Education World Weekly Newsletter Vol. 12 Issue 35

Dear Education Leaders, Welcome! This free newsletter is published weekly by Education World®, the largest free, independent resource on the Web for educators. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to others. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. To unsubscribe, see instructions below. Education World remains a free resource thanks to the support of our advertisers -- so please click on ads of interest and visit our advertisers' sites. Thank you. =========================================================================== This week's newsletter is sponsored by Smart Television Alliance. National Educator & Television Survey How much does violence and sex on television affect behavior in the classroom? Does the surge in summer viewing impact kids' back-to-school readiness? Your opinions can make a difference. Take our educator survey now. ============================================================================ This week's newsletter is sponsored by American Public University. A Master's Degree at American Public University (APU) can help you increase your impact on student achievement, improve your earning potential and expand your career opportunities.  Programs include: M.Ed. Teaching with a concentration in Instructional Leadership, M.Ed. Administration and Supervision, M.Ed. Guidance and Counseling, M.A. in History, M.A. in Humanities and more.  Tuition is affordable ($825/course; no registration or application fee) and all class content is delivered online (M. Ed. practicum done at your school), so you can earn your degree while balancing other commitments.  Courses start monthly.  APU is a member of the regionall y accredited American Public University System.  =========================================================================== Volume 12, Issue 35 August 26, 2008 Classroom Management 101 Start the year off right with ideas from Ed World's special Classroom Management archive. Included: Hundreds of tips for back to school; tips for new and experienced teachers; articles on establishing classroom rules and rewards; columns by Fred Jones (Tools for Teaching) and Ken Shore (The Classroom Problem Solver); much more. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/classmanagement.shtml Ideas for All Year Long If you're looking for ideas you can use all year long, we've got some great ones for you. Recording the school year in pictures, a year of special events, a classroom book club, fun games and "quick-tivities" for awkward moments… Those are just a few of the ideas you'll find here. http://www.educationworld.com/back_to_school/index.shtml#ideas The Homework Dilemma Is homework a problem for you, your students, or their families? Our archive of homework tips offers ideas you've never considered. Turn homework from a dilemma to a delight with these tips and special programs. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/archives/homeworktips.shtml Hurricane Watch Activities designed to help your students understand this powerful force of nature. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson076.shtml More Timely Lesson Ideas Spark Student Interest in Spelling Getting-to-Know-You Icebreaker Activities Establishing Class Rules http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/spelling.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/back_to_school/index.shtml#icebreaker http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.shtml Lesson Plan of the Day See last week's lessons; search lessons by subject. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml Friday Fun A yearlong project creates a great end-of-year memento. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/friday/friday003.shtml News for Kids Windmills, which used to dot the landscape, are making a comeback. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou082.shtml Learning Game of the Week "Math BINGO" reinforces essential skills. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame011.shtml Vicki Cobb's Show-Biz Science Do some chemistry magic with cabbage juice. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/showbiz_science/showbiz_science027.shtml From the Math Machine Follow the Stars is a fun Web site for teaching about patterns. (Grades PreK-2) http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/mathmachine/mathmachine015.shtml Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane This week: "Tic Tac Toe" teaches adding 3-digit numbers. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars034.shtml *Early Childhood Center* Rhyme Time This week's poem for Early Childhood educators: My Home Early Childhood Teaching Themes Transportation Back to School http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/newsletters/ Writing Bug You see a classmate being bullied by two other students. What would you do? http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug105.shtml Bulletin Boards That Teach Classroom Monopoly This bulletin board rewards positive behaviors all year long. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bullboard/bullboard012.shtml Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 Create a "Me" entry for a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas... Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Students create a new holiday worth celebrating. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/index.shtml 5-Minute Fillers Volume #10 http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml Hunt the Fact Monster Students learn Internet searching skills as they search the Fact Monster. Primary Hunts September Hunt #1 Ele-Middle Hunts Hunt #1 http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/factmonster.shtml Every-Day Edits Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Buffalo Ele-Middle Edits Tarzan, Labor Day, Jesse Owens… http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml Vocab-ulous! Words that begin with C http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/vocabulous/vocabulous002.shtml Work Sheet of the Week "Root Words" -- practice with prefixes, suffixes. