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Weekly Tips for Teachers
Issue 498: January 25, 2010

This Week: Valentine's Day Teaching Guide

1. Valentine's Day Guide
2. Valentine's Lesson Plans
3. Valentine's Day Worksheets
4. Teacher Timesavers
5. February Teacher Guide

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Just Click and Print It!	Valentine's Series	Valentine's Puzzles
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Teacher Resources For Your Week

Teaching Tip: Valentine's Day Science Skills
By: Rebecca Mancino, 4th Grade Teacher

This time of year is a great time to review some inquiry skills. I bring in heart-shaped boxes for my students and fill them with little candy hearts. Once they receive the box, they have to estimate how many hearts are in the box, count the hearts, and find the difference. I also group four students together and have them estimate how many hearts it would take to cover an entire meter stick. We do this by length and height. Again, I have the students determine the difference (actual vs. estimated). I usually finish off by having them graph the actual and estimated outcomes.

For another activity, I have the students develop a classification key for grouping the hearts. They usually group them by color, words, or size. Overall, the students really enjoy these activities.

What Are Teachers Saying About TeAchnology?

Did you become a Teachnology Member yet? We always receive a great deal of fantastic feedback from classroom teachers. This week we released our new February Teacher Resources. As a result, we have been overwhelmed with quick notes from thankful teachers and homeschoolers. Peggy Lupu of Rainsville Elementary sent us this note: "I never take the time to thank you for the outstanding resources you guys put together week in and week out. I know you make my day much easier. When I saw the February lesson and worksheet series you just posted, I was floored. It is some of the best work I have seen. Thank you for everything you do!"

To Peggy and all the wonderful people that wrote in this week, your encouragement is greatly appreciated. New members are always welcome.

Just visit our Become a Teachnology Member page.

This Week in History

1880: Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light.

1924: The first Winter Olympic games opened at Chamonix, France.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor

Inspiring Teacher Quote

"Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon."

Ann Lieberman

Jokes You Can Tell in Class

What do you call a very small Valentine?

A Valentiny!

What's Going on At Teachnology.com

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:

- Awesome Animals
- African American History
- Forces Of Nature
- Graphic Organizer Theme
- Hurricanes and Tornadoes
- K - 12 Vocabulary Words
- Math Word Problems
- Parts Of Speech
- Rubric Sets
- Study Skills Teaching Guide

Online Teacher Poll

Is the exchange of valentines discouraged by your school district?

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

Best of the Web
Featured websites for teachers:

- Kinderteacher - History for Kids - Best Teacher Site Archives

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* Lesson plans * Printables * Rubrics * Teaching Themes

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