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Teacher: If I had 7 oranges in one hand and 8 oranges in the other, what would I have?
Bernie: Big hands!



A First-Year Teacher's Guidebook
This practical book can help not only first-year teachers, but also established professionals, with eminently useful ideas for classroom management, using technology, handling parent conferences, and many other topics. Especially handy for the early-career teacher are sections on teaching in rural and urban settings, education issues, and first day / first week / first month ideas.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.


Today's Column
Cathy Puett Miller: Involving Parents in Their Children's Literacy
"The National Center for Family Literacy reports that 'parents reading with children improves children's language skills and heightens their interest in books.' Highlight the power of reading at home with your students and their parents by setting up your own 'Is Your Home Reader-Friendly?' program. Making it fun ensures kids and parents will make time for reading."



Now Showing!
This Week's "Teacher Feature"...
Starring Kátia Pereira
Classroom pictures are worth a few English words.


Lesson Planning Theme of the Week
President's Day
Observed on the third Monday each February, Presidents' Day is a holiday that lends itself to classroom activities and online exploration. As a tribute to all past presidents, we invite you and your students to tour the White House or design a presidential monument with these legendary lessons. Included: Fabulously presidential activities plus links to games, printables, and more.



Punch Out Poor Work Habits
Give each student a card with the words Be Prepared printed on it. Design the card so 20 little circles ring the border of the card at equal intervals. Have each student writes his or her name on the card and keep it somewhere safe (in their assignment log book, for example). Each time the student comes to class un-prepared, punch one of the circles on the card with a hole-puncher. At the end of the quarter or semester, give students a raffle ticket for each un-punched circle on their card. If they have 18 un-punched circles, they earn 18 raffle tickets to cash in on prizes that might range from homework passes to free lunches or, even better, prizes donated from sponsors in the community.


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