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Figureheads of Speech Will a pun-loving king stop confounding his simple subjects?

Using Micro-Text to Teach Writing “In education, micro-texts refer to small, targeted bits of a book, essay, poem, newspaper, online publication, or other text. A micro-text can be a single phrase, sentence, or paragraph. Its selection for teaching writing depends not only on brevity, but also on its content."

Make a Memorial Day Book This 8-page mini book for primary-grade students to color, cut, and fold tells of the origins and celebrations of Memorial Day.

A Few Words About Vocabulary In this activity, students find better words to complete sentences.

Reading Tips Add another element to your students' spelling practice.

Total Reader: How Cool is That?

Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors’ Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers’ Voices section of this week’s themed booklists:
Memorial Day
The Life Cycle

Explain That Place value means that the value of a digit is determined by its position in the entire number.

Math Heroes How much richer an appreciation our students might have for mathematics as a living science if we share with them the budding of new ideas in math heroes past and present! It all begins with "I wonder…."

Go Figure How many birds can you hatch from just one egg?

Math and Literature If you are seeking a new way to add relevancy to your classroom math activities, the answer may be right in your school library! Literature is the ideal vehicle to help your students see the importance of numbers in their daily lives.

Math on the Web Economics sites help students learn to be smarter consumers, savers, and investors. The sites include interactive activities, lesson plans, games, curriculum materials, articles, and other resources for teaching and learning about economics.

Math Mnemonics Roman Numerals

From the Math Machine Measure It!
Students have fun using rulers to measure centimeters and inches. (Grades 1-6)

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The Ed World Stress Kit Too much to do? Too little time? Have those apparently endless end-of-year chores got you down? Check out our Stress Reduction Kit for ideas and resources for calming the frenzied beast within -- and those without.

Reader’s Theater Reader's Theater is a strategy in which students read from scripts. Repeated reading of Reader's Theater scripts builds students' comprehension and fluency as it improves their self-esteem and reading confidence.

I Never Knew I Could Be a Hero: Thoughts on Service Learning To educator Kathie Marshall, service learning is an effective strategy for engaging students' interest in the curriculum and in their community. She offers ideas and resources for implementing service learning in any classroom on a shoestring budget.

Bulletin Boards That Teach Wow! Watermelon! A fun end-of-year bulletin board gets students thinking about summer.

2008 Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge

Emma McDonald “By the time May rolls around, everyone is looking forward to the end of the school year. Still, it can be hard for many students to leave their teachers and friends behind. Closure activities provide everyone with a chance to say goodbye."

Dr. Fred Jones “In the previous segment, we mentioned that the two main types of PATs are enrichment activities and learning games. In this segment, we will give you some specific ideas for PATs. Once you get the hang of it, you will be able to generate preferred activities with the snap of a finger."

Dr. Ken Shore "Dear Dr. Shore, A student in my classroom has a very noticeable speech impediment. What can I do to help her feel less self-conscious about it?"

Eric Baylin “The proverbial senior slump is a valley too low to penetrate. Their eyes are glazed; their minds set on caps and gowns and the release into summer. Meanwhile, we all suffer -- and sing -- our way through it."

Medicate to Educate “What do I tell those teachers who ask me for my secret to staying motivated in the classroom? I tell them to ‘get medicated.’ But what I’m referring to isn’t a prescription; it’s more of a philosophy. It’s the secret weapon I like to call “the medicine cabinet."

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Getting It Together: Ms. Powell’s Tips for Organizing Your Classroom “Keep all your centers, games, manipulatives, and photo copies for math in one place. Using shelves or plastic containers, label a section for each math chapter in the text."

Visual Instruction Plans “A simple innovation in lesson presentation can prevent discipline problems while it accelerates learning. That innovation embodies the adage, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’"

Dealing With School Vandalism “Vandalism in schools can take a variety of forms. Teachers who pay attention to the reasons for vandalism can play an important role in preventing it."

Teaching Citizenship’s Five Themes Memorial Day is a perfect opportunity to teach about citizenship. These activities, from the editors of Weekly Reader, highlight each of the five citizenship themes.

Jouer à la Console Lynn Endres's French classes design and play original video games to practice skills.

Put the “Memory" Back in Memorial Day Some teachers, concerned about students' ignorance of the origin and meaning of Memorial Day, have created programs that stress the importance of remembering and honoring U.S. war veterans on that day.

Celebrating Memorial Day Why is Memorial Day so important? Your students will learn the significance of this very special day with this exclusive Education World lesson plan!

Backpacktivity Students learn about the geography of the United States.

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Linda Villadoniga “Teaching is more than a job."

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