October 2007 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the October 2007 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

• "HOW TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE IN YOUR CLASSROOM!"
• CALENDAR EVENTS
• SCHOOLTIME GAMES (GR. 3-12, TEACHERS, PARENTS)
• YOUTH COMMUNICATION (GR. 7-12, TEACHERS)
• VISUWORDS™ (GR. 5-UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS)
• READ 180 DRAGON DEN (GR. 4-6, TEACHERS)
• MACHESNEY ELEMENTRY SCHOOL (4-6,TEACHERS)
• MS. ANABELLA'S FIRST GRADE CLASS (GR. 1, TEACHERS)
  
• THE BUSY EDUCATOR E-BOOKSTORE
• SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

How to Thrive and Survive in Your Classroom

“Do You Want To Know How To Create
Your Ideal Classroom, Motivate Your Students, Maintain Their Attention And Keep Them On Task Without Screaming, Pleading Or Burning Yourself Out?”

Audio recordings available now

Click Here To Discover More About How To Thrive And Survive

CALENDAR EVENTS

Labour Day (ACT, NSW & SA Australia) October 1
Queen's Birthday (WA Australia) October 1
Columbus Day (U.S.A.) October 8
Thanksgiving (Canada) October 8
Labour Day (New Zealand) October 22
Halloween October 31

SCHOOLTIME GAMES (GR. 3-12, TEACHERS, PARENTS)

SchoolTimeGames.com offers fun learning activities for students, ages 8 and up. A great selection of engaging games, puzzles, and activities that are connected to major subject areas in today's school curriculum.

Try the Writer's Block and the European Geography game--your students willl be hooked on these great educational games.

Click Here For SchoolTime Games

YOUTH COMMUNICATION (GR. 7-12, TEACHERS)

Youth Communication helps teenagers develop their reading and writing skills so they can acquire the information they need to make thoughtful choices about their lives.

Click Here For Youth Communication

VISUWORDS™ (GR. 5-UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS)

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Students can look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts, find out synonyms, antonyms. Learn how words associate.

• It's a dictionary! It's a thesaurus!
• Great for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists.
• The online dictionary is available wherever there’s an internet connection.
• No membership required. FREE

Click Here For VISUWORDS™

READ 180 DRAGON DEN (GR. 4-6, TEACHERS)

Mrs. Henk's READ 180 Dragon Den, is a resource web site for teachers, parents, and students involved in the researched-based reading intervention READ180 Program...although regular language arts teachers will find much of interest here, too. The site provides classroom organizers, bulletin boards, forms, lesson ideas, interactive literacy games, projects, and more.

Click Here For Read 180 Dragon Den Website

MACHESNEY ELEMENTRY SCHOOL (4-6,TEACHERS)

Students in grades four through six attend art class once a week at Machesney Elementary School Machesney Park, Ilinois USA. The school offers a comprehensive program that provides instruction in art production, art history, art criticism, and art aesthetics. Mrs. Susan Schumacher has been the art instructor at the school since its opening in 1991.

Visitors to this site may view work done in the art class at Machesney.

Click Here Machesney Elementary School

MS. ANABELLA'S FIRST GRADE CLASS (GR. 1, TEACHERS)

Welcome to first grade in San Jose, Costa Rica! This web site features tons of pictures and information about first grade, including a classroom tour, student work, links for both students and parents, and much more! It is a powerful resource for students, parents and teachers! Come in and enjoy!

Click Here Ms. Anabella's Website

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