September 2008 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September 2008 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
• BEHIND THE NAME (GR.4 UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS, PARENTS)
• ALL MY FAVES (GR. 6-UNIVERSITY,TEACHERS)
• EDUPICS.COM (K-GR. 4)
• MERIDIAN: A MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES JOURNAL (TEACHERS)
• ROY THE ZEBRA (GR. 1-3, TEACHERS, PARENTS)
  
• 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?”

"In one word, this course was practical!" B. Carriere,
Grade 4/5 Teacher, Ontario Canada

Audio recordings available now

Click Here To Discover More About How To Thrive And Survive

Calendar Events

Labour Day September 1 (Canada)
Labor Day September 1 (USA)
Ramadan begins September 1 until 30th of September
Patriot Day September 11 (USA)
Rosh Hashanah September 30

INTO THE BOOK (K-4, STUDENTS, TEACHERS)

Explore eight reading strategies for K-4 students and teachers in this interactive and in-depth reading comprehension site:

• Make meaningful connections to climb to the summit of the Mountain of Understanding
• Summarize the thrilling life of a talkative pirate
• Evaluate books to successfully explore a distant solar system
• Infer the real news in letters from pen pals
• And much more!

Students can watch online videos, play learning games and interactives, and share their creations with friends and family. Teachers can delve into rich information and teaching resources, lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

Click here for Into The Book


LOCAL CENSUS (GR. 6-UNIVERSITY,TEACHERS)

LocalCensus.com is a completely free website that provides a plethora of statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties.  LocalCensus.com also provides business listings from a wide variety of categories throughout most cities within the United States of America.

Click Here For Local Census

EDUPICS.COM (K-GR. 4)

Over 5782 images in 234 categories of printable educational coloring pictures and photos are available here. New images are added on a regular basis.

Click Here For Edupics.com

MERIDIAN: A MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES JOURNAL (TEACHERS)

Enjoy the latest Issue of Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal published at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Timely topics include: Cell Phones for Education; Middle School Social Studies Teachers Integration of Technology to Meet 21st Century Challenges and more.

Click Here For Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal

ROY THE ZEBRA (GR. 1-3, TEACHERS, PARENTS)

This site is home to a package of interactive games, stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read. The site can be used at school or at home.

Click Here For Roy The Zebra

Beads By U

You create your own style...now you can create jewelry to match it. And you don't need to spend hours practising - just watch the DVD and start creating! All of the designs featured in the Beads By U DVD are fun and easy to make. They're fast too - you'll finish a project within half an hour...perfect for when you want to wear it right away!

Click Here To Find Out More Beads By U

http://www.beadsbyu.com/

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