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November Blog: Turning Student Work Into a Web Book- Create custom published web books so your students and parents have a place to view showcased drawings, stories, and more.

 

November 2011 Picks

Teacher Resources | Parent Resources | Technology Tips |

November brings Fall traditions and the Thanksgiving holiday. We also celebrate American Indian Heritage Month, Daylight Savings, Veteran's Day, and Author's Day. We encourage you to take some time to click through our site. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Visit our monthly newsletter to see all the details. Below are just a few highlights.

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH?

Here are just a couple of the November events that you can celebrate this month.

1. National Author's Day (Nov 1): Turn your students into authors with these writing tools and writing prompts. Then make your own books. Find Elementary Language Arts resources with these authors and stories. Learn and practice Author's Purpose.


2. Veteran's Day (Nov 11): Visit our Veterans Day page for lesson plans, activities, and more. Write letters to our troops. Check out the first 2 links forwhere to send your letters and how. And check out the 3rd link to get printable Veterans Day stationary for the occasion.


3. Geography Awareness Week (Nov 13): Check out the standards, including 5th Grade Social Studies Standards. We have lessons on Countries and Continents, Landforms, and States. Explore our Maps, Printable Maps, and Interactive Maps.


4. Gettysburg Address (Nov 19, 1863): Click on numbers 12 - 14 for Civil War resources for kids within our History resources page. Visit the 8th Grade Social Studies Standards for the Gettysburg Address and other Civil War highlights.


5. Thanksgiving (Nov 24): Get all of your Thanksgiving projects, plans, and resources here.

TEACHER RESOURCES

1. Veterans Day - Write letters to our troops. Find printable stationary. Learn the history behind this special day.


2. Give Thanks - Make a wall of thanks in your classroom. Find Early Childhood lessons on how to give thanks. Keep a "jar of thanks" in your class to read daily. Use this printable "What I'm Thankful For" writing prompt.


3. Thanksgiving - Crafts, activities, and projects.


4. Publish Your Own Web Book - Scan or save PDF's of your children's artwork and publish for all to see.


5. The Presidential election is still a ways away, but the debates and discussions are in full swing. Take advantage and teach your students about voting and democracy.


6. Visit Teacher tools for all of your classroom needs.


7. Go to our grade level help for lesson plans, activities, instructionals, and tools organized by grade and subject.

PARENT RESOURCES

1. Veterans Day - Write letters to our troops.


2. Give Thanks - Show your Early Childhood-aged children how to give thanks. Keep a "jar of thanks" on the counter to read at dinner time. Make a family hand tree for every member. For older kids, here's a printable "What I'm Thankful For" writing prompt.


3. Thanksgiving - Crafts, activities, and recipes to get your homes ready for the holiday.


4. Publish Your Own Web Book - Scan or save PDF's of your children's artwork and publish for all to see.


5. Geography - Practice your states and capitols knowedge. Play these interactive map games.


6. Parent Zone - A comprehensive list of everything school related, including homework help, reading help, all subject areas, and educational games.
   
   

TECHNOLOGY TIPS

1. How to PDF in Word - Save any Word document as a PDF by selecting the PDF format from your drop menu. More Word Tutorials here.


2. Keep Track of Your To-Do's - Don't forget we have a list of organizational tools in our Web2.0 to keep your calendars and task lists current.


3. Error Messages - Explore all of our Technology Tutorials for Excel, Word, PC, Mac help, and more.

We also have other basic instruction in Microsoft Office, including Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint 2007.

OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST

1. Resources for Educators - In this section you can find classroom resources for Exceptional Children, Smartboards, Character Education, Web 2.0 Resources and other topics.
2. Resources for Parents - Parents can find resources
   on assisting their children with homework, time management, Internet Safety, subject area resources, grade level resources and more.