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TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE
Volume 3 Number 3

COVER STORY
Harry & Rosemary Wong ask, "Is it possible that a school district would have no openings at a time of worldwide teacher shortages? But more importantly, why were there no openings in the Medford School District?"...
COLUMNS
Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon
Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
Online Classrooms by Leslie Bowman
The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover
The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac
Around the Block by Cheryl Ristow
Ask the Literacy Teacher by Leigh Hall
Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber
ARTICLES
Every Day is Read Across America Day!
Music is...
Ten Pennies and Ten Dimes
Swinging on the Education Pendulum
Literature Circles
Internet Based Interaction in the Classroom
Intelligence
How to Create A Bad Acceptable Use Policy Document (And Have It Survive)!
Safety on College Campuses
The Montessori Mystery
Playing Baseball in the Classroom - A Flexible, Adaptable Game to Motivate Your Students
Whither Not Social Studies!
When Bright Kids Say, "I'm Bored!"
Book Review: Comprehension Instruction
Teacher Social Groups
Retaining Principals
TEACHER INSPIRATION FEATURE
Today I Learned
ON-SITE GEMS
Things You NEVER Thought You'd Have to Say…or Hear
What Was Your Most Unforgettable Show and Tell?
ON-SITE INSIGHTS
How Do You Deal With Middle School Students' Apathy?
OPINION
Why Reading Scores Across the Nation Have Declined
REGULAR FEATURES
Apple Seeds
Special Days This Month
Poem - Searching for the Gold
The Lighter Side of Teaching
  • YENDOR'S Top Ten
  • A Challenging Foot Feat
  • Schoolies
  • Woodhead
  • Handy Teacher Recipes
    Classroom Crafts
    Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs
    Featured Lesson from the Lesson Bank
  • Here Comes the Train
  • Upcoming Ed Conferences
    Letters to the Editor
    Chatboard Poll, What changes has your district made in an effort to raise test scores?
    FYI
    Action Against Hunger Project
    Explore Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest
    Third Annual Music Education Survey Gets Underway
    Gazette Home Delivery:


    Intelligence
    by Brian Hill
    The more cells which are connected the more information we can work with and the more ideas we can come up with, providing we haven't killed off our creative right brain intelligences by an over abundance of left brain training at school or by many university courses...

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    The Montessori Mystery
    by Kathleen Fedele
    After some time, and because of her medical training, she observed that when these "defected" children were introduced to a new environment rich with sensory input, they would seek out and soak in as much new input as possible...

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    Playing Baseball in the Classroom - A Flexible, Adaptable Game to Motivate Your Students
    by David Slutz
    Games are popular with students because they break up the normal routine and give everyone a chance to have some fun...

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    Whither Not Social Studies!
    by Tom Lucey
    Your Social Studies students may be getting good grades, but they are not learning what they should...

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    When Bright Kids Say, "I'm Bored!"
    by Sylvia Burke
    "I'm bored!" These are two little words that teachers hope never to hear from students in their classes...

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    Book Review - Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices
    by Kendra Wagner
    In the last decade the term "being strategic" has emerged, when referring to reading comprehension. This goes a step beyond what was previously defined as gaining meaning...

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    Teacher Social Groups A Way to Relieve and Prevent Stress
    by Dave Melanson
    One thing I have come to realize after working in the field of inservice training with elementary teachers is that for the most part, there are very few teacher social groups organized to allow colleagues to do various activities together on evenings and weekends...

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    Today I Learned
    by Juvie
    Working in a juvenile hall has taught me that kids know where they need to go and are just waiting for someone to clue into this and provide the tools. ..

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    Apple Seeds...
    by Barb Erickson
    It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
    ~ John Wooden

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    Third Annual Music Education Survey Gets Underway
    by Debbie DiMaio
    "In 2000 and 2001, we found that there are great music programs all over the country, in large communities and small," says AMC Executive Director Joe Lamond...

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    Retaining Principals
    from ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
    Many principals exit their profession because of the long hours, the workload and complexity of the job, the unending supervision of evening activities, the minimal pay difference between top teachers and administrators, and increasingly complex social problems...

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    Harry & Rosemary Wong:
    Impossible, No Job Openings?
    The companies and institutions, such as schools, that succeed are the ones who are able to keep happy and successful employees....

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    Rules Vs. Expectations


    by Dr. Marvin Marshall
    Rules are necessary in games, but in relationships rules are counterproductive....


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    Challenging Four Blocks
    by Cheryl M. Sigmon
    My feeling is that the best Four Blocks teachers develop a thorough understanding of the theories and research on which the framework is based....


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    Swinging on the Education Pendulum ...
    by Bill Page
    With that technology came the intrusion of the bureaucrats with their uniformed, unreasonable, unrealistic laws, mandates, requirements, inclusion, standards, testing and "teacher-proofing" procedures and materials....

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    Are Dads Welcome in Our Schools?
    by Beth Bruno
    Maybe dads don't feel welcome in our schools...


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    Text-Based Communication
    by Leslie Bowman
    What happens when the ONLY communication between teacher and student is totally text-based?...


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    Music is...
    by Jay Davidson
    When school budgets are revised and something has to be cut, it is frequently music, which is seen as a frill, despite the fact that it is integrous to most cultures....

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    Benchmarks, Assessments, Rubrics, and Instruction
    by Ginny Hoover
    Instruction, assessments, and rubrics must align with standards...


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    Lesson Planning Sites Part 6...
    by Marjan Glavac
    Another set of five websites to help Busy Educators with their lesson planning...


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    Secrets of Success---Writing for Educational Publishers
    by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber
    If you are a teacher who generates a lot of original ideas, we'd like to help you better understand how you can turn those ideas into submissions for publication...

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    Ask the Literacy Teacher
    by Leigh Hall

    This month;
    Getting Parents Involved
    and
    Meeting Diverse Needs...

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    Around The Block With…True Stories from 4-Blocks Classrooms
    by Cheryl Ristow
    In the spring of 2000 while surfing once again at Teachers.Net, I saw that Pat Cunningham was conducting a survey...


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    Literature Circles
    by Jan Zeiger
    During my first couple of years of teaching, I was required to teach reading the "SFA" way. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, count your blessings!...

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    Top Ten
    by YENDOR
    Top Ten Names Students Call Me

    10. He who gets more off lunch line...


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    A Challenging Foot Feat
    by Goose/TX
    My task was to judge the footprints of the senior class; at least that's how I originally understood my task....


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    Internet Based Interaction in the Classroom
    by P R Guruprasad
    Current educational research seems to suggest that IBE can prove to be very effective at the tertiary level...

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    Handy Teacher Recipes
    by The Teachers.Net Community
    Green Mashed Potatoes
    Magic Green Powder
    Glob

    and
    Oobleck


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    Classroom Crafts
    by The Teachers.Net Community
    Chinese Scrolls showing bamboo trees on a berm...


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    How to Create A Bad Acceptable Use Policy Document (And Have It Survive)!
    by Dr. Rob Reilly
    The single most prevalent problem with AUP is that they do NOT follow their own school district's policy for similar violations...

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    Ten Pennies and Ten Dimes
    by Jay Davidson
    Money is a great means for teaching math because it is easily available and useful...


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    Safety on College Campuses
    by Leslie Bowman
    Some parents never even think about the potential dangers that college students may encounter...


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    In this issue:

    COLUMNS

    ARTICLES

    TEACHER INSPIRATION FEATURE

    ON-SITE GEMS

    ON-SITE INSIGHTS

    OPINION

    REGULAR FEATURES

    FYI


     

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