April Teacher Guide- Teacher Tips #455

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Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue 455: March 30, 2009 This Week’s Theme: April Teaching Guide Teacher Theme Lesson Plans Worksheets Kids Getting Silly? Make it a blast! 15,000 K-12 Activities... 1 mouse click... Printable Worksheets New Crossword Puzzle View worksheet | More... Printable Sets April K-12 Collection View worksheet set | More... These and 15,000 more resources with your complete teacher resource! Teacher Resources Teaching Tip: April Lesson Plan Ideas By: Christy Snider McCormick, Secondary Mathematics Here are some April lesson ideas for your class. 1. Earth Month- Relate the Earth to something you see everyday. 2. National Humor Month- Make subject related jokes. 3. National Poetry Month- Write a love poem to Earth. 4. National Youth Sports Safety Month- Calculate the speed of collisions in a local sport. 5. National Frog Month- Write as if you were a frog. 6. April Fools´ Day- Convince students they are going on a crazy field trips. 7. Income Tax Day- You win a big prize. How much does Uncle Sam let you have? This Week in History 1858: A Pencil with an attached eraser patented. 1918: Daylight savings time is first observed in the US. Teacher Inspiration and Humor Inspiring Quote “Teach a child how to think, not what to think.” — Sidney Sugarman Jokes You Can Tell in Class What did one mountain say to the other mountain? Let´s meet in the valley. On the Web Online Teacher Poll Do you leave your mobile phone on during instruction? Take this week’s poll View last week’s poll View archived polls Best of the Web Featured websites for teachers: Early Childhood Links Splung Best Teacher Site Archives On Our Website Other materials and resources: Lesson plans Printables Rubrics Themes Tips Tools Worksheets Our resource of the week is: Vocabulary Theme About Weekly Tips This newsletter is brought to you by Teachnology.com, a free and valuable resource for teachers. 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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