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1. DAILY INSPIRATION & WakeUP! ACTIVITIES - WakeUP! August 14th, 2009 - Quote by Cicero - Quote Journal Activity 2. ON THIS DAY - August 14th, 2003 - What Happens During a Blackout? - Blackout/Energy Web Trek (members) 3. TEACHING TOOLS - ICEBREAKERS - Questions & Answers Icebreaker Hunt - Back-to-School Icebreakers for Primary Grades - Lost on a Desert Island - Opposites -- Early Elementary Icebreaker - Opposites -- Upper Elementary Icebreaker - Find My Twin -- Middle School Icebreaker - Find My Twin Icebreaker for High School - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT - Setting Classroom Rules, & Seating Charts - Teacher-Caused Disciplinary Problems - The Problem with "Busy Work" - Card System Management - 4 Steps to Better Classroom Management - 11 Techniques of Classroom Management - Top 5 Classroom Management Strategies - Techniques that Backfire - Classroom Management Mistakes - New Teacher Classroom Management - Sample Classroom Management Plan	4. LESSONS & RESOURCES - BACK-TO-SCHOOL . . . - 101 Things to Do the 1st 3 Wks of Class - Biography Poem Forms - Personalized License Plates - Interview a Classmate - Self-Portrait Art Ideas - AUTUMN . . . - Fall Tree Collage - Foliage Friends - Fashion Design & Nature - The Chemistry of Autumn - Photosynthesis Activity & Teacher Guide - Cell Role Play & Photosynthesis - Photosynthesis & Transpiration 5. INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS - Audio Tales Online - Interactive Analog Clock - The Division Machine - Jungle! - Making Vaccines 6. PRINTABLES - Back-to-School Resource Pack Early Elementary - Back-to-School Resource Pack Upper Elementary - Back-to-School Resource Pack Middle/High School - Sample Printables 7. DON'T MISS THIS! - We Choose the Moon

1. DAILY INSPIRATION & WAKE UP! ACTIVITIES Today's WakeUP! ACTIVITY . . . August 14th, 2009 Assign students a letter to design. They might wish to choose the first letters of their names. Instruct students to outline the letter using the full page, then fill it in or design it however they wish. Older students can take their whole first names to design, making each letter stand for something that represents them in some way. When finished, students can be asked to share what their letters and designs represent. You can post the letters on your classroom bulletin board. "What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation." - Cicero Everyone can access our Daily Inspiration & WakeUP! Activities Calendar here! Members can access their daily printable Quote Journaling Activity here
2. ON THIS DAY THE BLACKOUT OF 2003, August 14th, 2003: It was on this day, shortly after 4pm Eastern time, that the largest blackout in North American history occurred. Approximately 50 million people were affected as power went out across the northeastern states and in a large swath of the midwest, as well as in Ontario, Canada. DISCUSSION, WRITING, & RESEARCH TOPICS: WHAT HAPPENS DURING A BLACKOUT? Ask your students to consider which services might be affected during a blackout. Consider how serious each of these service outages might be, especially over an extended period of time. Discuss how dependent we might be upon electricity. What are the consequences of that dependence? What might we do for alternative forms of energy during a blackout? Lead students into potential research topics on energy problems and solutions, and current and/or developing alternative or green energy ideas. *Members can access their "Blackout: An Energy Web Trek" here (answer key provided; grades 5-12). Further student research resources are included.

3. TEACHING TOOLS Featuring Icebreakers and Classroom Management resources for Back-to-School. A. ICEBREAKERS . . . QUESTION & ANSWER ICEBREAKER HUNT: Cut up these "Find a classmate who has... " question strips and hand out one each to your students on the first day of class (or alternatively, have them draw folded strips from a jar). Allow students a set period of time to find a student who has the answer to their questions and to write down that student's name on their strips. They will then share both questions and responses with the class. BACK TO SCHOOL ICEBREAKERS FOR PRIMARY GRADES: All of these activities submitted by teachers would make perfect back-to-school icebreakers for your primary classes. If you know a great one yourself, you can submit it online here as well. LOST ON A DESERT ISLAND: For this icebreaker, students have to write down five things they would each wish to have if they were shipwrecked on a desert island. Once they have written down five things each, divide them off into small groups where they must discuss which each of them wrote, then try to come to an agreement on five choices they make as a group. They must also defend why they made those final choices. Use the printable above for the lists. OPPOSITES EARLY ELEMENTARY ICEBREAKER: Cut out the word blocks in this printable icebreaker activity for your early elementary students, where each student is given a word strip and must search for the student who possesses the opposite word. OPPOSITES UPPER ELEMENTARY ICEBREAKER: This icebreaker game functions in the same manner as the early elementary game above, but with vocabulary geared to upper elementary grades. FIND MY TWIN ICEBREAKER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL: Use this printable worksheet for your first day back at school. Each student is given one of the terms on the word strips, and must locate another student who possesses the synonymous term. FIND MY TWIN ICEBREAKER FOR HIGH SCHOOL: Just like the vocabulary icebreaker activity above, this particular version has terms that every high school student should know -- at least before graduating. Allow them to use a dictionary, but time them to see which pairs finish first. When everyone locates his/her partner, then mix it all up and see if they can go any quicker. Keep doing this until students pay attention to the terms and try to match up their words as quickly as they can, and everyone can match all words. BACK-TO-SCHOOL PACK ICEBREAKERS: Check our printable Back-to-School Resources Packs under "Printables" (item #6 below), for more great icebreakers to use in your classroom! We are making our daily Everyday Teaching Member Newsletters available to all monthly E.T. Classroom Flyer subscribers until September 4th, 2009 -- Enjoy! and please consider becoming an Everyday Teaching valued member.
B. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT . . . SETTING CLASSROOM RULES & SEATING CHARTS: It's the first day of school... Now what's going to happen? That's what your students are waiting to find out as they sit (or squirm) in their desks. You set the tone, and your seating placements contribute to the overall success of your classroom management plan as well. Sample rules are included here. TEACHER-CAUSED DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS: Make sure the problems in your own classroom are not being generated or perpetrated by your teaching style. Find a brief discussion here to review your own practices. THE PROBLEM WITH "BUSY WORK" Hold on... Before you assign "busy work" in the classroom, make sure you're connecting to actual learning, rather than simply trying to take care of a classroom discipline issue. Read the discussion here. CARD SYSTEM MANAGEMENT: Effective for elementary classrooms, find a discussion, tips, and procedures on how to implement a visual card system discipline plan. Sample rules are included. FOUR STEPS FOR BETTER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: [LINK2] How do you give a reminder, and how do you issue a reprimand... and what is the difference between the two? Find out how to set up a working classroom discipline policy with these four steps; the 2nd URL above reviews four stages of discipline. 11 TECHNIQUES: The first technique discussed here might seem like a no-brainer, but it's surprising how often we manage to miss this one: don't start your lesson until you have everyone's attention. Silence can be extremely effective, and it's number one on this list of classroom management techniques. Ten further strategies follow for effective control of your classroom. TOP 5 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: Disruptive behavior: no one wants it in their classrooms. How can you quickly address any potential or actual disruptions? Try these tips. TECHNIQUES THAT BACKFIRE: We're probably all guilty of using at least one of these misguided techniques at some point. Check this list twice to make sure you avoid these blunders in classroom management. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT MISTAKES: Oops! We all make mistakes, but here are some to avoid in your own classroom management practices, from overpraising, to starting class activities before attaining full student attention. Parent-teacher conference tips are also included. NEW TEACHER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Share these tips with any new teachers at your school -- classroom management is sure to be an issue until they become experienced, and any help or discussion is usually appreciated. Find some great strategies here. SAMPLE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN: [LINK2] Want to view some ideas for setting up a positive learning environment? You'll find some effective tactics here for setting up your own classroom management plans. The 2nd URL above will give you directions on how to develop a plan tailored to your own management style.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Why join our member services? When you join our Everyday Teaching Membership, you'll receive the best the web has to offer for educators. We send you incredible support materials, such as teaching tools, math and literacy resources, technology integration activities such as easy-to-use Web Treks, online learning games, a weekly theme focus for lesson planning geared to each grade level & curriculum, learning explorations to challenge students, holiday support, and focal event resources, as well as original daily writing exercises and printable worksheets. We have different levels of memberships and we accept school purchase orders on Comprehensive Memberships; it's a gift for yourself -- or your school -- daily resources that keep coming all year long. Find out more about member services here... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4. LESSONS & RESOURCES A. BACK - TO - SCHOOL . . . 101 THINGS YOU CAN DO THE 1ST THREE WEEKS OF CLASS: Yes, there really are 101 things listed here, and they're all great suggestions to help jumpstart your classroom this fall as your students -- and you -- return to school. A Learning Styles Inventory is also included. BIOGRAPHY POEM FORMS: It's amazing how these format poems turn out, and how each one states something unique and precious about the owner. Your students will be proud to share these formatted Bio Poems as part of your Back to School Night in a very special class display. PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES: Here's a great back-to-school lesson plan, where students will have a chance to individualize and design their own personal "license plates", telling the world who they are and what they're all about. Be sure to display all your license plates on your bulletin board for Open House Night. INTERVIEW A CLASSMATE: Incorporate a written assignment into your back-to-school icebreakers, while giving each student a chance not only to share who and what he is all about, but a chance to make new friends as well. This "Interview a Classmate" printable can be used as a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet, or, for older students, as research for an actual written mini-biography on a classmate. You may even wish to have students decide which magazine would publish their bios, creating cut-out headlines and an accompanying bulletin board display for Open House. SELF-PORTRAIT ART IDEAS: Back-to-school is a great time for students to express themselves through self-portraits, and this site offers tons of ideas for various grade levels and abilities -- I love the Personal Identity in a Box! B. AUTUMN . . . FALL TREE COLLAGE: Use either paper or fabric scraps -- or both -- or randomly cut out pieces of magazine papers to create this wonderful fall tree, where a frame of trunk and branches supports colorful fall leaves. Add some apples from our Back-to-School Resource Packs, below, for parents to "pick" and take home and contribute to classroom supplies this year. FOLIAGE FRIENDS: What fun! Leaves become people and butterflies, birds, and turtles with just a few creative strokes. Who knew that fall leaves could transform into wonderful hair, shells, or wings? You and your students are sure to love