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts_3_5.shtml Best Books for Teaching About… Each week, Education World presents our Editors' Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers' Voices section of this week's themed booklists: Best Books for Teaching About... Grammar Human Body http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/archives/students.shtml FROM OUR PRINTABLES LIBRARY Readers Theater Scripts Ready-to-read scripts provide hours of classroom fun. Teacher's Guide included. (Grades 3-6) http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/index.shtml#theater Coloring Calendars Use these calendar templates to build student skills and for many other purposes. (Grades Pre-K-12) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/calendar.shtml Work Sheets from Teacher Created Materials More than 250 work sheets organized by subject and grade level. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/index.shtml Where in the World Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt? Can you figure out where she is this week based on the clues she provides? (Grades 3-8) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/waffenschmidt.shtml Just for This Month! See our September Month of Fun, September Word Search, and September Coloring Calendar. PLUS: Create-your-own work sheet templates.   Have You Signed Up for Our Free Professional Development Newsletter? Sign up now for the Professional Development Newsletter, a biweekly newsletter that will keep you connected to our latest professional development content for educators and school leaders. http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml#profdev Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor Setting the Tone How do you set just the right tone from day one? The key is in your body language, eye contact, and tone of voice. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/mcdonald/mcdonald027.shtml Brenda Dyck Each Student Is Someone's Special Child Parenting has made me a better teacher by helping me realize that every student is someone's special child. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice030.shtml Angela Powell: Getting It Together Make Fewer Trips to the Office Use a four-section expanding file folder to hold papers that need to be taken to the school office. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/organization/organization003.shtml Cathy Puett Miller: The Reading Coach Getting Parents Involved Highlight the power of reading at home with your parents and students by setting up your own "Is Your Home Reader Friendly?" program. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller010.shtml Reader's Theater Will the Music Play? To mark the 50th anniversary of Symphony Land's world-famous Classical Music Festival, some musicians want to play modern music; others want to stick with the traditional. Will the dispute stop the music? http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/reading/ReadersTheater/ReadersTheater012.shtml Reading Feature Reading Aloud: Is It Worth It? Why do teachers read aloud to their students? Are the benefits of reading aloud worth the time? Many teachers believe reading aloud enhances classroom instruction and improves academic achievement --- and research supports their belief. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr213.shtml Total Reader How Cool Is That! http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev149.shtml From the Writing Center Reading Response Journals In an effort to encourage students to think and share more about what they read, some teachers have turned to reading response journals -- notebooks reserved for writing in response to literature -- and are gaining new insights. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev085.shtml Writing Lessons What Happened? Explore legends surrounding volcanoes, write your own legend. (Grades 3-12) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2038.shtml Create a Word Have fun making up new words, writing definitions for them. (Grades 3-12) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2182.shtml Writing Bug The best day of the week is… http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug046.shtml Go Figure What's for Lunch? Can students figure out which meal goes to which restaurant customer? http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/math/go_figure/go_figure003.shtml Math Sites to Count On Dozens of math-related Internet sites that will add to your lessons and multiply your effectiveness, including sites for teachers of K-3, 4-6, and 7-12; games for math whizzes; and more. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson061.shtml Math Mnemonics Learn to Count http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mnemonics/mnemonics003.shtml Featured Articles Build Communication Before School Starts Many teachers and administrators introduce themselves to parents and students before school starts with welcome letters and survival kits. Learn how you can do it too. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr358.shtml Advice for First-Year Teachers Education World asked the "sophomores" who faced -- and survived -- their dreaded first year of teaching to reflect on their successes and failures -- and offer their best advice -- for this year's "freshman" class. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr152.shtml Strategy of the Week Rules One of the most basic factors in establishing a positive classroom climate is the development of class rules. Learn how to develop and implement effective classroom rules from some of education's most respected classroom management experts. