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 Kathleen Alape Carpenter,
Editor in Chief
The Very Busy Museum
A conversation with Eric Carle
at the new Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. "Teachers are the most important people, they have enormous power of good and evil."...
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Harry & Rosemary Wong
No Problem With Hurricane Lili
Procedures provide comfort and familiarity when faced with unfamiliar and unexpected situations...students need the consistency of knowing exactly what to do when they are in a classroom...
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Esmé Codell
December Postcard from Planet Esme
Whether you're spiritual or non-sectarian, you can cure a bad case of the gimme-gimmes with a storytime that includes the snarky fable Whatever Wanda Wanted by Jude Wisdom, followed by the beautiful Antonella and her Santa Claus by Barbara Augustin...
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Dr. Marvin Marshall
Accountability in Schools
As I point out in the Epilogue of my book, both accountability--as it is now used in high stakes testing--and competition are counterproductive for learning. I quote the comic book character, Dagwood Bumstead, who said, "You know that makes a lot of sense if you don't think about it."...
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Dr. Rob Reilly
Storybook Weaver: Terrific Software for Lower Grade Writing/
Story-making
Storybook Weaver Deluxe provides outstanding inspiration for children in developing basic as well as creative writing skills. The reviews I have read support this observation...
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Barbara Gruber
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Sue Gruber
December Survival Guide
December is not the month to loosen up and let your students have lots of unstructured time. All of the "hype" surrounding the holidays really winds kids up during December. Rather than feeding into the frenzy, make your classroom an oasis of calm...
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William Voors
How to Deal With Bullying in Your Classroom
Name-calling, taunts, gossiping, exclusion, physical abuse. Bullying. We see and hear it every day. Every teacher can identify the kids on the sidelines, the ones who don't fit in, as well as the ones who enjoy using their power to keep others in their places...
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from The Teachers.Net Community
Classroom Crafts
This month features
Cinnamon Stick Christmas Trees by Cheryl Ristow (aggie/1/ca)
Simply Elegant Segmented Tree by Kathleen Carpenter
and more...
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from the Teachers.Net Community
Printables
This month's offerings;
Printable Gingerbread Figure for Take-Home Project
Kindergarten Predictable Text Christmas Vocabulary Enrichment Book
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2003 Calendars...
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LT Marshall Branch
Greetings from the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR SEA!
Project update
On the first day, horrible thunderstorms spawned by a hurricane that hit Mexico forced us to land in a very small town in central Mississippi. From there, we were only able to get as far as Vicksburg, Mississippi before we ran out of daylight and good weather...
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