July 2001
Newsletter
A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author
Marjan Glavac. http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
A Happy Canada Day to Canadians everywhere! July 1
A Happy Independence Day to Americans everywhere! July 4
Ocean Day (Japan) July 20
Last year at this time, I was busy working on The Busy Educator's Guide To
The World Wide Web 2ND Edition. I had no idea that I would be spending
the entire summer on the project. This summer, I promised my wife and
children that it would be a relaxing summer -- no marathon writing. So, to
keep my promise, as soon as school was over, we headed off to Ottawa, the
capital of Canada for Canada Day celebrations on July 1. After a few days
in Ottawa, we headed to the town of Lindsay Ontario where I started
teaching 19 years ago. After seeing some friends, it was off to another
small town to catch up with a dear old friend and take the kids fishing for
perch, bass and sunfish. All in all, a very relaxing week. I hope all of you
are enjoying your summer holidays as well.
I want to thank all of you for subscribing to this FREE newsletter. This is
the third year anniversary of The Busy Educator's Newsletter. There are
now 2855 subscribers and growing! Thank you very much for all your
support for the newsletter and The Busy Educator's Guide To The World
Wide Web 2ND Edition.
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Mr. Marjan Glavac author "The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide
Web" Completely Revised and Updated 2ND Edition
LONDON, Ontario Canada ISBN 0-9683310-1-7 200 pages
speaker, teacher, author marjan@glavac.com
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In This Issue:
*CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
*PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL PRESS
*R.O.A.R. REVIEWING ONLINE ACADEMIC RESOURCES
*JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SR.
*WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
*WORD DANCE
*QUICK TOPIC
*CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
MUSEUM
*THE WILLIAM F. LAMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
*MRS. JIMISON'S WEBSITE
*MRS. FRAZIER'S FIRST GRADE
*LEARN-A-LOT READING SERIES
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
John Philips
jjohnny@csolve.net
ISBN 0-9686403-0-3
These emergency lesson plans come from John Philips new book "Jivin
Johnny's Classroom Teacher's Emergency Lesson Plans for elementary
and high schools." The book contains over 90 student centered lessons
and projects to help you survive--while your students learn!
OBSERVATION
TEACHER: Before the students enter, make 10 small or significant changes
in the classroom. You may, for example, remove a very prominent poster,
leave an umbrella on the tray of the chalkboard, put 6 large books under
the garbage can, cover the room number on the door with a clown's face
and the greeting 'Hi!'
How observant are you?
10 changes have occurred in this room.
How many can you see?
Here are some other questions to test your memory and powers of
observation:
For the class you just left--
1. Describe what the teacher was wearing.
2. What was the lesson about? (Answer in one sentence.)
3. What other class activities took place?
4. What assignments were you given?
5. When are those assignments due?
6. What was written on the front board? the side board?
7. Were the blinds open or closed?
8. Were the lights on or off?
9. Were there any outside interruptions (for example, telelphone ringing,
P.A. announcements, people coming to the door)?
10. How many other students in that class share your first name?
your hair color?
When you've answered these questions as best you can, get together with
someone who attended the same class and compare answers. Give
yourself 1 mark for every correct observation.
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PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL PRESS
http://www.educationalpress.org
Personal Educational Press lets you turn your computer and printer into a
printing press for free educational materials such as flashcards, game boards,
quizzes and study sheets. This online tool runs directly off your browser and
is targeted broadly for school, homeschool, and adult literacy. Predefined lists
let you create materials from first grade literacy flashcards to college-level
quizzes on chemistry. You can edit our lists or use your own.
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R.O.A.R. REVIEWING ONLINE ACADEMIC RESOURCES
http://www.plymouthschools.com/Links/ROAR/index.htm
Designed by the only Instructional Technology Specialist for all eight
elementary schools in Plymouth, Massachusetts USA, this site provides
technology ntegration support for K-5 teachers, students, and parents.
Quality sites related to the curriculum are searched and evaluated.
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SR.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/rockefeller/jdr.htm
Learn about John D. Rockefeller through the eyes of the second grade
students in Mrs. Taverna's class at Pocantico Hills School, in the state of
New York U.S.A. Students interviewed historians, descendents of John D.
Rockefeller and analyzed political cartoons. They carefully examined his
first ledger, Ledger A, visited the Rockefeller Archive Center and his home,
Kykuit, in Pocantico Hills. This site is filled with a wealth of primary source
materials for students aged 7 - 12 and anyone interested in learning about a man
who was the wealthiest man in America!
