October is National Anti-Bullying Month
I realize that today is the first of November, but I feel bullying and cyberbullying are something we, as educators, need to continue to be aware of. The following website links provide resources to help us to be more informed and the pdf documents provide scenarios to use in the classroom as well as other cyberbullying activities including a word search of cyberbullying terminology.
http://www.cyberbullying.us/
http://www.cyberbullyingbook.com/downloads.php
Below you will also find an article about Facebook's Safety Page for Parents, Teens, and Educators.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
District Wide Information
ABC's of E-mail Etiquette http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech185.shtml
Follow this link for an ABC listing of e-mail etiquette tips to read, consider and share with your students. Some are basic common sense and some are important for students to know given that e-mail has been something our students have grown up with and do not consider.
Park Side Book Fair - Oct. 25th - Nov. 2nd All are welcome to come to the book fair. We have extended hours until 8 PM on Tues. Oct. 26th and Thurs. Oct. 28th. Order the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book! It will be released on November 9th.
Follow this link for an ABC listing of e-mail etiquette tips to read, consider and share with your students. Some are basic common sense and some are important for students to know given that e-mail has been something our students have grown up with and do not consider.
Park Side Book Fair - Oct. 25th - Nov. 2nd All are welcome to come to the book fair. We have extended hours until 8 PM on Tues. Oct. 26th and Thurs. Oct. 28th. Order the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book! It will be released on November 9th.
Friday, October 15, 2010
District Wide Information
2010-2011 Letters About Literature essay contest
The Minnesota Humanities Center, along with local co-sponsors the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, invites Minnesota’s fourth through 12th grade students to enter the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature essay contest. The contest closes December 10, 2010.
Sponsored nationally by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target, the contest asks readers to write a letter to an author describing how his or her work touched their life in a personal way. Authors can be of any genre or time period and can come from any country.
The contest focuses on reader response and reflective writing and has three competition levels: Level 1 for students in grades 4-6; Level 2 for students in grades 7 and 8; and Level 3 for students in grades 9-12. State level judges will choose the top essayists from each of the three competition levels who will receive a $50 Target GiftCard and advance to the National Level Judging. Prizes will also be awarded to the 2nd and 3rd place winners.
The national winners receive $1,000 and secure a $10,000 grant for their school libraries. Honorable mention winners receive $500 and $1,000 grants for their libraries.
For details and contact information, go to the Minnesota Humanities Center Letters About Literature webpage at http://minnesotahumanities.org/letters
The Minnesota Humanities Center, along with local co-sponsors the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, invites Minnesota’s fourth through 12th grade students to enter the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature essay contest. The contest closes December 10, 2010.
Sponsored nationally by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target, the contest asks readers to write a letter to an author describing how his or her work touched their life in a personal way. Authors can be of any genre or time period and can come from any country.
The contest focuses on reader response and reflective writing and has three competition levels: Level 1 for students in grades 4-6; Level 2 for students in grades 7 and 8; and Level 3 for students in grades 9-12. State level judges will choose the top essayists from each of the three competition levels who will receive a $50 Target GiftCard and advance to the National Level Judging. Prizes will also be awarded to the 2nd and 3rd place winners.
The national winners receive $1,000 and secure a $10,000 grant for their school libraries. Honorable mention winners receive $500 and $1,000 grants for their libraries.
For details and contact information, go to the Minnesota Humanities Center Letters About Literature webpage at http://minnesotahumanities.org/letters
Sunday, October 10, 2010
District Wide Information
StoryJumper http://www.storyjumper.com/
I discovered StoryJumper last week and needed to add this to my blog! It looks like fun and looks like a great writing activity for students to write and illustrate their own books. Best of all it is free. StoryJumper does offer the opportunity to print the story/book, but also offers to order the book published for a fee. Check it out!
Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm
Lit2Go is an online service of Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse that offers stories and poems online. These stories can be downloaded to mp3 players or available as a pdf or online text. There are stories for grades K-12.
I discovered StoryJumper last week and needed to add this to my blog! It looks like fun and looks like a great writing activity for students to write and illustrate their own books. Best of all it is free. StoryJumper does offer the opportunity to print the story/book, but also offers to order the book published for a fee. Check it out!
Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm
Lit2Go is an online service of Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse that offers stories and poems online. These stories can be downloaded to mp3 players or available as a pdf or online text. There are stories for grades K-12.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
District Wide Information
Maths Maps: A New Collaborative Project
http://edte.ch/blog/2009/10/31/maths-maps-a-new-collaborative-project/
This project is a great way to illustrate to students that math is all around us in our world. Using the idea in this link, you can use Google Earth along with the Maths in Madrid activity to see how this project may be helpful in your math classroom. Check it out!
10 Ideas for Class Blog Posts
http://edte.ch/blog/2010/09/25/10-ideas-for-class-blog-posts/
Another idea from the website link above provides ten ideas you might choose to use in a class blog post or perhaps as a part of your teacher website. Check it out!
http://edte.ch/blog/2009/10/31/maths-maps-a-new-collaborative-project/
This project is a great way to illustrate to students that math is all around us in our world. Using the idea in this link, you can use Google Earth along with the Maths in Madrid activity to see how this project may be helpful in your math classroom. Check it out!
10 Ideas for Class Blog Posts
http://edte.ch/blog/2010/09/25/10-ideas-for-class-blog-posts/
Another idea from the website link above provides ten ideas you might choose to use in a class blog post or perhaps as a part of your teacher website. Check it out!
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