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy040.shtml Tips Library Classroom Management: Bulletin Board Basics Behavior Management: Rewards, Rubrics, Time Savers Motivating Kids: Engage Students With Yearlong Projects Book Report Makeover: Book Report Bingo Homework Tips: Exit Slips Best Idea: Capture Classroom Memories Testing Tips: Anxiety Attack http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/management_tips/management_tips003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/behaviortips/behaviortips003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/motivation/motivation003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bookreport/bookreport003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/bestidea/bestidea003.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/testing/testing003.shtml   ========================================================================== Sign Up for Our FREE Newsletters Did you know that Education World has ten free newsletters for educators? You're sure to find one or two just right for you! It's easy to sign up (and just as easy to unsubscribe if you don't find valuable ideas each week). Click here for a list of newsletters. http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml#profdev ==========================================================================   Bernie Poole Free Online Teacher Tools There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Web sites devoted exclusively to helping teachers teach and students learn. Many of those sites also include a number of tools teachers can use to enhance their teaching. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole016.shtml Lorrie Jackson's Techtorial Create a Grade Book in Excel You can keep your grades organized and correctly averaged using Microsoft Excel. Just follow the four easy steps in this Techtorial and within minutes you'll be recording grades like a tech wizard. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial064.shtml Nancy Willard: Cyber Savvy Schools, the Internet, and Copyright Law When teachers and students use the Internet, they need to be aware of the kinds of activities that risk copyright infringement and they need to develop strategies to minimize that risk. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech121.shtml Alma Row's Gadget of the Week CamStudio This open-source program allows you to create videos of what you're doing on your computer -- and add narration. Great for making 'how to' vignettes! http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/gadget/gadget003.shtml Tech Lesson of the Week Little, Medium, Big Students use the computer mouse to order sets of clip art in a Word document. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp001.shtml Sites to See Reading Find book reviews, author information, online books and poems, skill reinforcement, strategies for teachers -- and enjoyment for all. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites039.shtml Template of the Week 2008-2009 School-Year Calendar http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/school_calendar_template_08_09.doc Featured Articles Learning Music With Technology Betty Reeves super-charges musical study with technology. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature026.shtml Essential Computer Tips for Parents and Teachers A computer is like a tooth that requires regular cleaning and expert care to stay healthy. Here are a few things every student, parent, and teacher can do to protect their new Windows™-based investment. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech244.shtml Ten Things Everyone Needs to Learn Your school will try to teach you the facts you'll need to pass their tests, but schools won't teach you the things you really need to learn. Stephen Downes offers his list of the top ten things everyone needs to learn. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech236.shtml We Didn't Start the Fire A video of recent historical events set to Billy Joel's popular song. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/videooftheweek.shtml Do you have a comment about this video -- or a favorite online video you'd like to recommend to other educators? Click here to let us know about it. EdTech Tips of the Week PC ABCs http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech_tips/tech_tips004.shtml Click here to contribute to our tips library. What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out Mr. Coughlin's Class. http://www.schoolnotes.com   Teaching Heroes: Toss the Zeros Facing gradebooks filled with zeros, some schools and individual teachers have decided that they simply won't accept incomplete assignments or "zeros." Kids who don't turn in finished work lose their recess or put in "working lunches" until it is done. While the approach can't promise flawless work, it does force students who don't meet their responsibilities independently to put forth some effort. Along with grades that more accurately reflect mastery of content, the frequent result is better retention, improved grades, and a renewed sense of self-confidence as a student. Included: Three "no zeros" approaches that work. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin531.shtml Carlton Ashby: The Power Is In You Three Keys to Student Success: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships Every day, I am reminded of how fortunate I am to teach at a school where teachers are committed to building relationships. All of us care deeply about building relationships with our students, their parents, our colleagues, and our community. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ashby/ashby001.shtml George Pawlas: Pawlas on PR for PRincipals Share the Pride: Six Statements of Pride Get Year Off to a Great Start EdWorld columnist George Pawlas shares the "six pride statements" concept. With six positive statements about your school on the tip of your tongue, you'll never lack for the right words to say when you're out in the community or talking with the media. