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Glowing Strong
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Wordless Picture Books
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  Discover books that encourage your child to take the first steps to reading.

Correcting Work
  By: Neerja Sharma
  How can you use codes to correct written work?

Not ROFL: Tips for Text Messaging Prevention
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  What can you do about text messaging in the classroom?
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The Case of the Boston Tea Party
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  Conduct a mock trial of the most famous tea party of all

Writing in Public Places
  By: Suzanne Borchers
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Exploring Surface Tension
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  Experiment with "sticky" water

The Pressure upon You
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  You can't see it, smell it, touch it, or taste it

Explorer Mix 'n Mingle
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  Watch history come to life as students become Old World Explorers

The Day Off: Guest Speakers in the Classroom
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  How can you get the most out of a guest appearance?

Feathered Fish
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The Roles of a Teacher
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  A teacher is not just a one-role information giver.

Personalizing the Impact of the British Acts
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Writing Clear Directions
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Champing at the Pen: Helping Your Eager-to-Write Students
  By: Gabrielle Linnell
  How can you guide a student who breathes the written word?

Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television
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  Can you name the inventor of the television?

A Not-So-Deadly Dinner
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SUB-Stantial Errors
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Five P's for an IEP Meeting
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  Do you know how to have a successful IEP meeting?

The Mountain Boomer
  By: Damian Fagan
  What animal originally got its name from the noise it was said to make?

Bibliotherapy: Helping Children Through Difficult Times
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  What is bibliotherapy and how is it used?

Techniques for Correcting Students
  By: Neerja Sharma
  As a teacher, do you know when and what to correct?

Dr James Lind and the Discovery of Vitamin C
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  What mysterious disease caused bodies to fall apart?

Dealing With Problem Classroom Behavior
  By: Neerja Sharma
  What can you do when problem behavior slips into your classroom?

Traded!
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  Can you imagine being traded for a sack of beans?

"Oh to be a Fine Girl"
Annie Jump Cannon and the Stars
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  Who kissed Annie?

Cloaked in Mourning
  By: Damian Fagan
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The Floating Fortress
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  This sea creature is considered a living fossil !

Ready, Set, Teach
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  Will you be prepared for the first day of school?

Teacher as Friend and Facilitator
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  What is the role of the teacher nowadays?

Classroom Seating Arrangement
  By: Neerja Sharma
  There's more than one way to seat your students

The Great Greek Philosopher: Socrates
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  Who set the stage for western thought?

Using the Board to Maximum Effect
  By: Neerja Sharma
  Exploit a popular classroom accessory

From Home School to Real School
  By: Gabrielle Linnell
  How can you help home-schooled students adjust?

Building Confidence in Students
  By: Neerja Sharma
  Discover a simple exercise that benefits students and teachers

Summer Reading: Creating Book Buzz
  By: Mindy Hardwick
  What's the buzz? Read all about it!

See How They Fit
  By: Samantha Bell
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Milk, Please!
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"Carry"-ing On-Carry Nation and the Festival That Bears Her Name
  By: Lorie Witkop
  Bringing a hatchet to Holly

Seeing From All Sides: Writing Point of View Monologues
  By: Mindy Hardwick
  It really does matter who tells the story.

Teaching Language to a Mixed-Level Class
  By: Neerja Sharma
  Learn the secrets to teaching a diverse class

Reading to Your Child
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  How can you encourage your child to learn to love books?

Livening Up Language Class
  By: Neerja Sharma
  Create suspense and pique interest in Language class

Do I Really Have to Read This?
  By: Kelly Wilson
  Inspire your 4th-graders to read middle-grade novels

The New "Bully"
  By: Geary Smith
  What are you doing to keep your children safe online?

Corrections That Count
  By: Catherine L. Tully
  "Remember, not all corrections have to be negative!"

Smelling Like a Skunk
  By: Margaret Etherton
  There's more to a skunk than its smell.

Kangaroo Up a Tree
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Do kangaroos really live in trees?

Competitive Teaching
  By: Kelly Wilson
  Bring competition into the classroom for learning and fun!

Let's Mess-Up Mass Media
  By: Lois Greene Stone
  How can we, as teachers, help students discover the unnecessary work they do by orienting themselves to the expectations of their peers?

Enhancing the Educational Value of Television
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  How can you make television a beneficial experience for your child?

The Careful Cartographer: Matthew Flinders
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Who was the man who dared to sail where there "be dragons"?

