LESSON> Teacher Lesson Plans Vol. 6, Issue 9

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Subject: Teacher Lesson Plans Vol. 6, Issue 9
Date: Wed,  3 Mar 2004 13:55:52 -0800 (PST)

Education World Lessons Newsletter

Volume 6, Issue 9
March 3, 2004

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THIS WEEK'S LESSON PLANNING ARTICLE
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Iditarod Brrrreathes (Brrrr!) Life Into Tired Curriculum
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson300.shtml
If you're looking to engage students who have a little cabin (or classroom)
fever -- March offers a "teachable moment" no teacher should miss! Included:
Ideas for activities for language arts, geography, math, history, spelling,
more!

Among the lessons your will find in this Ed World resource...

Follow the Leaders
Track the progress of a musher and dog team in this lesson that includes all
curriculum areas.

Sunrise, Sunset: Quickly Go the Days
An Iditarod mapping activity illustrates why Anchorage, Alaska, has less
daylight than cities in the continental United States.

Everybody Is a Winner in the Iditarod (A Primary-Source Activity)
A primary source document answers students' questions about Iditarod winners.
Work sheet included.

Mush! Tracking Travelers on the Trail
Students get to know Alaska and the Iditarod route as they track mushers'
progress on a map they create.

Where's the Boss?: A Scripted Play About the Iditarod
This "Readers Theater" script tells the story of one Iditarod musher and his
loyal sled dog team.


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MORE SPECIAL IDITAROD RESOURCES
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Iditarod Math: Ten Math Work Sheets Teach About the Iditarod
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson302.shtml
Education World makes math connections to the Iditarod. Included: Ten work
sheets provide math practice for students.

Wire Side Chat: Cold Mush -- Serving Stories from the Iditarod Trail
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat094.shtml
Jeffrey M. Peterson of Minnesota, the 2004 Iditarod "Teacher on the Trail," is
eager to share his observations and lessons with students around the world.

Iditarod Archive
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/march.shtml#iditarod
Links to many more resources and activities!


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MORE NEW LESSON IDEAS
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Writing Bug: I'm Really Good at...
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug069.shtml
Students consider their strengths and narrow them down to three things at which 

they are best.
Student work sheet included.

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plan: At the Dinner Table -- A Foreign Language Lesson
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/04-1/lesson009.shtml
Adrien Morel, who teaches at E.W. Stokes School in Washington, D.C., submitted
this week's lesson, which offers a hands-on activity for teaching basic foreign 

language vocabulary.

5-Minute Fillers: Volume 28
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/fillers/fillers028.shtml
Quick activities for those moments when you have 5 or 10 minutes to fill.

Internet Scavenger Hunt: March Madness
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt026.shtml
What do your students know about basketball's beginnings?
Student work sheet included.

Work Sheet of the Week
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/pdfs/000616im.pdf
Word Problems ­ Using All Four Math Operations

March Coloring Calendar
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/calendar/march03.shtml
Plus 25 ideas for using the coloring calendar to reinforce skills.

March Month of Fun
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/fun_month/fun_month_mar04.shtml
Daily links to interactive puzzles, learning games, crafts, skills...


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MORE NEW RESOURCES!
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Women's History Month
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/women_history.shtml
An archive full of great teaching lessons and resources.

Why Not a Woman? -- An Education World Original WebQuest
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest_orig/webquest_orig006.shtml
Students come up with a new federal holiday that honors a woman.

Women of Accomplishment: An Internet Scavenger Hunt
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson102.shtml
Learn about the accomplishments of 23 remarkable American women.

Celebrate March
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/march.shtml
Lessons for recognizing Nutrition Month, Music in Our Schools Month, National
Craft Month.

Strategies That Work: Inclusion
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy018.shtml
A generation ago, few classrooms in the United States included students with
disabilities. But the landmark IDEA legislation moved children with special
needs from segregated classrooms into regular classrooms. These resources
examine how schools -- and affected students -- are doing.

Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: Angry Outbursts, Part 2
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore027.shtml
An angry student might display his temper in a variety of ways. Those behaviors 

can be upsetting to classmates and disturbing to a teacher. Dr. Shore offers 
six
more tips for dealing with angry outbursts.

Teacher Feature: Susan Schweiker
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature025.shtml
Susan Schweiker has a unique approach to building creative, confident writers:
it starts with promising all of them A's!

TechTorial: Note Taking on the Net
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial053.shtml
Learn an easy, efficient, and educational method of taking notes when doing
online research.

Competition: Brown v. Board of Education Essay Contest
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/contests/
Students write an essay that examines the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court
decision.

Sites to See: Nutrition
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites022.shtml
More than a dozen sites for teaching about proper nutrition.

Teacher Diary: The Road to National Certification
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/diary_2003/teacherdiary.shtml
Our five teacher diarists have just finished up the process. Now the wait for
results begins...

Interactivity: The Jokes On... WebQuest
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/interactivity/index.shtml
Participants design, create, and analyze a political cartoon that is based on a 

current event or something they are studying.

Students Map Neighborhoods With GIS
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues403.shtml
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and analysis software is helping
students locate and document hazards in their communities. Included: Tips on 
how
to use GIS in the classroom.

Wire Side Chat: Restorative Practices Build Community, Responsibility
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat093.shtml
The restorative practices approach stresses correcting the harm rather than
punishing the deed, and including all affected parties in the process. 
Included:
Descriptions of how to use the restorative practices approach in schools.


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LITERACY - WHY IS ENGLISH SO HARD TO LEARN?
Integrate literacy (Language Arts), the arts (music) and
technology into the classroom using Interdisciplinary,
thematic, collaborative Online Curriculum, Readability Tools
Resources about American Dialects.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/dialect.asp
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THIS WEEK'S QUESTION
If you could relive your life, would you be an educator again?
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LAST WEEK'S SURVEY RESULTS
How often do you record student homework?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey004.shtml


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A Poetry Slam Cures the Midwinter Blahs
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice069.shtml
Teachers aren't the only ones who need a winter "pick-me-up." Last year I
discovered the cure for the Midwinter Blahs: I created a weeklong breather -- a 

poetry slam!

Principals Share Favorite Read-Aloud Books
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin200.shtml
Ed World asked our Principal Files principals to share their favorite books to
read aloud to students. The result is a list of books that should be on every
principal's reading list!

Teaching Grammar Without the Hammer: Five Fun Activities
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson334.shtml
Learning grammar has been compared to other fun things -- like having teeth
pulled or being assigned detention. But it needn't be a painful experience with 

these five lessons that help teach grammar -- without the hammer!

Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching: Adding Motivation to Mastery
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/jones/jones007.shtml
How do you motivate a student who simply does not care? Gaining leverage over
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that
any teacher faces.

Electing a President: Lessons for Teaching About the Presidential Primaries
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson331.shtml
Five lessons that teach about the process and engage students in learning about 

it.


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* A Puzzle a Day (Critical Thinking Skills)


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