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/pawlas/pawlas001.shtml Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You! T2: Togetherness and Teamwork There is a Kilimanjaro-sized mountain of research supporting the creation of teams. Quotes such as "many hands make light work," "two heads are better than one," and "it takes a village to raise a child" could not be more apropos than they are in today's schoolhouses. We need each other. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall011.shtml Attendance and Truancy School leaders recognize that attendance is one of the keys to improving student achievement. To that end, principals have developed many programs aimed at increasing attendance. The articles in this archive share stories and practical tips that are sure to help as you search for ways to improve attendance in your school. Diane Hodges' Looking Forward to Monday Morning Ideas you can use to drive your staff happy! This week… Theme Lunch Mondays --- Many Themes --- Salad Bar Potluck --- Food Rewards --- Quote This! --- Grin and Share It! http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ columnists/hodges/hodges003.shtml The Principal Poet Mr. Ivan, Education World's Principal Poet, presents this week's poem, "School Bus." The yellow bus holds children, And I ride it every day. In morning, it heads off to school. At night it goes the other way… http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/ivan/ivan032.shtml Meet the other members of Education World's Columnist Team. Partners for Student Success "SMART" Night Builds Interest in Science, Math, and Relevant Technology One South Carolina designed a Science, Math and Relevant Technology (SMART) Night to build community by bringing parents, students, teachers, and others together for food and activities. The evening promotes a love of science, math, and technology. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners039.shtml From the Principal Files Principals Set Goals for New School Year Education World's "Principal Files" principals share the goals they have set for the school year. (One restriction: Nobody was allowed to say "raise test scores" because that goal is a given.) The goals those principals shared are as varied as the schools they represent. Included: Goals related to curriculum, motivating teachers, involving parents… http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin239.shtml Take Five for… Using A.M. announcements to build school community. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/takefive/takefive003.shtml Principal Ideas Teacher personalities, celebrate teacher milestones, more... http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/ideas/ideas025.shtml Pawlas on PR What makes super teachers super? http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/pawlasPR/pawlasPR017.shtml How I Handled… A complaint about a teacher's use of sexual innuendo in the classroom. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled027.shtml Instant Meeting A simple strategy helps teachers keep their goals in sight. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/meetingidea/meetingideas007.shtml Morning Math Boost math skills schoolwide with "Morning Math" questions for Week #1. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml Conventions & Conferences What's coming up? http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/conventions.shtml Exceptional Event Opening-day parade. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/exceptional_events/exceptional_events003.shtml Grant of the Week 2008 "Kids in Need" teacher grants… and more. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml Join the Conversation On our "School Administrators" message board. http://forums.educationworld.com/ Newsletters 'R Us Copy and paste this free content into your teacher or school newsletters. The ABCs of Student Success C is for Choices Caught on the Web Addition MATHO (Grades 2-up) Newsletter Clipart Library Back to School Parent Newsletter Template Back to School Math @ Home Electronic Flash Cards quotED "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/newsletters.shtml From Our Leadership Archive School Culture Use this survey to improve your school's culture. Parent Handbook Put a little more punch in your parent handbook. Portable Classrooms Teachers tell how they've lived with, even liked, portables. Using TV for PR Districts use cable access to enhance public images. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/leadership.shtml   Education Humor With Regina Barreca Who's at a New School This Year? "Neither the fancy new credential nor the well-rehearsed script…necessarily prepare you for the 'blind date' quality of that first meeting with this year's new students. Your new class will be -- shockingly enough -- new. And you'll be a new teacher." http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca021.shtml Wire Side Chat Offering Teens Shoulders to Stand On Teenagers confronting adult-world issues probably wish there was simple advice for their grown-up questions. Retired educator William Lee Swisher has put together a short guide for adolescents that touches on finances, relationships, and responsibilities. http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat229.shtml Fit To Be Taught, Vol.42 Schools honored for anti-obesity efforts Green cleaners catching on in schools Introducing students to healthful eating habits, foods Doctors say more teens need meningitis vaccine http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/fittobetaught/fittobetaught042.shtml Education Studies and Reports Are Laptops Improving Student Learning? Maine middle-schoolers enjoy using laptops, but test scores have not increased much since they were introduced in 2002. NCLB NCLB Standards Straining Some Schools An increasing number of schools in such states as Kentucky and Minnesota are finding it harder to meet tougher NCLB standards, data shows. Special Education Study to Examine Diet, Autism Link Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center are undertaking one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as some parents have claimed. See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.