this wonderful lesson plan to celebrate the changing season. FASHION DESIGN & NATURE: High school students can take a good look around them for inspiration; try fall scenes with their brilliant colors, leaves, nuts, acorns, etc. Examples are included here that are innovative and fabulous! It will be great to see what your own students come up with. Assessment criteria is included. THE CHEMISTRY OF AUTUMN: [LINK2] They are breathtakingly beautiful, all the autumn colors, aren't they? But what exactly is the science behind the transformation of our countryside into the golds and reds and breathtaking orange hues? Find out here, in an explanation on the chemistry behind autumn. PHOTOSYNTHESIS ACTIVITY & TEACHER GUIDE: [LINK2] Find an overview here for teaching the concepts involved in the process of photosynthesis, along with the related vocabulary and a student exploration activity. Use the 2nd link above for extension activities on the subject as well. CELL ROLE PLAY AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS: [LINK2] Role play is the key to this science lesson, where students will literally act out the different processes involved in photosynthesis and in cell activities. Student groups should work on making role cards, each group taking a part of the cell, and using the 2nd link above to research that process to see how it should work. Students can then translate those processes to the action needed in the actual role play of the cell. PHOTOSYNTHESIS & TRANSPIRATION: Not only does this middle school lesson plan aim to effectively teach students about the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration in plants, it also tries to draw reluctant students into enjoying science through hands-on activities and observations.
5. INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS TWEENIE AUDIO TALES: From BBC Online, select enchanting audio tales here for your early elementary students to listen to in the computer lab or on your classroom computer. They will click on each page to continue the stories. INTERACTIVE ANALOG CLOCK: Move the hands ahead 15 minutes, or go back one hour... Students can practice reading analog time with this useful interactive learning tool. THE DIVISION MACHINE: Select from three different ability levels, from single digit division, to double digits, and then triple digit division. The object is to get a score of 100 with no mistakes. JUNGLE! In this interactive game from the NGA, students will manipulate weather, landscape scenes, animals, and plants -- all inspired by artist Henri Rousseau. MAKING VACCINES: As students come back to school after the summer holidays, a big topic of conversation might very well end up being the swine flu, as well as its vaccination and related issues. Learn how vaccinations work against pathogens entering the body in this NOVA interactive learning exhibit, where students will create six vaccines in a virtual lab.
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6. PRINTABLES BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCE PACK -- Early Elementary: We have created a fabulous Back-to-School Teaching Resource Pack for you! You can download the entire packet, use it in your classroom, or share it with other teachers at your school. The early elementary packet contains an "All About Me" back-to-school exercise, Center Signs, Classroom Decorations, Back-to-School Stationery, and more. We encourage you to become members to access all our resources, including DAILY teaching resource sends (based upon your grade level), and member printables in all subject areas. Use the 2nd link above for Member Info. BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCE PACK -- Upper Elementary: Just in time for your back-to-school needs, we have created an entire packet of valuable and useful printables for your classroom! Choose between two writing exercises here for back-to-school, so your students can let you know who they are and what they're about. Or select the Icebreakers. Do both! Keep the Quick Sponge Activities handy for use throughout your school year; they're sure to find a use! Find a Reminder Notice, a School Supply List, a Daily Lesson Planner, and more. We do encourage you to become members to access all of our timely and invaluable resources, including DAILY teaching resource newsletters (based upon your grade level), and member printables in all subject areas. Use the 2nd link above for Member Info. BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCE PACK -- Middle to High School: It can get pretty chaotic as school starts, and we're here to help you with some convenient (& fabulous!) printable charts, forms, and exercises, targeted especially to middle to high school needs and themed for back-to-school. You'll find a Month-to-Month Teaching Planner, Daily Sponge Activities, a printable Contact List, Icebreakers, a Pre-Reading Bookmark, a Homework Assignment Form, and more. We encourage you to become members to access all of our invaluable resources, including DAILY teaching resource sends tailored to your grade levels, and member printables in all subject areas. Use the 2nd link above for Member Info. SAMPLE PRINTABLES: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Printable/freeprt.php Visit our website regularly for sample printables -- and consider becoming a member to access all of the invaluable packets, newsletters, and resources we offer and send to members throughout the entire school year.
7. DON'T MISS THIS! WE CHOOSE THE MOON: Relive the enthralling launch of Apollo 11 and America's legendary trip to the moon with this online reproduction of the actual mission, complete with fascinating audio, videos and animations. Students can change the view, experience the countdown, listen to actual astronaut exchanges, and launch the rocket in celebration of man's first trip to the moon, now 40 years later. *See more Classroom Management and educator resources in our Back-to-School Member newsletters this month. We send the resources you need -- & we keep them coming all year long! Upcoming member topics: Back-to-School Night, teaching templates, word wall activities, literacy, math, Web Treks... AND DON'T FORGET TO TELL YOUR COLLEAGUES TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE CLASSROOM FLYER.
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