your readers could give to me. I need to know time
frames, what works and what doesn't, topics discussed or
done in sessions. Thanks so much!"
kcurtis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
THE ELEANOR RIGBY PROJECT:
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/homeless
"'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free... send these the homeless,
the tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the gol-
den door!'
-Emma Lazarus
(inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty)
The message of Lady Liberty still points us towards the
poor, the tired and the homeless. We see them on the
streets, cocooned in doorways, pushing overloaded shop-
ping carts, standing on corners announcing their troubles
on cardboard signs. Old, young, men, women.
- Who are they?
- Where did they come from?
- What circumstances put them on the street?
and most importantly:
- What keeps them there?
The Grade 7 students from Master's Academy in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada invite middle school students from all
over to join 'The Eleanor Rigby Project', a telecollab-
orative project that will introduce them to the real
people behind the homeless fa?ade. Participants will
study the facts, examine the stereotyping placed on
those who are homeless, and be introduced to people
who live on the streets. And after all the facts and
emotions have settled, they will be challenged to ask
themselves why we all have a strange feeling of discom-
fort each time we see a homeless person, and what we can
do to help.
To participate in The Eleanor Rigby project, email Pro-
ject Coordinator, Brenda Dyck, at: bdyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Project web site (please turn your speakers on):
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/homeless
Brenda Dyck
Master's Academy and College
http://www.masters.ab.ca
MENTORING HELP NEEDED:
"Our school will be starting a mentoring project called
P.A.S.S. for Success, in which each school professional
will be given a group of 10 children to mentor for the
school year. This [project] is supposed to involve both
academic and social goal setting conducted in individual
conferences between mentor and mentored. I was wondering if
any of your readers know of a web site that would have
checklists, forms, etc. to help focus this goal setting.
Any help would be appreciated!"
Send suggestions to be included in this column. Write to:
classroomflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
HELP NEEDED PLANNING STUDENT READING MATERIAL LIST:
"Our school district is in the process of implementing
some type of committee that all student-assigned litera-
ture would pass through for approval for use in the class-
room. We have come to this point due to a recent parent
challenge to a novel used in the classroom. Anyone with
information about approved reading lists and guidelines
that your school district has for them would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you."
D. Whitesell
Send suggestions to be included in this column. Write to:
classroomflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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8. TEACHER FORUM
FORUM TOPIC -- CHANGING PUBLIC EDUCATION:
What one thing would you change about public education?
Send your responses to: classroomflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
for consideration for printing in this column.
RESPONSES . . .
EXCESSIVE TESTING!
"I'd get rid of all of this excessive testing we do. You
cannot teach because of all of the tests we must give. It's
gotten way out of control."
M. Cross
RESPONSIBLE FEEDBACK AND RESPONSE NEEDED:
"More feedback from psychologists regarding how the schools
are reinforcing inappropriate behaviors and the response
to recommendations, by the school district, to implement
needed changes; including parent participation."
MORE ORIENTATION TOWARD STUDENTS PLEASE:
"Sadly, education has become much more teacher-oriented
and much less student-oriented. Teachers must accommodate
student learning in so many ways that Special Education
has taken on a life of its own. The burden of testing in
my state is totally on the shoulders of the teachers; the
scores do not affect students in any way. How are we going
to teach students to be responsible, learn to cope with
failure, and feel pride in accomplishment if we continue
to shield them from the learning process?"
Sultana Schwartz
Aston, PA
HUMAN INTERACTION NEEDED:
"If I could change anything about public education, it
would be to stop stressing testing and to revisit the
human interaction that is what teaching is really about--
think apprenticeship."
Shannon Green,
Art Teacher (Formerly and ESOL Teacher)
Madison C-3 School
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9. CATALOG REQUEST
To request the Riverdeep catalog, please visit:
http://www.riverdeep.net/products/prod_cat_request.jhtml
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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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