The Countess of Lovelace: Ada Byron King
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Did this brilliant woman envision the first modern computer in the year 1843?

Personalized Instructional Writing
  By: Megan Crossin
  How can you liven up a writing exercise?

Coastal Studies
  By: Megan Crossin
  Explore coastal erosion and environmental conservation

Fractured Fairy Tales
  By: Megan Crossin
  Fairy tales can help your students think and write in non-traditional ways.

Wild About Harry
  By: Toni Giarnese
  Are you interested in magic and magicians?

Water Awareness Activities
  By: Megan Crossin
  Are you water-wise, or are you a water-waster?

Classroom Press Conference
  By: Rick Fowler
  If you want a day when the action in the classroom needs to be less laborious, try this activity.

Smell Bad? That's Good!
  By: Toni Giarnese
  Though his legs do not walk, he knows everything under heaven.

In the News Today
  By: Megan Crossin
  How can you increase student awareness of daily events?

Practical Poetry
  By: Megan Crossin
  How can you make writing poetry exciting?

Making the Most of Water Play
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Have fun and learn through water play

Pass the Book and Fulfill the Promise
  By: Toni Giarnese
  Help your children discover the joy of reading.

Back to School Success
  By: Geary Smith
  How can you have the best year ever?

Mapping Statistics
  By: Megan Crossin
  Learn how you can create a visual impact by using maps

Survival of the Biggest
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Meet the largest carnivore on Earth

Preparing for a Parent-Teacher Conference
  By: Cathy P. Miller
  How can you make the most of a parent-teacher meeting?

Living with Chronic Shyness
  By: Geary Smith
  How can you conquer shyness?

Is It A Real Story?
  By: Dr. Virginia Lowe
  Discover how preschoolers respond to books

The Power of Storytelling
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Do you have a story to tell?

Heard But Not Seen
  By: Dawnelle Breum
  What tiny creature sounds like a jingle bell?

Baby Dolphin Lesson
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Dive in and join the dolphin class!

The Art of Artemisia
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Artemisia wanted to be an artist, but only men could be painters.

Flowers of the Sea
  By: Randi Lynn Mrvos
  Look but don't touch this flower!

Panda Trouble
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Why are pandas becoming extinct?

Little Devil
  By: Margaret Etherton
  You'll have to decide for yourself if I am really a devil.

Selecting a Good Picture Book
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  How can you choose the best books to read to your child?

The Replacement

  By: Lois Greene Stone
  Has substitute teaching changed much over the decades?

Petrified Lightning
  By: Dawnelle Breum
  How does nature make glass?

Solar Eclipse: Seeing the Sun in the Shadow
  By: Amy S. Hansen
  For four minutes this March, the sun will be gone.

The Child and the Media Onslaught
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Do the images of the media control all that we think and do?

The Impact of Advertising on Body Images
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Constant exposure to television can take its toll on the viewer

Creative Valentine's Day Activities
  By: Richard Flowers
  Educational, fun activities for Valentine's Day

Science Experiments and the Voom Factor
  By: Richard Flowers
  How do you teach using voom?

I Am Not a Vampire
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Meet a helpful, little creature.

Butterfly So Blue
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Can you name a living thing that depends on a plant, a tree, an ant, and a bird?

Leonardo da Vinci - The Inventor!
  By: Dawnelle Breum
  Students design an original invention, inspired by da Vinci

The Dreamer
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Meet Leonardo Fibonacci, mathematician and dreamer.

By Eyesight Alone

  By: Lois Greene Stone
  As teachers, we might help our students be mindful that everything isn't just what our eyes see.

The Power of Persuasion:
The Psychology of Leadership

  By: Geary L. Smith
  How can you develop the power of persuasion?

The Dinosaur Tree
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Discover one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees.

Artists of the Italian Renaissance
  By: Dawnelle Breum
  Explore masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance

Growing and Making Your Own Resource
  By: Megan Crossin
  How can students learn about sustainable resources and conservation?

Development Chart for Children Between the Ages 0 - 5
Years
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Here's a way to give teachers, parents, and caregivers an insight into the developmental progress of children.

What Makes a Good Teacher?
  By: Lois Greene Stone
  "Good teachers are open-minded and lead their classes with positive attitudes."

Ten Writing Jumpstarts for Middle School Writing
  By: Gary Thomas
  Easy classroom activities to get those pens moving

How to Initiate Your Child into the World of Reading
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  Here are some ways to make reading fun!

