WEB> Web English Teacher newsletter for October
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: K12Newsletters <k12newsletters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:04:17 -0600
**************************************************************
K12NewsLetters - From Educational CyberPlayGround
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/
**************************************************************
From: "Carla Beard" <carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:07:50 -0500
Subject: Web English Teacher newsletter for October
What's new at Web English Teacher?
October 24, 2003
------------------------------
Inside this issue:
1. New pages at Web English Teacher
2. Sites to check out
3. World's Largest Lesson
4. Bona fide student gaffe
5. Links for AOL users
------------------------------
1. New Pages at Web English Teacher
* Linda Crew, Children of the River
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lcrew.html
Lesson plans and teaching ideas.
* Reader's Theater
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rt.html
Background information and sample scripts, mostly for elementary
students. Advocates for RT emphasize it as a strategy to improve
reading comprehension.
* Laura Ingalls Wilder
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/liwilder.html
Lesson plans and ideas for Little House on the Prairie, Farmer
Boy, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Little House in the Big
Woods, On the Banks of Plum Creek, and an author study.
----------------------------------------------
2. Sites to Check Out
* Alphabet Soup: Exploring the World's Different Alphabets
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030926friday.htm
This lesson plan asks students to read a New York Times article
about a man who converts the world's alphabets to computer Unicode.
After reading it, students research the alphabets of the world.
* Bestseller Math
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111201t_top10.jhtml
Students read about the influence of Harry Potter books on the
New York Times Bestseller List. They also work with bar graphs,
pie charts, and mean, median, and mode.
* Citing Sources
http://oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/howto/cited/
This page asks students to type in citation information, then
generates the MLA-style Works Cited entry for them. It is designed
for secondary students but is simple enough for elementary students
to use, too.
* Eleanor Rigby Project
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/homeless/
(From the site) This is an online collaborative project for middle
school students from around the globe. The focus of our project is
learning about those who find themselves living on the street. The
Eleanor Rigby Project will help students examine not only the people
behind the name "homeless", they will examine their own attitudes
and biases towards these people.
* From Windmills to Whirligigs
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/vollis/
Here's a site that will dovetail nicely with Paul Fleischman's
book, Whirlygig. Click on "Try These!" for activities related
to motion and whirligigs.
* Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
Click on SciFiZone for a weekly writing challenge using
science fiction in the classroom. The archive holds links to
previous challenges.
* Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=39
In this lesson, designed for grades 3-5, students work with
descriptive language related to seasons. They analyze haiku
together, then write and illustrate their own.
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.gov/
This site contains several exhibits about the Holocaust. Be sure
to click on "For Teachers" for links to valuable, free resources
to support teaching this subject.
-------------------------------
3. World's Largest Lesson (from English-to-Go)
http://www.english-to-go.com/wll/index.htm
On November 6, 2003, [English-to-go.com will hold] the annual
World's Largest Lesson. We are writing to invite you to be part of
our attempt to get as many teachers and students taking the same
English-To-Go Instant Lesson on the same day. This year we are
working together with Adopt-A-Minefield to help to raise awareness
and funds for people who have been affected by landmines as well as
create a world record.
We have the support of Adopt-A-Minefield patrons Paul McCartney
and Heather Mills McCartney to get as many people involved as
possible.
To help encourage participation the lesson is available at five
language levels to cater for students with varying abilities and
skill levels. The lesson is available in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat
format. The lesson is appropriate for learners of the English language
and students whose first language is English.
What's the catch? There is none. This is a charitable event and it
is free so anyone can join in. Hundreds of thousands of teachers and
students in 114 countries have participated in this worthwhile event
in the last two years. Please help spread the word by asking your
fellow teachers and students to get involved.
-------------------------------
4. Bona fide student gaffe:
We have all seen the lists of student mistakes that go around the
Web, some almost too cute or ironic to be altogether credible. Here
is one taken this afternoon from a book analysis one of my students
wrote:
"First person omission is a very effective way to write a story."
(Well, maybe if you're a politician ...)
-------------------------------
5. Links for AOL users
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lcrew.html";>
Linda Crew, Children of the River</a>
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rt.html";>
Reader's Theater</a>
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/liwilder.html";>
Laura Ingalls Wilder</a>
<a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030926friday.htm";>A
lphabet Soup: Exploring the World's Different Alphabets</a>
<a href="http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111201t_top10.jhtml";>
BestSeller Math</a>
<a href="http://oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/howto/cited/";>
Citing Sources</a>
<a href="http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/homeless/";>
The Eleanor Rigby Project</a>
<a href="http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/vollis/";>
>From Windmills to Whirligigs</a>
<a href="http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org";>
Science News for Kids</a>
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=39";>
Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season</a>
<a href="http://www.ushmm.gov/";>
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.english-to-go.com/wll/index.htm";>
World's Largest Lesson</a>
-------------------------------
Pray for peace.
Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://webenglishteacher.com
-------------------------------
This newsletter is copyright 2003, Web English Teacher. Permission
is granted to forward it as long as this copyright notice is included.
-------------------------------
<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>
EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com
VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET
FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING
Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp
HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp
SERVICES
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html
Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html
<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>
Other related posts:
- » WEB> Web English Teacher newsletter for October
