Great Reading Ideas
Find 25 great ideas for motivating young readers. ABC Books
They aren’t just for babies! Tips for using ABC books in grades K-12.  4th of July
Hear ye! Hear ye! The United States celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Education World brings you great sites to explore, games to play, and lesson plans that will help your students recognize how the United States became an independent nation.
Lesson Plan of the Day
Click the link above to see dozens of recent Lesson Plans of the Day, including the five lessons below that were posted last week.
This Is America! - A flag collage for July 4. (Grades K-12)
Math Magic - Students impress others with calculations. (3-12)
Build an Oxygen Plant - Understand the circulatory system. (6-12)
Put a Woman on a Stamp - Nominate a woman to be honored. (6-12)
Eggshell People - Write eggshell people diaries, poems. (K-5)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml Learning Game of the Week
Review knowledge as you run the bases in “Play Ball” game. Friday Fun
Use PowerPoint to create a virtual tour of your community. More Lesson Ideas
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News for Kids Reader's Theater
Hen Picked
The hardworking Little Red Hen needs an apprentice. Who should it be?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/
ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater009.shtml  Writing Lessons
A Letter to Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall inspires students as they write friendly letters.
(Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp281-03.shtml
Paper Bag Book Report
Paper Bag Book Report combines literacy, community service.
(Grades 3-8)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson042.shtml Writing Bugs
A Different Kind of Day
Students imagine a day that is out of the ordinaryÂ
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug007.shtml
When Spiderwebs Unite
What does this old Ethiopian proverb mean to you?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug011.shtml Explore Our
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Work Sheet Library In our Work Sheet Library you will find printables for every grade level and subject. Some of our work sheet collections are listed below. For a complete list of printable resources from our editors and our partners, visit the Work Sheet Library.
Hunt the Fact Monster
It All Adds Up
Math Cross Puzzles
Name the Mystery State
| | Go Figure
What's Your Angle?
Test students' knowledge of angles with this clever puzzle.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure004.shtml The Math Machine
Measure It
The challenge of Measure It! seems simple: use an onscreen ruler to measure a red bar above it. (Grades 1-6)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine036.shtml
 Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Use clues to cooperatively develop a mystery character.
Teacher Lesson #2
Students compete in teams to learn 100 famous quotes.
Teacher Lesson #3
Five days of activities for teaching young students about shapes.
Teacher Lesson #4
Explore the Seven Wonders of the ancient and modern worlds. 5-Minute Fillers Volume 10. Just for This Month! See our June Month of Fun, June Word Search, and June Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for Fourth of July.  
Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor
How to Involve and Engage Students
Student misbehavior isn't always caused by bad attitudes. Often students misbehave out of boredom. Keeping students involved and engaged is the very best solution.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald007.shtml
Dr. Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching
Visual Instruction Plans
The use of graphics as an integral part of lesson presentation can prevent discipline problems while accelerating learning.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones024.shtml
Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator
Imitate to Motivate
Remember your favorite teacher. Reflect on what made you admire and respect him or her. Now, pretend to be your favorite teacher.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/martin/martin005.shtml
Bernie Poole
The Excel Spreadsheet
Lesson 4 of Bernie Poole's Essential Microsoft Office 2007 explains how a spreadsheet can be useful for classroom management.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/Lesson4_2007.pdf
Alma Row's Gadget of the Week
Blabberize
Want to just have some fun making a picture "talk?" Try Blabberize.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget004.shtml
Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial
Create an Interactive Map
Learn how to create interactive maps with Excel.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial059.shtml
Total Reader
How Cool Is That!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev149.shtml Sites to See
Life Skills
Resources on increasing self-esteem, effective communication, responsible citizenship, decision-making, problem solving, and peer pressure.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites055.shtml  Each week, our Ed Scoops editor highlights education news headlines from around the world.  Horses Assist Struggling Students
Struggling students have improved at an Ohio school that incorporates working with horses into the curriculum. The horses seem to bring out the best in teens, says a social worker at the school.
Stereotypes Lower Test Scores
When students take a test in school, how well they perform depends on how smart they are, how hard they have studied and something else: how they see themselves and how others see them.
Phys Ed May Have Little Effect on Kids' Overall Daily Activity
Giving children more opportunities for physical education in school may not increase their overall activity level or be effective in reducing childhood obesity rates, a new study suggests.
Ohio Teacher Accused of Preaching in Class Sues District
An Ohio school teacher says in a $1 million lawsuit that his free speech and civil rights were violated. Eighth-grade teacher John Freshwater also says he was harassed and defamed because of his religion.
Schwarzenegger Pushes for Digital Textbooks
Governor Schwarzenegger intends to make free, open-source digital textbooks available for high school math and science classes, a move that he says will reduce a $350 million state budget line.
Suspensions Ineffective in Improving Students' Behavior
Suspensions are ineffective in improving student discipline and are applied unevenly as a "reflex response" to infractions, according to a Maryland task force. The task force says alternatives must be found.
New Buses Cut Belching
They look like school buses but they don't smell or sound like them. One Texas school district showed off three of its new propane-powered buses and touted the $303,150 in subsidies they received.
Kids Reap Benefits of Long School Year
Roughly 1,000 schools have expanded their schedules by more than one to two hours a day or 300 hours a year. Some, but not all, of those schools are seeing the benefits of extended school days and years.
Pressuring Parents Helps S.F. Slash Truancy
San Francisco schools showed a 23 percent drop in the number of elementary students skipping classes this year as citywide efforts, including parental prosecution, appeared to be paying off.
Teachers Snub Scholastic Toys
Scholastic, the longtime children's book publisher, is being sent to detention by some teachers who say its book club catalogs and fairs are too heavy on toys and too light on quality books.
See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.   Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators." Rules in School
Nothing is more wonderful than a well-run classroom, where students have internalized the classroom rules, and where those rules "add up" to a logical way to maintain a good learning environment. Another great thing is the positive impact the experience of learning to internalize a good set of rules has on the kids beyond the classroom. This book from the folks at The Responsive Classroom® offers a method of thinking about developing rules, including developing consequences for breaking rules. Enjoy! But no talking!
Click to learn more or to purchase this book. 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Teaching is a human job, and this book is a great one for capturing the day-to-day delights of leading a classroom of little kids through a vital year of their young lives. The fact that the book's author reports, as of press time, presumably, that he had sung "Happy Birthday" to students in his classroom 657 times, tells a lot about the larger impact a teacher has. Meantime, the bite-sized essays in this book are perfect for the hurried teaching life.
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These classroom games span the grades and the major subject areas -- and inject a healthy dose of fun into the serious business of teaching and learning. Looking to fill the end of a hectic day with something fun and educational? Looking for a great reward for students that will make valuable use of free time? Looking to reinforce basic skills with a fun activity? These games will fill the bill!
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All the students nodded in agreement and recognition of this fact.
"Then why is it," the teacher continued, "that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
One quick-thinking student shouted out, "Because your feet aren't empty." Off to Jail It was the end of her day when the police officer was parking her police van in front of the station. As she gathered her equipment, her K-9 partner, Champ, was barking, and she saw a little boy staring in at her.
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