Easy as PIe
  By: Matthew Martinelli
  "Stop! Do not leave. In twenty minutes, I'll start again. I will get to 80,000 tonight!"

Learning to Think Like a Winner
  By: Geary L. Smith
  How can you take control in your life?

Playing Toss With Textbooks
  By: Lois Greene Stone
  Tap into your students’ creative processes

Using the Newspaper as a Tool for Teaching
  By: Aparna Nambiar
  How can you enliven a classroom of students?

Keep the Light Burning
  By: David Jensen
  Edison is known for inventions that paved the way to modern technology. But, hard work and perseverance made him successful.

The Iron Lady
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Can you name the tower that weighs 10, 000 tons, has 1652 steps, and was climbed by an elephant?

Just Hanging Around!
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Can you imagine an animal with bright green fur?

The Legend of Sohcahtoa
  By: Matthew Martinelli
  Sohcahtoa is a mnemonic device used to remember the formulas of trigonometry.
Many teachers use Sohcahtoa, but do not know the "story" behind it.

Cosimo and Lorenzo de'Medici, CEO's of the Florentine Renaissance
  By: Isabelle Ghaneh
  Take a glimpse of the golden age of the de'Medici family

Li-Yan and Wu-Lei Celebrate Their Family Ancestry
  By: Isabelle Ghaneh
  Li-Yan and her younger brother are eager to participate in the worship of their ancient ancestors.

One Good Apple - Fostering Positive Peer Pressure in Teenagers
  By: Geary L. Smith
  If "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch" can one good apple preserve it?

The Bell Tower of Pisa

By: Margaret Etherton
  "How scary is it standing on the top of a tippling tower sixty meters above the ground?"

Making Math Fun

By: Sarah Eshelman
  "Math games reinforce important concepts, while children have fun."

Ernest Shackleton's Great Adventure

By: Margaret Etherton
  "He never imagined that he would become a great adventurer and that one of his journeys would make him a hero."

If Only I Could Fly

By: Margaret Etherton
  "An Insect that cannot fly is almost a contradiction, wouldn't you say?"

Authority Doesn't Figure
  By: Lois Greene Stone
  "Teachers need to set examples, but they should also allow pupils the freedom to learn and to be young."

The Beast of Timble Tickle

By: Margaret Etherton
  ''Mermaids, living islands, and monsters from the deep are figments of our imagination. But giant squid exist."

The Road Less Traveled
  By: Geary L. Smith
  "Adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends."

Be a Writing Example
  By: Sandy Carlson
  "Be brave. Be an example to your students. Go ahead and write."

The Tiger from Tasmania 

By: Margaret Etherton
  'Millions of years ago in the darkest forests of Tasmania, an island off the south coast of Australia, there lived a strange creature. It was striped like a tiger, had a dog-shaped head, and hunted in packs like a wolf!'

Gorilla Club Membership   

By: Margaret Etherton
  'You are cordially invited to join the Mountain Gorilla Club. This is an exclusive club for rare and refined gorillas in the Virunga mountain range of Central Africa.'

What is a Writer?   

By: Lois Greene Stone
  'People who want to become authors don't say, ''someday, I will ''.'

Giraffe Birth Notice   
The Serengetti Sun Classifieds
  By: Margaret Etherton
  Giraffes were mistakenly named because they were thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard.

A Rose by any Other Name
Stereotyping Teenagers with Mental Retardation and Learning Disabilities

By: Geary L. Smith
  "I have something to say to all of those comedians and bullies. 'Thank You!' "

The Art of Listening:
Counseling Teenagers

By: Geary L. Smith
  "As a society, we have a great responsibility in the development of our children..."

Shipwreck
  By: Jodi Wheeler-Toppen
  Two boats race down the Connecticut River. Suddenly, the current shifts and drives one into the other...Is it a disaster?"

Silent Creatures of the Night
  By: Sally A. Goodness
  Contrary to popular belief, bats are meticulously clean animals.

Let's Hatch an Ostrich Egg
  By: Elizabeth Fay James
  Gathering ostrich eggs can be dangerous.

A Lesson from Under the Sea
  By: Sharene Martin
  Some sea creatures are living proof that things are not always what they seem.

A Garden of Stones and Sand
  By: Randi Lynn Mrvos
  Can you imagine a garden without flowers?

Strong Medicine: The Elizabeth Blackwell Story
  By: Wanda S. Galey
 

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