Spring Teaching Guide- Teacher Tips #505

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Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue 505: March 15, 2010

This Week: Spring Teaching Guide

1. Spring Teacher Guide 2. Spring Lesson Plans 3. Spring Worksheets 4. Super Rubric Series 5. April Teacher Guide Spring is Here! Printable Sets Instant Worksheets Need A Hand? Spring Series Teacher Tools Teacher Help Is Here... View Entire Series... View All Tools... Big Teacher Resource - Print Everything Here...

Teacher Resources For Your Week Teaching Tip: Watch Them Grow! By: Kelly, Elementary Teacher Every spring I have my students grow small plants in my classroom. I provide students with all the needed materials (seeds, soil, cups or pots, etc.). We have a contest to see which group of students can grow the largest plant. I give students 15 minutes at the beginning and end of the school day to care for their plants. I usually start this activity 30 days prior to starting my plant unit as a discovery lesson. It really helps to engage them in the unit. One thing that I have learned is to make sure to schedule this activity when you do not have long breaks off from school. This Week in History 461: St. Patrick passes away. 1965: President Lyndon B Johnson appears before Congress to demand voting rights for all.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor Inspiring Teacher Quote "A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism." Louis A. Berman Jokes You Can Tell in Class Mary's mother has 4 children. Their names are Spring, Summer, Fall, and __________. What is the missing child? Mary, of course!

What's Going on At Teachnology.com What Are Teachers Saying About TeAchnology? Now that we're at the tail end of March and working towards the end of the school year, we just want to point out a few resources that we have that many teachers find invaluable at this time of year. Graphic Organizers, Teacher Rubrics, Teacher Printables are some key areas for those last few months. Also our Ultimate Study Skills Guide is impressing many teachers. Look at what Cheri Miller had to say about our End of School Year Series: "Thank you so much. Your Series helped me really calmed down those last crazy weeks of school. It really helped me organize myself, students, and even parents." Are you a full Teachnology member? We always welcome new members. You should check us out right. We will definitely save you time. Just visit our Become a Teachnology Member page. Teachers: Planning Ahead? Here are some resources for teachers who are planning ahead: April Teacher Guide April Monthly Teacher Series April is Math Education Month April 4th- Easter Teaching Theme April 10th - Encourage a Young Writer Day April 18th - Pet Owner's Day April 19th - Word Problem Week April 22nd - Earth Day April 30th - Arbor Day Teaching Theme May Teacher Guide May 2nd - Graphing Week May 2nd - Be Kind To Animals Week May 5th - Cinco De Mayo May 9th - International Reading Association Week May 9th - Mother's Day Theme May 25th - Memorial Day Theme New Additions For Busy Teachers Educators are so busy that sometimes they miss a newsletter and they don't realize all the new sections we have recently added to make a teacher's day easier. Here are the most recent sections we have published: - Graphic Organizers - Following Directions For All Grade Levels - Letters and Sounds - Measurement - Parts Of Speech - Scientific Method - Sorting and Classifying - Types of Writing - Word Problems - Water Online Teacher Poll What are your views on homework? - Take this week's poll - View last week's poll Best of the Web Featured websites for teachers: - Reading Answers - TEAMS - Best Teacher Site Archives Other materials and resources on our web site: * Lesson plans * Printables * Rubrics * Teaching Themes * Teacher Tips * Teacher Tools * Teacher Worksheets About Weekly Teacher Tips This newsletter is brought to you by Teachnology.com, the online teacher resource center. Share This Newsletter If you know a teacher who may be interested in receiving this newsletter, please forward it. They can also be added to our newsletter at our home page.

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