February Teaching Guide- Teacher Tips #499

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Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue 499: February 1, 2010

This Week: February Teaching Guide

1. February Teaching Guide 2. February Lesson Plans 3. February Worksheets 4. Teacher Timesavers 5. February and March Holidays No Planning Time? Printable Sets Instant Worksheets Save Tons of Time Now! February Sets February Puzzles 30,000+ Lessons & Worksheets... View Series... View Puzzle Makers... For All Teachers - All The Lessons & Worksheets...

Teacher Resources For Your Week Teaching Tip: February Lesson Plan Ideas By: Teachnology Staff Here are some February events you are going to want to include in your class. 1. The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games Take Place - A great opportunity to work on measurement, graphing and data table skills. 2. Ground Hog Day- Time to poll the entire grade level and graph the expected outcome. 3. Weatherman's Day- Discuss and write: how would your life change if we were not able to predict the weather? 4. National Inventors' Day- Two words: Science fair. 5. Get a Different Name Day- What would you change your name to and why? Write a story. 6. Valentine's Day- Check out our Valentine's Day theme for tons of ideas. 7. World Thinking Day- Ask a simple question: "What can you do to change the world?" 8. President's Day- Visit our President's Day theme for all kinds of ideas. 9. Super Bowl Sunday- A great compare and contrast opportunity. 10. African American History Month - Create an ABC book. Use each letter of the alphabet to commemorate a person, event, or idea. 11. Love Your Pet Day - Have students write a "Thank You" card to their pets. This Week in History 1789: George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States. 1863: Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for the first time.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor Inspiring Teacher Quote "Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other." Benjamin Franklin Jokes You Can Tell in Class Q: What happens if the ground log sees its shadow? A: We'll have six more weeks of splinters!

What's Going on At Teachnology.com What Are Teachers Saying About TeAchnology? This week we have received great feedback on our African American History Month and Winter Olympics lesson plans, worksheets, and teacher guides. If you haven't seen our Winter Olympics Theme, you should definitely check it out. The games begin on February 12th. Jennifer Dowds (Lewis Elementary) sent us this comment on our new Olympic Games lesson series: "I love you guys over at Teachnology. The Winter Olympic Series was perfect. The reading set really helped me connect with my students. I didn't need to motivate any of my students to read, they loved it! Keep up the great work!" Not a Teachnology Member yet? What are you waiting for? Just visit our Become a Teachnology Member page. Teachers: Planning Ahead? Here are some resources for teachers who are planning ahead: - March Monthly Guide - National Women's History Month - Read Across America Day - St. Patrick's Day - World Math Day - National Agriculture Day - Earth Day - Spring Teacher Guide - April Teacher Guide - Arbor Day Teaching Theme - Easter Worksheets - Word Problem Week 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: - Graphing: Learning To Graph & Read Graphs - Measurement - Parts Of Speech - Teaching Spelling - Reading Comprehension - Study Skills - Winter Olympics Teaching Theme - Women in History Online Teacher Poll What is the most difficult season of the year for teachers? - Take this week's poll - View last week's poll Best of the Web Featured websites for teachers: - Alphabet Soup - SillyBooks - 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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