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Weekly Tips for Teachers
Issue 483: October 12, 2009

This Week: Halloween Teaching Guide

1. Halloween Teacher Guide
2. Halloween Lesson Plans
3. Halloween Worksheets
4. Teacher Timesavers
5. Graphic Organizers

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Teacher Resources For Your Week

Teaching Tip: Lesson Plan Ideas For Halloween
By: Teachnology Staff

Thinking of Lessons for Halloween? Here are a number of Halloween activities you might want to include in your lessons.

1. Read scary stories.
2. Tell Halloween classroom jokes.
3. Include pumpkins, bats, and scarecrows in your lessons.
4. Estimating candy is fun for any grade level.
5. Create a fictional cemetery to study history.
6. Create a classroom mystery.
7. Use candy trees to countdown to dates.
8. Take time to mention Halloween safety.
9. Do a candy sorting or graphing activity.
10. Have your class write spooky stories.

This Week in History

1492: Christopher Columbus reaches America.

1901: Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House".

Teacher Inspiration and Humor

Inspiring Teacher Quote

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

Albert Einstein

Jokes You Can Tell in Class

Do zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?

No, they eat the fingers separately.

What's Going on At Teachnology.com

Teachers: Planning Ahead?
Here are some resources for teachers who are planning ahead:

- November Teacher Guide
- National Author's Day
- Elections & Voting Teaching Theme
- Scientist Appreciation Month
- Thanksgiving Teaching Theme
- Veteran's Day Teaching Theme
- Native Americans Teaching Theme

Online Teacher Poll
Does your school allow Halloween parties?

- Take this week's poll - View last week's poll

Best of the Web
Featured websites for teachers:

- Dewey Browse - Writing Fix - Best Teacher Site Archives

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* Lesson plans * Printables * Rubrics * Teaching Themes

* Teacher Tips * Teacher Tools * Teacher Worksheets

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