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for Friday January 10, 2003
* Half Price Sale Of The Busy Educator's Guide To The WWW * Replies From Decemeber Newsletter Special Request * Starfall * The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements And Principles * The Fin, Fur And Feather Bureau Of Investigation * Nobleed News * Pilate Coins * Songs For Teaching Using Music To Promote Learning * Quintessential Careers * Norseman Junior Middle School * Paul S. Gardiner Elementary School * Busy Educator's Award STARFALL
Fran Tripka, a Tech Coordinator at James J. Flynn Elementary School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey USA, and a subscriber of the Busy Educator's Newsletter sent in the following recommendation: I happened to come across this URL in my local newspaper to this really great website for beginning readers. It is www.starfall.com Totally free. Sends out teacher's materials to go along with their website. My kindergarten and first grade teachers love the site. The owners of the website are poet Susan Polis Schutz and her husband. They were the original owners of Blue Mountain Arts. Enjoy! Thank you Fran for this wonderful
suggestion!
Artists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts in a variety of ways: Explore the Toolkit (Watch animated
movies demonstrating the elements and principles, create your own composition
using the elements and principles), Artists in Action, (watch professional
artists Ta-Coumba Aiken and Judy Onofrio create original compositions
to see how artists use the visual elements and principles), and Encyclopedia
(learn more about the building blocks of
The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation (FFBI) is an international website for kids grade 4-5 chronicling the exploits of an unusual, animal-run detective agency. The site invites Field Agents to solve interactive mysteries on two FFFBI missions: Rainforest Undercover-an adventure to the Galapagos and the Amazon; and Operation GAS-Chicken--a fowl genetic experiment threatens Mars. The site uses innovative interactive
stories and cleverly disguised original thinking games to get kids to solve
mysteries and learn crucial skills along the way, such as using the Internet
for research and investigation, critical thinking, reading, and writing.
The project is also a seductively devious springboard to explore a wide
range of subjects - from math and science to geography, genetics and history.
NobleEd News is an education website
for parents, teachers and students. The student sections mainly focus
on upper elementary, middle and high school curriculum. The parent
section is filled with articles that will help busy parents. The
teacher section has information about literacy, standards in education,
classroom discipline and lesson plans. Site also has other areas
of general interest such as educational games and coloring pages in the
Playroom, the art
The coins of Pontius Pilate are fascinating.
They are found at the crossroads of Roman polytheism, Judaism and of a
burgeoning Christianity. They are the privileged, but affordable witnesses
to an era and to an event that would profoundly and forever change the
history of humanity.
A comprehensive source of ideas for
using music in the classroom. Resources for integrating music across the
curriculum are grouped according to subject area. Categories include: Movement,
Everyday Life, Chants & Raps, Reading, Science, and more. Teacher Tips
include lesson plans and suggestions by and for teachers. Visitors to the
site can find research about using music in the classroom and are invited
to share their own lessons and songs.
Quintessential Careers is a career,
job, and college site, offering comprehensive free expert career and job-hunting
advice (through articles, tools, tips, and tutorials), as well as links
to all the best job sites. Special sections for teens, college students,
and all other job-seekers (by industry, geography, and job-seeker type)
makes this site a comprehensive resource for all.
Norseman Junior Middle School's website
is designed to be an effective communication tool for parents and students.
The site provides information about the school, programs, relevant issues
of interest, and links to Internet resources. Norseman is located
in the west end of Toronto Ontario Canada and teaches students from Junior
Kindergarten through to grade 8.
Paul S. Gardiner Elementary School,
located in Geauga County in Northeast Ohio USA, houses first and second
grade. The school's website was established to help keep family members
informed about what is happening at the school. The website consists
of a school newsletter, menu, a forms page, a list of interesting
websites, curriculum guides, and some teachers include classroom information.
A favorite part of the webpage is examples of children's work and photos
of students.
As a valued reader of the Busy Educator's Newsletter newsletter, I've really appreciated your support and positive feedback. That's why I want to acknowledge your support by making The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2nd Edition (foreword by Dr. Harry Wong, author of The First Days of School) available for just $7.47 US/$9.97 CDN (plus shipping and handling) --that's a 50% savings off the regular price of $14.95 US/$19.95 CDN for readers of the newsletter. 100% money back guarantee. TO ORDER: Call TOLL-FREE 877-244-3156
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