December 2009 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2009 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

• "BE AN INSPIRING TEACHER!"
• CALENDAR EVENTS
• SANTA’S SECRET VILLAGE (PRE-K TO 3RD GRADE)
• GREAT TEACHER PROJECTS (TEACHERS GR. K-8)
• CRAFTING THE ESSAY (TEACHERS, GR. 8-12)
• INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH BY DR. RANDY PAUSCH ON THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW: THE LAST LECTURE (TEACHERS, GR. 6-UNIVERSITY)
• THE DIXONARY MRS. DIXON'S VOCABULARY WEBSITE (GR. 9-12)
• SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
• BEADS BY U

Be An Inspiring Teacher

“Create Your Ideal Classroom, Motivate Your Students, And Maintain A Work Life Balance"

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

A Wonderful Resource For Staff PD

Click Here To Discover More About How To Be An Inspiring Teacher

Calendar Events

Chanukah begins December 12
Winter Solstice December 21
Christmas December 25
Kwanza Begins December 26
Boxing Day (Canada, UK, Australia, NZ) December 26
New Year’s Eve December 31

SANTA’S SECRET VILLAGE (PRE-K TO 3RD GRADE)

Northpole.com is a year-round site geared to Pre-K to 3rd Grade students.

This site provides a wealth of useful, creative ideas and activities to enhance

lesson plans for teaching counting, numbers, and letters.
With stories to read and color, flash cards, mazes, math riddles, puzzles, and an online coloring book, kids learn while having fun.

Click Here For Santa's Secret Village

GREAT TEACHER PROJECTS (TEACHERS GR. K-8)

Laura Mayne, an elementary-school teacher for the past 27 years This book provides more than 75 tried-and-true, classroom-tested, teacher-approved projects designed for use in K-8 classes. Laura's publisher has allowed me to reprint a sample of her projects. This month I've included a Book Talk on Video project suitable for grades K-8

Click Here For Gr. 3-8 Book Talk on Video Project

CRAFTING THE ESSAY (TEACHERS, GR. 8-12)

Here's a set of 14 well written and engaging on line tutorials for writing instruction suitable for grades 8 and secondary students from Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.

Make sure to read the “Before you Begin” page for an explanation of the tools. Flash 5 or higher is required.

Click Here For Crafting The Essay

INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH BY DR. RANDY PAUSCH ON THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW: THE LAST LECTURE (TEACHERS, GR. 6-UNIVERSITY)

As we enter the holiday season and the end of another year it's a good time to reflect on where we've been and where we're going.

Dr. Randy Pausch a Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, delivered an incredibly inspirational "Last Lecture" on achieving your childhood dreams. The "Last Lecture" became a worldwide phenomenon.

Share it with your students, your staff and your family and friends for an inspiration to what teachers do every day. 

Click Here For Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture

THE DIXONARY MRS. DIXON'S VOCABULARY WEBSITE (GR. 9-12)

High school teacher Kathryn Dixon from Winter Springs High School Central Florida has created this website for her students so they can better prepare themselves for standardized tests including the SAT college entrance exam. 

The site has been created with her standard students in mind as each of her classes has at least 65% or higher bottom quartile students- students considered at-risk.  Students can study directly from the website or download original SAT vocabulary flash cards to their cellphones or iPods. 

So far, the site has been an asset to her students’ success.  They are actually excited about “big words!”  day.

Click Here For Mrs. Dixon's Website

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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