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WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Web English Teacher provides one-stop shopping for K-12 English/
Language Arts teachers. Visitors will find links to lesson plans, classroom
activities, biography, e-texts, online criticism, puzzles, videos, and
Webquests. Special pages are available for AP, ESL, journalism, speech,
drama, and interdisciplinary activities. A free newsletter and other
professional resources are also available. Beginning teachers can find
guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration.
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WORD DANCE
http://www.worddance.com
The Word Dance website is an interactive site for children in kindergarten
through grade 8. Children can see writing samples from the print magazine
including haiku, short stories, and poetry. There is also an art gallery and
information on submitting work to the magazine. The website is designed
to entertain children, and to foster good reading and writing habits.
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QUICK TOPIC
http://www.quicktopic.com/
Quick Topic lets you set up a single topic discussion forum on the web in
20 seconds. It's the easiest-to-use forum there is (perfect for children), and
doesn't require any special software -- just a web browser and an Internet
connection.
Teachers can easily create, monitor, and administer their forums.
It's
already widely used in education from the elementary through the college
level. Quick Topic's new Document Review feature makes it excellent for
higher grade levels where papers are submitted for critical review.
Teachers also welcome to participate in a forum created for educational
usage of Quick Topic at:
http://www.quicktopic.com/6/H/h9A5RDsY6dR58Yvxxn
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CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
MUSEUM
http://CPRR.org
The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum contains
photographs, stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating
the history of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
Articles and exhibits with more than 2,300 historic images including much
primary source material of interest to educators and historians are are
available to view online. There is also an elementary education simulation
game included on the CPRR Museum website designed for grade 4
and up. The Interactive Railroad Project/ elementary education simulation
game is located at: http://CPRR.org/Game
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THE WILLIAM F. LAMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.laman.lib.ar.us
The William F. Laman Public Library website is designed to assist
users in quickly locating the online information resources they need.
Included in the categorized links are access to subscription databases
available to current Laman Library card holders. There are also links
to many useful free web resources.
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MRS. JIMISON'S WEBSITE
http://myschoolonline.com/CA/Mrs_Jimison
This site is geared for elementary aged children, parents, and elementary
teachers. It focuses on not only introducing the classroom, but giving
children a safe environment to find educational material on the internet.
Parent help pages inform parents of school and elementary age children's
issues, and teacher pages give html help as well as a few educational links
and lesson ideas.
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MRS. FRAZIER'S FIRST GRADE
http://myschoolonline.com/OK/Mrs_Frazier
This site was created by first grade teacher, Shelli Frazier. It was
designed for parents and students in her class. It includes her classroom
discipline plan, calendar of events, and more. Parents can find pictures
and descriptions of classroom activities as well as links to many helpful
sites. Students can find each week s spelling list, vocabulary flashcards,
and links to educational activities. There are also links to websites for
educators and ideas that teachers will appreciate.
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LEARN-A-LOT READING SERIES
http://www.learn-a-lot.com
Do you need literacy activities? Are you a new teacher and not sure what
to teach next? Are you experienced and looking for newer, more dynamic
materials? Learn-a-lot Publications has a unique set of phonics skill
building materials that teach students in a hands-on, fun and easy way.
They are perfect for reading centres, regular or remedial classes and small
or large groups.
There are 6 make and take phonics books jam-packed with dozens of hands
-on activities. There are complete sets so you do not need to any more work.
Carefully sequenced, students learn through patterning letters, sounds and
sight words. Game formats teach the skills and patterned sentences teach
oral reading. Everything is organized for you. Just photocopy and use.
Filled with art by former Disney artist, Raymond Boyer, these appealing
workbooks provide a wide variety of learning formats so students are
always motivated.
There are also 3 mix and match board games. These popular games
were originally invented for at-risk inner city students. Each games comes
with 3 phonics card decks, but all decks play on all boards and each student
can use their own deck so student of different skill or age levels can play
together. You can make decks for all subject areas, too.
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BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
If you have a website or know of one that you feel merits the Busy
Educator's Award, please feel free to send me your suggestions.
The award is given out to websites that contain excellent content for
busy educators.
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Send us those tips, insights or websites that have helped you with your class
and students. We will share these in future updates. Please send to:
marjan@glavac.com
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Web" Completely Revised and Updated 2ND Edition Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong
LONDON, Ontario Canada ISBN 0-9683310-1-7 200 pages
speaker, teacher, author marjan@glavac.com
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