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============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue #225 The Web Portal for Educators! We are up to 103,934 readers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This news*letter is only sent to the friends of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. Tell them that they can get it at: http://teachertipnewsletter.com/ ============================================================= **In this Issue** -Love teaching? Like extra cash? Teach eBay!- 1. Quote of the Week 2. Jokes You Can Tell in Class 3. Eworkbook of the Week 4. Makeworksheets.com Printable Activity Of The Week 5. ExamBuddy.com On-line Activity Of The Week 6. Downloads of the Week 7. Lesson Plan of the Week 8. The Latest From Our Message Board 9. The On-line Teacher Poll of the Week 10. Results Of Last Week's Teacher Poll 11. Our Latest "Teaching Idea that Worked!" 12. This Week in History 13. Best on the Web for Teachers 14. Subject Matter Site of the Week 15. Teaching Theme of the Week 16. Teachnology Cool Tool of the Week ============================================================= -Love teaching? Like extra cash? Teach eBay!- Become an Education Specialist Trained by eBay. Training is easy learn online, at your convenience. Create your own teaching schedule and set your own fees. Use materials developed for and used by eBay University. Get started today earn money while helping others learn. Visit now! http://www.teach-nology.com/ebay/ ============================================================= <a href="http://www.teach-nology.com/ebay/">Love teaching? Like extra cash? Teach eBay!</a> ============================================================= 1. Quote of the week- "Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach." ~Albert Einstein~ ============================================================= 2. Jokes You Can Tell in Class- *Move the Car* My husband, Carl, grew increasingly displeased as our teenage daughter and her boyfriend studied in her room late one evening. Finally losing patience shortly after midnight, he knocked sharply on her door. Her boyfriend immediately opened it and asked if something was wrong. "I have to ask you to move your car," Cal told him. "Oh, sure. Is it in someone's way?" "No," Carl replied, "it's at the wrong address." ============================================================= >Want To See More Jokes?? View Our Jokes Page< http://search.teach-nology.com/jokes/hints.pl ============================================================= 3. Electronic Workbook of the Week Capitalization and Basic Punctuation Workbook There are 29 worksheets in this collection. The first ten focus on the rules of correct capitalization. The second ten include worksheets that address various basic punctuation skills. The final nine focus on both capitalization and basic punctuation. These are appropriate for elementary grades. >Visit This Workbook< http://www.teacherworkbooks.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=16253 ============================================================= Note: This workbook is free to all Gold Members. Gold members can find this workbook by logging in at: http://www.getworksheets.com You can search for the title. Our Gold Membership allows members to download thousands of valuable resources including: activities, worksheets, PowerPoint® templates, Excel® templates, Word® templates, web graphic sets, music loops, and sound effects. A message from a current member: -"For a teacher...it's like being a kid in a candy store with unlimited money!"- Jane R ., Grade 7 Science >To download this workbook instantly, navigate to< http://www.getworksheets.com ============================================================= 4. Makeworksheets.com Printable Activity of the Week *Coordinate Graphing Worksheet* This graphing worksheet is a sample of what our new Graphing Worksheet Maker can do for you. This application creates instant bar, coordinate, line, and pie graph worksheets. You can customize the size of the graphing space, data set names, number of variables, and the range of the data for students to plot. Math worksheets can be created in HTML or .pdf format for great print quality. Platinum members will find this application under our Math Maker section. >This printable is available at this page< http://www.makeworksheets.com/activityofweek/ ============================================================= Note: All activities of the week are created using our platinum site. Our Platinum tools allows members to make, edit, and save custom puzzle, awards, timelines, mazes, decoders, patterns, math worksheets, rubrics, lesson plans, graphic organizers, and language arts worksheets. Now you can create time lines, awards, patterns, newsletters, 50 customizable basic math worksheets, 16 types of fraction worksheets, new missing digit math worksheets, graph paper, equation makers, mazes, and secret decoder pages. A message from a current teacher: "This platinum membership makes life so much easier! Thanks!" - Carol K. >To learn more about our platinum tools, navigate to< http://www.makeworksheets.com ============================================================= 5. Silver On-line Activity Of The Week *Halloween Word Search Game- file name: Halloweensearch* This is a simple example of ExamBuddy's ability to make custom word searches. The game is java-based, please wait for it to load. Exambuddy creates the activity for you. Anyone can do it! >You see the activity here< http://www.exambuddy.com/teachers/sample/myclass/ >See what else ExamBuddy can do for you< http://www.exambuddy.com/explore/ ============================================================= ExamBuddy- http://www.exambuddy.com/ ============================================================= Note: All on-line activities of the week are created using our Silver site. Our Silver membership allows members to create: 30+ online learning activities, learning games, online quizzes, online calendars, printable tests, math games, class web pages, electronic newsletters, learning units, language arts games, class surveys. Student progress can be monitored through the automatic item analysis feature that can be used with on-line quizzes and surveys. Development is effortless; just add words and clues. All the activities featured above can be found in the ExamBuddy directory. Members can easily add them to their accounts for their own use. A message from a current member: Nancy Newhouse, 3rd Grade Teacher- "Thank you for creating an outstanding suite of tools for teachers, like me. Finally, somebody gets it! We (teachers) need everything in one simple package that does everything we need it to do. My students and parents thank you most of all!" >To learn more about our ExamBuddy program, navigate to< http://www.exambuddy.com ============================================================= 6. Download of the Week- PC Download: *The Civil War at a Glance* "Overview of the Civil War with maps, Original Pictures & Profiles. The Emancipation Proclamation & The Gettysburg Address By Abraham Lincoln. Profiles on Ulysses S. Grant / Jefferson Davis / Robert E. Lee You are free to give it to friends and classmates." ============================================================= Mac Download: *CuliDataBase* "CuliDataBase is a user-friendly application for managing recipes. It supports Apple Guide and QuickTime. A simple mouse-click lets you add ingredients to a shopping list. Recipes can be scaled up or down, according to the number of servings. The program has many import, export, and copy features, as well as built-in self-repair functions. CuliDataBase also contains a list of culinary terms." ============================================================= To Download These Applications & Others Visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ ============================================================= 7. Lesson Plan of the Week- Make a Living Graph "Children learn to translate a concrete activity into a graphic representation, in this case, a bar graph." >Find it here< http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/graph.html ============================================================= To View 27,300+ Lesson Plans, Ideas, and Worksheets Visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ ============================================================= 8. The Latest From Our Message Board- http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/ ************************************************************* Reading Groups?: I have been teaching for a while and a few of my fellow teachers have started using reading groups in their classrooms. I'm really not sure what they or how to use them in the classroom. Can anyone share their experience with reading groups? Do they work? How do you set them up. Many thanks for your input. Terri ************************************************************* Voice Your Thoughts On This Topic: If you have a response for this question, please view the web address below to post your thoughts on the topic: http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/showthread.php?p=423 ============================================================= 9. The On-line Teacher Poll of the Week This is a new weekly on-line poll. Results of this poll will be published in next week's newsletter. Cast your vote now! This week's poll: Does the use of graphing calculators in the classroom strengthen student understanding? -Yes -No, it dilutes the concept. To cast your vote, visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/poll/thisweekpoll.php Make sure to refresh your browser if you voted in last week's poll. ============================================================= 10. *Results Of Last Week's Teacher Poll* The poll question was: Does bad weather affect student performance? Results: Total Votes: 225 85.8%- Yes 14.2%- No ============================================================= Our Teacher Poll Archive Is Available Here: http://www.teach-nology.com/poll/ ============================================================= 11. "Our Latest Idea that Worked!" "Clothes Game" By: Shyrley Smyth, Teacher "Gather articlesof clothing, e.g. skirt, shirt, hat, gloves, scarf, longjohns, jersey, cardigan etc. and put it in a pillowcase. Have students stand in a circle, play some music fast and loud, and students pass the pillow case around to the sound of the music. Stop the music suddenly and the student holding the case puts their hand in and pulls out an item and must put it on. Keep on doing it until all items are used, making sure a different student gets an item. I then discuss the name, the use, and material of the item before they put them back in the bag... a great fun game for all levels and all ages of students." ============================================================= ***What Worked for You? PLEASE Take a minute to tell us!*** ***Be Heard! Your ideas will appear on our site.*** Visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/tell_us/ ============================================================= >See our complete teaching ideas archive, view< http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/ ============================================================= 12. This Week in History- 1639 - 1st printing press in America 1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured 1934 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game 1956 - 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) ============================================================== **Keep Up with What Happened in History** See What Happened Today In History: http://search.teach-nology.com/today/today2.pl ============================================================== 13. Best on the Web for Teachers- Featured Sites of the Week: Infant Resources- http://www.infant-resources.co.uk OnlineSchoolInfo.Com- http://www.onlineschoolinfo.com ============================================================== To see more of the best of the web for teachers, please visit this site: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/bestof/topsites.cgi?teachnology ============================================================== 14. Subject Matter Site of the Week- This Week's Subject Matter: Create A Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/ ============================================================== 15. Teaching Theme of the Week- This Week's Theme: Graphing A ton of resources on the topic of the week. http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/math/graphing/ ============================================================== 16. Teachnology Cool Tool of the Week- Functional Behavioral Assessment Generator: This generator can help you begin to to address a chronic behavior problems. Available Here: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/fba/ ============================================================== Teachnology, Inc. makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, about the truth or accuracy of the content of the TeAch-nology.com newsletter. ============================================================= © 2004 Teachnology, Inc. 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