Read About It
What Is Problem-Based Learning?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit052.shtml

NCLB Updates
Wondering what's going on with the No Child Left Behind Act? Peruse our list of news stories about the federal law.

Teaming Up To Achieve
Literacy, School Choice Are Superintendent's Priorities
A district in crisis can't keep doing the same things the same way and expect change, Hartford, Connecticut's, superintendent Dr. Steven J. Adamowski said. He has called for a system of school choice, with more autonomy for higher-performing schools.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/teamingup/teamingup011.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Principal Sets Tone for Success
A large urban school with a diverse population, Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon, N.Y., nevertheless posts scores above those in wealthier neighborhoods. A management style that supports teachers helps make the difference.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork071.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
How Will We Know if Reading First Is Working?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB155.shtml

School Doodle
Guess Which Teacher
Had the Most Extreme Summer?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/
school_doodles/school_doodles69.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Environmental Efforts
Issues Spotlight 2 Incentives for Teachers
Issues Spotlight 3 Sleep Issues
Issues Spotlight 4 Online Safety
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Education World In the Classroom
Click to read Lessons from Our Nation's Schools, Whatever It Takes, In A Sub's Shoes, and Teaming Up to Achieve series.
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This Week's Survey Question
A school district in Mississippi recently banned teachers from communicating with students by text messages or through online social networking sites. What do you think of this policy?
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SITE REVIEWS
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This week, Education World reviewed three Web sites of interest to educators.

PBS Nature Interactives
Don't try to feed the animals: It messes up your monitor!
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-04.shtml

NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Education
Ocean motion: all about marine life in America's national sanctuaries.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0108-28.shtml

The Open Vault
WGBH TV archive 1968-1993 – a gold mine of teachable video clips.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0108-25.shtml

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Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators."

Montessori in the Classroom: A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn
Montessori is one of those words in education that evokes a little mystery, especially for those of us who haven't really been immersed in the theories or practice associated with the name. This book takes an unusual approach to introducing us to Montessori: It is really a teacher's first-person account of the experience of teaching using Montessori methods, together with enough theory and practice to make it possible for other teachers to pick and choose those concepts that seem most applicable to their own "non-Montessori" classrooms.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

Case Studies for Teacher Problem Solving
With 37 detailed case studies, this book takes almost a Harvard Business School approach to illuminating the problems teachers must solve in classrooms every day. Certainly, reading this book would present a classroom teacher with a number of situations that, even if he or she might never encounter those situations exactly, should open up new avenues of thought concerning situations indeed faced regularly. An advantage to this approach is its open-endedness; the reader is inspired to think independently rather than prescribed definite solutions.
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The Best of LEARNING GAMES

If you enjoy Education World's weekly LEARNING GAMES feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet of more than 30 of our most popular learning games. PLUS an extra bonus -- ten more games for classroom fun!

These classroom games span the grades and the major subject areas -- and inject a healthy dose of fun into the serious business of teaching and learning. Looking to fill the end of a hectic day with something fun and educational? Looking for a great reward for students that will make valuable use of free time? Looking to reinforce basic skills with a fun activity? These games will fill the bill!

Included in this 80-page booklet you'll find these games and more:

Math Facts Race (Math, grades K-8)

You Can Count on Spelling (Math and Language Arts, grades K-12)

Find It... Fast! (All Subjects, grades K-12)

Concentration Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)

The Dictionary Game (Language Arts, grades 3-8)

Play Ball: A Major League Review Game (All Subjects, grades K-12)

Friendly Feud (All Subjects, grades K-12)

Plus 35 more games!

The Best of LEARNING GAMES is part of the Teacher Treasure Series, an NEA Professional Library Publication.
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