December Teaching Guide- Teacher Tips #490

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Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue 490: November 30, 2009

This Week: December Teaching Guide

1. December Guide 2. December Lesson Plans 3. December Worksheets 4. Teacher Timesavers 5. December Holidays Teachers: Super Helpers Printable Sets Instant Worksheets Instant Lessons & Worksheets! December Helpers Puzzle Makers Print 30,000+ Of Them Now... View December Sets View Puzzle Makers Ready for December?- All The Lessons & Worksheets...

Teacher Resources For Your Week Teaching Tip: December Lesson Plan Ideas By: Teachnology Staff Here are some great projects and ideas for your December classroom. 1. Make a graphic organizer that compares and contrasts all holidays. 2. Map December holidays around the world. 3. Read a short holiday story. Group students. Each group must identify a part of speech throughout the story. 4. Hold a holiday spelling bee. Only use holiday related words. 5. Hold a multicultural holiday festival. 6. Research traditional gifts offered on the days of Hanukkah & Kwanzaa. 7. Holiday greeting country match. 8. Have students find out how and where their favorite gifts are made. 9. Make a graphing activity based on holiday sales. 10. Engage students with holiday math word problems. This Week in History 1621: Galileo invents the telescope. 1929: BINGO invented by Edwin S. Lowe.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor Inspiring Teacher Quote "Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task." Haim G. Ginott Jokes You Can Tell in Class Who is Santa's most famous elf? Elfvis!

What's Going on At Teachnology.com Teachers: Planning Ahead? Here are some resources for teachers who are planning ahead: - Christmas Teacher Theme - Hanukkah Teaching Theme - January Teacher Guide - Rainforest Month - National Explorers Month - Martin Luther King Day - Black History Month - Valentine's Day Teaching Theme - Women's History Month - Scientific Method Day Online Teacher Poll Does your school discourage classroom holiday celebrations? - Take this week's poll - View last week's poll Best of the Web Featured websites for teachers: - Creative Teaching - Martin Luther King Scavenger Hunt - 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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