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TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE

Volume 4 Number 2

COVER STORY
When it comes to using their own money to purchase classroom materials and supplies, teachers have pockets deeper than Captain Kangaroo's...

COLUMNS

February Columns

ARTICLES

February Articles

REGULAR FEATURES

February Regular Features

FYI

February Informational Items

Gazette Home Delivery:

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COLUMNS
	*How to Retain New Teachers* Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
	Curriculum, Instruction, Classroom Management, and Discipline Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
	*Strategies to Meet Standards, Promote Reading and Boost Skills* Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber
	*Now is a Good Time* Teachers As Learners by Hal Portner
	*Master Parents* Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
	*Six Traits Resources* The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover
	*College and University Sites* The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac
	*Joining the World of the Palm Pilot Users* Ed-Tech Talk by Dr. Rob Reilly
	*Streamlining Your Self-Selected Reading Block* 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon
	*Dim Sum and Then Some: Discovering China with Children's Books!* Postcard from Planet Esme - News from the world of children's books by Esmé Codell

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This month's offerings;
Sentence Builder Manipulatives
Reading Contract
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Autobiography Assignment and Scoring Rubric...

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Barb Erickson

Apple Seeds for January

No one ever regarded the first day of January with indifference.
~ Charles Lamb

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
~ Samuel Johnson ...

Ron Victoria's
Today Is...

February is...
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month, American Heart Month, Black History Month, Boost Self-Esteem Month, Cherry Month, Children's Dental Health Month, Condom Month, Embroidery Month...

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Classroom Photos This month you are invited to visit the First Grade, Four Blocks Classroom of Juanita McFadden at Higgins Elementary School in the North Lamar ISD in Paris, Texas...	Classroom Crafts Crayon Resist Activity Face-Paint Stencils and Cloth Dipping\Creaciones trapo...
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Goose/TX Goose the Substitute Teacher Finally, I summed up enough courage to substitute teach at the middle school last week...	YENDOR YENDOR'S TOP TEN WORST BLUNDERS ON THE MILLIONAIRE SHOW
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Also in this issue:
MORE REGULAR FEATURES

POEM

Winter Memories

TEACHER INSPIRATION

Why Be a Teacher?

I am feeling soooo good about this...

MORE HUMOR

Schoolies

Woodhead

ON-SITE INSIGHTS

Do you keep track of how you come to think the way you do?

Why Can't We Clone Great Teachers?

PLUS

Handy Teacher Recipes

Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs

Recipe for Friends from the Lesson Bank

Upcoming Ed Conferences

Letters to the Editor


ARTICLES
	*Teacher Tax Relief Act Leaves Many Teachers Behind* by Kathleen Alape Carpenter
	*Spotlight: New Teacher Induction book* by Annette Breaux and Harry K. Wong
	*The 500-Pound Gorilla* by Alfie Kohn
	*Polar Bear Theme* by Kerry Weisner
	*A Teacher/Students Dialogue on Ernest Hemingway's Short Story, "A Day's Wait"* by L. Swilley
	*Greetings from Ross Island! - Update from Operation Deep Freeze* by LT. Marshall Branch
	*Editor's e-Picks - February Resources* by Kathleen Alape Carpenter, Editor
	*What Does It Take To Teach Middle School?* by Middle School Teachers
	*Technology Curriculum Tips* by Jeff Cooper
	*Writing Tips for Teachers - Part 2* by Joy Jones
	*Which is more important: Teaching or Research and Publication?* by Bikika T. Laloo
	*"Three Little Pigs" Activities* from the Kindergarten Chatboard
	*Centers in a Tub* from the Kindergarten Chatboard
	*Planning a Reading Sleepover Party* from the Teachers.Net mailrings
	*Paulie's Igloo* by Paulie Schenkelberg



FYI
	*The NEA Foundation's Grant Opportunities for 2003* from: NEA
	*"Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth" Workshop* from: Ruth Herman Wells
	*Tour and Educational Journey to Costa Rica* from: Nancy Brunn
	*Summer Scholars Program* from: Karen Ellis
	*Win Books for Your Classroom!* from: Ellen Jackson
	*Sackmann brings school lists to Educational CyberPlayGround* from: Jim Leonhirth


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